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

Claim: Companies can be trusted
Reason: Businesses have proven they cannot self regulate over time.
Warrant 0: people seem to not like that
Warrant 1: people seem ok with that
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Companies can be trusted
Reason: Companies will use any means necessary to be competitive.
Warrant 0: theses means are always ethical
Warrant 1: theses means are not always ethical
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Companies can be trusted
Reason: Government must regulate companies to ensure compliance.
Warrant 0: there's already enough regulation burdening companies
Warrant 1: there's not enough regulation burdening companies
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Companies can be trusted
Reason: HSBC has been laundering drug cartel money knowingly from the start.
Warrant 0: laundering drug cartel money is good for investors
Warrant 1: laundering drug cartel money is bad for investors
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Companies can 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: companies will not pay penalties
Warrant 1: companies will pay penalties
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Companies can 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: 1

Claim: Companies can 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: 0

Claim: Companies can 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: 1

Claim: Companies can 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: 0

Claim: Companies can 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: 1

Claim: Companies can 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: 0