uestion: Is management ethically justified in doing so?
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ABC Cleaning has produced a safe new product that when sprayed on clothes effectively repels dirt, so that garments need never be washed or dry cleaned. If it sold the product and the product were widely used, no one would need ABC Cleaning’s services. Consequently, ABC Cleaning’s management decides not to market the product and sets out to destroy any information about it.
Question: Is management ethically justified in doing so?
(Note that while this scenario may seem far-fetched, it is not the only suppressed technology. Google suppressed technologies to see what other inventions may have been suppressed by big business or government intervention.)
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