Protesters are meeting in Washington to protest the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport oil from the Alberta Oil Sands to Texas to be refined. The protesters argue that the Oil Sands are a dirty means to produce oil, and that the USA shouldn’t be doing business with Canada for Alberta oil.
This Keystone Pipeline can be seen as a prime example of Business Ethics, and one can argue either side to be unethical. For the Keystone protesters. they view the exploitation of the Oil Sands to be a deplorable attack against the environment, and that continuing to exploit these resources is unethical. However the USA needs oil from somewhere, and if its not from us, its from Saudi Arabia or elsewhere in the middle east. The ethical oil campaign, though controversial, does bring up some fair points about what is the lesser of two evils, offences against the environment, or offences against human rights?
The protests are ongoing, however it seems it would be more practical to find a way to use Canadian oil more efficiently and environmentally friendly. The worldwide demand for oil is not going away any time soon, so perhaps we need to take a closer look at what we deem unethical, because even the most environmentally conscious rely on oil to survive, and if it can stimulate the Canadian economy while doing so, I’m all for it.
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