Reference no: EM131194539
Please explore uploaded links on BHP's deadly dam collapse on November 2015, in Bento Rodrigues, Brazil.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5hsNj6u-mA
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l7dKLwI-6c
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-29/bhp-samarco-dam-collapse-brazil-linked-to-ramping-up-production/7201022
- https://www.smh.com.au/business/comment-and-analysis/bhp-close-to-a-breakthrough-deal-over-brazilian-disaster-20160301-gn7ovr.html
Case Study 1 - Questions
1. Briefly explain the ethical problem(s) in the case study.
2. Also explain how do you face this ethical problem as a shareholder of the BHP Billiton? Compare and contrast utilitarian, deontological, and virtue ethics and discuss their relevance in explaining your situation.
3. Identify, explain and justify an ethical perspective that you think would help provide a solution to the problem - you may want to use a combination of ethical perspectives.
You must answer these question either as an essay or as a report.
Hints:
- Do some additional research on the detail of the case
- Use journal articles to support your arguments
- You might want to combine two perspectives - but take care to make sure they are compatible. You must make some good arguments that are supported by the literature.
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