Abstract Recent technological advancement in the informational technology (IT) field has resulted in more unethical behaviors from individuals who can quickly gain access and use these technologies. There have been increased concerns for ethical decision-making when faced with conflicts, quandaries especially in the IT industry, which appear to be overlooked. This paper explores the ethical decision-making done by a self-driving car during an unavoidable crash. The study will discuss how consequentialism and Kantianism can be used to make ethical decisions when a self-driving car crashes. Security concerns regarding hacker threats have also been covered. Recommendations for effective, ethical decision-making in driverless vehicles are the use of natural language to interpret the rules which determine the actions of the vehicles before and during crashes, and rational ethics. Keywords: Ethics, ethical decision making, Kantianism, consequentialism, self-driving car, autonomous vehicle. Introduction The rapid development in information technology has resulted in remarkable benefits to people and businesses across the world. However, with ease of access to technology and widespread availability of the internet, there has been a surge in unethical behavior related to their use, which has hindered individuals from experiencing the full benefits. Some of the unethical behavior include hacking and the use of Trojans to compromise computer systems. The self-driving car is one development in technology that has raised many concerns in so far as its use, ethics, and decision making during accidents are concerned. By definition, a self-driving car is operated without human guidance but instead controlled and navigated by computer software under several driving situations and conditions. Examples of such vehicles have been developed by Google’s Waymo, Tesla, General Motors, and Honda. Cars of that nature are known by other terms such as ‘driverless,’ ‘robotic,’ or ‘autonomous’ cars (Fleetwood, 2017). According to an article by Fleetwood (2017), “nothing portends a more significant reduction in morbidity and mortality rates from motor vehicle accidents than autonomous vehicles” (p. 534). Although these automobiles have their benefits which people can reckon with, there have been growing concerns on the ethical component of the design. This paper seeks to establish how self-driving vehicles make ethical decision-making during a crash based on existing moral codes of conduct. Case Study Presentation: Self-driving Car Crash Background What makes individuals prefer autonomous cars to human-driven ones is the assumption that the former is safer. The group believes that a manual vehicle is more likely to cause an accident than a driverless one. A report by Marshall and Davies (2018) supports the claim by stating that since 2009 when Google, in partnership with Waymo, began the self-driving program, their cars have been involved in 30 minor accidents in 2016. Usually, the autonomous vehicle (AV) has a test driver to intervene in avoiding risky situations. It is said that the AV can travel up to 50,000 miles without human assistance. Hacking Threats in Self-Driving Cars Self-drivin