A manufacturing company provides jobs for many people in a small town where employment is not easy to find. The company has stayed in the town even though it could find cheaper workers elsewhere, because workers are loyal to the company due to the jobs it provides. Over the years, the company has developed a reputation in the town for taking care of its employees and being a responsible corporate citizen.
The manufacturing process used by the company produces a by-product that for years has flown into the town river. The by-product has been considered harmless but some people who live near the river have reported illnesses. The by-product does not currently violate any anti-pollution laws.
What are the issues of integrity, ethics and law posed in the case study? What options does the company have, and what should it do and why?
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A manufacturing company provides jobs for many people in a small town where employment is not easy to find. The company has stayed in the town even though it could find cheaper workers elsewhere, because workers are loyal to the company due to the jobs it provides. Over the years, the company has developed a reputation in the town for taking care of its employees and being a responsible corporate citizen.
The manufacturing process used by the company produces a by-product that for years has flown into the town river. The by-product has been considered harmless but some people who live near the river have reported illnesses. The by-product does not currently violate any anti-pollution laws.
What are the issues of integrity, ethics and law posed in the case study? What options does the company have, and what should it do and why?
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Since the company has not committed any illegal actions or violated any law, this matter is a moral issue. As stated in this case, the environment is a small town which means that there is difficulty finding a job where the worker's loyalty is solely due to the lack of employment, which resulted in the company's good reputation and has become a concern about their integrity.
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The company has not done any illegal activity nor violated any law because the by-product produced was freely released into the river as it was considered harmless, their production has harmed the town's residents' health mainly, those who live near the river.
The company has the choice of first informing the authorities in that town that a by-product of their manufacturing process is openly released into the water, even though it has been proven and deemed harmless. Since the company owns the waste that was being flown freely into the river, they should have taken the responsibility to investigate as a response to the residents' complaints when there are reported illnesses and the problem of people complaining of being sick arose. In the first place, before a company establishes a certain business and when they start to operate, they should have provided allocation where their waste will be properly disposed of, away from people where their health is not compromised. Given these points, when putting up a company, it isi important to consider your surroundings. They should take care not to harm their surroundings or the people around them, as their actions represent their business, and not only their company but also the town and its residence will benefit from it.