...Climate Change The world’s changing climate will affect humans, ecosystems, cities and energy use, all in varying degrees (Gillard, 2011; Australian Catholic University, 2013b). This essay will describe the climate change issue and explain how it pertains to social justice and the common good. Climate change influences many different stakeholders, including governments, skeptics, the media, developing countries and future generations (ACU, 2013b). This essay will explore three of those perspectives being, developing countries, economists and Christians. It will identify the stakeholders, analyse their perspective highlighting their viewpoint on change. This viewpoint will be examined in terms of the common good and the principles of human flourishing and conclude discussing how the common good may best be served. Climate change is the change in the earth’s climate over many years. This change includes global warming, measured by the rise in the earth’s temperature (ACU, 2013b). For the purpose of this essay it is assumed that global warming results from human production of excess green house gases including carbon dioxide emissions (Gore, 2006). These gases form a layer in the earth’s atmosphere causing the sun’s rays to be reflected back down to earth and this called the Green House Effect further exacerbated by burning fossil fuels, deforestation and altering natural landscapes (ACU, 2013b). The effects of Global Warming are projected to rise over the next 50-100 years...
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...We all hear about this word at one point and time in our lives… climate change. Hot summers, cold winters, and bush fires, air pollution and rising sea levels, yet no one seems to question what the cause is of this issue. Who is directly involved and what are stakeholders such as the Australian government, economy and the Christian perspective doing in order to combat this issue. According to UNFCC climate change is defined as “ a change in climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that changes the composition of the global atmosphere in which is in addition to the natural climate variability observed over a compatible time periods”. Greenhouse effect is defined by the Australian Academy for Science as a barrier that traps heat energy in order to keep the planet warm. The average temperature ...
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... 1. Essay Abstract 2. Introduction 3. Geoengineering: What is it? 4. Environmental Issues & Science 5. Human Impact 6. Ethical & Justice Issues 7. Conclusion 8. Bibliography Geoengineering: A global issue Essay Abstract Geoengineering is a set of new technologies which aim to change the environment in human favour. Considering the technology is nascent, the morality, ethics, technological knowhow and the human impact are all uncertain as they relate to geoengineering. This paper argues that on these grounds, the geoengineering issue should be a global issue. Local governments fail to implement this technology effectively. The subsidiarity test should be passed when it relates to the geoengineering issue. Introduction With rising CO2 levels, changing weather patterns and an ever increasing intensity of weather events, governments and environmental groups are trying to address the global warming issue. There are many theories on how to deal with climate change; from a reduction in pollution to carbon capture. Geoengineering is a relatively new idea in the field of science which “describes this array of technologies that aim, through large-scale and deliberate modifications of the Earth’s energy balance, to reduce temperatures and counteract anthropogenic climate change.” (Bracmort et all., 2011: 1) The vast majority of technology is nascent and at a theoretical stage but it has the potential to affect populations and climate on a global...
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...AEP9 – ASSIGNMENT TWO: ESSAY Immoderate expansion of urban area, known as ‘urban sprawl’, becomes a wide-spreading phenomenon in most countries nowadays. This is majorly due to the improvement of mobility at all levels and the great economic benefits lying behind the sprawled urban areas. However, urban sprawl not only degrades the environment and changes global climate, but also generates a number of social problems, such as polarization and inequality. To solve the problems resulting from urban sprawl, many international organizations put technology forward as the most efficient and economically feasible approach. This essay will outline how urban sprawl results in these problems and point out the risks of depending on technologies to address environmental issues as well as its limitation to solve the social ones. In many countries in the world, urban sprawl imposes great stress on both of ecological and social well-being. In the first place, urban sprawl causes a lot of environmental problems. One of the burning issues for the international community is global warming. In order to support the running of current transportation, the utilities to warm or cool spacious houses and household appliances in neighborhoods on the outskirts of cities, energy mainly created by fossil fuels becomes greatly demanded, thus giving rise to higher emissions of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide, which is considered as one of the arch-criminals causing global warming (Gonzalez, 2005)...
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...sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Eastern Europe as people demanded more rights and freedom from oppression. Additionally, the advent of globalization which was brought about by rapid technological developments especially in the field of Information Technology (IT) led to interconnectedness among nations and economic interdependence. In my opinion, globalization and economic interdependence have been beneficial to most people in the world. However, the contemporary world is faced with several challenges which constitute threats to future global stability, security and prosperity. 2. This essay will portray my personal views of those threats that I perceive to be the most potent and thus represent the modern equivalents of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. In my view, the main drivers of change in today’s world are poverty, religious extremism, technological advancement and climate change. POVERTY 3. I believe that poverty is perhaps the underlying reason for most conflicts in the world today. A vast majority of the world’s population lives in very poor conditions without access to basic amenities such as food, shelter and primary health care. This is evident in developing countries where inequality is rife and the wealth of the state is not equitably distributed among the...
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...discouragement when assessing young people. Introduction In order to consider and analyse the seeds of discouragement when assessing young people, this essay will examine and discuss a number of factors that relate to the discouragement felt by young people which can leave them with unmet needs. The first objective of this essay is to describe what can lead to “climates of futility” by examining negative expectations and professional pessimism. The essay will then go on to explain how the response from professionals to problem behaviour can become a contributing factor to a child’s sense of futility, through discussing positive and negative theories of behaviour. The second objective of this essay is to examine the concept of “learned irresponsibility” and to understand how youth cultures are able to contribute to such learned helplessness and rebellion through things like social exclusion and street gangs. Next, nearing the end of this essay I will offer my opinion as to how the child and youth care worker should approach the young person differently during the assessment as to avoid the young person becoming discouraged during the transaction. Before the conclusion I shall offer my self reflection as well as sharing the impact that this topic of “the seeds of discouragement” has had on me. Climates of Futility The climates of futility refers to those environments which may cause young people to experience feelings of deficiencies and that are able to contribute to their...
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...To what extent can the Sustainable Development goals be fully achieved? The Sustainable Development goals (SDGs) are a set of future targets regarding future international development. These are set to replace the Millennium Development goals (MDGs), which have not yet been met, that expire at the end of 2015. The SDGs consist of 169 targets categorised into 17 goals which contain a broad range of sustainable development issues. All the goals intertwine together synergistically and so make some targets easier to achieve. In this essay I am going to go into detail on the likelihood of four of the goals being achieved. Goal 16 – “Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for Sustainable Development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels” could make progress to be achieved, this is already seen though Kenya being represented in the UN and therefore having some developing countries playing a vital role in global decisions, which is making 16.7 more likely to be fully achieved. In addition to this it will have a positive multiplier on the battle against poverty (goal 1) and therefore further encourage development. There has been a 6000 calls a year increase per year from 2002 to 2013 to child abuse helplines. In addition there has been tighter border controls in many developed countries such as the UK, USA and Canada. Both of these are making 16.2 possible to be achieved. Finally the amount of money spent on defence...
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...Civil disobedience is one of the oldest known forms of protesting. Henry David Thoreau felt strongly about it, dedicating a whole essay as well as spending a night in jail for paying his taxes in protest of the unjust mexican american war. Civil disobedience is a form of protesting that most likely will result in legal repercussions, thus making it a more extreme form of protesting. Thoreau wrote about Civil Disobedience and the need for it is still relevant today. In thoreau’s time period he believed more men needed to stand up for what they believed in. He tried his best in not paying his taxes because he thought that by doing so he was funding the army that was fighting an unjust war. This was the mexican american war. By not paying his taxes Thoreau ended up having to go to jail and spent a night in jail. Thoreau also stood against slavery, he believed “According to "Civil Disobedience," the symbolism of a public act of principled defiance would galvanize the nation and lead quickly to the abolition of slavery” . Thoreau opens his essay stating that "That government is best which governs least.” showing his disdain with the american government and their unethical legislature. He believed justice was only achieved...
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...Fairness in Reward Allocation Name of the student: Name of the University: Course ID: Author’s note: Introduction The discussion of the essay is associated with the fairness in reward allocation that depends on various processes. Most of the organizations are facing the problem to implement the transparent process during the reward allocation because of the individual perception. The theory regarding the fairness also suggest to implement a structured way that will adhere to the policy of the organization so that no employees remain with the dilemma that justice is coming in the proper way. The theory is used to understand the behavioral aspect of the employees and their superior where researchers have given several feedbacks that influence the process (Lund, Scheer and Kozlenkova 2013). The argument is structured in such a way that helps to understand the several aspects of the importance of the organizational fairness in the compensation management, role of organizational fairness in reward allocation, factors that are influencing fairness in reward allocation, impact of reward distribution on employees and how fairness can be achieved within the process. All the processes are discussed with the view of several researches that establish the fact of issues and solutions of the reward allocation. At the end of the essay, every topic is summarized with the findings that could help to enhance the reward allocation. Discussion Operating an organization always needs fairness...
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...School of Government FCOM 111 Trimester 1, 2014 Government Essay Cover Sheet Instructions Please complete and sign this form and attach it as the cover page to your assignment. Student Name (Please print): | | Student ID No: | | Tutor Name: | | Tutorial Day and Time: | | Due Date: | Monday 31 March 2014 at 1:00 p.m. | Date Submitted: | | Word Count: | | Plagiarism Declaration Plagiarism is a form of cheating which undermines academic integrity. Plagiarism is prohibited at Victoria. Plagiarism is presenting (without due acknowledgement) someone else’s work as if it were your own, whether you mean to or not. Plagiarism takes many forms and includes material from books, journals or any other printed source, the work of other students or staff, information from the internet and other electronic material. You are expected to adhere to the VUW Statute on Student Conduct and its references to plagiarism. The Statute may be assessed at http://www.victoria.ac.nz/home/about /policy/students.aspx. I have read and understood the University’s policy on plagiarism outlined as above and declare that this Government Essay is my own work and that all source material used in this essay is accurately acknowledged. Signed: ___________________________ Date: ____________________ Political ideologies are vague and not as regimented and defined throughout New Zealand politics. An ideology represents political philosophies, views, core principles...
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...“Many Women Leave Engineering, Blame The Work Culture” mainly raises a problem concerning women engineering majors get discriminated on their way of pursuing careers. This situation is pretty serious in this society since discrimination is a big issue that people are fighting again these days. Our justice is actually one of the aspects that this problem involves in and we could not imagine a civilization without justice. The main body of the people the author talks about is females who particularly studies engineering, and the points the author made was persuasive and sufficient since the results or outcomes in the article are mainly from realistic surveys and experiments that scientists already have conducted. This article makes me realize that even in this well developed society, discrimination still exists in many other forms other than simply race or gender. Just as the author mentions, the pregnancy is still a main reason why most of the companies do not take female workers seriously and put them in significant positions. People always know that women would eventually be pregnant, deliver a baby, raise the baby and take care of the family. The role of female...
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...gas” a lot—but what is it? Humans add various gases to the earth’s atmosphere every day; these gases (known as “greenhouse gases”) consist primarily of carbon dioxide, ozone, chlorofluorocarbons, nitrous oxide, and methane, and tend to warm the earth. Trees help counter greenhouse gas production during photosynthesis, by taking in carbon dioxide as waste material and producing oxygen, which of course we all need to survive. Scientists predict that the daily addition of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, combined with daily removal of large portions of the world’s forests, will raise the earth’s average temperature by several degrees in the next century. This in turn will raise the level of the sea and potentially create significant changes in weather patterns on a global scale. As we move into the future, many climatologists expect that most of the United States will warm. What we do not know yet is how to scientifically predict which parts of the nation will become wetter or drier. We do know there is likely to be an overall trend toward increased precipitation and evaporation, and more intense weather systems, in the form of violent rainstorms, blizzards and sun-baked, drier soils. The Facts—What Do We Already Know About Changing Global Conditions (Global Warming)? Global temperatures are rising. Observations collected over the last century suggest that the average land surface temperature has risen 0.45-0.6°C (0.8-1.0°F) in the last century. Precipitation has increased...
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...the impacts on wildlife. However the managing director, Tony Haggarty said that stringent environmental conditions have been applied by the commission and that it is one of the best coal developments in the world (Go ahead for one of world’s largest coal mines 2012). The project would not be accepted because of reasons which will be mentioned later on. The essay will mention about the three ethics and concentrate more on the selected ethic which is moral rights ethic. Moral rights is an ethical decision that best maintains and protects the fundamental rights and privileges (freedom, life, safety, privacy, free speech, freedom of conscience) of the people affected by it(Lecture 3,Week3). In the case of the construction project, people are free to show that they are against the constructions as this will worsen the environment. Bradshaw, J.A Corey et al point out that coal exports are Australia’s biggest contribution to climate change and that Australians are suffering its impacts now (Let’s talk about coal). Thus, the environmental aspects of the project should be taken into consideration as in justice ethic. Justice is an ethical decision that distributes benefits and harms among stakeholders in a fair, equitable or impartial way (Three ethic model,pg 148). In the case of the construction project, coal types which will be obtained will be of high quality, low ash, low sulphur and low phosphorus semi-soft coking coal (Maules Creek Project). These types of coal means that...
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...the international organizations like United Nations and the World Bank. Ever since the time of Jesus Christ, in accordance with what the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Church's Social Teaching preach, the issue of global poverty is unjustified, and therefore, is preventable by the efforts of the human world. The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines poverty as not only the lack of material, but also cultural and religious aspects as well. Poverty is the human misery caused by material deprivation, unjust oppression, physical and psychological illness. However, in this essay, the main concern argued is the deprivation of material, resources and services. The Catechism looks at poverty from different views. It does not justify poverty in the human world. The Catechism states that, "...giving alms to the poor is one of the chief witnesses to fraternal charity: it is also a work of justice pleasing to God." (CCC 2447) Therefore,...
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...your work setting. Sexual harassment is a form of discrimination that erodes morale and negatively impacts unit cohesion. All individuals in the unit must be treated fairly and with mutual respect .The consequences of sexual harassment affects the individual in the workplace through stress, physical fitness, and reenlistment intentions. Sexual harassment affects the unit’s effectiveness, cohesion and goal realization. Sexual harassment is not limited to the workplace, but can also occur in the work related environment. That’s why the importance of maintaining a secure and sound command climate is essential in preventing the reoccurrence of such incidents. Based on my findings this essay aims to analyze that there’s a strong case to be made that the rate of sexual harassment reports are proliferating across all branches of the military and how the importance of having a positive command climate environment helps in solving this problem. There needs to be a clear realization that...
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