The desire of corporations to maximize profits creates conflict with the general welfare of the nation at largeDiscuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own e

The twentieth century has seen a rise in corporate industry, the single goal of which is to gain profits. These corporates are more interested in devising ways and means to enhance their goals. Investment in modern technology has brought such firms to height of manipulation of anything and everything without a thought or consideration for the welfare of nation at large.

Genetically modified foods are a glaring example of how the world natural diversity is being threatened under the garb of developing newer , better and staple food source. The ill-effects of these GMO's such as high incidence of tumour growth, suppression of human reproductive system and its manipulation by xenestrogens present in most packaged foods plus lack of governmental interest in enforcing strictly the requirement for labelling GMO's accurately manifests how these corporates have strenghthened themselves over the years. The welfare of nation seems to be of no concern at all. In fact , on the contrary, the corporates flourish at the hands of ignorance and blind consummerism on part of the general population. A large section of the nation has shifted from healty home cooked meals to Macdonalds, KFC and other fast food giants . The cosumptions of which can be seen to lead to a rise in obesity, diabetes, blood pressure and other such debilitating health conditions. Corpo!

rates have become synonymous with the psyche of the population at large and the idea of questioning whether they have contributed to the welfare of the population in relation to huge profits that they have gained is lacking. The evident truth is only that corporations have only grown at the expense of the nation's welfare only weakening its prospects over the years and still continues to do the same. Their desire to maximize profits thus creates conflict with the general welfare of the population at large.