Alumina and an Environment Accusation

Paper Summary:

This paper examines a case against the Alumina company in which a local resident is claiming that the company is contaminating Lake Dira and that her daughter has developed leukemia because of the contamination. The paper explains that the stakeholders in this case include Kelly Bates and her ailing daughter, the public, the EPA, the Alumuna workers, management and stockholders. The author recommends that, because there is no concluding evidence that the child was affected by the contamination five years earlier but there also is no information that completely erases the possibility, the appropriate solution for the situation is for the company to enter mediation with the plaintiff and to publish the findings of their independent study, which indicated that their current contamination levels are far below EPA regulations. The paper relates that these recommendations will present the company not only as an environmentally concerned organization but also as one that intends to respect all consumers ethically. This paper includes an extensive risk analysis matrix.

Table of Contents:
Key Facts, Regulations and Legal Issues
Values and Stakeholders
Legal Issues and Regulations
Recommended Solution, Ethical Resolutions and Company Values
Week Three Risk Analysis Matrix

From the Paper:

"It is apparent that the appropriate solution for the situation is for the company to seek to enter mediation with the plaintiff in the case. There is no evidence concluding that the child was affected by the contamination five years earlier, but there also is no information that completely erases the possibility. Since the child is a victim of leukemia, the chances that the jury will also see the child as a victim of Alumina's violation of EPA standards are high. This is because of the traditional views of juries in which they find favor for victims when they have been affected by the negative actions of corporate America."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Heilprin, J. (2006). Government wins round in pullution fight. WTOP News. Retrieved September 18, 2006, from http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=343&sid=884925&sidelines=1
• Organizational behavior. (n.d.). Big Dog's Leadership. Retrieved September 18, 2006, from http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/leadob.html
• Schindler, D. (2000). Facing the oncoming onslaught of criminal environmental enforcement. Find Law. Retrieved September 18, 2006, from http://library.findlaw.com/2000/Apr/1/129851.html#Scene_1

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