Nowadays, there are more and more environmental issue emerging in the world. In East Asia, the number of Coral reef has declined by at least 80% over the past 30 years due to the rapid growth of the economic.

In essence, I agree with Xiaochan Lu’s opinion that the preservation of Coral reef can benefit the society. In business perspective, Protecting the Coral reef makes the landscape more attractive to tourists. People will get upset if they see a completely different landscape as they have known through advertising.Then it is not likely for the tourists to visit this place again. As a result, the revenue from tourism falls and it is harmful to the economic as a whole. In environmental perspective, protecting the Coral reef can diversify the ecosystems as the Coral reef provides home for many species.

However, some people earn profit at the expense of sacrificing the natural resources like overfishing and polluting. This kind of behavior violates not only the business ethic but also the morality.In some situation, ethic and profit can coexist. Like I have mentioned above, Preserving the Coral reef will benefit the economic as well as the environment. Protecting the Coral is another way to increase profit by attracting more visitors. In spite of that, the company can gain more popularity from protecting the environment. The more people know about the company, the more profit the company earn.

Reference blog: https://blogs.ubc.ca/xiaochanlu/2014/10/05/business-ethics-coral-reef-preservation/