Write a 1000-1500 word response to the following engineering case study:

The Coercive Contribution Conundrum
(Case 1006)
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The Case:
You recently received a degree in engineering from a school with an excellent reputation. Immediately after graduation you accepted a challenging job offer from Civil Works Engineering, Inc., a medium-sized firm in a large, expanding metropolitan city in the Midwest. The firm (CWE) has been quite successful and is held in high regard in the local construction and business community. It has a relatively broad base of experience in public works engineering projects, and specializes in the design of roads and bridges. Most of the firm's design contracts have been with city and county public works departments, although a few projects have been completed for various state agencies.

After working for only eight months for CWE, you found a bonus check for $1,000 in your pay envelope last week. On the same day it was announced that the firm has been chosen for several new design contracts, and you are pleased that your efforts to date appear to have been appreciated. The following afternoon, you and two other of the younger engineers in the company were called together in a meeting with Charlie Oxx, the supervising engineer of your design group. In the meeting, Charlie explained that the firm owes certain members of the city council a considerable debt of gratitude for their endorsement of CWE in obtaining city road design contracts. He also indicated that the president of CWE, I. M. Smooth, has already demonstrated his appreciation to these city council members by contributing to each of their upcoming re-election campaign funds. Charlie mentioned that Mr. Smooth expects the same type of "loyalty" from his employees toward these council members.

You have thought about that meeting, and are uncertain what to do. You wonder if you do not contribute a total of at least $1,000 to the council members' campaign funds, will that be looked upon by Charlie Oxx as an act of disloyalty. Also, you wonder what impact that would have on your longevity and future career advancement with CWE.

What do you do?

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