Dow Chemical Dioxin

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This paper outlines the ethical problems with Dow Chemical Company's production of Dioxin and their inability to properly manage the waste they produce. It then outlines the reasons for a moral obligation to remedy the problem. The paper focuses its argument by taking both anthropocentric approaches and anti-anthropocentric approaches to the issue.

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"Nearly all corporations produce waste as a by-product of the service or product they provide. That waste can have detrimental effects on the surrounding environment; not only the corporation's environment but the public and private environments associated with the effects of that waste. The Dow Chemical company produces many different kinds of waste in their production of various chemical products. In her article "Dioxin Class-Status Question Will Get another Day in Court," Kathie Marchlewski discusses a specific waste product released by the Dow Chemical Company into the Tittabawassee River in Midland, Michigan. This paper will take into account the ethical considerations of releasing Dioxin into the Tittabawassee River. The scope of this essay will be divided into two main approaches to dealing with environmental ethics: anthropocentric approaches and anti-anthropocentric approaches."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Dow Chemical Company. "Dioxin" (December 20, 2005) Accessed: March 22, 2007 Online: http://www.dow.com/commitments/debates/dioxin/index.htm
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