GMAT考试写作指导：Issue写作范文三五

　　35. I agree with the speaker that decisions and actions of businesses are too often

　　infected by short sighted motives. Admittedly, attention to immediate results and

　　short-term goals may be critical, and healthy, for survival of a fledgling company.

　　However, for most established businesses, especially large corporations, failure to

　　adequately envision the long-term implications of their actions for themselves and for

　　others is all-too common and appropriately characterized as a disease.

　　The business world is replete with evidence that companies often fail to envision

　　the long-term implications of their actions for themselves. Businesses assume excessive

　　debt to keep up with booming business, ignoring the possibility of a future slowdown

　　and resulting forfeiture or bankruptcy. Software companies hastily develop new

　　products to cash in on this years fad, ignoring bugs and glitches in their programs that

　　ultimately drive customers away. And manufacturers of inherently dangerous products

　　cut safety corners to enhance short-term profits, failing to see the future implications:

　　class action liability suits, criminal sanctions, and shareholder revolts.

　　Similarly, businesses fail to see implications of their actions for others. Motivated

　　only by the immediate bottom line, movie studios ignore the deleterious effects that

　　movie violence and obscenity may have on their patrons and on the society at large.

　　Captains of the energy industry pay lip service to environmental ramifications of

　　unbridled energy use for future generations, while their real concern is with ensuring

　　near-term dependence on the industrys products or services. And manufacturers of

　　dangerous products do a long-term disservice to others, of course, by cutting corners in

　　safety and health.

　　In sum, I think the criticism that businesses are too concerned with immediate

　　results and not concerned enough with the long-term effects of their actions and

　　decisions is for the most part a fair assessment of modern-day business.