Prompt 1
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below
Many people believe that being honest and honorable limits their options, their opportunities, their very ability to succeed. Unfortunately, in today's me-first culture, ethics may be the only thing people choose to live without! They believe they have only two choices: (1) to win by doing whatever it takes, even if it is wrong, or (2) to be ethical and therefore lose. Few people set out to be dishonest, but nobody wants to lose.
Adapted from John C. Maxwell, There's No Such Thing as "Business" Ethics
Assignment:
Does being ethical make it hard to be successful? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.
题目难度类型分析：有关人类道德的话题是个比较宽泛的话题有一定的难度，建议从身边的小事入手说起，最后拿出公共人人皆知的美德事件作为例子，比如慈善基金，救助残弱群体等。
题目技巧分析：虽然选择道德，有时会令你失去一些机遇，良好的机会，甚至会失去公平，但是人类社会进步的发展大步伐还是会向前，对于每个人的未来生存仍是好处居多。在社会上仍要倡议这种美德，人人要遵守行为的道德底线，促进社会的进步和发展。