You are the PR officer of a major MNE in the chemicals industry. The national press in your home country alleges that your company is covering up an environmental disaster caused by your subsidiary in India, in which several people died. How do you react

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Explanation:

The Public Relations Officer is the mouthpiece (spokesman) of any organization. His duty is to defend the organization.

As the PR of the Multinational Enterprise, I will ensure that I speak to the public on the policies of environmental safety that are formulated and practised in all our branches across the world. I will let them know the previous accreditations that have been given to our enterprise previously by environmental agencies based on our strict adherence to environmental laws. I will tell them that no environmental hazard is caused by any of our companies, both parent and subsidiaries, simply because of the effort we have put in place to deal with environmental pollutions that may arise from our products. Our company is not aware of any death due to environmental hazards in our environment and if there are, the cause should be traced elsewhere. A lawsuit will be filed if there is any continuance of such act of defamation and blackmailing by the press.