Introduction
Alumina, Inc. (AI), as portrayed in the University of Phoenix (UOP) simulation, is a $4 billion dollar company operating n eight countries around the world. AI's business interests are in automotive components and manufacture of packaging materials, bauxite mining, alumna refining, and aluminum smelting (UOP, 2007). Five years prior, AI was reported to be in violation of environmental discharge norms discovered during a routine compliance evaluation inspection. AI was ordered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to clean up to which they promptly complied. AI claims strict compliance with all standards and regulations. Kelly Bates has now accused AI of poor environmental practices. She further claims that those poor actions could have been the proximate cause of leukemia her 10-year old daughter to developed. AI disputes that claim and defends their environmental record. An examination of the key facts, regulations and legal issues governing this issue......
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