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Kennedy Brooks
Professor Capella
PHI 150
28 March 2018
Journal 5
Producers so be held responsible once ANY harm is done to a customer, the
environment, etc. One exclusion to this would be the misuse of the product by a consumer,
when they have been adequately warned. An example of the misuse would be a pregnant
woman drinking alcohol and losing her baby, the warnings for that are on every bottle of every
vendor/producer. On the other hand, if a person is driving a vehicle (such as the Pinto) and it
malfunctions causing an accident the car company is responsible. Also, if a company pollutes in
any way they are responsible. Producers are morally responsible for keeping the people they
provide products to safe, keeping the environment clean, being profitable for their investors,
and just being beneficial overall to society. As far as consumers’ responsibilities, they must be