Month: April 2023

The most successful businesses make the biggest profits. Evaluate this view.

Possible Points for discussing whether most successful businesses make the biggest profits

  • consider the importance of making profits in business
  • discuss other factors which may contribute to a business’s success
  • make a judgement, based on consideration of the evidence and argument put forward about most successful businesses.
  • businesses needing profits to survive; exceed their operational costs, gain market share and wide recognition of their brand
  • business owners, employees, shareholders and other stakeholders requiring the business to make a profit
  • alternative goals; providing a useful or novel product or service or solving an existing problem
  • some business owners simply wish to develop or share a skill, talent or love for their product or service
  • the calculation of ‘biggest profits’ depends on the scale of the business and its revenue-to-cost ratio
  • profit and ethics not being mutually exclusive; profitable businesses can more easily achieve philanthropy, ethical sourcing or greener practices
  • environmental, social, animal welfare or ethical credentials being a unique selling point
  • other success factors including market influence, brand recognition, customer service and treatment of employees.

Nations and peoples should always forgive the wrongs of the past. Evaluate this view.

Points discussing if nations and people should always forgive the wrongs of the past

  • show an understanding of the nature and role of forgiveness, in a national and personal context
  • discuss the extent to which past wrongdoing should always be forgiven
  • make a judgement, based on consideration of the evidence and argument put forward about.
  • the role of forgiveness for past wrongdoing in international relations
  • whether past actions can or should be forgiven depends on their intention, nature and impact
  • the severity, duration and reach of the impact of the wrongdoing needing to be taken into account
  • it being necessary to forgive the wrongs of the past in order to move forward and maintain economic, personal and diplomatic relationships
  • countries, their governments and people being more worthy of forgiveness if they show genuine remorse
  • attempts to make up for past actions and for repairing the damage done
  • some actions by countries, especially during the war, being so terrible that forgiveness may be extremely difficult
  • it may take a long period of time before forgiveness takes effect.