An Internet Company Has a Chance to Expand Its Business

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Essay

An Internet Company has a chance to expand its business into a developing country. This chance would make money for its shareholders, as it would be the first Internet Company allowed in the country. However, the conditions demanded by the country is that the Internet Company must turn over to the government the history of Internet sites visited by its citizens. Additionally the Internet Company must also censor Internet sites requested through the search engine. In the United States and other countries, the Internet Company would not monitor, censor, or turn over a history of Internet sites to any government.
What should the Internet Company do? Use ethical theories and ethical decision making model to back up your decision.

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Definitions:

Action Potential

A rapid change in electrical potential across the membrane of a nerve or muscle cell when it is stimulated, leading to transmission of an electrical impulse.

Gap Junctions

Specialized intercellular connections that allow for the direct transfer of ions and molecules between neighboring cells, facilitating communication and coordination of activity.

Electrical Synapses

A type of synapse in which electrical currents flow directly from one cell to another via gap junctions, facilitating rapid communication.

Presynaptic Terminal

The end part of a nerve cell (neuron) that releases neurotransmitters to send a signal across the synapse to another neuron.