Fernando's Business Ethics and Corporate Governance, 3rd Edition

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Part 1

 Business Ethics

(The case is based on reports in the print and elec-

tronic media. The case is meant for academic purpose

only. The writer has no intention to sully the reputa-

tion of the corporations or the executives involved.)

INTRODUCTION

The scorching pace of the growth of modern material

civilization brings in several wastes, some biodegrad-

able and some non-biodegradable, adding to the prob-

lems mankind faces in trying to preserve nature in a

most habitable form to posterity. More and more forms

of wastes are added to household and industrial wastes

with an unfailing regularity—commercial wastes, hos-

pital wastes, and in recent ...