Most people in the United States view neither big nor small business as particularly efficient or dynamic and regard ...

Ravi February 14, 2019

@muhammad-sharief,

"Socially responsible" as used in the passage means "a force for good
in society." The last sentence makes a key distinction between small
and large businesses, as it tells us that most people see small
businesses as a force for good in society, whereas they see big
businesses as socially responsible only in times of prosperity.

From this, we can infer that "socially responsible" is being used as
another way of saying "a force for good in society."

(E) says, "Many people in the United States regard the social
responsibility of big business as extending beyond providing consumers
with fairly priced goods and services."

"Extending" here means going beyond. The reason this answer is most
strongly supported by the passage is because we're told that big and
small businesses both provide fairly priced goods and services.
However, we're also told that they're perceived differently. The fact
that they're perceived differently suggests that the socially
responsible framework from which most people look at big businesses
has to factor in more things than simply fairly priced goods and
services. If being socially responsible was only about having fairly
priced goods and services, then big businesses would be perceived by
most people as being socially responsible all of the time and not just
in times of prosperity.

Does this make sense? Let us know if you have any more questions!4

Valentina August 25, 2020

I'm still struggling to understand what "extending beyond providing consumers with with fairly priced goods and services." Is this a some/most passage in which we have two "most" statements with the left side in common and can therefore make a deduction?