Great Palm Oil Bhd is a palm oil plantation company in a small town providing jobs for
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Great Palm Oil Bhd is a palm oil plantation company in a small town providing jobs for the town’s working adults where employment is not easy to find. Most of the working adults are happy working for the company and it is a well-known fact that Great Palm Oil Bhd are willing to pay its workers very competitive wages and benefits. The company also engages in many charitable activities to aid the poor and vulnerable in the small town. Over the years Great Palm Oil Bhd has won multiple awards for its reputation as an ideal employer and being a corporate socially responsible company.
However, over the years the bye-products of the plantation during harvesting time have flown into streams and rivers. The bye-products do not violate any laws and seem harmless although some people have complained about reduction of fish which affect the livelihood of people depending on fishing. Sometimes the company resorts to open-burning to get rid of unwanted palm trees although it has always managed to control the open-burning operation without causing lingering inconvenience to the small town and its neighbors. However, whenever open burning happens, clinics in the small town see an increase in respiratory issues in patients.
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(A) Discuss the issues of integrity, ethics and law presented in this case study.
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