Question

(Class Activity)

(Don't swim in the black sea)

Mansoor is the manager of the Black Sea Manufacturing Company ("BSMC") in Mangalia, Romania. Mangalia is a small town on the coast of the Black Sea. BSMC employs 1000 people, which is about Yz of the population of the small town of Mangalia, Romania. · Mansoor bas a good relationship with his boss, Ali, who lives and works for BSMC's headquarters in Dubai.

BSMC water emissions (waste coming out of the factory into the Black Sea) at Mansoor's factory were consistently over the acceptable pollution guidelines set by the town of Mangalia. Several months ago, Mansoor got a call from his boss Ali, who told him that the town had started fining BSMC a large sum of money every month due to the water pollution being too high.

Mansoor admitted that the water pollution was a continual problem, but because headquarters would not invest in new technology to clean the waste before it is dumped into the Black Sea, he didn't know how to solve the pollution problem. Ali told Mansoor that the only way the company could afford the new technology was to fire 250 of the workers at Mansoor's factory. Ali pointed out to Mansoor that other factories in Mangalia were in worse shape than BSMC and somehow, they were meeting the town's pollution standards. Ali said that the company could not afford to be fined every month for these violations. Mansoor assured Ali that he would look into the matter.

Mansoor immediately called the other manufacturing factories in Mangalia. He learned they were scheduling their heavy emissions work (work that produced a lot of pollution) at night so that during the day when the town took did their water pollution test readings, their factory pollution levels were within standards.

Six months went by, BSMC was paying large fines every month, and Mansoor still had not found a good solution. Finally, Mansoor spoke with the Bulgaria government and was told that Bulgaria does not have as strict of water pollution laws as Romania. The Bulgarian representative invited Mansoor to relocate the Black Sea factory to Kavarna, Bulgaria, which is only 45 kilometers south of the current location of the factory, and also on the Black Sea. The current employees could drive back and forth across the border to the new factory every day. However, the Bulgarian government requires that at least 50% of the workers in Black Sea's factory be Bulgarian citizens.

Ali told Mansoor he had only one week to decide what to do or he would lose his job.

Question: Identify two ethical choices Mansoor must make and suggest minimum of two solutions to the ethical problem. (Please think outside the box.)

Answer 1

In this specific situation, mansoor should agree with the owners advice to fire 250 of the workers.

Firing 250 people would definitely be more beneficial than firing half of the employees if the factory is moved to the bulgaria. From the ethical perspective firing employees would also help the organisation to afford the new machines for treating the waste which would definitely implement an increase their social responsibility by reducing the carbon based.

Firing 250 employees performance would definitely help the organisation to create and survive at the specific location. Firing the employees would help the organisation in both ways, by staying at the location and reduce the cost of shifting as well as it would also provide extratorrents to get the equipments for reducing pollution done by the organisation.

This approach would enable two ways for the bsmc and improve the overall market situation by assessing the specific problems and using this approach to fire 250 employees cell structure.