Nevertheless, when responsibility is vaguely allocated to abstract entities like
governments or corporations, it becomes easy for those within such organizations to
cover individual actions that result in devastation to the environment. Consider the
famous case of the Exxon Valdez accident and oil spill off the Alaskan coast. While it
was easy to single out Captain Hazelwood and determine his blameworthiness the night
of the mishap, it was not so easy to identify those responsible at higher levels. Someone
was responsible for hiring Hazelwood; others should have known about his drinking or
other job-related problems. Thus when we do assign responsibility to governments or
business organizations, it must be clearly distributed to individuals in relevant lines of
authority within the organization.
In conclusion, individuals are mainly responsible for protecting the environment.
And while it makes some sense in a vague way to talk about the similar responsibilities
of government and industry, in the end such obligations will belong to individuals
within them. Therefore, some individuals will assume greater shares of responsibility
for the environment, since they act in positions of authority on behalf of government or
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