Solve asap! Course: Ethical and Legal Dimensions of Engineering Iqbal Khan is the environmental compliance manager for a small plastics manufacturing company 25 Plasticallity Ltd. He is currently faced with the decision whether or not to spend money on new technology that will reduce the level of a particular toxin in the wastewater that flows out the back of the factory and into a lake. The factory’s emission levels are already within legal limits. However, Iqbal Khan knows that environmental regulations for this particular toxin are lagging behind scientific evidence. In fact, a scientist from the university had been quoted in the newspaper recently, saying that if emission levels stayed at this level, the fish in the lakes and rivers in the area might soon have to be declared unsafe for human consumption. Further, if companies in the region don’t engage in some self-regulation on this issue, there is reason to fear that the government - backed by public opinion - may force companies to begin using the tneecwhnology and may also begin requiring monthly emission level reports (which would be both expensive and time consuming). But the company’s environmental compliance budget is tight. Asking for this new technology to be installed would put Iqbal Khan’s department over-budget and could jeopardise the company’s ability to show a profit this year. Which dilemmas and challenges do you see for the company “Plastic allity” after they have been aware of the potential damage the specific toxin could create on the environment? What should Iqbal Khan do?

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Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa

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Solve asap! Course: Ethical and Legal Dimensions of Engineering Iqbal Khan is the environmental compliance manager for a small plastics manufacturing company 25 Plasticallity Ltd. He is currently faced with the decision whether or not to spend money on new technology that will reduce the level of a particular toxin in the wastewater that flows out the back of the factory and into a lake. The factory’s emission levels are already within legal limits. However, Iqbal Khan knows that environmental regulations for this particular toxin are lagging behind scientific evidence. In fact, a scientist from the university had been quoted in the newspaper recently, saying that if emission levels stayed at this level, the fish in the lakes and rivers in the area might soon have to be declared unsafe for human consumption. Further, if companies in the region don’t engage in some self-regulation on this issue, there is reason to fear that the government - backed by public opinion - may force companies to begin using the tneecwhnology and may also begin requiring monthly emission level reports (which would be both expensive and time consuming). But the company’s environmental compliance budget is tight. Asking for this new technology to be installed would put Iqbal Khan’s department over-budget and could jeopardise the company’s ability to show a profit this year. Which dilemmas and challenges do you see for the company “Plastic allity” after they have been aware of the potential damage the specific toxin could create on the environment? What should Iqbal Khan do?

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