Case title: The Polluter’s Dilemma
Book Reference: Ethics in the work place by Robert A. Larmer
Page 576 (Chapter 18): BUSINESS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Thomas Heyd Environmental Ethics and the Workplace: A Call to Action
Your task is to provide an overview of your case, identify the
internal and external stakeholders and the obligations owed to them, the relevant moral, legal and financial considerations, and offer recommendations on how to proceed. In presenting 2 or more alternative courses of action, your goal is to isolate and defend a course of action that balances moral, legal and financial obligations and upholds obligations to stakeholders.
You must offer a set of actionable recommendations and end
your paper by considering and responding to at least one objection to your
recommendations.
Your paper must utilize relevant moral theory in at least one of the alternatives you consider.
So, for example,
If you are writing on Business and the Environment, one of your
alternatives must be consistent with the moral considerations addressed by Heyd or Sagoff in their respective articles. You are not required to recommend the theory application alternative. However, discussion of your theory application alternative 3 is a key component in grading for this assignment.
Papers must be in complete sentences (not in point form) and not include appendixes. You are permitted to use tables for illustrative purposes, but they must not take the place of explaining your recommendations. Paper must include complete citations and a bibliography. Papers without a
bibliography and properly referenced sources will not be graded.