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: The economic meltdown and history of companies show that companies are unethical and only are out for themselves.
Warrant 0: acting in only their own interest is not how we expect them to act
Warrant 1: acting in only their own interest is how we can expect them to act
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: Businesses find loopholes in laws.
Warrant 0: government should have written more effective laws
Warrant 1: government should not have had to have written more effective laws
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: Companies will use any means necessary to be competitive.
Warrant 0: Being competitive is an unpredictable state
Warrant 1: Being competitive is a predictable state
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: If a company is profitable it is acceptable to abuse the public.
Warrant 0: this turns a profit making them successful and providing jobs as well as revenue into the economy
Warrant 1: this turns a profit making them unsuccessful and not providing jobs as well as revenue into the economy
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: Businesses value the bottom line profits over anything else.
Warrant 0: few businesses realize that trust results in great profits
Warrant 1: most businesses realize that trust results in great profits
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: Companies laundered drug cartel money and made 8 billion and were only fined 4 billion for this when they admitted they were guilty.
Warrant 0: the company admitted when they were guilty
Warrant 1: the company did not readily admit when they were guilty
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: Companies will use any means necessary to be competitive.
Warrant 0: companies still have to abide by certain regulations
Warrant 1: companies still don't always abide by certain regulations
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: VolksWagen scammed us and created more carbon by cheating with software.
Warrant 0: the people disagreed with the choices of Volkswagen
Warrant 1: the people agreed with the choices of Volkswagen
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: If companies are not watched then bad things will happen.
Warrant 0: we have a government that watches over them
Warrant 1: we have a government that doesn't watch over them
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: They ignored the ramifications some of the mortgages they offered.
Warrant 0: It is the company's responsibility to know everything about their own products
Warrant 1: It isn't the company's responsibility to know everything about their own products
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Companies can't be trusted
Reason: Businesses find loopholes in laws.
Warrant 0: these are all legal ways to do things, it is not breaking any laws
Warrant 1: these are usually illegal ways to do things, it is breaking many laws
Correct warrant: 1