Discussing Ethical Consideration in a Workplace

I. BUSINESS ETHICS
1) Roger is a manager at Chemwep, a chemical weapons manufacturer. Roger discovered that toxic by-products from the plant are simply put in barrels and stacked near the boundary lines of the plant property. Children in the homes near these boundaries have an unusually high rate of kidney disease. Roger does not want to disclose the barrels' contents because he will lose his job and the town will lose its major employer. Discuss the ethical considerations relative to Roger’s decision, including the ethical test that support Roger’s decision. Your response should be no more than 3 sentences.

The ethical consideration that Roger is faced with regarding this issue is whether he should disclose the information or withhold it. By disclosing it he faces the risks of jeopardizing both his and his co-workers’ jobs, at the expense of the health risks of the community surrounding the plant. Accordingly, in order to conduct the ethical test, he must ask three particular questions, namely; (1) is it legal, (2) is it ethical, and (3) is it balanced?

II. BUSINESS AND THE CONSTITUTION
1) The state of Arizona has passed a tax reform bill that taxes property owners at a specified rate with the exception of mines and utilities. Both mines and utilities are assigned a higher rate of tax for their properties. A state legislator commented on the bill, "In some of these small towns, without the higher rate of taxation for mines and utilities, the schools in these towns would suffer because the property is worth nothing and there are no property tax dollars coming in. We have to tax these area's wealthiest citizens at a different rate and thos...