Water Bottle and Ethical DilemmasTo: Senior ManagementFrom:Date:Re: Water bottle and Ethical DilemmasAs we all know what has and is happening here, if you are not aware of what has happened, one of our employees introduced a chemical into one of the machines, which in turn contaminated 120,000 bottles of the spring water. Now with that said we also know that the companys consumers would not have any affects unless they drink a large amount, about 10 gallons of water or more per day over a long period of time.
Since the machine have been sterilized and risk if any long term exposure pretty much have been eliminated. That brings us to our ad campaign, which will make it false.
I have come to the decision obligation which required me to use ethical decision-making, and careful thinking about how to balance this out with the stakeholders interests. We know that there are multiple stake holders are involved in these situations which are the following, business partners, customers, and employees (Primary Stakeholders).
In my opinion I think that all the stake holders have equal amount to lose and very little to gain. So in return I would like to say that I do think we should pull all the bottled water from the selves and take our chances with being honest and tell our consumers, which will in a nationwide recall. I also think that if our consumers have any questions we should be able to have a place for them to go and ask questions with real life answers. From there we can rebuild our brand and also do better with our hiring process. Now youre probably thinking it is easier said than done and we will have to rebuild our trust as well as rebuild our brand. After we have told our side of the story we can do a survey to determine where we are with our consumers.
The Consumer Council of Ireland said it will meet on 3 May.
In a statement, the organisation said the decision was unanimous:
A further recall of bottled water, because of an issue relating to the storage of high volume bottled water in its supply chain, is due to take effect on 14 April, subject to regulatory procedures. It is based on an extensive review by its management committee. This recall is linked to a report which was submitted in the past year and is now in the public domain and it is not related to the bottled water industry. In fact the company did not receive a clear explanation why this was the case, which has been suggested as a possible reason. An investigation by the independent Oireachtas’ Consumer Council was launched on 30 April and on 26 May the company was contacted by a senior staff member of the Council. There were no decisions made by the agency on our part, as there was no information regarding the quality of the water. The agency was fully informed the company wanted to return to the drawing board and as a result we have received a response from the regulator within a 30-min window. This further reduces our chances of a recall. The Consumer Council for Ireland is a non-profit organisation focused on the environment. We support voluntary, public-private partnerships such as this and continue to support all aspects of the Irish water supply to promote good public health.