Ethics in Action

The ethical dilemma for Mr. Jayaswal is the question of moral ethics and conduct. He creates a large amount of revenue with his investment in the coal mines and flaunts his wealth while his country has severe issues within its infrastructures  He can sell his investment for millions of dollars or sit on his asset while 300 million Indian civilians live without electricity. Mr. Dadra's power in politics allows Mr. Jayaswal, and himself, to prosper with the coal mines in a society that has an open system in which does not limit who can purchase coal fields and does not regulate it. Mr. Dadra's connection with Mr. Jayaswal is a relationship that consist of a large amount of money going into the direction of Mr. Dadra in order for Mr. Jayasawl to continue prospering from the coal fields. 

The advantages Mr. Jayaswal has in committing to this action is of course is wealth and power. He lives a luxurious lifestyle in which he flaunts his wealth publicly by creating lavishing weddings and airing them on Indian television. 

The disadvantages Mr. Jayswal has is the fear of imprisonment if the investigations do in fact bring to life certain facts that can take him into prison. He may believe that he is ethically helping the people of India but in reality his actions are unethical, as based on Kohlberg's three levels of moral development, is on the preconventional level of self centered behavior in which Mr. Jayswal only cares about his own personal gain instead of the gain of the mass.  

Mr. Jayaswal was motivated by the view point of individualist because he makes certain decisions based on how effective those decisions are to his life. He may believe he has an utilitarian viewpoint because he strongly believes his company in indeed helping the people of India and wants his company to have a clean image by cooperating with the investigations that are going on.

Corruption in India will not decrease because the government lacks control over companies and individuals who have a large amount of money. Based on this NY Times the Indian government has lost $34 billion in royalties because they decided to sell coal concessions at discounted prices. This amount of money could have been used to drastically help the 300 million Indian civilians who have no electricity and help the country in various different ways. The government I believe sold these coal concessions at a discounted price because many individuals from the government favored from this by getting personal gains (money). 

Another article from the Indian Express states that Anna Hazare, anti corruption activist, wants the people of India to be able to vote for clean candidates and believe that "only the people have the power to transform", believing that the people must take control of the corruption that is going on in India.