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.
Do corporations have a social and environmental responsibility in the in which regions they operate, or is their only responsibility to make as much money as they can, as long as they remain within the confines of the law? While it is certainly important for them to try to maximize profits in order to remain viable and meet their responsibilities to their investors, I ardently believe that they have a serious social and environmental responsibility beyond what is strictly dictated by the law.
One argument for setting exclusively monetary agendas for corporations is the idea that this will motivate people to work harder to get individually rich and will also benefit society as a whole due to a greater trickle-down. In this, the possible negative impacts of ignoring a corporation’s social responsibilities are ignored or argued away but claiming that for extremely harmful situations, the government will step in and make laws. However, this ignores the fact that governments may have their own motivations. For example, if corporations are able to lobby representatives or swing elections in their favor or if third-world countries are desperate to boost their economies and invite foreign countries at any post, regulations can be purposely made too lax and the onus of social and environmental responsibility must fall on the corporations themselves. This is what causes the current smoking epidemic in Thailand, where even children as young as 2 years old can become addicted since the government refuses to regulate the sale of cigarettes or put in public education programs. Thus, either a global body must exist to make and enforce such regulations, which is currently not possible, or companies themselves must put the effort to make change.
Additionally, corporations may have access to information and resources before the government, which means that the law may lag behind the essential protections for the environment and society. This is more relevant today, with our ever-evolving technology, than ever before, where companies like Facebook are able to engage in data mining and can even swing elections while government officials often do not have the necessary know-how to keep up with the changes and make appropriate regulations.
Of course, trying to fulfil the social and environmental responsibility can be very complex, especially in our global society where multi-national companies need to operate and respond to the needs of a wide variety of cultures and ecosystems. It may not even be possible to always have the correct answer. For example, take companies trying to provide “clean energy” by moving away from fossil fuels. Their core mission clearly attempts to satisfy their responsibilities to the environment, but in practice there can be other considerations that result in damage to the environment and society, like changes to the ecosystem due to wind farms, the rare, heavy metals needed for solar panels, or the inherent risks of and toxic waste generated by nuclear reactors. There is always a trade-off, and it is not always possible to have sufficient data to actually determine which solution is better, so there are several arguments to be made about how looking for an uncertain answer is just a waste of the company’s resources. However, I would argue that this search remains valuable, even in the absence of certainty and the possibility of error, because it encourages innovation and expands the capabilities of the company and even the society around it. Additionally, if an actual solution can be found, then any “wasted” resources become worthwhile.
Thus, social and environmental responsibilities are a must for corporations, and the law must only set a direction and a worst-case scenario guideline, rather than being the only factor limiting a corporation's single-minded pursuit of the dollar.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 1233, Rule ID: NOUN_AROUND_IT[1]
Message: Consider using 'the surrounding society'?
Suggestion: the surrounding society
...he capabilities of the company and even the society around it. Additionally, if an actual solution ca...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 9, column 196, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'a corporation' or simply 'corporations'?
Suggestion: a corporation; corporations
...her than being the only factor limiting a corporations single-minded pursuit of the dollar.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, however, if, look, may, so, then, third, thus, while, as for, for example, of course
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 21.0 12.4196629213 169% => OK
Conjunction : 34.0 14.8657303371 229% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 33.0505617978 112% => OK
Preposition: 76.0 58.6224719101 130% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 12.9106741573 116% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3269.0 2235.4752809 146% => OK
No of words: 615.0 442.535393258 139% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.31544715447 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.97987886753 4.55969084622 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.21947359753 2.79657885939 115% => OK
Unique words: 317.0 215.323595506 147% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.515447154472 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 1053.0 704.065955056 150% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.77640449438 338% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.2370786517 89% => OK
Sentence length: 34.0 23.0359550562 148% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 83.5456554419 60.3974514979 138% => OK
Chars per sentence: 181.611111111 118.986275619 153% => OK
Words per sentence: 34.1666666667 23.4991977007 145% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.83333333333 5.21951772744 112% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 10.2758426966 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.289128601829 0.243740707755 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0851860699683 0.0831039109588 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0833000691967 0.0758088955206 110% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.163604853833 0.150359130593 109% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0883939240318 0.0667264976115 132% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 20.7 14.1392134831 146% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 28.51 48.8420337079 58% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 13.0 7.92365168539 164% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 17.7 12.1743820225 145% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.17 12.1639044944 116% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.56 8.38706741573 114% => OK
difficult_words: 165.0 100.480337079 164% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 20.0 11.8971910112 168% => OK
gunning_fog: 15.6 11.2143820225 139% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 79.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.75 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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 1233, Rule ID: NOUN_AROUND_IT[1]
Message: Consider using 'the surrounding society'?
Suggestion: the surrounding society
...he capabilities of the company and even the society around it. Additionally, if an actual solution ca...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 9, column 196, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'a corporation' or simply 'corporations'?
Suggestion: a corporation; corporations
...her than being the only factor limiting a corporations single-minded pursuit of the dollar.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, however, if, look, may, so, then, third, thus, while, as for, for example, of course
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 21.0 12.4196629213 169% => OK
Conjunction : 34.0 14.8657303371 229% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 33.0505617978 112% => OK
Preposition: 76.0 58.6224719101 130% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 12.9106741573 116% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3269.0 2235.4752809 146% => OK
No of words: 615.0 442.535393258 139% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.31544715447 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.97987886753 4.55969084622 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.21947359753 2.79657885939 115% => OK
Unique words: 317.0 215.323595506 147% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.515447154472 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 1053.0 704.065955056 150% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.77640449438 338% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.2370786517 89% => OK
Sentence length: 34.0 23.0359550562 148% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 83.5456554419 60.3974514979 138% => OK
Chars per sentence: 181.611111111 118.986275619 153% => OK
Words per sentence: 34.1666666667 23.4991977007 145% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.83333333333 5.21951772744 112% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 10.2758426966 58% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.289128601829 0.243740707755 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0851860699683 0.0831039109588 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0833000691967 0.0758088955206 110% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.163604853833 0.150359130593 109% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0883939240318 0.0667264976115 132% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 20.7 14.1392134831 146% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 28.51 48.8420337079 58% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 13.0 7.92365168539 164% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 17.7 12.1743820225 145% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.17 12.1639044944 116% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.56 8.38706741573 114% => OK
difficult_words: 165.0 100.480337079 164% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 20.0 11.8971910112 168% => OK
gunning_fog: 15.6 11.2143820225 139% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 79.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.75 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.