Alcoa's Core Values in Practice

ALCOA'S CORE VALUES IN PRACTICE

QUESTION 1

I will classify Alcoa’s ethical work climate that Alcoa had a very strong value-based. Alcoa approach more to integrity. It proven that Fred Fetterolf decided the company needed to document the values that all employees must live by “Integrity, Environment, Health and Safety.” Alcoa also had implemented a global ethics and compliance program, and the focus on health and safety was interwoven through the company’s program. In addition to continuous safety training and education programs, it was the norm at Alcoa to start all business meetings with an identification of exits, the evacuations plans in the event of an emergency and other safety procedures. In meetings with analysts and other parties, he always highlight Alcoa’s progress in health and safety.

QUESTION 2

According to Alcoa’s management team, they believe that no employees should be forced to work in an environment where their safety and the safety of other employees might be jeopardized. Alcoa’s management supported the ethical principle that no employees should leave work in a worse condition than when they arrived. Other ethical in the case to support company’s effort is being the best at everything which required continuous improvement as everyone strive toward an ideal goal of perfection.

QUESTION 3

In this case, O’Neill found that there was a serious lack of understanding when it came to incident classification, reporting and record keeping of occupational illness. The lack of reporting these safety incidents to others in the company to learn and possibly prevent similar occurrences at other Alcoa facilities. That’s why O’Neill decided to fired the facility’s manager.

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