Debate: Can Companies Be Trusted?
Volkswagen's vast cheating on emissions tests has been called proof that stronger regulation is needed.

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: Corporations have only one goal: to make a profit.
Warrant 0: profit requires trust on the part of customers
Warrant 1: profit does not require trust on the part of customers
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: Companies break the law and chalk it up as their duty to their shareholders and consider any financial penalties as part of business costs.
Warrant 0: this behavior is ultimately bad in a capitalist society
Warrant 1: this behavior is ultimately good in a capitalist society
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: If it isn't in a companies best interest, we cannot rely on them to be honest.
Warrant 0: we need them to be honest
Warrant 1: we don't need them to be honest
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: Companies cheat regulations
Warrant 0: it is the government's responsibility to create regulations that can not be cheated
Warrant 1: companies will try to cheat the regulations
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: Companies will use any means necessary to be competitive.
Warrant 0: companies will compete to make shareholders money
Warrant 1: companies will compete to steal the shareholders money
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: Companies want to be held to more lose standards than the average citizen.
Warrant 0: some are run by trustworthy people
Warrant 1: some are not run by trustworthy people
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: Companies cheat regulations
Warrant 0: the worst offenders are not punished
Warrant 1: the worst offenders are punished
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: VolksWagen scammed us and created more carbon by cheating with software.
Warrant 0: VolksWagen admitted they were wrong
Warrant 1: VolksWagen denied they were wrong
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: Corporations have only one goal: to make a profit.
Warrant 0: profits benefit workers, shareholders and the community
Warrant 1: profits do not benefit workers, shareholders and the community
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: Businesses value the bottom line profits over anything else.
Warrant 0: the bottom line profits usually align with what is good for the general public
Warrant 1: the bottom line profits usually don't align with what is good for the general public
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: Companies break the law and chalk it up as their duty to their shareholders and consider any financial penalties as part of business costs.
Warrant 0: not all laws are good for the economy
Warrant 1: most laws are good for the economy
Correct warrant: 1