1) Team codes of ethics provide guiding values for how they will work with each other in 2.009

2) Ethical purchasing and use of the team budget.

It is difficult to anticipate all possible circumstances for budget expenditures. However, the budget must be spent in an appropriate fashion. A first-order test might be to imagine yourself explaining expenditures to the course sponsors. Additionally, the team credit cards have strict use limitations. When in doubt, check with your lab instructor.

Cash donations of any type are not permitted. Donations of components and equipment from manufacturers are usually fine, but check with your lab instructor first.

The budget is tight and cannot be ignored. Purchasing goods and then returning them after they have been used as planned to meet or conserve the budget is highly unethical and not permitted. Please, don’t even think about it. This will make the course instructor very, very unhappy.

Examples of appropriate and inappropriate uses of the project budget are provided below. By no means are the lists exhaustive.