uld not inconvenience either party. The original resolution in the Company X case was along these lines. The government permanently removed Company X from its approved contractors list and then Company X set out to untangle the web of wrongdoing from within. This allowed for a relatively quick resolution as well as an ideal scenario for Company X.In response, one could argue that the whole corporation has no morals oreven a concept of the word. A corporation is only as moral and ethical as the employees that work for it. All employees, including top ranking executives are working towards the advancement of the company as a whole. All employees, including the sub-contractors and assembly line workers, are in some part morally responsible. Every employee should have been clear on their employment duties and aware of which parts were intended for government use. Uncertainty is not an excuse for moral responsibility in the case of the workers. Also, the fact that some employees failed to act in an ethical manner gives even more moral responsibility to that employee. While some are definitely more morally responsible than others, every employee has to carry some burden of weight in this case. In fact, when the government reached a final resolution, they decided to further impose repercussions and certain employees of Company X werebanned from future work in any government office (Velazquez, 54).Looking at the case from the standpoint of Company X, the outcome wasfavorable considering alternate steps in which the government could have taken. As explained before, it is ideal for a company to be able to conduct its own investigation as well as it's own punishment. After all, it would be best for a company to determine what specific departments are responsible rather than having a court of law trying to decide which employee is to be blamed. Yet, since there were ethical issues of dishonesty and secrecy involved, Company X should ha...
