Read the text and answer the questions in the next picture. 1. What are the ethical issues?2. What are the relevant facts?3. Who are the primary stakeholders/ who isaffected?4. What are the possible alternatives?5. What are the practical constraints?6. What actions should be taken? MINICASE: MGMT - 04BUSINESS ETHICS PROGRAMLittle Enough or Too MuchTopic:Environmental ProtectionCharacters:Bryan, Manager in new product development with a large chemicalcompanyBill Gates, Plant Supervisor and Bryan's superiorBryan was recently hired by a large chemical company to oversee the construction ofproduction facilities to produce a new product. X Chemical developed a new industriallubricant which it felt it could produce at a price close to those of its competitors. Theplant to manufacture the lubricant was built on land adjacent to the East River. XChemical had already applied for and received the necessary permit to dump wastematerials from the process in the river. Several other chemical plants in the near vicinityare also releasing waste materials into the river.Bryan is concerned because the government agency which oversees the permit process hasgranted X Chemical a permit to release more waste in the river than previouslyanticipated. An additional stage in the production process which would have reduced thewaste and recycled some materials became unnecessary due to the regulatory agency'sdecision. Because the additional process would have added capital and production costs, itwas not built as part of the existing plant. Yet, X Chemical has always stated publicly thatit would do all that it could to protect the environment from harmful materials.The company has had mediocre performance for several quarters, and everyone isanxious to see the new product do well. Tests have shown it to be a top-quality industriallubricant which can now be produced at a cost significantly below these of theircompetitors. Orders have been flowing in, and the plant is selling everything it canproduce. Morale in the company has increased significantly because of the success of thenew product. Due to the success of the new product, all employees are looking forward tosizable bonuses from the company's profit sharing plan.Bryan is upset that the company failed to build the additional stage on the plant and fearsthat the excess waste released today will cause problems for the company tomorrow.Bryan approaches Bill Gates, the Plant Supervisor, with his concerns. Bill replies, "It's upto the government agency to protect the river from excess waste, and the company onlyhad to meet the agency's standards. The amount of waste being released poses no threat tothe environment, according to the agency. The engineersdesigned the production process must have been too conservative in their rtes. Even if theagency made a mistake, the additional recycling and waste reduction process can be addedlater when it becomes necessary. At this point, building the additional process wouldrequire costly interruptions in the production process and might cause customers to switchto our competitors. Heck, environmental groups might become suspicious if productionwas stopped to add the additional process-they might see it aswrongdoing.who originallyan admission of©1992 Arthur Andersen & Co, SC. All rights reserved.Page 1 of 1MINICASE: MGMT - 04BUSINESS ETHICS PROGRAMNo one in the company wants to attract any unwarranted attention from the environmentalgroups. They give us enough trouble as it is. The best thing we can do is make moneywhile the company can and deal with issues as they come up. Don't go trying to causetrouble without any proof. The company doesn't like troublemakers, so watch your step.You're new here, and you wouldn't want to have to find a new job."Bryan is frustrated and upset. He can see all the benefits of the new product, but inside he issure the company is making a short-sighted decision which will hurt them in the long run.The Vice President of Operations will tour the plant next week, and Bryan is consideringapproaching the officer with his corm. It might also be possible to contact the governmentagency and request that the permit be reviewed. Bryan is unsure what to do, but he feels heshould do something.Author: Originally developed by Eric Heist, graduate student at WashingtonUniversity, as a class project in "Ethical Decision Making." Edited andsubmitted by Dr. Raymond L. I3ilgert, Professor of Management and IndustrialRelations, Washington University.

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