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    A Case Study in Corporate Morality

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    This 4 page paper examines several philosophical arguments regarding a case study submitted by a student. The problem is that three executives have to decide whether or not to accept a contract with a corrupt government. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

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    worked through a transition in government when a coup created a theocracy. Black Gold is involved in the creation of an oil pipeline. Under this new government, women must abide  very strict rules; for example, because womens bodies cannot be viewed by men other than their husbands, women cannot receive health care. The leaders, according to this case study, have  also removed 20,000 indigenous people, many of whom are forced to work on the pipeline anyway so that they do not starve. Other nations have cut themselves off from this  nation due to their tactics. Finally, the leaders offer Black Gold exclusive rights to the oil and a larger part of the profits if the firm remains in the  country. Black Golds executives --Ellis Egoist, Ernie Utilitarian, and Donald Deontologist--argue as to whether or not to accept the offer. In exploring which points are most important to each, a  student writing on this subject will want to explore the various ideological stances of the three high level executives. Ellis Egoist is obviously concerned with himself. In the case study,  a student remarks that the individual for Ellis is Black Gold. Ellis aligns himself with the company and so the image of the company as well as its profitability is  important to him. Ellis will likely want to go for the deal but the situation does get complicated. Ellis has both an image of the good guy to protect as  well as to protect the image as a money maker. People today do wrestle with these very problems as inevitably when they get into the world of work they are  confronted with moral issues. Yet, they do not want to lose money by not going along with the status quo. In this situation, there is a real moral dilemma. Ultimately 

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