Question

You are a transportation planning engineer for the Arizona Department of Transportation. Having excelled in your CENE 418 course, you were selected to be on a team planning the route for the new Interstate highway connecting Phoenix and Las Vegas. You are approached by a former classmate, now an attorney, who tells you that when the final route is announced, property in parts of rural Arizona will become ten times more valuable than they are now. If you share this information with him, he will provide a cut in the profits with you and he will also be in a financial position to provide free legal services to the rural poor in Arizona. You should: (Select all that apply.)

1. Agree to provide route information to your friend, but insist that all of the profits go toward the legal defense of the poor in rural Arizona.
2. Inform your supervisor of the situation.
3. Maintain confidentiality until the route locations have been announced to the public.
4. Start shopping for that Alfa Romeo Giulia.

Answer 1

Answer:

(b) Inform your Supervisor of the situation.

(c) Maintain confidentiality until the route locations have been announced to the public.

Maintaining confidentiality in any business such as medical, highway development, and other engineering projects is the duty of any employee. Each employee irrespective of his position in the organization has to follow ethical behavior during his job role and such confidential information should not be disclosed by the employee even after quitting the organization. This is the responsibility to maintain all confidential information secure and don't disclose or use it for personal interest or third-party interest. It is illegal in the eyes of law when disclosing such confidential information to the third party for the purpose of the money or any other personal interest.

The employee should not be in the process of breach of confidentiality. An employee who is in breach of confidential information could have consequences of legal lawsuit and termination.

In the given case, If I were at the position of Transportation planning engineer, I will discuss the situation with my Supervisor and ask his guidance even if the third party person has a friend or family relationship with me. Highway planning is an important infrastructure project and if any confidential information is going out could have several negative consequences and will not disclose any confidential information to my friend at any cost. .