The three primary ethical issues of the Breakaway project are gambling, violence and sex. The game lured the user in by offering credits to advance in the game. This behavior is very similar to the compulsive gambler. The company was plotting to entice the user to buy more credits to get further in the game just as casinos do luring the gambler in by showing winners receiving millions of dollars. The positive in the game is providing entertainment to the non-compulsive users. These customers are responsible and use the game as entertainment or even a stress reliever. The violence in the Breakaway project attracted users in which are addicted to playing out their violence in the video game. Bounce used 3-D technology to allure the
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These stakeholders would have benefited from the Breakaway game to have their addiction fix. However, the negative aspects of the game would have been devastating to the company. In the United States, using nudity on social media was unacceptable behavior. Primary stakeholders such as customer, employees and shareholders could have benefitted from the game. While other primary stakeholders such as community and government regulatory authorities would have seen this game in a negative way due to the gambling, violence and sex.
References
Andreassen, C. S., Billieux, J., Griffiths, M. D., Kuss, D. J., Demetrovics, Z., Mazzoni, E., & Pallesen, S. (2016). The relationship between addictive use of social media and video games and symptoms of psychiatric disorders: A large-scale cross-sectional study. Psychology Of Addictive Behaviors, 30(2), 252-262. doi:10.1037/adb0000160
Ferrell, O. C., Fraedrich, J., & Ferrell, L. (2013). Business ethics: Ethical decision making and cases [9th edition]. Mason, OH: Cengage Learning. Retrieved from
These stakeholders would have benefited from the Breakaway game to have their addiction fix. However, the negative aspects of the game would have been devastating to the company. In the United States, using nudity on social media was unacceptable behavior. Primary stakeholders such as customer, employees and shareholders could have benefitted from the game. While other primary stakeholders such as community and government regulatory authorities would have seen this game in a negative way due to the gambling, violence and sex.
References
Andreassen, C. S., Billieux, J., Griffiths, M. D., Kuss, D. J., Demetrovics, Z., Mazzoni, E., & Pallesen, S. (2016). The relationship between addictive use of social media and video games and symptoms of psychiatric disorders: A large-scale cross-sectional study. Psychology Of Addictive Behaviors, 30(2), 252-262. doi:10.1037/adb0000160
Ferrell, O. C., Fraedrich, J., & Ferrell, L. (2013). Business ethics: Ethical decision making and cases [9th edition]. Mason, OH: Cengage Learning. Retrieved from