You are a new employee at a manufacturing unit of an MNC. You have got this job with great difficulty as nearly 50 candidates had appeared for the job interview. You find that some of the manufacturing processes in the unit are in gross violation of environmental norms and cause severe ground water depletion. If the company does not adopt such measures, then its manufacturing cost would go up and the unit might have to be shut down. You would

The situation in the question aims to evaluate whether, as an individual, you object to violation of laws which you witness happening around you, or whether you would yourself become a party to it so as to suit your own interest. Option (3) best fulfills the aforesaid objective. Option (2) is also a daring and conscientious act. But it is fraught with the possibility of not being heeded by the management and even of the worker being thrown out of job without any positive result. As such it is not the best option.  By quitting ones job in protest (Option (1)), one may be able to show that he is not going to be a party to an illegal activity. But this in itself is not going to deter the wrongdoer or bring it to the knowledge of the law enforcement agency.  Option (4) is reflective of a defeatist approach. Besides it makes one accept and be a party to an illegal act. Principle/Value Tested       Belief in reporting violation of laws to the agencies concerned vis-à-vis acceptance of violation of law as a norm/ to suit personal interest