Ethics Essay

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Old Dominion University *

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Mechanical Engineering

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Feb 20, 2024

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Write 1 to 2 typed pages, double spaced to address the following issues: 1. Who was responsible for the malfunctioning of the system? 2. Was an adequate solution developed for this problem? Explain your answer. Multidata is responsible for the malfunctioning of the system because there were many errors. When the blocks were tested as one, two, or four of different shapes as a single block there would be many miscalculations. Although the doctors changed the software, which made the radiation therapy machine miscalculate there were zero warnings of miscalculations from the software. The hospital did not do any manual checks on the software’s calculations, which could have shown the wrong dosages. The hospital stated that they had over a hundred patients to take care of and the whole purpose of the software is to save time and treat the patients as quickly as possible. The FDA inspected Multidata in 2001 and found out that there were six complaints and many wrong calculations with the software. Multidata knew about the software failure since September 1992 and did nothing to fix the problem. Therefore Multidata is responsible for the miscalculations of the dosages given to patients. The only adequate solution developed for the software miscalculations was the FDA investigating Multidata and finding out that they have known about the problem since 1992. Multidata decided to sign a consent decree with the FDA stating that they would not sell software for radiation therapy devices in the United States.
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