2. In many ways, Airbnb was the ideal example of a commitment culture company. The start-up grew quickly as an online platform that helped homeowners rent out rooms to travelers. Along the way to a $31 billion valuation, it built a reputation as the polar opposite of its sharing economy peers such as Uber, which prized ruthless competition, and WeWork, which collapsed under a partying culture and its founder's self-dealing.

Instead, Airbnb stood for earnest idealism. Its leaders spoke frequently of trustworthiness, authenticity and a desire to build a business that valued principles and people over the short-termism of Wall Street. One delivered a TED Talk on designing for trust. And Airbnb's former chief ethics officer wrote a book called "Intentional Integrity.

In class we discussed Airbnb's actions after financial difficulties caused to a large degree by the pandemic.

From an Aristotelean sense, do you think these actions were ethical? What would you have done as company President?