e left alone to carry out its own internal investigation andrepercussions. From a business law perspective this is the ideal casesince a corporation is defined as being a separate legal entity.Furthermore, the opposition would argue that this resolution would benefitboth the company and the government since it would not inconvenienceeither party. The original resolution in the National Semiconductor casewas along these lines. The government permanently removed National fromits approved contractors list and then National set out to untangle theweb of culpability within its own confines. This allowed a relativelyquick resolution as well as the ideal scenario for National Semiconductor.In response, one could argue that the entity of a corporation hasno morals or even a concept of the word, it is only as moral and ethicalas the employees that work in that entity. All of the employees, includingtop ranking executives are working towards advancing the entity known astheir corporation (Capitman, 117). All employees, including thesub-contractors and assembly line workers, are in some part morallyresponsible because they should have been clear on their employment dutiesand they all should have been aware of which parts were intended forgovernment use. Ambiguity is not an excusing factor of moralresponsibility for the workers. Also, the fact that some employees failedto act in an ethical manner gives even more moral responsibility to thatemployee. While some are definitely more morally responsible than others,every employee has some burden of weight in this case. In fact, when thegovernment reached a final resolution, they decided to further imposerepercussions and certain employees of National Semiconductor were bannedfrom future work in any government office (Velazquez, 54).Looking at the case from the standpoint of National Semiconductor,the outcome was favorable considering the alternate steps that thegovernment could taken. As explained befo...
