Ch. 3 - Ethics and Social Responsibility

a situation where the company lived up to its social responsibility or a lapse in social responsibility -

One Web socio-economic model integrates social responsibility with its business operations and product design to keep outer space, as well as the environment here on Earth, free of debris and pollutants. The company takes pride in several corporate responsibility business platforms that include Project Sunrise, a job and sustainable use of Space partnership with the European Space Agency, and the Sustainable Space Program. (article) Project Sunrise is a private/public partnership whose primary business model is to "developing a worldwide communications network based on a proprietary satellite-constellation". Based on sustainability in space, One Web’s socio-economic business model and state-sponsored partnership may also be based on self-interest to reduce the number of unregulated satellites from launching into space that would also include competitors seeking to tap in on the multi billion dollar internet satellite industry.

Currently, there are an estimated 57,000 satellites expected to orbit the Earth by 2029. Many astronomers and scientists believe the commercial space industry is headed for a disaster collision with older, dead satellites already in Earth's orbit.

One Web recently signed a subcontract with an Italian based space company D-Orbit Spa (article). Active in debris removal and in collaboration with the ESA this initiative is based on years of independent research and addresses the ethical issues related to launching thousands of satellites in Earth's orbit simply for profit and personal financial gain.  Keeping space clean for everyone is fundamentally a public good.