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 statement presented tries to distinguish the responsibility of any corporation based on a conventional dichotomy present in today’s world i.e. corporations can either work motivated purely by monetary goals or be cognizant of their socio-environmental responsibilities. The exponential growth of capitalism in the past decades has led to an increasingly negative view of corporations as money crunching machines with little regard for the effects of their growth. However, with better education and understanding of the effects of capitalist growth on the world, the masses have also become aware of the social and environmental effects of the growth of such corporations and how to carefully limit them.
Capitalism proponents have often viewed it as a concept devoid of any harmful consequences and intended for the upliftment of the entire world. These views have often ignored the harmful effects of unrestrained capitalism on various aspects of the world. Since the purpose of corporations is to provide their customers with products or services which add value to their lives, alienating it from their general well-being is fallacious at its very roots. Adding value in certain aspects while reducing in some other ways results in a diminutive overall value or perhaps even a negative overall value. For example, Volswagen, the german automobile corporation, aimed to provide better cars at lower prices by bypassing pollution tests for their cars using deceptive techniques. While this may have resulted in better profits for them and reduced costs for customers, it was coupled with detrimental consequences which would far outweigh the benefits provided by the plan. This led to a large backlash, fines, legal cases and reduction in sales for them. Similarly, blazingly fast one or two day deliveries from e-commerce giants is a key factor behind increased profits and improved customer experience. However, it comes coupled with the hidden transportation costs which result in higher fuel usage which contributes to pollution and inhumane work hours for the delivery truck drivers. Thus, the aim of making as much money as possible is almost always coupled with condemnable and harmful consequences.
On the other hand, the monetary responsibility combined with a well being for society and environments has led to unexpected benefits for the corporations as well as the society and environment. Apple, the computer and mobiles giant, has seen increased sales and a happier customer base after they started creating products free of toxins which can be recycled more efficiently at the end of its first lifecycle. Such concerns for the environment helped them gain attention of environmentalists and push a cleaner image of their products. Various carbonated drinks companies, recognising the ill effects of high sugar content in their drinks, came out with sugar-free variants which led to an improved image and an even bigger customer base. Thus, combining monetary motivations with socio-environmental responsibilities is beneficial for everyone involved.
In summary, it is the responsibility of any corporation to combine its fiscal targets with the general well being of the people and the environment. The two are intertwined and can rarely be considered in isolation which can lead to disastrous consequences. Therefore, it would bode well for companies to keep all consequences in mind and carefully consider all of their responsibilities.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, may, similarly, so, therefore, thus, well, while, for example, in summary, as well as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 19.5258426966 72% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.4196629213 56% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.3162921348 62% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 27.0 33.0505617978 82% => OK
Preposition: 76.0 58.6224719101 130% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 12.9106741573 124% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2944.0 2235.4752809 132% => OK
No of words: 535.0 442.535393258 121% => OK
Chars per words: 5.50280373832 5.05705443957 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.80937282943 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.24784844495 2.79657885939 116% => OK
Unique words: 280.0 215.323595506 130% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.523364485981 0.4932671777 106% => OK
syllable_count: 922.5 704.065955056 131% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.2370786517 104% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.184170489 60.3974514979 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 140.19047619 118.986275619 118% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.4761904762 23.4991977007 108% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.42857142857 5.21951772744 123% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.163302834693 0.243740707755 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0501061707849 0.0831039109588 60% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0465019246169 0.0758088955206 61% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.10860399848 0.150359130593 72% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0270506431816 0.0667264976115 41% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.2 14.1392134831 122% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 37.64 48.8420337079 77% => OK
smog_index: 13.0 7.92365168539 164% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 12.1743820225 117% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.92 12.1639044944 123% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.45 8.38706741573 113% => OK
difficult_words: 155.0 100.480337079 154% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 23.0 11.8971910112 193% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.7820224719 127% => 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: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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