Wilmorite Corporation owned a large tract of land and proposed erecting a large, modern enclosed shopping mall south of town. The mall was opposed by an environmental group that argued that the land had areas with standing water that waterfowl used in their spring and fall migrations. The challenges resulted in a substantial delay in the development of the land; more extensive environmental impact statements had to be prepared and plans had to be redrawn.
1. Was this development ethical?
2. The largest contributor to the environmental group happened to own Southtown Mall, an older strip mall across the road from the proposed new mall. Was his contribution to the environmental group ethical?