"The desire of corporations to maximize profits creates conflict with the general welfare of the nation at large. "
Today's climate of activism in politics and the economy has produced an environment in which views like the one stated above thrive. Questioning institutions, cultural models, and "the way things have always been" is important and absolutely necessary for future progress in the affected areas. However, this specific view, one that opposes businesses' competition against each other in profit-driven fervor, has several flaws worthy of noting
To start, this argument is based on a faulty view of what drives corporations to maximize profits; corporations are driven by profits because they have to compensate workers and executives. Like an individual, a company must strive toward profit to survive. If for some reason an entity was not driven by profits, then fewer jobs would be available and fewer people paid livelihood. A good year of profits is what gives workers Christmas bonuses or extra time off. If corporations did not play the game of making money and keeping it, then few working-class people would make money either.
A layman who does not work for the company itself might also suffer if a company ceased striving for profits. A company competes with other companies to attract customers, typically by lowering prices. If a company's prices rise because they stop taking part in the competition-driven, profit-maximizing corporate world, then many people would have to make changes in their lives to accommodate, and not for the better. For instance, if Walmart decided to not compete with Publix and Kroger to maximize profits anymore, then prices would rise, and many low-income families make the most of what they earn at Walmart to take care of their families.
At the end of the day, competition keeps prices low, and low prices maintain the general welfare of many in America.
Finally, while corporations possess enormous influence as they maximize profits, the consumer has a power of their own as well: the power of choice. A customer can always leave a corporation to purchase goods or services somewhere else. In this equilibrium the general welfare of the country is protected. This situation of checks and balances functions a little like the branches of government. As long as customers have choices between the power-hungry companies, power-hungry companies will battle each other and woo the customer.
Corporations largely embody a symbol of power and ruthlessness in America. Not wanting to have much to do with them is a logical consequence of such a sentiment. However, decision making cannot be based on sentiment alone. While the "feel" of corporate America may seem harsh and domineering, it truly does give the consumer and the nation at large a freedom to pick and choose how to live their lives.
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- "The desire of corporations to maximize profits creates conflict with the general welfare of the nation at large. " 83
- "The most effective strategy for a company to use to maintain and increase profits over the long term is to maintain high ethical standards." Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons 83
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 241, Rule ID: ABSOLUTELY_ESSENTIAL[1]
Message: Use simply 'necessary'.
Suggestion: necessary
...have always been' is important and absolutely necessary for future progress in the affected are...
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Line 10, column 360, Rule ID: A_UNCOUNTABLE[1]
Message: Uncountable nouns are usually not used with an indefinite article. Use simply 'freedom'.
Suggestion: freedom
...ve the consumer and the nation at large a freedom to pick and choose how to live their li...
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Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'finally', 'however', 'if', 'may', 'so', 'then', 'well', 'while', 'for instance']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.251984126984 0.240241500013 105% => OK
Verbs: 0.154761904762 0.157235817809 98% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0833333333333 0.0880659088768 95% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0575396825397 0.0497285424764 116% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0238095238095 0.0444667217837 54% => OK
Prepositions: 0.121031746032 0.12292977631 98% => OK
Participles: 0.0337301587302 0.0406280797675 83% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.93583787827 2.79330140395 105% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0297619047619 0.030933414821 96% => OK
Particles: 0.00198412698413 0.0016655270985 119% => OK
Determiners: 0.0952380952381 0.0997080785238 96% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0198412698413 0.0249443105267 80% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0138888888889 0.0148568991511 93% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2766.0 2732.02544248 101% => OK
No of words: 445.0 452.878318584 98% => OK
Chars per words: 6.21573033708 6.0361032391 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.59293186426 4.58838876751 100% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.408988764045 0.366273622748 112% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.305617977528 0.280924506359 109% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.206741573034 0.200843997647 103% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.123595505618 0.132149295362 94% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.93583787827 2.79330140395 105% => OK
Unique words: 254.0 219.290929204 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.570786516854 0.48968727796 117% => OK
Word variations: 69.3211870341 55.4138127331 125% => OK
How many sentences: 21.0 20.6194690265 102% => OK
Sentence length: 21.1904761905 23.380412469 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 66.3274020525 59.4972553346 111% => OK
Chars per sentence: 131.714285714 141.124799967 93% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.1904761905 23.380412469 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.47619047619 0.674092028746 71% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.94800884956 121% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.21349557522 38% => OK
Readability: 51.7522739433 51.4728631049 101% => OK
Elegance: 1.72268907563 1.64882698954 104% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.460473806994 0.391690518653 118% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.0844910263618 0.123202303941 69% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.078667721288 0.077325440228 102% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.503278189989 0.547984918172 92% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.183879447679 0.149214159877 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.15223601196 0.161403998019 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.107188583074 0.0892212321368 120% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.274513141261 0.385218514788 71% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0741003386081 0.0692045440612 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.281603504224 0.275328986314 102% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0673528342831 0.0653680567796 103% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.4325221239 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.30420353982 132% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.88274336283 41% => OK
Positive topic words: 11.0 7.22455752212 152% => OK
Negative topic words: 7.0 3.66592920354 191% => OK
Neutral topic words: 0.0 2.70907079646 0% => More neutral topic words wanted.
Total topic words: 18.0 13.5995575221 132% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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Note: This is not the final score. 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.