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.
It is not uncommon for some to argue that, in the world in which we live, corporations
have a responsibility to society and to the environment in which they operate.
Proponents of this view would argue that major environmental catastrophes (e.g.,
the oil spill in the Gulf) are key examples of the damage that can be wrought when
corporations are allowed to operate unchecked. Yet within that very statement lies a
contradiction that undermines this kind of thinking — it is necessary for outside forces
to check the behavior of corporations, because we do not expect corporations to
behave in such a manner. In fact, the expectation is simply that corporations will follow
the law, and in the course of doing so, engage in every possible tactic to their advan -
tage in the pursuit of more and greater profit. To expect otherwise from corporations
is to fail to understand their puropose and their very structure.
The corporation arose as a model of business in which capital could be raised
through the contributions of stockholders; investors purchases shares in a company,
and their money is then used as the operating capital for the company. Shareholders
buy stock not because they are hoping to better make the world a better place or
because they have a desire to improve the quality of life but because they expect to see
a return in their investment in this company. The company may itself have generally
altruistic goals (perhaps it is a think tank that advises the government on how to
improve relations with the Middle East, or perhaps it is a company built around finding
alternative forms of energy), but the immediate expectation of the investor is that he
himself will see dividends, or profits, from the investment he has made. This is even
more true in the case of companies that are purely profit driven and which do not have goals that are particularly directed toward social improvement — a description that
applies to the vast majority of corporations.
Is it a bad thing to have a corporation negatively affect the environment (and by
extentsion, its inhabitants)? To pump noxious fumes into the atmosphere as a
by-product of its manufacturing processes? Of course, and this is why agencies such
as the EPA were established and why governments — federal, state, and local — are
expected to monitor such companies to ensure that such practices fall within the
boundaries of legal expectations. Any and all corporations should be expected to
temper their pursuit of profit with the necessity of following those safeguards that have
been legislated as protections. But the assumption that corporations have an inherent
obligation or responsibility to go above and beyond that to actively PROMOTE the
environment and the well-being of society is absurd.
Engaging in practices to adhere to legal expectations to protect society and the
environment is costly to corporations. If the very purpose of a corporation is to
generate profits, and the obligation to adhere to safety expectations established by law
cuts into those profits, then to expect corporations to embrace such practices beyond
what is required is to presume that they willingly engage in an inherently self-
destructive process: the unnecessary lowering of profits. This is antithetical to the very
concept of the corporation. Treehuggers everywhere should be pleased that
environmental protections exist, but to expect corporations to “make the world a better
place” is to embrace altruism to the point that it becomes delusion.
This is not to say that we should reject efforts to hold corporations accountable. In
fact, the opposite is true — we should be vigilant with the business world and maintain
our expectations that corporations do not make their profits at the EXPENSE of the
well-being of society. But that role must be fulfilled by a watchdog, not the corporation
itself, and those expectations must be imposed UPON the corporations, not expected
FROM them.<br>
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 19, column 32, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...nerally altruistic goals perhaps it is a think tank that advises the government on how...
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Line 35, column 13, Rule ID: ADMIT_ENJOY_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the gerund form: 'practices adhering'.
Suggestion: practices adhering
...eing of society is absurd. Engaging in practices to adhere to legal expectations to protect societ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, e.g., if, may, so, then, well, in fact, kind of, of course
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 37.0 19.5258426966 189% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 27.0 14.8657303371 182% => OK
Relative clauses : 26.0 11.3162921348 230% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 62.0 33.0505617978 188% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 105.0 58.6224719101 179% => OK
Nominalization: 21.0 12.9106741573 163% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3416.0 2235.4752809 153% => OK
No of words: 652.0 442.535393258 147% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.23926380368 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.05314661074 4.55969084622 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.13024262461 2.79657885939 112% => OK
Unique words: 295.0 215.323595506 137% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.45245398773 0.4932671777 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1064.7 704.065955056 151% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 13.0 1.77640449438 732% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 11.0 4.38483146067 251% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.2370786517 104% => OK
Sentence length: 31.0 23.0359550562 135% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 79.1674650873 60.3974514979 131% => OK
Chars per sentence: 162.666666667 118.986275619 137% => OK
Words per sentence: 31.0476190476 23.4991977007 132% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.0 5.21951772744 57% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 47.0 4.97078651685 946% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.23324169455 0.243740707755 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0733112200769 0.0831039109588 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0643253531617 0.0758088955206 85% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0526020711751 0.150359130593 35% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0627129976958 0.0667264976115 94% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.8 14.1392134831 133% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.01 48.8420337079 82% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.4 12.1743820225 126% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.7 12.1639044944 113% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.78 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 149.0 100.480337079 148% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 20.5 11.8971910112 172% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.4 11.2143820225 128% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.