he new Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Lee Ching Chemical Company, Max Ching, has found that the firm has been dumping its toxic waste into the local river for the last four years and falsifying information to officials about the amounts of alleged cancer-causing materials in the waste. The plant overseer claims there is no evidence that the waste will cause cancer. Besides, within a hundred kilometers downriver, there are only a few fishing villages. If the company had to treat the substance to neutralize its potentially harmful effects and transport it to a legal dumpsite, the operating costs of the company would rise to a level that could render the company uncompetitive. When the organization loses its competitive advantage, five thousand local workers can become unemployed and the economy of that town could collapse. Question: If you were the COO, what would you do? Why?
The new Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Lee Ching Chemical Company, Max
Ching, has found that the firm has been dumping its toxic waste into the local river
for the last four years and falsifying information to officials about the amounts of
alleged cancer-causing materials in the waste. The plant overseer claims there is no
evidence that the waste will cause cancer. Besides, within a hundred kilometers
downriver, there are only a few fishing villages. If the company had to treat the
substance to neutralize its potentially harmful effects and transport it to a legal
dumpsite, the operating costs of the company would rise to a level that could render
the company uncompetitive. When the organization loses its competitive advantage,
five thousand local workers can become
could collapse.
Question: If you were the COO, what would you do? Why?
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