Asupervisor at a manufacturing plant is told to dump chemicals used in the refining process rather than dispose of them properly according to safety regulations. the owner of the company insists that the chemicals are not harmful to the environment. the supervisor knows that the dumping is illegal, but he knows that he will lose his job if he reports the problem to authorities at the environmental protection agency. this is an example of which potential cause of unethical behavior?

This is an example of "unwilling to stand for what is right", potential cause of unethical behavior.

Unethical behavior is an activity that falls outside of what is thought about ethically right or legitimate for a man, a calling or an industry. People can carry on deceptively, as can organizations, experts and government officials.  

Unethical person is somebody who is inadequate with regards to standards or ethics. Since being unethical includes conflicting with social or expert desires for what's correct, it's a word that is frequently used to depict awful conduct or immoral conduct.

its kinda hard to answer this when we dont have all the information that we need.

urban company reports the following information regarding its production cost: units produced 37,000 units direct labor $ 30 per unit direct materials $ 35 per unit variable overhead $ 237,000 in total fixed overhead $ 127,000 in total