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A 13 page paper that presents a hypothetical case entitled: Something's Rotten in Hondo. Three ethical issues are identified, each is in terms of categorical imperative, utilitarianism, rights-based and justice-based decisions and Kohlberg's stages of moral development. The essay rates the company in terms of the four aspects of corporate social reasonability and then discusses the ethical issues in terms of different stakeholders, such as employees, the community and several others. A recommendation is made with justification. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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File: MM12_PGhondo.RTF
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managers of other plants. The company will not make the modifications needed to bring the emissions into legal standards. The other managers manipulate their work tasks between day and night
so that during the day, their emissions are within the legal standards. The poison is still going into the air but that does not concern them. Moving the plan to
Mexico brings about two more ethical issues. While the plant would comply legally with the Mexican regulations, its emissions would affect the air quality in that city and would continue
to affect air quality in Hondo because the emissions would travel. Further, the move would put several hundred workers out of work, which would negatively impact the infrastructure of Hondo,
forcing many businesses to close. Decision Makers The decision makers are George, plant manager, and Bill, his boss at headquarters. Unidentified decision makers are the chief
executive officer, the chief financial officer and other top executives and the board of directors. There is no information regarding the attitudes and beliefs of any of these other decision
makers. It would be presumptuous to conclude they have the same attitudes as George or Bill. Therefore, we will discuss only what we know about George and Bill, based on
their behaviors or lack thereof. Also, Georges wife, Mary, is not a decision maker but she no doubt has an influence on the decisions George makes. When appropriate, Mary will
be included in the discussion. For instance, her behavior suggests a high level of moral development than either Bill or George. Ethical Issues Three ethical issues at the
Hondo plant will be discussed: failure to comply with EPA emissions standards, relocating, which would make the companys emissions legal but would still be unethical in that the emissions will
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