Wk 6 Assignment Ethics Social Justice Deutsch T 1 Essay

Week 6 Assignment Deutsch, Tina M Walden University The ethical issues that were identified in the case study of Guerrilla Government in EPA’s Seattle Regional Office were cumbersome. The first of many to create unethical situations was the administrator of EPA’s Seattle regional office in 1981, John Spencer. His staff remembers his tenure for all the unethical actions he took such as using tax payer’s money to buy a membership for the EPA in the Chamber of Commerce (O’Leary, 2014 p. 48). His actions continued even after numerous attempts to advise him that his actions were against federal guidelines and caused serious conflict of interest questions. He also allegedly took several personal trips to Alaska to handle†¦show more content†¦58). The political appointees faced termination, resignation, isolation and were working to force their â€Å"management by stark terror† tactics on their employees. Ann Grouch’s hit list that was released by a congressional committee was a true violation of the Civil Service Reform Act. According to the United States Office of Government Ethics website, the laws specify that â€Å"Ethics officials should be alert for possible violations of the criminal or civil statutes or the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch. When ethics officials find evidence that an employee has violated an ethics criminal statute or regulation, they must refer that evidence to the appropriate authority for action. Depending on the circumstances and the legal authority at issue, an executive branch employee may be imprisoned, fined, demoted, or fired for violating an ethics provision. In this case, federal ethics law violations included, not fulfilling roles as administrators and neglecting enforcing laws. For example, Robie Russell neglected to make information known that an analysis made by the EPA that concluded Idaho potatoes were a potential health risk to the public because a pesticide called aldicarb was used on them. Furthermore, he knowingly approved less stringent water pollution discharge emission limitations going against EPA staff recommendations. This caused groundwater contamination in