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A 4 page paper that discusses the issue of having the right to do something versus what is right to do. The essay presents four situations that could emerge in a company and discusses the company's legal right to do it and explains why it is not the right thing to do. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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will discuss four hypothetical situations that could emerge in a very diversified corporation. This global corporation, DWI, has interests and activities in many different industries. Lets suppose this company has
a manufacturing plant in a state that borders Mexico. It is extremely expensive to meet the EPA codes regarding air pollution and one of four plants gets continuous citations from
the EPA, which costs the company many thousands in fines. Corporate executives have decided to move the plant to the other side of the border where air pollution codes are
more lenient. In fact, they plan to move the plant only about 5 - 10 miles inside the border. The company has the legal right to take this action,
i.e., they have the right to do so but it is not the right thing to do. 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 the town where it is now located because the emissions would travel. Further, the move
would put several hundred workers out of work, which would negatively impact the infrastructure of the town where the plant is located, forcing many businesses to close. Kant said decisions
must be viewed as if they were universal laws (Johnson, 2004). An unethical act according to Kants categorical imperative theory because if we applied the act universally (Johnson, 2004), all
companies who do not comply with emissions standards and some of those who do would move to Mexico, which would destroy the U.S. economy. In the companys financial arm, the
goal is to increase investments in various parts of Eastern Europe, Asia and other emerging markets. One of the executives, Grant, in this division has put together a deal with
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