MNSEA Monthly Meeting - November 2022
Date and Time
Tuesday Nov 8, 2022
7:00 AM - 9:15 AM CST
Location
Waterford Ballroom
Marriott Minneapolis West
9960 Wayzata Blvd
St. Louis Park, MN 55426
Fees/Admission
In-Person: $30 for members / $40 for non-members
Virtual: $20 for members / $30 for non-members
$10 for YMG and student attendees
$20 for unemployed members
Hybrid event, virtual attendance option via MS Teams
Description
Speaker / Presentation: November 8 - Kate Golden, Mortenson
Why do Good People Make Bad Decisions?
Most engineers are people of integrity who fully expect to make the right call in tough moments, but even well intentioned engineers can find themselves on the wrong end of a decision, or fail to recognize they were at a turning point of an ethical dilemma until it was too late. This presentation explores why good people may have failed to identify an ethical dilemma or made a bad choice, referencing studies and using recent case examples, and concludes with some practices to help guard against making bad ethical decision in your practice.
Kate Golden is Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel for M. A. Mortenson Company, a commercial builder headquartered in Minnesota that engages in a variety of complex construction projects throughout North America. Prior to getting her law degree from Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Kate obtained bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering and she is licensed as a Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Minnesota. Kate has taught "Construction Law" as an adjunct professor in local law schools and also taught "Legal and Ethical Issues in Construction" to undergraduates in the construction management program at the University of Minnesota.