LAW, MORALITY, ETHICS & ETIQUETTE CASE STUDIES

CASE STUDY – 1

Is it ethical for a person to work as an engineer with a tobacco company? Take

account of the following facts:

Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, and lung diseases (including
emphysema, bronchitis, and chronic airway obstruction).Worldwide, tobacco
use causes more than 5 million deaths per year, and current trends show that
tobacco use will cause more than 8 million deaths annually by 2030. A warning
sign of the potential health effects of smoking are usually placed on the
cigarette packs.

Cigarette companies do much good for example:

 by providing jobs (Phillip Morris employs more than 150,000 people
worldwide)
 through taxes
 through sponsorships

There is disagreement over just how addictive cigarettes are, but adults have
some choice in deciding whether to continue using cigarettes, and they may
choose to continue for reasons beyond the addictive potential of nicotine.