Ethics and Securities

a. Compare and contrast the social conditions in the United States that stimulated the growth of the mechanical calculator market in the latter half of the nineteenth century with the social conditions that stimulated the growth of the personal computer market in the latter half of the twentieth century.

b.People give a variety of reasons for downloading copyrighted software instead of buying it. Refute each of reasons given below using one of the four viable theories discussed in class (Kantianism, Social Contract, Rule Utilitarianism, Act Utilitarianism. Note: You do not have to use the same theory on each question):
i. I don’t have enough money.
ii. The retail price is too high. The company is gouging customers
iii. Since I wouldn’t have bought it anyway, the company didn’t lose a sale.
iv. I am giving my friend the opportunity to do good deed
v. Everyone else is doing it. Why should I be the only person to buy it when everyone else is getting it for free?
c. the article:
7 Arguments against Social Responsibilities of Business
https://accountlearning.com/7-arguments-against-social-responsibilities-of-business/
Assess each of the arguments using the seven-step process described in class (Lecture 3) and evaluate the outcome of each argument using one of the four ‘workable ethical theories’ discussed and described in class (Lecture 2).