Doing what is ethically right should still be determined with consideration to your decision to protect your family and livelihood, relocating the plant would only serve as a temporary solution. With dangerous emissions still lingering in the air at high rates, they along with air quality problems at other facilities will only get worse with time. Not only are the lives of employees at stake, but the entire city of Hondo is facing a significant economic gap. Without work, neither expenses nor profits are made. Legal action could be taken if people are seriously affected and their health is affected. A permanent closure of all plants could cause a complete financial collapse. In applying Kant's first categorical imperative to this scenario, George should ask himself: Would he want to work and live in an environment where the company knowingly knows about horrible air pollution conditions that could seriously harm the people who work and live within of the environment? same proximity. Using as further support Kant's theory of deontological principles, according to which a person should never lie, even when lying seems to produce a good result (Halbert & Ingulli, 2014). According to Kant, every person should be treated with respect