National Park Service: The Case Of The Exxon Valdez

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The organizational culture of the National Park service influenced its decision-making in the case of the Exxon Valdez. The organizational culture of the National Park Service is such that it has a set of values and traditions that provide a unifying identity for its employees that include the traits of dependability, altruism and a “can-do” attitude (Kurtz, 2003). However, in the case of the Exxon Valdez, the organizational culture of the National Park Service led to clashes between its response to the oil spill and the responses of other agencies working on the oil spill. One ethical issue that led to a clash in decision making was the choice between cleaning up the oil spill economically and cleaning up the oil spill in the best way