CHEG 2611 Exam 3 Spring 2017 Name: 4) Answer these questions for the case p Oil
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CHEG 2611 Exam 3 Spring 2017 Name: 4) Answer these questions for the case p Oil Spill? Peter has been working with the Bigness oilCompany's he receives by pipeline. Sometime during the 1950s, local affiliate for several years, and he has established a when operations were more loss one of the strong, trusting relationship with Jesse, manager of the process chemicals was discovered when the books local facility. The facility, on Peter's recommendations, were audited. There were apparently 10,000 gallons has followed all of the environmental regulations to of the chemical missing. After running pressure letter, and it has a solid reputation with the state regula tests on the pipelines, the plant that tory agency. The local facility receives various petro- one of the pipes had corroded and had been leaking chemical products via pipelines and tank trucks, and the chemical into the it blends them for resale to the private sector. leak, the company ground. After stopping the lesse has been so pleased with Peter's sank observation and has recommended that Peter be retained as the that he wells and found that the product was sitting in a verti- rate consulting engineer. This would be a cal plume, slowly diffu into a deep aquifer. Be- significant ad- cause there was sing vancement for Peter and his consulting firm, ce no surface or groundwater pollution Peter's steady and impressive rise in the firm. There is off the plant property, the plant manager decided to talk of a vice presidency in a few years. do nothing. Jesse thought that somewhere under the One day, over coffee, Jesse tells Peter a story about plant there still sits this plume, although the last test a mysterious loss in one of the raw petrochemicals from the sampling wells showed that the concentratio of the chemical in the groundwater within 400 feetExplanation / Answer
a) Harm test: The management says that there wil be no harm due to this oil spill. But reality says otherwise. The oil spill will definitely affect the aquifer below. So it is important to point out how the contamination of aquifer with oil is likely to affect the company's prospects, ie) how the company wouldnt be able to draw water for the industrial purposes.
b) Code of ethics
Fundamental Principle:
Fundamental Canons: Points 1,3,5, 6 will help peter to take a proper decision.
c) Peter has to suggest possible solutions to the company, that will help them remediate this spill. He had to put forward very effective remedial measures and convince the company that it is in their best interests. Simple and effective solutions has to be put forth as the company will not be willing to spend much. He should make the company aware that they will be in huge trouble if this case comes up at a latter time. It would not only affect them economically but also morally. It is imperative to make the company understand that implementing certain measures is in their best interests.
Some effective solutions are: