And comparatively speaking, other groups in Taiwan--such as business, religious and agricultural groups--are more guarded about what they say. While they may have different organizations, they do not have lobbies like you find in the West, using the media to promote their positions. Thus sometimes scholars also speak on behalf of these groups. In this capacity they are not representing a field of scholarship but rather a third party.
而且比較起來，在台灣其他集團如企業、宗教、農業等團體發表意見比較慎重，他們雖然有各種組織，但不像西方社會能成一個 Lobby（遊說）團體，在媒體上成為一種宣傳，因此有時學者也幫他們說話。