GMAT考试写作指导：Issue写作范文十八
<p> 18. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="granted">granted</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="primary">primary</span> <span word="objective">objective</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="obligation">obligation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="corporation">corporation</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span></p><p> <span word="maximize">maximize</span> <span word="profits">profits</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="mean">mean</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="corporation">corporation</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="fulfill">fulfill</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="obligations">obligations</span> <span word="to">to</span></p><p> <span word="society">society</span>? <span word="The">The</span> <span word="speaker">speaker</span> <span word="claims">claims</span> <span word="mat">mat</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="duties">duties</span> <span word="necessarily">necessarily</span> <span word="conflict">conflict</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="view">view</span>,</p><p> <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="corporations">corporations</span> <span word="duties">duties</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="maximize">maximize</span> <span word="shareholder">shareholder</span> <span word="wealth">wealth</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="serve">serve</span> <span word="society">society</span></p><p> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="coincide">coincide</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="times">times</span>-<span word="conflict">conflict</span>; <span word="and">and</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="conflict">conflict</span>, <span word="neither">neither</span> <span word="takes">takes</span></p><p> <span word="automatic">automatic</span> <span word="precedence">precedence</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span>.</p><p> .<span word="Beyond">Beyond</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="obvious">obvious</span> <span word="duty">duty</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="maximize">maximize</span> <span word="shareholder">shareholder</span> <span word="wealth">wealth</span>, <span word="corporations">corporations</span> <span word="indeed">indeed</span></p><p> <span word="owe">owe</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="duty">duty</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="serve">serve</span> <span word="society">society</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="immediate">immediate</span> <span word="community">community</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="permits">permits</span></p><p> <span word="corporations">corporations</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="operate">operate</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="exchange">exchange</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="implicit">implicit</span> <span word="promise">promise</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="corporations">corporations</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="do">do</span></p><p> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="harm">harm</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="bring">bring</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="benefit">benefit</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="community">community</span>. <span word="These">These</span> <span word="duties">duties</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="be">be</span></p><p> <span word="fulfilled">fulfilled</span> <span word="together">together</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="successful">successful</span> <span word="corporation">corporation</span> <span word="brings">brings</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="related">related</span></p><p> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="benefit">benefit</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="community">community</span>. <span word="And">And</span>, <span word="by">by</span> <span word="contributing">contributing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="community">community</span> <span word="activities">activities</span> <span word="and">and</span></p><p> <span word="changes">changes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="ways">ways</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="corporation">corporation</span> <span word="gains">gains</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="reputation">reputation</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="responsibility">responsibility</span> <span word="that">that</span></p><p> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="helps">helps</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="successful">successful</span>.</p><p> <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="duties">duties</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="conflict">conflict</span>. <span word="Consider">Consider</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="instance">instance</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="that">that</span></p><p> <span word="unknowingly">unknowingly</span> <span word="leaks">leaks</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ground">ground</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="toxic">toxic</span> <span word="substance">substance</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="threatens">threatens</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="contaminate">contaminate</span> <span word="local">local</span></p>
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