Best Option: An ethically mature option is one where you creatively seek solutions that are thoughtful, consider others, and are consistent with a good character for someone in your role.
Good Option: A good ethical option is one where you evaluate the choices and live into the expectations others have for someone in your role.
Poor Option: A poor ethical option is one where you think only of yourself, become overwhelmed, and don't live into your ethical obligations.
Which 3 best options allow you to meet the requirements of your role?
Option 1:
In order to protect the oil companies' trade secrets, require drillers to disclose all the chemicals used in their hydraulic fracturing, but not their concentrations.
Option 2:
In order to promote a balance of power, require drillers to disclose all the chemicals used in their hydraulic fracturing, and their concentrations, without indicating into which products the chemicals go.
Option 3:
In order to demonstrate impartiality, require drillers to disclose all the chemicals used in their hydraulic fracturing, including their concentrations and use, to an independent group of experts under a non-disclosure agreement.
Option 4:
Require drillers to disclose all the chemicals used in their hydraulic fracturing, including their concentrations and use. In order to preserve your ability to work with drilling companies, allow limited protection of proprietary chemicals if the company claims the chemical as a trade secret and discloses its chemical family.
Option 5:
In order to set the drilling companies straight, require drillers to disclose the exact breakdown of all compounds used in their hydraulic fracturing, including the concentrations.
Option 6:
Because the drillers are entitled to protecting their investments, do not require them to disclose any chemicals they claim as trade secrets. Focus standards solely on containment, proper disposal, and well construction to prevent chemicals from leaving the targeted areas.