Michigan’s Cascading Dam Failure – An Ethics Case Study

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 1:30 – 2:30 PM Eastern

Join Rebecca Bowman of NSPE to review the timeline and context of a cascading 3-dam failure. You’ll identify points and tasks on the timeline through which the cascading failure could have been preventable. Those “points of prevention” will be examined from the perspectives of parties involved. You’ll also explore strategies to avoid similar issues in your own work.

Throughout this 60-minute case study, you’ll identify:

• Various contact points at which the dam failures were preventable
• Apparent ethical issues arising during the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of the failed dams
• Strategies to avoid making similar ethical errors

Presenter: Rebecca A. Bowman, Esq., P.E., D.F.E., Sr. Dir., Ethics and Professional Practice, National Society of Professional Engineers

*The recording will be added to the class materials the following day.