Nathan Rosillo stared out his office window at the lazy curves and lush, green, flower-lined banks of the Dutch Valley R

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Nathan Rosillo stared out his officewindow at the lazy curves and lush, green, flower-lined banks ofthe Dutch Valley River. He’d grown up near here, and he envisionedthe day that his children would enjoy the river as he had as achild. But now his own company might make that a riskyproposition.
Nathan is a key product developer atChem-Tech Corporation, an industry leader. Despite its competitiveposition, Chem-Tech experienced several quarters of dismalfinancial performance. Nathan and his team developed a newlubricant product that the company sees as the turning point in itsdeclining fortunes. Top executives are thrilled that they canproduce the new product at a significant cost savings because ofrecent changes in environmental regulations. Regulatory agenciesloosened requirements on reducing and recycling wastes, which meansthat Chem-Tech can now release waste directly into the Dutch ValleyRiver.
Nathan is as eager as anyone to seeChem-Tech survive this economic downturn, but he doesn’t think thisroute is the way to do it. He expressed his opposition regardingthe waste dumping to both the plant manager and his directsupervisor, Martin Feldman. Martin has always supported Nathan, butthis time was different. The plant manager, too, turned a deaf ear.“We’re meeting government standards,” he’d said. “It’s up to themto protect the water. It’s up to us to make a profit and stay inbusiness.”
Frustrated and confused, Nathan turnedaway from the window, his prime office view mocking his inabilityto protect the river he loved. He knew that the manufacturing vicepresident was visiting the plant next week. Maybe if he talked withher, she would agree that the decision to dump waste materials inthe river was ethically and socially irresponsible. But if shedidn’t, he would be skating on thin ice. His supervisor had alreadyaccused him of not being a team player. Maybe he should just be apassive bystander—after all, the company isn’t breaking anylaws.