152. "The only responsibility of corporate executives, provided they stay within the law, is to make as much money as possible for their companies."
公司的经营者们唯一的责任就是在法律规定范围之内为他们的公司赚尽可能多的钱。
Making as much benefit and interest as possible is the requirement for corporations' survive and development.
Pursuit for benefits is the essence of all merchants and their representation-- the company.
However, the benefits should not be the merely goal for current company. There are lots of aspects they should pay equal attention, such as the evrionment protection, philanthropy.慈善事业
55The following appeared in a Letter to the Editor of the Shady Village newspaper.
"Commuters(经常往返者) are complaining that the rush hour traffic on Blue Highway between Shady Village and Bright City has doubled their commuting time. Some commuters have asked that an additional traffic lane be built, but the recent creation of such a lane on nearby Green Highway apparently attracted more commuters, judging from the fact that rush-hour traffic jams actually increased there this past winter. To reduce rush-hour traffic on Blue Highway, a bicycle lane should be added instead of a traffic lane. This approach will succeed because many citizens of Shady Village are avid bicyclists; 75 percent of respondents to a recent questionnaire distributed there said they would like to bicycle more hours per week than they currently do."
The judgement on the increasing traffic jams is not cogent due to the unstable evidences on jams in the past winter.
There is also no direct evidences on the requirement of adding new lanes.
It is not necessary the most suitable solution of adding a bicycle lane while solving potential traffic problems.
163The following is taken from the editorial section of the local newspaper in Rockingham.
"In order to save a considerable amount of money, Rockingham's century-old town hall should be torn down and replaced by the larger and more energy-efficient building that some citizens have proposed. The old town hall is too small to comfortably accommodate the number of people who are employed by the town. In addition, it is very costly to heat the old hall in winter and cool it in summer. The new, larger building would be more energy efficient, costing less per square foot to heat and cool than the old hall. Furthermore, it would be possible to rent out some of the space in the new building, thereby generating income for the town of Rockingham."
There is no direct evidences on the immediate requirement of new building.
While focusing too much on the money saving on daily cost, the author fail to consider the building cost-- the largest amount on financial aspects.
It is doubted that the rent of new building could bring in sufficient income to overcome the high cost on building.