Here are the options available to the executive and the potential consequences of each: 1. Do nothing. Consequences are ongoing pollution harming the environment and public health. The executive would be complicit. 2. Report internally. The company may ignore or cover up the issue to avoid liability. Pollution continues. 3. Report to state regulators anonymously. Regulators may be unable to prove the claim without a named whistleblower. Pollution continues. 4. Publicly blow the whistle. The executive risks retaliation like firing, lawsuits, harassment. However, this has the best chance of exposing wrongdoing and stopping the pollution. The executive should publicly blow the whistle. While risky, it is the