Environmental Ethics

Environmental Ethics 1   Environmental Ethics   Brian Griffith   SOC 120   Robert Olson   November 17, 2008   Environmental Ethics 2   Environmental Ethics   If high gas prices are bothering the American public; politicians will address the issue. If offshore drilling is bothering the American public; politicians will pay attention to how they feel about it. The same could be said for health care in America, or Social Security, or the recent Wall Street collapse. All issues are relevant and should be addressed by our nations’ leaders, but how much damage has to be done to our planet, before a Congress, a President, or a Parliament takes action? One has to wonder if dependency on foreign oil, high gas prices, global warming, or the future of our planet would have been part of an election campaign if the public was not concerned about it.   Many communities have instituted recycling programs, water conservation projects, and other waste management policies to help appease the concerns of the people that they represent.   Environmental Ethics 3   In some communities, people are fined for disobeying these environmental laws, but not everyone in these communities have the same amount of concern about the environment.   Many large companies in the U.S. have had to adjust their waste management procedures, in order to stay out of conflict with the Environmental Protection Agency, and the public as well. Even oil companies have started to run advertisements, promoting that they are looking into alternative resources for oil, and implementing plans on other ways to improve our environment. This is where the ethics in the business world blend in very much so with the ethics of the environment. If CEO’s of big corporations had it their way, there would be no compromise to preserve our environment, because it has yet to be seen if there can be the same amount of profit by conforming to help save the environment. If evidence was shown that by conserving on production to help the... [continues]

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