Thought Question: Should it be the government's responsibility to pass laws protecting the environment, or should companies be in charge of regulating themselves? What are the advantages and disadvantages of letting corporations handle their own regulations?
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Emily
10/16/2019 09:01:04 am
I think it should be the governments responsibility to pass regulations for companies to protect the environment. If companies made the regulations themselves they might try to get past their own regulations. Or the regulations might not be as strict.
Blake McNeil
10/16/2019 09:02:08 am
Companies should definitely be regulated instead of being having their own choices because things like a monopoly would rise, and companies could dispose of any waste anywhere they want or keep using fossil fuels or just be stuck in their own way without ever having to change what they do, no matter what the effect is. The government should be in control because they would be able to regulate and monitor things that are necessary, and take actions to (hopefully) make things better in the end.
Hayden Hegwood
10/16/2019 09:02:52 am
I feel like letting companies regulate there own environmental decisions would lead to companies not caring for the natural resources they destroy.
Estlund
10/16/2019 09:05:32 am
if the government dosnt make laws, large companies will take advantage of these freedoms. money makes people do dumb things, especially when the effects of what they do wont effect them because they will be dead.
peppy mcpepperson
10/16/2019 09:09:41 am
I feel like like it should be part of the governments responsibility to pass regulations for different companies and organizations to protect the environment. a positive would be that they would have control over the rules and what is passed and not passed. but a negative thing could be that it could not be as strict.
rehgan gardner
10/16/2019 12:26:55 pm
the government should pass regulation because companies are more focused on financial prosperity than environmental well being
Teagan Roorda
10/16/2019 12:37:00 pm
I believe its the governments right to deal with the regulations. They have the ability to focus more and can fund it better than other small companies could
Claire N
10/16/2019 12:39:39 pm
I think the government should be in charge of passing laws to protect the environment. The government is the ruling body of our country, and whatever they say, everyone has to abide by them. The disadvantage of having corporations regulate themselves, they will make the regulations fit what they want to do, and not actually restrict themselves.
Annie Feden
10/16/2019 12:44:00 pm
The government should regulate the corporations. There are advantages to corporations following regulations if they made them themselves, but they could also get around protecting the environment or not try to protect it at all.
Jackdaw
10/16/2019 12:44:51 pm
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Jayme Cox
10/16/2019 12:46:16 pm
Government should be in charge of regulations as companies will only act in their own best interest and will not do anything that will harm their profits.
Sam Petersen
10/16/2019 12:46:36 pm
The government should definitely be regulating environmental laws, not corporations. Corporations will act in their best interests and not care about the environment. Corporations could lie and say they are working to protect the environment and actually be harming it
Haley Light
10/16/2019 12:48:04 pm
I don't think corporations should regulate themselves but I also don't think the government should make laws protecting the environment on their own. Environmental organizations should regulate what is best for the environment and guide the government so they can make an official law because if they operate on their own then personal goals and biases will effect the choices made even if those choices aren't what is best for the environment.
Cali
10/16/2019 12:48:14 pm
It should be the government's job. Lots of companies think about the money aspect of things and prioritize that over doing the right thing. However, an advantage is that if they choose to do the right thing, it would be a lot more organized.
Claire Bingaman
10/16/2019 12:48:36 pm
It should be the government's responsibility to pass laws to protect the environment to make a unified effort and no one will be doing more harm than the set limit. The advantage is that each corporation can do what they need to to maximize their profits and remain in their separate markets, but the disadvantage of this is that the cost potentially causes more harm to the environment.
Sabrina
10/16/2019 01:07:46 pm
The government should set regulations regarding the environment otherwise companies will take advantage of the environment. They will do what is best for themselves and not the environment as a whole.
Matilda
10/16/2019 07:47:22 pm
The government should put in place policies to protect the environment, but companies shouldn’t necessarily be “controlled” by the government (this is the extreme). The companies, however, can’t lose consciousness of the environment in their actions regardless of government policy. Corporations can, without such restrictions, advance quickly, but must be cautious about the environment and how their actions affect it and both humanity’s and the economy’s future. Leave a Reply. |
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