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Issue:63.There is little justification for society to make extraordinary efforts—especially at a great cost in money and jobs—to save endangered animal or plant species.
Argue:The following appeared in a memo from a

vice president of a large, highly diversified company.

"Ten years ago our company had two new office

buildings constructed as regional headquarters for two

regions. The buildings were erected by different

construction companies—Alpha and Zeta. Although the

two buildings had identical floor plans, the building

constructed by Zeta cost 30 percent more to build.

However, that building's expenses for maintenance last

year were only half those of Alpha's. In addition, the

energy consumption of the Zeta building has been lower

than that of the Alpha building every year since its

       construction. Given these data, plus the fact that Zeta

      has a stable workforce with little employee turnover, we

     recommend using Zeta rather than Alpha for our new

     building project, even though Alpha's bid promises lower

     construction costs."