Incident At Morales 1 
Incident at Morales
Assignment
After viewing the video, Incident at Morales, please prepare a 1.5-2 page report (single space, at least 11 point type) on the following questions.
1. List the ethical issues you observed in Incident at Morales.
2. From your personal perspective, prioritize these ethical issues from most critical to least critical
3. Discuss the video from three additional perspectives:
a) Fred’s Perspective: Assume you are Fred:
i) What specific ethical issues do you (Fred) face? ii) What are some things that you should consider? iii) From whom or where would you seek guidance?
b) Wally’s Perspective: Assume you are Wally:
i) What specific ethical issues does Wally face? ii) What do you think Wally's motivation was for having “One Rule”? iii) What do you think about Wally’s “One Rule”? iv) What decisions would you change if you were Wally?
c) Responsibility Perspective: If you were in charge and had the authority and the funding to make any changes you wanted to make in company policies:
i) What specific steps would you take to improve the company culture? ii) Who would you involve in this process? iii) How and when would you communicate the company policies to:
(a) Your employees?
(b) Your clients?
(c) The public? Synopsis:
Phaust Chemical manufactures “Old Stripper,” a paint remover that dominates the market. On learning that Phaust’s competitor, Chemitoil, plans to introduce a new paint remover that may capture the market, executives at Phaust decide to develop a competing product.
To save money in manufacturing the product, Phaust decides to construct a new chemical plant in Mexico and hires chemical engineer Fred Martinez, a former design engineer for the consulting company Chemitoil, to design the plant.
Problems arise when Chemistré, Phaust’s parent company in France, slashes budgets 20% across the board. In response, Chuck, the vice president of engineering at Phaust, strongly encourages Fred to reduce construction
Assignment
After viewing the video, Incident at Morales, please prepare a 1.5-2 page report (single space, at least 11 point type) on the following questions.
1. List the ethical issues you observed in Incident at Morales.
2. From your personal perspective, prioritize these ethical issues from most critical to least critical
3. Discuss the video from three additional perspectives:
a) Fred’s Perspective: Assume you are Fred:
i) What specific ethical issues do you (Fred) face? ii) What are some things that you should consider? iii) From whom or where would you seek guidance?
b) Wally’s Perspective: Assume you are Wally:
i) What specific ethical issues does Wally face? ii) What do you think Wally's motivation was for having “One Rule”? iii) What do you think about Wally’s “One Rule”? iv) What decisions would you change if you were Wally?
c) Responsibility Perspective: If you were in charge and had the authority and the funding to make any changes you wanted to make in company policies:
i) What specific steps would you take to improve the company culture? ii) Who would you involve in this process? iii) How and when would you communicate the company policies to:
(a) Your employees?
(b) Your clients?
(c) The public? Synopsis:
Phaust Chemical manufactures “Old Stripper,” a paint remover that dominates the market. On learning that Phaust’s competitor, Chemitoil, plans to introduce a new paint remover that may capture the market, executives at Phaust decide to develop a competing product.
To save money in manufacturing the product, Phaust decides to construct a new chemical plant in Mexico and hires chemical engineer Fred Martinez, a former design engineer for the consulting company Chemitoil, to design the plant.
Problems arise when Chemistré, Phaust’s parent company in France, slashes budgets 20% across the board. In response, Chuck, the vice president of engineering at Phaust, strongly encourages Fred to reduce construction