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.
In the modern era, consumers have become increasingly aware of social and environmental problems, especially those arising from the activities of corporations. In order to compete successfully and to maintain a positive image in consumers’ minds, corporations tend to address consumer concerns, other than those related to products and services. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives enable corporations to maintain and promote environmental and social well-being. Such attempts have become essential for the fulfillment of corporate goals, both monetary and non-monetary.
In order to stand out among the bottle-neck competition, corporations need to go the extra mile. Focusing only on monetary gains, i.e. profits or in other words, the bottom line, is a thing of the past. In the contemporary economic era, consumers’ purchase decisions are affected by a wide range of factors. Social and environmental concerns have become increasingly significant in the list of such factors. For instance, green policies require corporations to ensure proper disposal of industrial waste. Factories polluting fresh-water reservoirs are not only being legally penalized, but they also lose consumer trust and confidence, translating into negative corporate returns. In order to maintain a strong consumer base, it is essential for corporations to take into account the positive and negative externalities caused by their activities.
In my opinion, it is the responsibility of the corporation to protect its environment, conserve scarce resources and work for the betterment of the society as a whole. It is not merely a peripheral project to undertake; rather it is of utmost importance if the corporation wants to ensure profits and positive cash flows. Corporations failing to realize this responsibility create a negative brand image, eventually losing market share and becoming unable to sustain themselves.
A sustainable business requires steady cash-flows and profits for owners (shareholders). Without such incentive, investors will balk and businesses will become unable to survive. However, for a corporation to sustain in the long-term, it is important to adopt a more holistic approach than just chasing money. While making investment decisions, investors not only focus on shareholder return prospects and business viability, but also on the image of the business in the market. One of the best strategies to improve corporate image is to focus on CSR initiatives.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, so, well, while, for instance, in my opinion, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 19.5258426966 56% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 12.4196629213 24% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 0.0 11.3162921348 0% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 13.0 33.0505617978 39% => OK
Preposition: 56.0 58.6224719101 96% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2125.0 2235.4752809 95% => OK
No of words: 370.0 442.535393258 84% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.74324324324 5.05705443957 114% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.38581623665 4.55969084622 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.32722461925 2.79657885939 119% => OK
Unique words: 205.0 215.323595506 95% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.554054054054 0.4932671777 112% => OK
syllable_count: 694.8 704.065955056 99% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.9 1.59117977528 119% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 2.0 4.99550561798 40% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 34.2530100584 60.3974514979 57% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 111.842105263 118.986275619 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.4736842105 23.4991977007 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.42105263158 5.21951772744 85% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.161433807441 0.243740707755 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0462371787713 0.0831039109588 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0398414260415 0.0758088955206 53% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0962959104753 0.150359130593 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0335895191903 0.0667264976115 50% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 14.1392134831 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 26.81 48.8420337079 55% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 12.1743820225 117% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.01 12.1639044944 132% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.74 8.38706741573 116% => OK
difficult_words: 121.0 100.480337079 120% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => 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: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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