The Sole Supplier

Internal stakeholders:

Employees

Shareholders

Board of direction

External stakeholders:

Pacemaker Company

Doctors

Patients

Other companies that use our transistors

Obligations:

The obligation our company owes to the internal and external stakeholders is to make sure we

have enough supply. Since we are the sole remaining supplier of the transistors, we need to make sure

we have enough quantity of the products, which is very important. Also, our company needs to develop

the transistors, by spending time on researching and developing the new technology. And we will try

our best to bring up the transistor’s stronger capacity and longer lifetime model. Also, we need to

maintain some product quality control. We will make sure to have safety standards for our products,

and test the transistors to make sure that they work well. During the production of the transistors, our

company will set up stricter rules of quality control. In order to reduce the chance of product failure,

our company will pay more attention to the last procedure before the products get off the production

line.

Relevant Issues:

Moral Issues:

Will our company supply or not? Applying the theory of Egoism and Utilitarianism, continuing to

supply will result in more risks, increasing the dissatisfactions of our shareholders. Also, does our

company have a moral duty to continue supplying the transistors? Back in 1975, there were more errors

in the medical field because of less advanced technology. From a moral view, can our company sell to

the pacemaker company considering this fact? Also, how many lives are at risk if we don’t sell, and if we

do sell? People will die if we do or don’t sell, so which option is better to prevent the least number of

deaths?

Legal Issues:

Our company will be subjected to lawsuits and liability if we do or don’t sell. If we do sell our

transistors, and people die as a result of faulty pacemakers, we will be sued. If we don’t sell, and...