Cleanliness Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

Global Investment Trends in Clean Energy

Once again the country is concerned with our reliance on an energy policy that depends on controlling resources in other countries. The Senate hearing of March 17, 2011 addressed national and international dynamics in clean energy. Clean energy refers to the use of renewable, nonpolluting (or less polluting the fossil fuels) sources of energy.

The hearing was held by the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the U.S. Senate. Senator Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico is the chair of the committee and presided at the hearing. The hearing was called to “Examine Current Global Investment Trends in Clean Energy ...

LifeStraw: Science and Technology

LifeStraw is a product developed by the Swiss company Vestergaard Frandsen, which consists of a water filter that removes 99.99% of waterborne bacteria, protozoan parasites and viruses, allowing the user to obtain clean drinking water directly from containers, streams, lakes or other sources of potentially contaminated water.
The Oxford Dictionary defines science as the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. In order to develop the LifeStraw, scientific experiments were conducted to understand the process of water purification and develop an innovative method ...

Water sector infrastructure consisting of water and waste water systems, has an extensive history of implementing policies and programs to provide safe and clean water, therefore, protecting and improving public health and environment across the nation. Under the guidance of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), for above thirty years, drinking water and waste water services have been carrying out routines to survey ways to improve water quality testing techniques. (Sullivan, 2011). The sector’s public health, security, environmental and resilience efforts form a profound approach to make available safe drinking water, safeguard public health ...

The wellbeing of the world should be the bother of every individual. The world almost sunk following lack of adequate facilities to manage waste. Different governments in the world need to come up with adequate plans or strategies that would help them in defining ample waste reduction in specific countries. Ensuring clean environment is one idea that would solve the problems that are associated to excessive waste that is being releases to the atmosphere at current times (Maczulak 138). An outstanding example of countries with exclusive waste problems is the Republic of China. Solving the problem in China would ...

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Water, sanitation and Hygiene
These are highly fundamental issues that should be considered when providing community based services. For instance, water is a basic need for human survival but not all the water is safe for consumption. The sanitation systems within the community determine a great deal on the safety of the available water for consumption. Water, sanitation and hygiene complement each other and none can exist independent of the other. The importance of water cannot be overestimated and its use immeasurable. Despite the high demand for the resource for sustenance of life, there is always a greater challenge to the ...

Section A

Question 1: Read the case study ‘Dyson’ and
- Critically evaluate the long term sustainability of Dyson’s global competitive advantage in view of the changing situation in the case study.
After saturating the local UK market and achieving a new market share in the US, Dyson vacuum cleaners manufacturer still has to outcompete the mature global market of vacuum cleaners. It has to struggle and overcome many challenges as it aims to take its brand to the next level and to expand into new grounds. This is a critical time for the UK company since it has receded ...

Introduction

Nike Incorporation was formed in 1968 in Oregon. The company is a well known global brand producing footwear products which are designed to satisfy specific athletic uses as well as certain products which can be worn for leisure and casual purposes. The corporation has operations in more than 51 countries and has over 20,000 retail accounts internationally (Nike, 2012). Nike has 16 distribution centers outside United States and in 2011, 57 percent of its total revenue came from its international operations (Annual Report, 2011). Since Nike is a global firm, it has to face a number of challenges which include making ...

Introduction

Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) is a group of technologies that received recognition in 21 century. CCS process consists of collection and concentration of CO2 emitted from combustion of fossil fuels with further transportation to special storage locations. The reason for storing carbon dioxide away is related Greenhouse effect and its influence on global warming process. The main goal of carbon capture technologies is to stabilize the levels of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. It is expected that implementation of CCS technologies will make it possible to reduce the total emission of CO2 up to 54% (to 450 ppmv). ( ...

With the proven harmful effects of too much reliance on the burning of fossil fuels to generate the not only much needed by essential electricity—since everything that we use today seems to be operated by this energy source, more and more government and non-government-related organizations are looking for alternative ways to generate electricity. Burning of fossil fuels usually lead to the dumping of huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is actually a not very potent greenhouse gas. There are a lot of more potent greenhouse gases that could promote the entrapment of heat from the sun ...

This Pampers advertisement, in which a baby wearing a Pampers diaper plays outside, facts and figures surrounding the baby’s diaper, uses many different strategies in order to appeal to its target audience. In this particular case, the target audience is likely adult women of child-rearing age, who have young boys or girls who are toddlers. The socio-economic status is probably middle-to-upper class, and the parents of these young toddlers are likely well-educated, as they are likely in the market for a product to use on their children and are willing to look for diapers with sophisticated features and ...

Q1 Answer

Mattel Company operates in a conducive domestic environment regarding political, technological, legal, cultural and economic environments. Government regulations are very key for any business operations, and so are the domestic government regulations to the operations of Mattel Company. The government of U.S. regulations is very influential to the business operations of companies. The most significant domestic government regulations that affect Mattel operation in U.S. include taxation laws, environmental laws, and sale of goods Act.
For instance, Mattel Company is subject various to violations of consumer safety regulations. For instance, the Consumer Product Safety Commission fined Mattel up to a ...

Critical thinking

Q1
When a company decides to go international, some major decisions have to be made. A major decision is whether the company has solid and well established operations in its home market. The home market must serve as a foundation for its international expansion. The company for this international expansion is Walgreens. With its plans to enter the European market, the company must ensure that its distribution network in its US market is effective and strong enough to sustain its costs of setting up its international operations. The other point that should be looked at is the human resource capabilities of ...

Introduction

This paper reports the results of hypothesis test conducted on eleven variables captured in the Springdale community shopping survey. The null hypothesis was rejected in nine out of the eleven variables analyzed.

Analysis

- Mean and standard deviation

Springdale Mall

Mean = 3.813
Standard deviation = 1.064

Downtown

Mean = 3.407
Standard deviation = 1.124

West Mall

= 3.287
Standard deviation = 1.183
- Hypothesis testing

Springdale

Null hypothesis: H0: µ = 3.0

Alternative hypothesis: H1: µ ≠ 3.0

T-calculated = (- ∆) ÷ (/)
Where ∆ = 3.0
9.360
T-critical = 1.655

T-calculated value is greater than upper t-critical value

Null hypothesis is rejected
Downtown
Null hypothesis: H0: µ = 3.0

Alternative hypothesis: H1: µ ≠ 3.0

T-calculated = (- ∆) ÷ (/)
Where ∆ = 3.0
4.432
T-critical = 1.655

T-calculated value is greater than upper t-critical value

Null hypothesis is rejected
...

Introduction

Wishes and Rainbows is a children’s comic storybook. This book talks about a town, Colorland, that in its entire existence has not seen anything of color and when flowers are introduced to there, the whole town is overwhelmed. The book is essentially designed to stimulate the imagination of the students as they continue with their exploration of economic problems such as scarce resources, different allocation methods and the society’s reaction in alleviating such problems.

Question 1

The concept of scarcity is illustrated very well in the story. Scarcity can be defined as a situation where there is a deficiency of something that people ...

The author, Ann Moody describes how it is to grow up in Mississippi as a black person from her personal life experience. Ann born in 1940 describes she grew up during Civil Rights movement where she had to live with the prejudice from whites and blacks. Discrimination was the biggest issue that affected many blacks at that time since they as seen by the whites are less superior or rather inferior to the whites. The book depicts her growing up from as young as 4yrs to the age of 24yrs which are actually the hardest times for a black and at ...

Sustainable Energy

Sustainable energy sources are relatively cheap and are infinite, meaning that they would never run dry. Some sources of renewable energy which a sustainable society would draw its energy in the future includes Solar energy, wind and hydropower.
Solar energy is the ultimate source of power. It contributes either directly or indirectly to the other forms of generating energy. Solar power comes from the sun. The sun remains the greatest energy source for our solar system. Solar energy can be utilized in lighting and cooling buildings, generating electricity, heating purposes and other large scale industrial uses. A sustainable society ...

AIR POLLUTION THROUGH FOSSIL FUEL BURNING

Since the time of the Industrial Revolution, fossil fuel has been widely used to power machinery such as trains, power plants and the earliest designs of cars. Around that time frame, many developed countries have used this breakthrough to industrialize their own countries. But, despite all the advancements the Industrial Revolution has done for each of these now famous countries, they were not able to realize that they were already making serious damages to the world and only found out all about it when the disasters became worst. According to a recent study cited by O’Driscoll and Vergano (2007), ...

Facilities Management in Healthcare

My Role as a Facilities Manager in a New Construction Project
Facilities management plays a major role in clinical operations management. It is an essential component in ensuring that all operations run smoothly. Facilities management improves facility efficiency, service quality, safety and patient satisfaction. It also ensures a clean and healthy environment.
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford is planning to construct an improved medical center. The center will increase hospital bed and space. The project is expected to solve several issues facing the hospital such as undersized facilities and safety laws mandated by the state. The project’s ...

Introduction

Thalmic Labs is a software- and hardware-company primarily based in Canada. Its primary product is digital devices aimed for the Canadian sector. The company caters to individuals and organizations, connecting people and providing network capabilities. It has partnered with relevant companies in Canada and North America, such as Intel and Microsoft.
Its main program of e-waste management is effective, which includes “cradle to “cradle,” and recycling of electronic materials and devices known as the “Buyback” program, where the company buys back used cell phones and gadgets. ThalmicLabs buys back used mobile devices from customers, no matter how aged they ...

Abstract

The reduction of the crime rate in the 90s caught many unaware. There were no expectations whatsoever that various factors would conspire to make America a safer place. Before this period, New York was considered the most unsafe city in the world to live. This is no longer the case as New York has become safe. Various analysts have put have various theory in an attempt to explain this phenomenon. The existence of various explanations means that people interpreted the situation differently. Whether the same phenomenon can go on forever is questionable. In the world today where economic matters ...

Question 1

In order to achieve a global competitive advantage, firms as well as individuals pick strategic options that enable them to thrive in the international market. This is so because firms try to venture abroad for a wide of reasons. In this paper, we focus on key factors that can influence firm decisions in going international. These factors will offer a comprehensive rationale for the decision to go international. Therefore, the factor, which motivates firms to go international, is broadly divided into two groups pull and push factors.

The pull factors have proactive reasons because they are forces of attraction, ...

Critical Thinking

#2. That new e-company just made its stocks available to the public. If you do not buy them now, you will not be able to make much profit, should you buy them later.

1. The argument in this context is established on the premises that the stocks have been made available and the public can make purchases.
2. Failure to buy at the appropriate time will lead to making losses if one buys later.

Conclusion

The case concludes by intimating that members of the public who do not buy at that particular time are not likely to make profits ...

The windows 7 operating system can be better maintained through the control panel where the operating system status can be monitored. In this section, backups to create an alternate location for information to be stored can be configured. This will allow for automatic backups to another location such as a drive. When set, information and other sensitive data will remain safe in case of virus attack at one drive or any other location within the operating system. In other cases, reliability and system history can be used to configure the operating system to enable it perform optimally.
The following ...

As everyone grows up they are told, drugs are bad and that they should not use them. But before one gets to understand what drugs are and their use, they may never understand why they are cautioned against them. One thing is for sure, and children grow up knowing that drugs are dangerous and should not use them, but the question is whether all drugs are bad and that they should not be used. When cautioned against the use of drugs, it means that the use of them is illegal. But how then is it possible that some of ...

Initial discussion (completed):

After reading Barnes and Smith, what are your thoughts on whether Corporations have a responsibility to society beyond maximizing profit? Do you agree with Peter Drucker that if corporations are to continue to enjoy success managers must step beyond self-interested behavior and assume responsibility for the public good? Or, do you agree with Milton Friedman, that spending shareholder's property against their wishes is immoral? Support your conclusions with outside references and resources.

I agree that any organizations and corporation’s responsibility is not limited to increasing its product line and merchandises and maximizing profit only, but also to the society ...

Sustainable Development

Sustainable development refers to the environment that meets the necessary needs of the current without compromising the coming generations in meeting their needs. The present needs include food, secure environment, clean air, transportation, useful employment, peace, social sustainability, sustainable agriculture, job creation, good health and industrial development, sustainable economic advancement among others. Such needs often conflict with one another. For example, if an individual need to cook food-using firewood, he or she meet one requirement and at the same time degrading environment through deforestation and causing soil erosion. Sustaining the environment is, therefore, a trade-off between needs. Sustainability is defined ...

Within the PharmaCARE scenario outlined in this situation, several different stakeholders can be found. The key characteristics of a stakeholder primarily involve having some sort of vested interest in the company’s success and future; their financial success and/or livelihood must depend on the company doing well and succeeding. Stakeholders are typically very aware of the actual actions of an organization, and so organizations must work hard to ensure that they are happy in order to maintain their own success and legitimacy. In order to understand the full consequences of an organizational change or scenario, the stakeholders must be identified.
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Throwing garbage in the yellow trash can instead of the black one is not admirable, but it may encourage people to think about their consumption and what sustainability means. It is one tool, and the last line of defense in a more comprehensive strategy to reduce waste. Recycling is not difficult, requires no sacrifice, and is much easier than changing lifestyle. It is much easier to recycle plastic bottles than it is to organize and participate in car-pooling. Trading in the SUV for a much smaller fuel efficient car could help, but many Americans identity is intertwined with the car or ...

Fashion Business Ethics and sustainability

The substance of CSR
Corporate social responsibility entails a set of principles and initiatives undertaken by a company to respond to the effects of its business on the environment, the social welfare of the people, and the community at large. Every business organization has a set of initiatives that allow the organization to respond to the effects of its business on the people. Such initiatives could be on matters education, environmental conservation, provision of relief services, or providing health services to the community. CSR is also known as corporate citizenship and the initiatives contained therein depend on the size and nature ...

McWane Company is a big organization that is reported to violate several policies which were aimed at safe guarding employees’ safety, environmental safety as well as criminal violations. In order for any company to successfully run its operations, it must ensure that all the assets including the employees are safe and sound. The company seemed to violate the OSHA rules repeatedly allowing their employees to suffer from massive injuries which resulted to unguarded machines as well as hazardous and dangerous working environment (Harris 94). The company seems to know the existing hazardous conditions facing their workforce, but however it goes ...

Introduction:

The proposed field of research in dark energy has the potential of creating vast amounts of clean energy for humankind. However, the proposals are still in the preliminary stages, and there are debates about the suitability of having carrying out the research. The proponents seek to expand the existing body of knowledge with the aim of opening up further applications and hence justifying the initial costs and faith put on them. The proposal, along with its implications, has some advantages and disadvantages. Research into dark matter would serve to satisfy Intellectual curiosity. People are curious about the properties of ...

Introduction

What reasons were given by people in the video as to why they are Democrats?
There were many reasons why most of the people gave to show their allegiance in being democrats. Many were attracted by the great speeches of Barrack Obama that instilled great hope in their lives. Many joined the league of democrats since they believed that the government will create massive job opportunities to the jobless and lower the cost of living to its citizens therefore making life affordable to all citizens.
Many believed that democrat party includes every spirit that has an affluent ...

W8 Problem Solving Project 3

This week, get together with your group and brainstorm to come up with a new problem. Choose a problem that will allow you to be creative. Something that can be solved by inventing a “zeecher.” State your problem and post it to your group discussion board.

Finding Your Problem

How would I go about turning an old pail/bucket into a beautiful garbage bin/can?
W9 Problem Solving Project 3
Consider your problem in light of order-of-magnitude changes. Does changing the size or scope change how you create your “zeecher”? On the Project 3 discussion board, post your problem and include the items you plan ...

- Why do polluters pollute? Consider various reasons for both individuals and businesses.
Pollution is putting contaminated materials in the environment. These materials contain dangerous chemicals, which affect the life of living things. Pollution is caused by individuals and organizations, which are involved in different activities. Such kind of activities, which causes pollution, are; mining, manufacturing, and farming. Most polluters pollute due to ignorance and others due to lack of the information about the effects of polluting the environment. Businesses have contributed a lot in the pollution of the environment. Some of them lack enough capital to purchase disposal ...

Chapter 3

Many people do not support the idea of going green if this will lead to an increase in prices of goods. Increase in prices reduces the purchasing power of people and as a result, people may prefer not going green. This is where the government should intervene for the benefit of the whole society.
Recycling does not work. Even though there are recommendations that many items be recycled, there are no companies that can help recycle the various products and if they exist, the citizens are now aware of how they can recycle these products. Hugging a tree is very ...

ACADEMIC DISCUSSION QUESTION 3

Relevance in advertising is one of the key concepts in improving the appeal to the intended viewers. This is because it forms a primary component that in all aspects of human communication is acceptable. Additionally, this term was later introduced building on previous work in pragmatics with particular emphasis on the approaches to communication that is based on observing that various forms of natural communication do involve a series of utterances questions essentially followed by literal answers, or totally directly informative (Gunther 2012). On the other hand, speakers and hearers of the conversation will each assume that the subsequent rational and ...

Poverty and Pollution: A Vicious Circle

It is a widely accepted idea that the poor suffer more from the environmental damage and pollution. It is the poor who are the most dependent on the nature and the resources around them for survival, through foraging for food or other resources and plantation etc. There is an inseparable link between poverty and environment that has been studied very closely ever since the Stockholm Summit on Human Environment in 1972. It was here that the then Prime Minister of India had very famously quoted that the “Poverty is the worst form of pollution”. Around the world, it is the ...

Restoring democracy in the United States will require major reforms that reduce the power of corporations, elites and special interests in the whole political process. Right now, there is a radical disconnect between the political and economic elites and the needs and interests of the ordinary voters. Most people today realize that the country is in its worse crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, but government and the political system seem dysfunctional and incapable of dealing with it. Removing the power and control of big money from the political process forever would be the most important step in ...

Method is a brand name for a home and body care product that seeks to clean people’s homes and bodies by removing all harmful chemicals from their lives. The method focuses on the green philosophy together with an emphasis on edgy marketing techniques. Method was founded by two former school mates and friends namely Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan back in the year 2000 (Pride 25). Lowry and Ryan have focused on green marketing, and their intriguing slogan for the San Francisco- based product is ‘People against dirt’. Green marketing refers to the method of selling products or services based ...

Logical Thinking Worksheet

Use the following questions to guide you through your exploration of logical thinking and arguments. Answer the questions as completely as possible, and provide examples where needed.
1. What is a logical argument?
A logic argument is a pattern of thinking that seeks to determine the validity of an idea or action by analyzing and making inferences which then results in a conclusion (Maboloc, 2006, p.5).

2. When and how do we use them?
A logical argument is used when trying to determine whether something is true or not. In case the statements leading to a given conclusion, premises, are ...

The world commission on environment defines sustainable development as development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising on the ability of future generations to survive. (OECD, 1987)

Sustainable development emphasizes on the importance of quality of life and ensures that the decisions made by individuals and corporations today, take into consideration the social, economic and environmental issues without negatively impacting on the future generations’ ability to sustains itself. It’s thus built on these three major pillars that must be taken into consideration when developing a long term plan to meet the goals and objectives of sustainable ...