Group 3
of my moral issues class presented a custom website named Lyfe Guide this
Monday. It is a website that is built specifically for teenagers and young
adults who are trying to take on the grips and responsibilities of life fresh
out of school. This included insurance, job searches, car purchases, budgeting,
loans, and financial aid. The site would pair you with an adviser to help you
in whatever situation you may be stuck in. This would occur via telephone, and
the first set of advisers was the presenters of the group since it is a startup
company.
I think
this is a wonderful concept. Such an excessive number of today’s youth go out
into the “real world” unprepared and blind-sided by the reality of life’s
struggles and ways to combat them. This site grants an efficient solution and
it is for free. This brings me to the first problem with this project. The
funding and the amount of work necessary to run this outfit faces a huge gap in
my opinion. The advisors required need expertise in at least one of the areas
help is available which is easily at least 50 thousand dollars a year. That
number goes up with each additional area a person is an expert in. The site’s
main source of income is ad revenue and donations. This can only support the
salary of a limited number of workers while still paying for the site domain,
insurance, general expenses such as bills, and so forth. The finances just do
not add up, but this does not take away from the integrity of the project.
I would
use this site for several reasons. For one, I already know a little bit about
each of the categories assistance is offered in, but more knowledge could not
do me any harm because I want to know as much as possible. Secondly, it’s free.
I feel that’s enough said. The advice should be taken with a grain salt at all
times though because humans are prone to err intentionally and unintentionally.
Dr. J even brought this up and I think that is a concern that all companies
must take the risk of acing. Not everyone is going to uphold the reputation of
a company the way the managing executives would hope. This doesn’t make it an
inherently bad company even though the misconduct is a direct representation of
the company. All franchises employ hundreds of people, and all of those people
have free will. The possibility of fraudulent, disrespectful, bias, racist,
and/or insensitive information being presented will always be there, and I don’t
think there is much that can be done about it aside from signing a contract
stating you won’t do so. Even then, however, you are only holding them
accountable, but not eliminating the possibility.
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