Business Finance Homework Help

You learned about the different external environments of business, including the technological environment.  In our technological environment, companies create new technologies faster than human beliefs and institutions can change and adapt to them.  This creates an ambiguous area within which companies find themselves operating. While their new product may not be restricted legally, it certainly can create some ethical dilemmas.  The self-driving car is a prime example.  For this assignment, watch the video below and respond to the question that follows. Write your response in complete sentences. It should be evident by your response that you watched the video, reflected on what you watched, and provided thoughtful feedback to the question posed. 

Many people believe that autonomous cars will save a lot of lives—tens of thousands every year in the U.S. alone. Does that fact reduce the need to think about rare ethical dilemmas where a few innocent people may be injured or harmed? That is, does the greater good or utility excuse any bad outcomes? Can you think of scenarios—whether about robot cars or anything else—where the greater good does not justify a bad action, such as a few wrongful deaths?

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