More and more people are beginning to depend on weight$-$loss drugs. As a result, some employers start to cut off insurance coverage in order to prevent escalating expenses. Here is the case of the University of Texas system $($which is a non$-$profit organization$)-$ Please watch the video clip below:

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With regard to this issue, your hypothetical friends, A and B$,$ presents different thoughts as follows:

Friend A: "Whatever employers they are, profit or nonprofit entities, employers cannot cut off insurance coverage even if the bills for the weight$-$loss drugs are climbing. Employers have an ethical responsibility to support employees, but such a cutoff will restrain many employees who desperately need weight$-$loss drugs and, eventually, will harm their employees' health."

Friend B: $"$It might be different when it comes to the profit$-$seeking entities. The Insurance coverage might encourage employees whose health situation does not need weight$-$loss drugs to use these drugs instead of diet and exercise. Even a nonprofit entity the University of Texas System announced such a cutoff. What should profit$-$seeking companies do$?$ Profit$-$seeking employers can cut off the access to weight$-$loss drugs. $"$

Question:

Whose side do you want to stand on$?$ Why? Explain based on the goal of business and the social impact and ethics of business, using at least one ethical perspective you have learned in this course.