some people believe that corporations have a responsibility to promote the well being of the societies and environments in which they operate. others believe that the only responsibility of corporations, provided they operate within the law, is to make as much money as possible.
write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. in developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.
The dilemma many corporations face is increasingly complex; wanting to make a profit on one hand, while benefitting the public on the other. Often times, large pharmaceutical companies opt for the prior, even though medication is meant to better the lives of their recipients. For example, pharmaceutical companies, like Cephalon, contributed to the opioid addiction, thereby harming the public. Additionally, the cost of insulin has skyrocketed to the point that many diabetics are forced to take drastic measures to pay for their insulin. Although both cases are not illegal, they are not promoting the well being of the society. For these reasons, I believe that corporations have the responsibility to promote the well-being of others over making a profit.
Fentanyl, a strong and harmful opioid, was initially meant to be prescribed to cancer patients only. However, the FDA did not properly set the guidelines and allowed pharmaceutical companies to set their own restrictions. As a result, many pharmaceutical companies, like Cephalon, began to aggressively push Fentanyl to people who did not actually need it. Although, within the law, this is a very obvious conflict of interest. It became common for Fentanyl to be prescribed for minor incidents, like body pain or groin pain, which led to many Fentanyl related deaths. In this case, Cephalon put their own greed above the safety and well-being of the public, and it resulted in catastrophic consequences.
Additionally, pharmaceutical companies have been harming the diabetic community for years by increasing the cost of insulin, a necessity, to soaring prices. We have heard many stories about people taking drastic measures in order to obtain insulin, including leaving the country to get cheaper prices, postponing important life events, working multiple jobs, and even as far as limiting the amount of insulin they take in order to make it last longer. Obviously, pharmaceutical companies selling insulin are only concerned about their own wealth, and this is harming the public. Although it is not necessarily illegal to hike up prices this high, it is extremely unethical and disrespectful to the community they claim to help.
Although it is fair to say that corporations should put the well-being of society over their greed for profit, it is important to note that these corporations should not forgo the law in order to do to so. If they were to operate illegally, it is likely that they will quickly be shut down, limiting the amount of people they can help. Thus, corporations should always aim to operate within the law to be a positive force in society, instead of pursuing their own wealth. This idea seems incredibly idealistic, since many corporations embody the idea of greed. But in order to preserve and better society, it is important for these massive companies to use their power to better society, instead of selfishly catering to their own wealth.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, however, if, so, thus, well, while, for example, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.5258426966 128% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 12.4196629213 48% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 14.8657303371 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.3162921348 62% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 40.0 33.0505617978 121% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 68.0 58.6224719101 116% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 12.9106741573 15% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2473.0 2235.4752809 111% => OK
No of words: 474.0 442.535393258 107% => OK
Chars per words: 5.21729957806 5.05705443957 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.66599839874 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.96045990466 2.79657885939 106% => OK
Unique words: 243.0 215.323595506 113% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.512658227848 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 776.7 704.065955056 110% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 6.24550561798 160% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 3.10617977528 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.2370786517 104% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.1287400068 60.3974514979 75% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.761904762 118.986275619 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.5714285714 23.4991977007 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.57142857143 5.21951772744 68% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.228403378011 0.243740707755 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0706862701787 0.0831039109588 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0884869615956 0.0758088955206 117% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.134254881922 0.150359130593 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0586240641622 0.0667264976115 88% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.4 14.1392134831 102% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 48.8420337079 101% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.1743820225 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.29 12.1639044944 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.53 8.38706741573 102% => OK
difficult_words: 114.0 100.480337079 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.
Rates: 79.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.75 Out of 6
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