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If the ultimate purpose of a company is to make profit, when faced with ethically | If the ultimate purpose of a company is to make profit, when faced with ethically inclined market forces will the company choose to enact the more expensive ethical behaviour or choose to show it has? Below we list a few examples of companies that choose the latter. | ||
== 1. Volkswagen == | == 1. Volkswagen == | ||
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== Why enact change when you can lie? == | == Why enact change when you can lie? == | ||
If you are human, the question above might seem dubious. However, [[Corporation|corporations]] which | If you are human, the question above might seem dubious. However, [[Corporation|corporations]] which by law have the same rights as humans<ref>'''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific''', U.S. Supreme Court (1886): 118 U.S. 394. Decided: May 9, 1886. Accessed 6<sup>th</sup> Jan 2022 via https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/118/394/</ref>, don't seem to think this is an issue. This is because although they have been given the same rights as a human, they should not as at their heart they are profit driven [[machines]]. This gives them and the people that work for them (via fiduciary duty) the behavioural characteristics of a machine, unfeeling, unremorseful. | ||
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