Position Paper Enbridge Oil Sillage

Victoria L. Flanders

Enbridge Oil Spillage

Business Ethics

Human Resource 655

Winter 2015

In chapter one and two decision point to discuss the perspective of the ethical debate is who gets to decide on how to clean up the oil spill and what to do about the residents. Do the town of Wrigley’s residents get to decide the action plan? Or does the company need to come up with plan regarding what is ethical in their view?

There was report about the oil leak which was owned by energy company Enbridge. The oil leak happened in the town of Wrigley in Canada. The town was very upset and demanded a cleanup. The residents confronted the company by telling it how the oil spillage should be cleaned and what to do with the town people. Enbridge needs to figure out what is going on and what to do. Does the company need to own to the towns people of Wrigley for the oil spill?

In the town of Wrigley, there are only about one hundred and sixty-five people living in that small remote town. The majority of the people who live there have low level of education and half of the town is unemployed. The town people live a very basic lifestyle, fishing, hunting, and so forth; they mostly rely on the natural environment for a living.

Once Enbridge investigated, the company discovered that about a thousand and five hundred oil barrels had leaked and only leaked onland. However, the town people started to complain the water tasted funny once they found out about the oil spillage. Enbridge provided detailed documents, plans for their investigation, and details of the cleanup. The town people of Wrigley were still not satisfied and felt the information was difficult to understand. In addition, they felt insulted by Enbridge for offering only five thousand dollars to pay the community for their own expert to investigate and evaluate Enbridge’s plan. Furthermore, they requested a new swimming pool or hockey arena for the children to play in.

According to the documentation...