...Community Environmental Issue Kornorton Sullivan October 13, 2013 SCI/275 Claudia De Mendonca Synek Listopad Community Environmental Issue Environmental issues are continuously growing throughout America and the rest of the world. In order to protect what is left of the environment, each state developed an environmental department. These environmental departments are working to find ways to not only protect the environment, but to resolve the issues effecting the environment. Scientific assessments, risk analysis, public engagements, political considerations, and long-term environmental management is the starting point of succeeding in protecting the environment. One key element effecting the environment in Georgia is pollution. The population has grown past the means of Georgia’s expectation. The population growth brings about building new homes in wooded areas, new roads, more pollution, and fewer resources. Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division is geared towards protecting human health, sustaining healthy ecosystems, ensuring resources to support a growing economy ("Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department Of Natural Resources", 2010-2011). These are the new issues that have emerged in Georgia. Not too long ago, the American public became concerned about environment and the effects on humans. The federal policymakers implemented statutes as the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Endangered Species...
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...enhancing the standard of our lives more important than saving the Earth from extermination? This is the clash between ecocentrics and technocentrics in our environmental philosophical world. Ecological issues, in my opinion, must be addressed in the contemporary world as a global concern. Instead of innovating technology, we should prioritize on protecting our environment. I reckon we must generate awareness by organizing environmental campaigns that regard previous human-error disasters such as Chernobyl in Ukraine. Copious humans take this disaster in an apathetic manner because that majority of humans are an amalgamation of anthropocentrics who merely care about humans and technocentrics who deem technology as the solution to life. If...
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...Assess the claim that secular approaches to environment issues are of more help than religious ones. (35 marks) Secular approaches are ethical approaches that are not religious, for example Kantian ethics. Religious approaches would include Natural Law and biblical references. In both of these approaches to environment issues, a good approach to environment issues would be one that weighed up the pros and cons of both sides of the argument and come to a rational conclusion that is backed up with reason. Utilitarian’s weigh up the long term effects against the short term effects. I think this is a good way of looking at the environment, as the long-term effects are very different to the short-term effects. If we focus on only the short-term effects, then no environmental problems will be solved. Jeremy Bentham follows the quantitative approach, which is where the cause of the action outweighs the maximisation of higher pleasures for the present and future generations. Bentham would weigh up the pleasures and pain for all those involved. For example, a quiet lake with loads of wildlife being used for water skiing and other recreational activities. Bentham would weigh up the pleasure of the people and the amount of income against the pain that the wildlife would take and then make a decision whether it should be allowed or not. This is not a very helpful way of solving environmental problems because each situation will have a different outcome depending on the pleasure and pain...
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... The San Fernando Valley Basin is an important source of drinking water for the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the cities of Glendale, Burbank, and San Fernando, La Canada- Flintridge, and the unincorporated area of La Crescenta. In 1998, The Upper Los Angeles River Area Watermaster notified the USEPA and SWRCB that hexavalent chromium was being detected in SFV wells. Since then, an inter-agency committee, the Chromium Task Force, has focused its attention on understanding the nature of the problem. The task force meets quarterly to share information and to keep its members informed of developments regarding hexavalent chromium contamination. There are two chemical forms of chromium. Chromium compounds have no taste or odor. The issue is Chromium contamination was found in the soil and groundwater has occurred in the SFV and other areas in southern California. Cr+6 has been detected in production and groundwater monitoring wells in the San Fernando Valley area. Cr+6 has been consistently detected in some shallow and deep monitoring wells primarily in the North Hollywood, Glendale, Burbank and Pollock Operable Units, from depths ranging from 31feet to as deep as 580 feet below ground surface. Hexavalent Chromium affects occupational asthma, eye irritation and damage, perforated eardrums, respiratory irritation, kidney damage, liver damage, pulmonary congestion and edema, upper abdominal pain, nose irritation and damage, respiratory cancer, skin irritation, and erosion...
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...Canadian Business Environment Market and Nonmarket Environments Any issues or changes that happen in one of these environments can directly cause change to the other. Since both of these are so closely related and to a great importance for a firm to run successfully, they have put more focus on managing both aspects of the company. The interrelationship between the market and nonmarket environment is heavily based on the role of management. Since a firm will operate in both the market and nonmarket environments, managers are there to measure the impact one has on the other. The issues found in the nonmarket environment are directly related to the market environment of the firm. The nonmarket environment is a little more difficult to control than the market environment, but each firm is aware of the importance of running sufficiently in both aspects in order to be successful. As shown in figure 1-1 (Baron p. 3), the relationship that the nonmarket and market environment has. Market environment determines the significance of nonmarket issues to the firm. Nonmarket environment shapes business opportunities in the market place. Analysis of the Nonmarket Environment When analyzing the nonmarket environment of an organization the main focus is the four I’s that characterize the organization. The four I’s consists of Issues, Interests, Institutions and Information. The issues aspect is the main part of the nonmarket analysis, issues of a firm can be very vast, and they...
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...Market and Nonmarket Environments Any Issues or Changes That Happen in One of These Environments Can Directly Cause Change to the Other. Since Both of These Are so Closely Related and to a Great Importance for a Firm In: Business and Management Market and Nonmarket Environments Any Issues or Changes That Happen in One of These Environments Can Directly Cause Change to the Other. Since Both of These Are so Closely Related and to a Great Importance for a Firm Canadian Business Environment Market and Nonmarket Environments Any issues or changes that happen in one of these environments can directly cause change to the other. Since both of these are so closely related and to a great importance for a firm to run successfully, they have put more focus on managing both aspects of the company. The interrelationship between the market and nonmarket environment is heavily based on the role of management. Since a firm will operate in both the market and nonmarket environments, managers are there to measure the impact one has on the other. The issues found in the nonmarket environment are directly related to the market environment of the firm. The nonmarket environment is a little more difficult to control than the market environment, but each firm is aware of the importance of running sufficiently in both aspects in order to be successful. As shown in figure 1-1 (Baron p. 3), the relationship that the nonmarket and market environment has. Market environment determines the significance...
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...cited a study that estimated that fabricating one car produced 29 tons of waste and 1,207 million cubic yards of polluted air. Extracting iron ore, bauxite, petroleum, copper, lead, and a variety of other raw materials to process steel, aluminum, plastics, glass, rubber, and other products necessary to construct automobiles consumes limited resources, uses great amounts of energy, and has serious environmental repercussions. Nowadays, environmental problems are becoming more and more serious in the all area of the world. The automotive industry is one of the largest contributors to CO2 emissions (David, 2009). Carbon dioxide emission that result from automobile industry are one of the factor caused global warming which one of the major issues we being faced with. Most researchers are in agreement that greenhouse gases from industry and agriculture have...
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...cited a study that estimated that fabricating one car produced 29 tons of waste and 1,207 million cubic yards of polluted air. Extracting iron ore, bauxite, petroleum, copper, lead, and a variety of other raw materials to process steel, aluminum, plastics, glass, rubber, and other products necessary to construct automobiles consumes limited resources, uses great amounts of energy, and has serious environmental repercussions. Nowadays, environmental problems are becoming more and more serious in the all area of the world. The automotive industry is one of the largest contributors to CO2 emissions (David, 2009). Carbon dioxide emission that result from automobile industry are one of the factor caused global warming which one of the major issues we being faced with. Most researchers are in agreement that greenhouse gases from industry and agriculture have...
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...Legal, Ethical Issues in the Work Environment: Employee Health and Safety Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Title Date Introduction In this paper ethical issue or situation, which will be discussed in regard to current, previous, or potential future work environment is "Employee Health & Safety", which in present had been the essential issue of government of every nation. In current unstable culture employers, unions, employees as well as government agencies interest in the health along with the safety associated problems has been enhancing because of enhancing number of the work associated injuries, illnesses along with deaths. In regard to National Safety Council, every workday the fatality happens every 2 hours and deliberating injury happens every 2 seconds. Those figures as well as approximation of the fatality along with injury demonstrates that number of company in the present and past were confronted several problems and also in coming future they would also continue towards confronting those types of ethical issues. All those types of approximations and costs, which organizations have been happening in regard to the employee health along with safety depicts that safety problems have not been the priority of companies and associations and because of such number of the legal issues in regard to the costs and the punishments have been experienced through companies. Thesis Statement Does in current several companies have been confronting ethical...
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...one in your work place? or even if one feels that the time they spend with their colleagues is more then enough? It really depends on the person who is about to take the ultimate step in a relationship. One can invite everyone and just have to deal with those who are not to their liking, which will prevent any future resentments. One can invite just the ones they get along with, this with the notion that others will find out about the happening, and might result in future quarrels in the future. A politically correct approach can be taken by not inviting their co-workers to the wedding using the expenses as an excuse. As a person that has never worked in an office environment, and hasn’t even pondered on the idea of getting engaged, it is hard to considered the approach that I would take. Based on school environment birthdays, I believe if I was eccomicly able to do so I would invite everyone in the office, and ignore thoose would did not please me. It all depends on ones personality, and also position in the company, for if you are the boss it might not be as influential for you to not have your subordinates at your wedding, as it would be if you were to not invite your boss. As Joseph heller would put it, it’s a “Catch 22”....
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...difficulties related to expert evidence identified by the court in this case. Facts Mr Hawchar, the respondent claimed damages from his employer, Dasreef Pty Ltd, the appellant as he was diagnosed with silicosis allegedly caused by the unsafe working environment. An expert, Dr Basden was retained to provide a report centering on the foreseeability of the alleged injury claimed by Mr Hawchar and procedures that Dasreef could take in reducing the risk of injury. The case originated in the Dust Diseases Tribunal where the judge relied on the estimate of the expert evidence in calculating the levels of silica Mr Hawchar was exposed to. This led to a finding that the level of exposure exceeded the applicable standard and was appealed by Dasreef before the Court of Appeal as to the admissibility of the expert’s report. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal on the basis that the estimate provided in the report was drawn from the expert’s experience, and thus admissible. The admissibility issue of the expert evidence was then brought to the High Court before the judges, French CJ, Gummow, Hayne, Crennan, Kiefel and Bell JJ with Justice Heydon dissented from the majority. It should be noted that the majority analysed the admissibility issue under the Evidence Act while Justice Heydon took a different approach by taking into account the common law requirements. The following sections discuss the admissibility requirements identified by the High Court. Relevance According to paragraph...
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...innovation and productivity growth in the global economy. Moving Beyond Trade‐Offs Solving social problems has been ceded to governments and to NGOs. Corporate responsibilities programs a reaction to external pressure have emerged largely to improve firms’ reputations and are treated as a necessary expense. Fair trade aims to increase the proportion of revenue that goes to poor farmers by paying them higher prices for the same crops. Though this may be a noble sentiment, fair trade is mostly about redistribution rather than expanding the overall amount of value created. The Roots of Shared Value A business needs a successful community, not only to create demand for its products but also to provide critical public assets and a supportive environment. A community needs successful businesses to provide jobs and wealth creation opportunities for its citizens. Facing growing competition and shorter‐term performance pressures from shareholders, managers resorted to waves of restructuring, personnel reductions, and relocation...
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...Analysis of Wall-E . For as little dialogue as there is in the film, Wall-E is an awesome movie which is evidenced by many of the awards it has won. Upon beginning to watch Wall-E, I did not expect an animated film to have such great meaning and address many of the societal issues it does in the film. The main issues Wall-E touches on are consumerism, technology, and environmental problems. The movie brings light to these issues by placing the setting in 2805 and showing the audience what these issues could be like hundreds of years down the road. Many of the readings we have done in class give reason to believe the Earth and civilization could become what it is in the movie Wall-E. The first societal problem brought to light in the film is environmental related issues. The first thing we see in the film are a bunch of stacks of garbage piles, sometimes bigger than skyscrapers. This undoubtedly ties into how we go about disposing of our garbage and sewage today. According to the article read in class called “Why Consumption Matters”, the average American in 1990 would throw out four to five pounds of garbage a day, while being responsible for 124 pounds of behind the scenes consumption. This behind the scenes consumption includes construction materials, fossil fuels, industrial materials, forest, and metals amongst others. We must also keep in mind that this is a 1990 figure, and that Americans consume significantly more in 2014. It is statistics like these that make it...
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...Global Environmental Change 17 (2007) 445–459 Barriers perceived to engaging with climate change among the UK public and their policy implications Irene Lorenzonia,b,������, Sophie Nicholson-Coleb, Lorraine Whitmarshb a School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK b Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK Received 25 August 2006; received in revised form 12 January 2007; accepted 17 January 2007 Abstract This paper reports on the barriers that members of the UK public perceive to engaging with climate change. It draws upon three mixed-method studies, with an emphasis on the qualitative data which offer an in-depth insight into how people make sense of climate change. The paper defines engagement as an individual’s state, comprising three elements: cognitive, affective and behavioural. A number of common barriers emerge from the three studies, which operate broadly at ‘individual’ and ‘social’ levels. These major constraints to individual engagement with climate change have implications for achieving significant reductions in greenhouse gases in the UK. We argue that targeted and tailored information provision should be supported by wider structural change to enable citizens and communities to reduce their carbon dependency. Policy implications for effective engagement are discussed. r 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Climate...
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