If we can’t save the 100 most threatened, what hope is there for the rest of life on the planet – Jonathan Baillie, Zoologist Society of London’s (ZSL) director of conservation.
This article illustrates the ethical problem of humanity driving many other species on 
earth to extinction. In modern society, business choices are made primarily based off economic and monetary gain. This sort of thinking has caused society to continue to expand, causing negative effects such as habitat loss, and deaths due to hunting and climate change in endangered species worldwide.
I believe that it’s up to us – the next generation moving into the world of business to ensure that our primary goals are not only monetary, but sustainability as well. There has been an increased focus in sustainability in the past decade but many of the goals are still not being met. An example of this is the ‘Millennium Development Goals’ failure to stop the rate of decline in the endangered species by 2010.
As Jonathan Baillie says in the article “Governments have to step up to the plate and declare whether these species are priceless or worthless…” All life on earth has the inherit right to continue to live, but we as humans are unethically taking away that right so we can continue to expand our cities and make our lives more comfortable. We must make it a priority to preserve the life on our planet, because once it is gone, there is no way to bring it back. Too many species have already become extinct, with many more to follow unless some serious changes are made.