MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
Due in next class
Answer the following four questions.
Answer the questions completely in dignified prose with the pithiness
of Hemingway while avoiding the excess of Mailer yet with a nod to the imagery
of Salman Rushdi.
1.
You are a compliance officer
for the Very Big Corporation of America. Your V.P enters your office looking for some insight into a regulatory
policy that will placate the EPA. Your
company is a transnational, which has been in some trouble with regulatory
agencies in the past. The current
regulatory environment is client centered. The point issue is that you, among other companies, make a chemical,
which is used in wood manufacturing and threatens the reproduction of the
Spotted Lizardfish, a disgusting animal indigenous to underground cave pools
in Northwestern New Jersey. The agency
wants your company to bear all the costs of sampling, research, and remediation.
The EPA is considering extremely rigid regulations as well that will
make production of the chemical unprofitable.
a.
Make arguments based on policy,
which might be convincing to the EPA to meet the needs of industry, government,
and the environment.
b.
Suggest an alternative regulatory
technique that might be acceptable to the EPA and would meet company needs
in this situation.
2.
Explain how a shift in party
politics might determine regulatory action in question 1.
3.
Describe a customer service
orientation from both an internal corporate and a regulatory agency point
of view for question 1.
a.
Describe the dangers of a
customer service point of view under the circumstances and
b.
Describe the dangers of a
customer service point of view theoretically.
4. There have been a series of violations in your company. They are of the following nature: a) failure to file appropriate paper work in several foreign countries regarding patents; b) Violations of local governing law regarding import and export; c) failure to disclose securities holdings in the US by company employees; d) Violations of EPA regulations in the US.
Taking a problems solving and infrastructure approach, what would you recommend and do and in what order would you do it?
GOOD LUCK