ETHICS OF SNC LAVELIN AFFAIR
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The case of SNC Lavelin shows that those entities which have a lot of financial worth in
the society are powerful enough to get away with their own selfish profit motives. The primary
aim of every business organization is considered to the achievement of their profit motives.
However, they have a wider ethical responsibility to the society by ensuring that they engage in
fair and equitable business processes (Linovski, 2019).
3. How did the size/type/strategy of the SNC-Lavalin organization impact this situation?
The Chief Executive Officer of SNC Lavelin as found to be guilty in engaging in such
unethical practices. Pierre Duhaime, the CEO was arrested by the police for providing secret and
unscrupulous financial resources to a shell company whose primary objective was to help the
cause of SNC Lavelin (Leasure, 2017). The operation of any shall companies are highly illegal
within any economic platform. They are the centers of utmost financial corruption.
Another strategy that was engaged in by the executive members of the SNC Lavelin was
that of the forgery of documents that was done by the Vice President of the company. Thus, the
strategies adopted by the company had far reaching implications for the operation of the business
as the people lost trust in the resources held owned and controlled by the concerned firm.
4. Do you think the Whistleblower Legislation applies here?
The SNC Lavelin affair came to the fore front when two of the Members of Parliament of
Canada openly accused the President of Canada, Justin Trudeau of engaging in corrupt an
unethical practices. The two MPs were Jane Philpott and Jody Wilson Raybould who accused the
Canadian President. On receiving such allegations, Trudeau expelled them from his Party.
The Whistle blower legislation is seen to be applicable in this case study. The legislation
lays down that when an employee of any organization reveals information of incrementing

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