My response in regard to the ethics of autonomous vehicles concerns whistleblowing. In the worst case scenario that there is a fatal design flaw in our electric vehiclethat has the potential to kill a civilian, it is my team’s responsibility as per the IET member obligation as a whistleblower to report this design flaw to their employer. If the employers countermeasures to this design flaw are ineffective, then said team member may take further action that does not involve the employer. The UK government has issued a list of people and organisations that my team members may contact as a whistleblower. This procedure is in accordance with the IET bye-law 29 and rules of conduct. Furthermore, in accordance with the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA), members of my team who are part of the IET based in the UK who are considering whistleblowing should be aware of PIDA and that it applies to people at work raising concerns about the following but is not limited to crime, negligence, breach of administrative law or contract, miscarriage of justice and dangers to health and safety or the environment and any “cover-up” of said offences. Said members who make a protected disclosure also known as whistleblowing, are protected from employer discrimination or mistreatment. It should also be known that this protection applies to said member if the information is confidential or not and even if said malpractice is happening within the UK or overseas. WIth that said, no matter where or when in the world, whistleblowing is not something my team should feel discriminated against for doing. In the worst case scenario that there is a catastrophic fault within our electric vehicle, my team should strictly follow the IET’s code of conduct and report said fault in the form of whistleblowing, In the future I recommend that team members make themselves aware about the ethics of whistleblowing and the protection that comes with it.