Tom taylor, the sales manager, was told by his superior, carl bauer, to take an order from a new customer for a batch of products. Both tom and carl knew that the products ordered would only partially meet the customer's requirements. But carl insisted that the order was too valuable to lose. What should tom do?

The state in which the manufacturing company you work for is located regulates the presence of a particular substance in the environment to concentrations ≤ x. recently-released, reliable research endorsed by the responsible federal agency conclusively demonstrates that the substance poses no risks at concentrations up to 5x. your company has asked you to consider designing a new process with a waste discharge stream containing up to 2x of the substance. based on the stated conditions, describe this possible.