Getting involved in other industries is not a new thing for the mobile network. It is estimated that this companies are going to invest 600 millions on this new utilities; since health issues is something that naturally is always going to be popular, they may even get considerable profits with it. But this sudden decision to get deeply involved in the health industry, seems to be linked in many ways to the bad PR they were having about the radiation levels of the handsets. Some may think that this is not for the benefit of the customer or that they are not really concerned for the health of people but just their own. So the question is, is it ethical or not to try to hide harmful defects under things that will look appealing or necessary for the society.
Claudio Lacayo
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I think this is a great topic. My father always tells me to be careful with the phone. And not to say long talking in the phone. This is because i went to him once and started complaining about my ears and how they are giving me so much pain. My dad and i concluded that i talk on the phone too much, and this is the reason my ear hurts. So what we did to solve the problem is we bought earphones. It was so much different in a really good way. My ears are alot better using earphones when i call.
ReplyDeleteFor the second part, i think its not wrong for these companies to do stuff like that. This is because what are they going to do about the radiation. Its something very hard to control. Instead of being just a bad company, i think they are trying to prove to the world that they are also trying to do good stuff for people. I just think people should lessen there calls, and use texting more often. There ears would be a lot better.