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Introduction
The Business Regulation Simulation, featuring Alumina, a $4 billion dollar aluminum maker company in the United States with subsidiaries in manufacturing automotive components, packaging materials, bauxite mining, alumina refining and aluminum smelting with its businesses in eight countries around the world, experienced legal issues that were very public. The Alumina organization falls under the control of the Environmental Protection Agency of region 6. These companies, had a penalty imposed five years previously from the EPA and were now faced with a new legal issue or claim of environmental endangerment to the community with accusations from a local resident that the company take immediate action.
In this analysis, discussion will center on several areas, which would include identifying the key facts, regulations, and legal issues that surround Alumina as outlined in the simulation. What are some of Alumina’s values and stakeholders, some conflicts that stemmed among the competing stakeholders and the ethical dilemma that was caused based on certain decisions? Information on how Alumina handled the legal accusations from a regulatory standpoint. This analysis also provided some recommended alternative solutions for Alumina on how they can handle the situation from a different perspective.
Key Facts, Regulations and Legal Issues
The Erehwon Reporter reported that Kelly Bates accused Alumina of repeatedly contaminating the waters of Lake Dira with carcinogenic effluents, and has alleged that consumption of the contaminated water is the proximate cause of her 10-year old daughter’s leukemia (UOP simulation, 20 ...