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

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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 conservation of environment is one of the hottest debated topics in the modern times, and the argument about what position should the corporations and large organizations take in this situation has divided the masses. Some people are of the opinion that the corporations should work on humanitarian principals and put the well being of society first, whereas the other group argues that unless they're actually causing any harm to the environment and are well within the laws, the corporations should be allowed to work as they will. Personally, I stand somewhere closer to the former side of argument and I present two reasons for the same. I will conclude with analyzing the opposite end of the spectrum as well.

We all share the environment and it is no secret that its condition is worsening day by day, and the major reason behind this is the human exploitation of nature for development. In my opinion, not only the corporations, but each and everyone of us should take the responsibility to help save the environment by doing whatever is in our power. Now as it happens, the corporations have more power, money as well as resources to make a significant effect on the environment for the better, which is why I believe that they should do whatever they can to help the society. We can learn from Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft. With the revenue from his company, he was able to fund polio vaccination drives throughout the world which has almost eradicated the disease from the world. Another example would be that of Leonardo DiCaprio, the famous actor who is known for contributing significantly towards the preservation of wildlife. Therefore, if the companies decide, they could have major impact on the well being of society.

Furthermore, we know that corporations use up a lot of resources from the environment for all sorts of purposes - setting up of power plants, using natural resources for production or for making buildings and offices. Even though this is not against the law, it takes a heavy toll on the environment. It has been estimated that a Nuclear Power Plant might have effects as adverse as making miles of surrounding land barren and unfit for agriculture or wildlife. A large steel industry causes a lot of noise which causes inconvenience for the surrounding population. Therefore, as a way of giving back, corporations should participate in humanitarian causes and work towards the betterment of society and preservation of the environment.

However, to counter the points, one could say that diverting a company's goals will prove detrimental to its performance. According to various economic theories, the economy works best in the free market condition, i.e. all the firms are using the resources that they want to participate in a fair competition. The free market only works when all the companies are trying to maximize their profits. If the company's are to lose this direction, it may result in weakening the economy of a country. In one of the countries, in mid 20th century, the government asked its citizens to farm fruits and vegetables in proportion to their income in order to fight the food crisis. The big corporations were asked to make larger contributions. The plan which appears ingenious had the complete opposite effect. In the short term, the food supply increased, however slowly, the average salaries started to fall and the money became stagnant which caused its currency to fall. This example shows how harmful can it be to change the direction of the corporations.

Therefore, as we can see that there is merit in both sides of the argument. In my opinion, giving back to the society and altruism shouldn't be enforced on the companies. However, if a company can manage it properly, it should definitely try to help the society as we have seen its effectiveness from several examples.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, first, furthermore, however, if, may, so, therefore, well, whereas, as well as, in my opinion

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 20.0 12.4196629213 161% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 11.3162921348 150% => OK
Pronoun: 50.0 33.0505617978 151% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 84.0 58.6224719101 143% => OK
Nominalization: 31.0 12.9106741573 240% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3228.0 2235.4752809 144% => OK
No of words: 646.0 442.535393258 146% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.99690402477 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.0414809386 4.55969084622 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.91388900336 2.79657885939 104% => OK
Unique words: 327.0 215.323595506 152% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.506191950464 0.4932671777 103% => OK
syllable_count: 1011.6 704.065955056 144% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 6.24550561798 192% => OK
Article: 13.0 4.99550561798 260% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.2370786517 138% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 60.7914950248 60.3974514979 101% => OK
Chars per sentence: 115.285714286 118.986275619 97% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.0714285714 23.4991977007 98% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.85714285714 5.21951772744 74% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.83258426966 166% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.250327127198 0.243740707755 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0532264289585 0.0831039109588 64% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0656303435151 0.0758088955206 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.124641456071 0.150359130593 83% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0671414704027 0.0667264976115 101% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.7 14.1392134831 97% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 48.8420337079 99% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.02 12.1639044944 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.54 8.38706741573 102% => OK
difficult_words: 154.0 100.480337079 153% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 20.0 11.8971910112 168% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.5 Out of 6
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