【正文】 nsibilities of Corporate Executives Corporate executives do have a responsibility to make money for their publicly owned panies, this means that they must ?nd a way to maximize shareholder it would be wrong to say that, without quali? cation, making as much money as possible is an executive?s only of all, corporate executives a duty to protect our natural and to not exploit human resources, particularly in lesserdeveloped poorer countries sometimes have poorly developed legal systems and laws that can be used unfairly by panies, even though the panies are actually operating within the limits of the law in that an example, a pharmaceutical pany should not be allowed to test new drugs on people in a poor country even though it is perfectly legal under that country?s executives must take it upon themselves to ensure that it operates ethically in all countries and that the corporation does not exploit lax operating laws in underdeveloped parts of the , a related responsibility of corporate executives is to make sure that the pany re?ects a positive image to the rest of the world, thus giving stockholders and owners a sense of pride in being a part of that people do not want to be associated with a pany that is seen as greedy or corporate executives focus solely on making as much money as possible, there can be a backlash against that pany for appearing too materialistic and multinational panies such as McDonald?s and WalMart have recognized this problem in the past and have now bee heavily involved in the munities in which their stores are located through charitable third and also related responsibility of corporate executives is to ensure the longterm viability of their , as well as other stakeholders, need to know that the pany executives are interested in building an enduring good example of this responsibility not being honored is that of the Enron Energy Company and Arthur Andersen bankruptcy and accounting this case, corporate executives abdicated their responsibilities to both panies in order to maximize shortterm pro?t and possibly their own bonuses and stock executives do have a responsibility to make as much money as they also have the responsibility to do so in a manner that helps to protect the world?s environment and people, that re?ects a positive corporate image, and that will guarantee the longterm survival of the ★用詞亮點(diǎn)lesserdeveloped ：欠發(fā)達(dá)的，同下文 中的underdeveloped。take something upon somebody ：承擔(dān)起 ……職責(zé)。exploitive ：剝削的。backlash ：后坐力，強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)。viability ：生存能力，可行性。abdicate ：正式放棄，退出?！锞涫搅咙c(diǎn)Corporate executives must take it upon themselves to ensure that it operates ethically in all countries and that the corporation does not exploit lax operating laws in underdeveloped parts of the operating laws意為“現(xiàn)行法律中的漏洞”；兩個(gè)that均作為ensure一詞 的賓語(yǔ)從句。全句句意為：“公司高管必須承擔(dān)起責(zé)任，確保公司在任何國(guó)家的運(yùn)作都不會(huì)有違道德規(guī)范，同時(shí)在世界欠發(fā)達(dá)地區(qū)，也不鉆現(xiàn)行法律的空子”。A good example of this responsibility not being honored is that of the Enron Energy Company and Arthur Andersen bankruptcy and accounting good example of this responsibility not being honored在此處表示 “一個(gè)不那么光彩的例子，反面教材”。此處作者以安然公司（Enron）和安達(dá)信會(huì)計(jì)師事務(wù)所（Arthur Andersen）為例，充分證明了只圖眼前利益而忽略公司長(zhǎng)足發(fā)展的下場(chǎng)?！锲铝咙c(diǎn)文章采用的是開(kāi)門(mén)見(jiàn)山的開(kāi)頭方式，直接提出作者觀點(diǎn)——為公司多賺錢(qián)不應(yīng)是公司高管的惟一職責(zé)。緊接著，作者采用了分總的行文結(jié)構(gòu)，在主體部分層次分明地論述了公司高管應(yīng)當(dāng)承擔(dān)的其他責(zé)任。邏輯信號(hào)詞first of all，secondly，a third清晰地對(duì)文章做出了劃分，使讀者一目了然。結(jié)尾部分概括全文，同時(shí)采用了與正文不一樣 的表達(dá)方式，顯示出作者扎實(shí)的文字功底。