Water Privatization
Identify the stakeholders and the ethical actors in the case.
The stakeholders in this case would consist of:
The companys shareholders
The suppliers of the companys equipment and materials necessary to produce or market their end product or service
The employees of the company
The customers purchasing the end product or service
Competitors of the company
Distributors
The government
Civil society
The ethical actors would consist of:
Coca-Cola
Nestle
+/- (Privatized water suppliers)
Identify the ethical issues associated with the situation described in the case
Many people are without a ready supply of fresh, disease-free water and everyone needs water to survive. Water conservation and amount of utilization are definitely ethical concerns for the companies involved in the case.
Another ethical issue is that of the cost of water, especially when the market is privatized and is being dominated by several large players. In this scenario, the poor and/or the disease stricken become unable to afford the water that is made available and suffer as a result.
The ethical actor, Coca-Cola, in this case attempted to address the issues of global conservation and management of water resources with non-governmental organizations such as the