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Chris's Firm Is Considering Marketing an HIV / AIDS Treatment

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Chris's firm is considering marketing an HIV / AIDS treatment and home-testing kit.Which of the following represents a potential ethical issue for the firm?


A) The firm could sell this kit at a very high price,based on its potential value,but doing so would make it too expensive for many at-risk individuals to afford.
B) A positive test result--whether correct,or a "false positive"--could lead to severe depression or even suicide.
C) A customer could run the test incorrectly and get a "false negative" result,causing an infected individual to think that treatment was unnecessary.
D) The firm may have to include counseling with the kit,which could affect its marketability.
E) All of these issues have ethical dimensions.

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