LSAT 145 – Section 4 – Question 24

LSAT 145 - Section 4 - Question 24

December 2015

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT145 S4 Q24
+LR
Sufficient assumption +SA
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
Link Assumption +LinkA
A
4%
158
B
3%
156
C
2%
155
D
90%
165
E
1%
153
137
145
154
 +Medium 148.528 +SubsectionMedium

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Mallotech portrays itself to the public as a socially responsible company, but critics charge that employees in many of its factories work in unsanitary conditions. Unless these critics are mistaken, then, Mallotech is not accurately portraying itself to the public.

Summary
The author concludes that if we accept the critics’ claim, then Mallotech is not a socially responsible company. This is based on the fact that critics claim employees in many of Mallotech factories work in unsanitary conditions.

Missing Connection
Let’s accept as true the claim that employees in many of Mallotech’s factories work in unsanitary conditions. Does this prove that Mallotech is not a socially responsible company? No. We have no idea what makes a company not socially responsible. Maybe the company as a whole does great things that are good for society, and what’s true about some employees doesn’t render the entire company “not socially responsible.”
To make the argument valid, we want to establish that if Mallotech has employees who work in unsanitary conditions, that implies the company is not socially responsible.

A
A socially responsible company would never lie about whether its employees are working in unsanitary conditions.
We don’t know that Mallotech has ever lied about having employees working in unsanitary conditions. Maybe Mallotech admits where its employees work. But it can still portray itself as socially responsible in other ways.
B
No company that conceals information from the public is socially responsible.
We don’t know that Mallotech has concealed information from the public. We know it portrays itself as socially responsible, and the author believes this is a false portrayal. But nothing in the stimulus suggests Mallotech has concealed information.
C
Many employees in Mallotech’s factories work in unsanitary conditions.
The author’s conclusion already accepts, for the purpose of the conclusion, the truth of the critics’ claim that many employees work in unsanitary conditions. (C) doesn’t connect these working conditions to lack of social responsibility.
D
A socially responsible company would not have employees working in unsanitary conditions.
If, as the conclusion asks us to, we accept that employees in many of Mallotech’s factories work in unsanitary conditions, then (D) allows us to conclude that Mallotech is not socially responsible. After all, a socially responsible company wouldn’t have employees working in those conditions.
E
Every company that is well managed is socially responsible.
(E) allows us to conclude that well-managed companies are socially responsible. But we’re trying to conclude that Mallotech is NOT socially responsible.

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