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Question Case Study 1Discuss available options with merits and demeritsGS4GS2

What are the ethical issues and dilemmas that confront you in the above case?

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Introduction

[Case Study 1 question context provided on page] Available options with merit & demerits

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Main Body

Above case study highlights classic example of hypocrisy of various companies claiming their products

Stakeholders involved: (1) My company [GreenTech Industries] (2) Me [Compliance officer] (3) Local community [serious issue of due to disposal] (4) Environment at risk (5) Shareholders and investors - assuming eco-friendly product (6) Entire audit teams (7) Society at large. Ethical issues and dilemmas: (1) Legality vs ethics - meet legal standards, potential risk to health (2) Company's benefit vs local people welfare (3) Honest report vs fear of personal loss due to exposure of truth (4) Hypocrisy of company - promise of eco-friendly product vs process involved is hazardous [Bad means] (5) Risk to environment vs risk to loss of livelihood of employees on public of true report. (6) Dedication to duty as compliance officer vs obligation to company.

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Komal Punia

Subject & Paper

GS4GS2

Topic

Ethics - Business and Corporate Responsibility

Ethical Dilemmas in Environmental Compliance

Hypocrisy in Corporate Environmental Claims

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148

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structured and analytical

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With the summer heat being exceptionally severe this year, the district has been facing severe water shortage. The District Collector has been mobilizing his subordinate officials to conserve the remaining water reserves for preventing the district from plunging into acute drinking water crisis. Along with an awareness campaign for conserving water, strict measures have been taken for stopping the over-exploitation of ground-water. Vigilance teams have been deployed to tour the villages and find the farmers who are drawing water from deep borewells or from the river reservoir for irrigation. The farmers are agitated by such action. A delegation of farmers meets the District Collector with their issues and complains that while they are not being allowed to irrigate their crops, big industries located near the river are drawing huge amounts of water through deep borewells for their industrial processes. The farmers allege that their administration is anti-farmer and corrupt, being bribed by the industry. The district needs to placate the farmers as they are threatening to go on a prolonged protest. At the same time, the District Collector has to deal with the water crisis. The industry cannot be closed as this would result in a large number of workers being unemployed. (a) Discuss all options available to the District Collector as a District Magistrate. (b) What suitable actions can be taken in view of mutually compatible interests of the stakeholders? (c) What are the potential administrative and ethical dilemmas for the District Collector ?

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