Justin Renteria Argument Analysis

Ethics are the moral duty and obligation that a company has plan to abide by. The authors seem to agree that most malfeasance isn’t caused by greed or opportunism. The general consensus of the authors is that malfeasance is caused by the negligence and over promising of the workers and those in charge. The negligence/over promising is found specifically on the part of the higher ups such as the CEO’s and the board of directors. They choose to overlook a problem and act as if everything is okay choosing instead to pay any lawsuits that they may encounter if it is cheaper than calling a recall.
Justin Renteria would agree with the Krishnans about the causes of corporate misbehavior because they both can agree that companies do this in fear of looking bad to …show more content…
“...When people don’t do what they say they will do, there are only a few reasons why – including all-too- human foibles such as procrastination,over committing to projects or tasks…”(Hansen). A worker or two could come to work one day not really focusing on their job, which will cause either something to go in the wrong place or something not being included at all and will cause a car to become defective. When this car is then tested in front of the higher ups, and they see that the car is messed up and will do nothing to change it. They will look at the “script” that they have if something is wrong and will try to find a loophole to get around it, or they will purposely ignore that there is something is wrong. They lack the idea of something is morally and ethically wrong if there is money involved or the fear of losing their jobs. This is not surprising because this how big business and corporations work. The smaller percentage is driven by greed and the thought that if something bad were to happen, there would be enough lawyers and money to make sure that it doesn’t come back to