Assignment task:
Coral Corruption
A scientific research organization studying pollution damage to coral on Australia's Great Barrier Reef has a problem common to all scientific research-how to get enough funding to carry on the work. All their worries appear to be solved when quite out of the blue one of the large multinational corporations operating in the country offer significant ongoing financial support. There is a "hitch," however. The company has recently suffered adverse publicity through an article, which appears to be well founded, claiming they are responsible for some of the pollution in a part of the reef. In return for the financial support to study other portions of the reef that are also polluted, they want the research company to refute these claims. While the pollution the corporation is causing is a problem for that part of the reef, the financial support would enable the research company to expose pollution, and its sources, in many other parts of the reef. Without the support, they will not be able to study reef pollution at all.
Based on the case study above, please explain the consequences if the scientific research company were to accept the offer.