Writing Homework Help

THE SITUATION

You represent a private Management Consulting Firm specializing in ethical and professional conduct, and legal compliance for federal and state government agencies. Your company’s specialty includes technical related issues in STEM fields such as engineering and information technology. Your company has been hired by the Department of Transportation (DOT) to “investigate” the ethical and legal implications from the SANSHANDS contest as evidenced from the State Senate Ethics Commission. In particular, you are tasked to find any ethical misconduct or possible criminal violations that may have occurred during the SANSHANDS project.

THE TASK

Write a semi-formal investigation report based on the situation described up above. Use Figure 6-1 (WRTGR, Page 70) to help you build a framework for your investigation. You should also use/reference the NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers to help you formulate your conclusions and recommendations (Outcomes). Focus on how you can improve the DOT’s “Code of Ethics” so a situation such as the SANSHANDS project doesn’t repeat itself in the future. Also consider your “recommendations” to the DOT on implementing and distributing the new code within the organization. In other words, how will your new code of ethics be embedded within the DOT culture (top down, bottom up, or from the middle) to foster change? You may adopt a made-up company name. You are to assume the identity of an expert investigator and “Engineering Consultant” for your company.

THE FORMAT STYLE

Use the format from the WRTGR example starting on Page 73 of your text. Use “headings” to help break up your text. Include enough “white space” between sections to help the reader focus. Include tables and graphics as you deem necessary. Your single-spaced report should be between 3 – 4 pages in length.

THE REPORT

You should end up with three to four pages, focused, organized, edited. Write and revise with your situation (author, audience, report purpose) in mind. Graphics are not required, but consider using them, and if you do, integrate them smoothly into the report, use labels, and give credit if images are borrowed.

THE GRADE

Your report itself will be evaluated on: detail, organization, tone, clarity, document design, mechanics (grammar and spelling), graphics (if used), and, most importantly, how well you suit the report to the specific situation. For example, level of detail depends on what your particular audience needs to know (or doesn’t know already). Make it clear in the report what your author-identity is, who your audience is, and why the report is being written.

HELPFUL HINTS – Semi-formal Investigation Report!

Consider the following questions:

• How will you implement this new “code of ethics” for your client (DOT)??
• Why would your recommendation(s) be successful and make a difference?
• What’s different about your recommendation that hasn’t already been implemented??
• How can the DOT “act” on the Code instead of “react”??

Also, you might want to take a gander at the current Code of Conduct from the AZDOT website to help you generate ideas for our fictional DOT in the case study. Here’s the website: https://www.azdot.gov/docs/business/adot-code-of-conduct.pdf?sfvrsn=0 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

Remember, there are words, and then there are “actions.” A big piece of your recommendation is how to enforce the code so the DOT is in compliance with the NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers rather than reacting to any violations.