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Even a very risk-averse person would see B as clearly better, but a risk-averse organization will usually prefer option A. Nobody gets in trouble for following
by hugh 18y ago
Even a very risk-averse person would see B as clearly better, but a risk-averse organization will usually prefer option A.
Nobody gets in trouble for following the rules. Besides, the NHS, as an organization, sees thousands of dead babies a year, why should it care about another?
- thaumaturgy 18y agoThis is a perfect representation of the classic ethical dilemma, the Trolley Problem [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem]. Risk-averse organizations fall into the same category as people who would decide not to throw the lever, because if they don't take any action, then they aren't responsible for any of the consequences (which is stupid, imo).