PT109.S4.Q19

PrepTest 109 - Section 4 - Question 19

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Speaker: Contemporary business firms need to recognize that Support avoiding social responsibility leads to the gradual erosion of power. ████ ██ █████ ███ ███████████ ████ ███ ██ ███████████████ ███ ███ ████ ████ █████ ███ ██ ███ ███ █████ ██ █ ██████ █████ ███████ █████████ ███████████ ████ ████ ██ ████ ████ ███ █████ ███████████ ██ █████ ████████████ █████████ ██████ █████████ ██ ████████ ██████ ███ █████ ████ ███ ███████ ███████ ██ ████ █████████ ██ ████ ██████████ ███████ ██████████ ████ ██ ██████ █████ ████ ███████ ██████ ██ ██ ███ █████ ████ ████████████ ██████████ █ ████████ ████ ██████ ██ ██████ ███ █████ ██ ████ ██ ██ ███ ████ ███ ████████████

Summarize Argument

The speaker concludes that businesses should use power responsibly in order to hold that power as long as possible. Why? Because according to history and the “Iron Law of Responsibility,” society will eventually act to disempower institutions it thinks are misusing power.

Notable Assumptions

The speaker assumes that a business must act responsibly in order for society to view it as responsible. She also assumes that when society tries to disempower an irresponsible business, it will have success. In addition, she assumes using power responsibly will not prevent a business from reaching the “long run.”

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19.

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a

Government institutions are ██ ███████ ██ ███ ████ ███ ██ ██████████████ ██ ████████ █████████████

b

Public relations programs ███ █████ ███████ ██ ████████ ██ ███████████ ████████ ███████████ ████ ████ ██ ██ ████

c

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d

Since no institution ██ ████████ █████ ████████ ████ ██████████ █████

e

Some businesses that ████ ████ █████ ██ ████████ ███████████ ████ ████ ████ ███

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