Kenia Freeman
Professor Teresa Smallwood
LEG500
August 18, 2013

Organization leaders have a responsibility for upholding the proper standards as they pertain to ethical behaviors in the workplace. Leaders are constantly faced with making the best decisions possible for their corporations and to increase profits for company stakeholders. Unfortunately, some stakeholders do not always make the right choices, especially when the wrong one choice is more enticing. My research will determine the stakeholders invested in PharmaCARE, analyze the ethics of their treatment of the indigenous population and its rank-and-file workers versus the executives, and determine whether Allen can legally fire a few of his employees. Also, determine Allen’s whistleblowing opportunities, obligations, and protections. I will assess PharmaCARE’s environmental initiative against the backdrop of its anti-environmental lobbying efforts and Colberian activities and analyze the original purposes of and the changes to Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). PharmaCARE is a leading pharmaceutical company known for being caring, ethical and well-run that produces high-quality products that have saved and enhanced the lives of millions. The company offers free and discounted drugs to low-income consumers, has a foundation that sponsors healthcare educational programs and scholarships, and its CEO serves on the PhRMA board. The stakeholders here are pretty much everyone involved, being the employees, the owners and other executives, as well as the suppliers. Though they are not all equal, all are affected by the organization’s actions. “If the individuals are harmed by decisions that maximize company profitability, then the decision is not an ethical one. Only one stakeholder is getting their needs met, at the expense of other stakeholders.” (Bush,