Introduction Duke Energy is a regulated public energy company that claims they are eco-friendly and are working to provide the cleanest energy possible to its consumers. They are headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and provide electricity to millions of households throughout the nation. They are partnered with over twenty environmental agencies to help them become more efficient in energy usage and to reduce their eco-footprint on Earth (dukeenergy.com). Upon researching this company and its ethicality, it has been found that they claim to be totally and completely ethical; however, a collection of articles and events beg to differ.
Company Message There is not a laid-out company message, but there is a list of company objectives on Duke Energy’s website. Stakeholder Orientation Duke Energy’s stakeholder orientation involves ______________. For primary stakeholders, the orientation is different than the orientation for secondary stakeholders. The primary stakeholder groups for Duke Energy include
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The reason why they are still working on the legality of the company is because they occasionally run into legal troubles, such as when they created a coal-ash landfill in Eden, North Carolina, which is near the Dan River which is located close to the North Carolina-Virginia border and there was a spill of between 50,000 and 82,000 tons of coal ash into the Dan River, contaminating the residents of the area’s drinking water (catawbariverkeeper.com). It covered over seventy miles of the river in toxins, so Duke Energy Duke Energy has agreed to pay two and a half million dollars for the spill mentioned above. This includes two and a quarter million dollars of environmental projects that Duke Energy is expected to conduct in the communities affected by the spill