bv8562 wrote:
MartyTargetTestPrep Could you please help me understand why option B is correct? What does it imply?
The main conclusion of the argument is the following:
Therefore, when a business performs a notably ethical action, the news media should publicize that factNow, here's (B).
(B) Meeting high ethical standards is primarily a matter of refraining from unethical behavior.We see that what (B) indicates is that a business can be ethical because of what it does NOT do.
If a business is ethical because of what it does not do, then there isn't really any "notably ethical action" for the media to publicize. The business is ethical because of the actions it does not take.
So, (B) weakens the case for the idea that the media can help people to patronize ethical businesses by publicizing the facts about ethical actions businesses perform.
That said, it's also worth noting that this question doesn't work like a GMAT Weaken question. In this question, the correct answer, choice (B), doesn't directly weaken the argument as the correct answer to a GMAT Weaken question would. After all, the fact that, as choice (B) says, "meeting high ethical standards is primarily a matter of refraining from unethical behavior," does not mean that the media should not publicize ethical actions if there is something to publicize. Rather, it means that there isn't much to publicize. So, what (B) shows is that the plan won't work very well in general rather than that the argument itself doesn't work.