Essays on Future Generation

Sustainability Report: FIA Formula E Hong Kong

Introduction In the modern business world, the issue of sustainability has been a major concern owing to the increased need to ensure environmental conservation. This has been amidst the need to lower costs for the purpose of improving profit and meetings the varying needs of different stakeholders in the business. Moreover, individuals, business organizations, and governments have continually prioritized the economic, social and environmental sustainability of business over any other business goals (Sebastian, 2015). Notably, sustainability has gained importance in the wake of various economic and ecological challenges. Traditionally, corporations around the world have merely been legal entities and ...

Provide examples to support my explanation of the concept of privilege relative to nationality, gender, ability, social class and race.

Privilege as a concept is not only inclined on race and gender but rather on almost all facets of social life that deal with different power dynamics. It is worth appreciating that privilege operates in a distinct manner but is often associated with discrimination in a given society where it is experienced. Therefore, in the explanation on an individual's participation in either privilege or discrimination, it is worth understanding the different groups that one belongs to. Different kinds of privilege exist in every society and regardless of their nature, it worth acknowledging that the privileged group is always the ...

Introduction

In the current era, global uncertainty and change are at the peak that is a big threat to sustainability. The paper aims to discuss the accounts for sustainability at the organizational level and what can be accounted for sustainability. Currently, the global organizations do not account much for sustainability. The sustainable development is considered to be a complex concept because it gives rise to social and environmental issues. An increase in critiques of sustainability reporting and speculation on accounting for sustainability is also observed in the modern world. The practices followed by the organizations for sustainability, their consideration related ...

Question 1; why was Europe such a dominant influence on the world in the 19th century?

Within the nineteenth century, Europe was considered a global powerhouse especially in the economic perspective. The production prowess and efficiency of the continent was above all the rest. There are different reasons attributed to the European dominance within the 19th century. One of the reasons was its powerful connection between market incentives and technology, which enabled it uncover the prospect of coal energy. Secondly, there emerged different developments in physics, medicine and even science, which offered immeasurable contributions to the population growth within Europe. The growth in population directly and indirectly improved the economic developments therefore reinforcing the continent’ ...

Multinational organisations present serious challenges in complying with international and domestic ethical norms. Particularly, multinational organisations currently experience various complications in assuming full responsibility of their actions to the society and environment. The manner in which an organisation can effectively foster a culture of ethical code in all its countries of operations, how to education employees on the importance of complying with the set regulations, and the most effective means of meeting the intricate legal and compliance obligations are some of the main challenges that face most multinational organisation. Even though all these challenges are independent, the solution to these ...

Introduction

Making crucial decisions that can have huge impact on one’s life calls for critical thinking before the decisions are taken (Poole et al., 79). It is advisable to consult other people such as family members or professional consultants on the issue. Consultations are important in guiding a person in making a rational decision that will not bring regrets in the future.

Given a scenario where, a land developer has approached me with 50 million dollars to sell 1000 acres of inherited land so that she can develop it yet the land has some endangered animal species calls for thorough critical thinking. Before ...

Environmental ethics is a discipline that studied the concepts of moral relationships between human beings and the environment (Keller, 2010). It is a philosophical disciple that involves a study of moral relationships, values and status of environment, and its non-human contents. In the recent past, the literature behind environmental studies, the distinction between intrinsic and instrumental values has gained significant importance. This is as a result of massive human activities, which pose adverse effects to the environment (Carnegie and Griffith University, 1996).

Instrumental values, in environmental ethics, can be explained as the valuation of things or activities, which form means to further some ...

Environmental conservation and preservation has been one of the major issues under discussion in the last few decades. Major conferences like the G8 summit have been discussing methods of coming up with different proposals on how to conserve the environment with the participation of every nation Man has been the major cause of the environmental problems that are being experienced in the present times. Global warming and climate change all have their roots on the careless and destructive nature of mankind without due consideration of the consequences of his actions on the future generations. A number of ...

_______________ University Educating people on global citizenship has become increasingly important in today’s society. “As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, exposure to global cultures affords individuals opportunities to develop global identities.” (Reysen & Katzarska-Miller, 2012, p. 858) The importance of properly educating others on global citizenship is that it will lead to a world where people will be equal and receive better justice. Furthermore, global citizenship education would lead human rights being available to everyone. While the global citizen may become more anonymous in a globalized society, it is that same globalized society that allows for interaction between different groups. ( ...

The environment is under different types of threats. Environmental pollution has been a key issue of concern in the last two centuries. The sustainability of human activities is something that the government has tried to look at in a detailed manner. Air pollution has been one of the most dangerous pollution in the environment. The human activities have contributed much to air pollution. The impacts of air pollution in the environment are massive and hazardous especially to the future generation the human activities especially industrial emission and automotive emission has been the main source of air pollution (Ackerman and William 1468). ...

Introduction

All over the worlds, people, travel for either business or pleasure. For an individual to be a tourist, on has to travel away from home and spend a period of not less than 24 hours in the destination. In general, tourism has both benefits and impacts that may be affecting both the environment and the general population of the destination areas. Sustainable tourism is a concept of tourism that is supposed to meet the needs of the people travelling to a destination and the host people in the destination areas while protecting and enhancing the opportunities for the future. The concept of ...

Question 1

Since the 1960s, the priorities of the federal government have been on a collision course that threatens to destroy public investments. There has been a dramatic expansion of entitlements that started under the great society. Likewise, investments have taken a decreasing share of the federal budget. As the Baby Boomers enter retirement, entitlements are expected to intrude upon an even larger part of the federal dollars reserved for building roads, educating kids and way for technological breakthroughs. This is so because entitlements are an extremely essential part of economic security and without change investments will diminish affecting the ability of the economy ...

1: Family Genetic History (35 points):

2. Evaluation of family genetic history (25 points) The provided family genetic history has created an ultimate point of reference on my feature health. A proper diagnosis of my family heath profile will enable me, my siblings and the extended family to make positive decisions towards economic growth and human development. It is true that the health of my lineage has had several challenges of different dimensions with each generation posing closely related characteristics. For instance, my paternal grandfather and one of my father’s siblings died of brain tumor. My father died from liver cirrhosis just like ...

On behalf of the staff of Gilani clothing company, I would like to thank the public and our customers in particular from all the nations, for believing in us and supporting us to make us who we are today. Your backing cannot be underestimated and it humbles us to say that we would not have made it without each and every one of you. Gilani clothing is a big company multi-national company that gives the best of product to its customers. In addition to top quality products, Gilani clothing has several initiatives to giving back to the society. Observing environmental ...

In the years 2006 to 2009, the U.S economy faced a housing crisis that caused financial turmoil and panic around the world. The crisis arose because of flawed financial modeling and excess borrowing, based on the assumption that the house prices could only rise. Fraud and greed also play some part. The paper analyzes how the events unfolded based its impacts and the role of the government in the matter.

Major Problems

Many economic problems coincided with the mortgage crisis. The housing crisis resulted to the mortgage delinquencies and subsequent closure. Most of the housing related securities decreased in value substantially. There ...

AbstractInformation technology disaster recovery plan is a critical asset in a business organization. It allows effectively and quickly processing of information. The employees in any organization make use of voice over internet protocol and electronic mails when communicating. The data transmission between different department make uses electronic data interchange. When is the need for an effective security system to be used and especially when handling critical data such as payment data. Wireless devices personal computers and laptops used by employee’s when creating managing, processing and communication uses information technology resources.A disaster recovery plan like setting up an alternative processing site ...

Internet technology has revolutionized tourism and travel industry. In traditional airline system, there were several limitations. Traditional airline service providers relied on agents who acted as intermediaries in the system.The travel agent had to purchase client’s travel requirements in a number of ways; either the travel requirements would be obtained from a wholesaler, direct with the supplier or through GDS. The whole process of organizing the travel package was cumbersome. Information is the bulk of the products in travel industry. Traditionally, the travel agent offered a location where the supplier could showcase their products. Information was not readily available to the ...

The US government has played a critical role in expanding its foreign aid to other global nations. Despite the fact that the US has given direct support to many nation-states around the world, it is important to note that the US is one of the developed nations that deal with hunger and poverty problems. Also, the debt ceiling in the US has risen over the years to about $17 trillion because of US offering aid to other nations such as Israel, Egypt, Ethiopia and Nigeria among other nation-states (Eberstadt, 2009, p.116). Thus, the US should limit their involvement in foreign ...

Internet technology has revolutionized tourism and travel industry. In traditional airline system, there were several limitations. Traditional airline service providers relied on agents who acted as intermediaries in the system.The travel agent had to purchase client’s travel requirements in a number of ways; either the travel requirements would be obtained from a wholesaler, direct with the supplier or through GDS. The whole process of organizing the travel package was cumbersome. Information is the bulk of the products in travel industry. Traditionally, the travel agent offered a location where the supplier could showcase their products. Information was not readily available to the ...

The productivity concept consists of more than a single concept and it sheds more light on the best ways to get things done. It offers an understanding of doing the right things at the right time in a perfect manner and enjoying the interesting experience. Productivity provides the platform for individuals to learn and interact with new things, increase their knowledge and awareness and be proud of all the actions they take. From the look of things in the future vision video, technology offers a solution to many problems. Technology has the power to extend individuals capabilities in their day-to-day life. It ...

Lysander Spooner was an American philosopher and anarchist who was an ardent supporter of labor movements in his hey days during 19th century. Born in state of Massachusetts in the early years of the 19th century, Spooner a lawyer was against the set legislation that have been instituted by man in a bid to harmonize the daily life of citizens. Spooner questions the authority of the constitution to bid all the citizens both the presently alive and the future generation to obediently follow its doctrines and practices. According to Spooner, there is no way the future generation should be obligated to ...

The budget cuts debate has been a major topic of discussion for some time now with both the public and private sector involved. The real effects of these budget cuts are beginning to show with every agency revealing the harsh effects that those cuts are going to bring in the near future. The USAID has estimated the death of 70,000 kids due to H.R.1 with 30,000 of that being as a result of Malaria control programs. “USAID estimates that reductions proposed in the 2011 House Republican budget would prevent 3 million malaria treatments. Because the disease is misdiagnosed about ...

Abortion can be referred to as a procedure that terminates pregnancy which can be done through the use of medicine or through performance of a surgery. The procedure can be done legally or illegally and it is a very personal decision. However, terminating pregnancy or what is better referred to as abortion is an illegal undertaking unless done under special instructions made by a licensed health care practitioner. Those that back up abortion argue that, abortion is a right which no one should be denied or regulated by the government nor any religious entity. The proponents of abortion argue that if the women are ...

Introduction

There was a time when USA was far ahead of its competitors in innovation but in recent times the trend has seen a steep decline. Not only in innovation, America is also falling behind other countries in the area of high skilled workers literate in math, science and technology. There was a time, not long ago, when "the United States set the pace as the world’s leading innovator: from the personal computer to the internet, from Wall Street to Hollywood, from the decoding of the genome to the emergence of Web 2.0" but slowly it is "losing its innovation edge" (Kao ...

The book, The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis aims at explaining the manner in which science and advancements affect the relationship between man and nature. He does so even though the book is meant to be used for teaching English student in the upper Although Lewis supports the developments that are products to scientific innovations, he disapproves some of the values that are products of scientific developments. He refers to issues of morality in relation to science and thus, this essay focuses on the positive and adverse effect of scientific advancement on man as Lewis notes that “Each ...

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3rd , November, 2013 Entitlement Spending Squeezing out Public Investments Federal Investment is that portion of Federal Budget which promotes national growth by accumulating and enhancing total stock of capital. These kinds of expenditures are intended to yield long term benefits to the economy as a whole. However, over the years, federal policies are more inclined towards providing payments to households in the form of entitlement rather than providing goods and services through Investment Expenditure. In a poll conducted by Fox News Poll, 73% of the american citizens are not satisfied with their country’s financial position. ...

PTSD Amongst Aboriginals in Residential Schools

Every day, the media and other information materials feature controversial issues about the social, psychological, ethical and economic issues concerning contemporary indigenous people and communities. It is a fact that, contemplating the contemporary challenges and problems faced by Indigenous Peoples involves an evaluation of the roots of many social, economic and political proceeds that cover their presence. PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) is a condition that develops after an individual experiences traumatic occurrences at an earlier stage in life. The condition is fuelled by accumulation of emotions or feelings of remorse or anger as a result of experiences that happen at earlier ...

Naif Alsultan

Introduction The vaccine-autism controversy came into limelight in 1998 after a UK-based gastroenterologist Dr. Andrew Wakefield published a paper linking the MMR vaccine to autism using inappropriate and false research techniques (Gerber & Offit, 2009). The theory was later disproved. Yet, some parents still felt that the reason for their child having autism was vaccine. This is primarily because the human mind is inclined towards reasoning, questioning and pattern perception. As Chabris and Simons point out in their book, this very drive for stamping on reasons for every occurrence and coincidence leads to the Illusion of cause theory (2010). According to ...

Abstract

In an era where global competition is on the rise and must be confronted in every sphere in order to survive and progress, creative industries can be a potential source of employment and provide an intermediary platform through which the non-employed can contribute to the economy. The United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Germany are some of the developed countries that have advanced creative industries with diverse characteristics and manifestation. Statistical data shows that global creative economy generates the value of us$ 22 billion dollars annually, and the figures keep rising. The annual growth rate of this industry ...

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7th, November, 2013 Entitlement Spending Squeezing out Public Investments Federal Investment is that portion of Federal Budget which promotes national growth by accumulating and enhancing total stock of capital. These kinds of expenditures are intended to yield long term benefits to the economy as a whole. However, over the years, federal policies are more inclined towards providing payments to households in the form of entitlement rather than providing goods and services through Investment Expenditure. In a poll conducted by Fox News Poll, 73% of the american citizens are not satisfied with their country’s financial position. ...

Arguable, the approaches to reconcile appropriately development and conservation is very crucial. As a matter of fact, sustainability in the world today takes the centre stage since there is need to focus about the future generation. Sustainable harvesting is very crucial aspects on issues pertaining conservation and development. Sustainable harvesting refers to removal of individuals from the habitat in a way that permits continue removal without reducing the size. The reproduction population in the habitat should not reduce regarding the target species. In general perspectives, there is potential of sustainable harvesting approach to reconcile appropriately development and conservation. It is ...

Introduction

The introduction of an International Film Registry organization would enable films from around the world to be remembered by future generations for their cultural, historical and aesthetic value. The organization will serve as a preservation site for culturally important identified films. The films that would be preserved will constitute films from organization’s member states that are recognized by the states to be containing significant social interests. It is important to note that the films that would be voted into the registry would not be the best films but those with historic, aesthetic and cultural representation of the society. In ...

Abstract

The Crown and Waikato Tainui has been having conflicting standards in the management of the Waikato River. The report is basically giving details on the background of the different stands that each team has pertaining the river and how the conflict resolution was approached. Tainui believes that the river lies in their ancestral land and that the Crown has not right interfering with the management of the river and its resources. This initiated the need for a deed settlement between the two parties. The deed settlement was signed in august 2008 and this brought the genesis of shared management ...

Commodification and its Influence on Society

Commodification is considered as the transformation of idea, goods and services and other entities that are not regarded as goods. The concept of commodification is flourishing in the capitalistic economies, and is outstripping the social and political capacity for adjusting this process because in the capitalistic economies one commodity is produced with the help of the other commodity and with profit motive (Leys, and Harriss). This concept is becoming more popular due to market, parental and peer influence. In this globalised world, competition is forcing the employers for profit maximization and in order to maximize their profits the employers ...

Introduction

Film and media in general continues to influence identity to the society as well as creating and changing the ideology within the society. The media is not only responsible for perpetuating ideology messages out to the public but it is interlinked with the ideological framework of the society. Through recurrent exposure, an individual can be influenced by the media in terms of their personal identity, values and beliefs. Such traits are later indisputably strengthened by the external factors such as friends, teachers, peers, family and other institutional factors in the society. However, in the contemporary society, media has a very ...

The purpose of the proposed study is to look into the issues concerning communication that arise due to the increasing use of mobile phones in society. communication among children, specifically the role of mobile technology in threatening to change the future generation’s patterns of communication. The prevalent use of mobile phones among children presents positive but also negative influences on this population. The continuous development of technology is a potential threat on disrupting and changing communication patterns in our interconnected world.

Refined Literature Review

The information technology revolution and an extraordinary increase in knowledge have led to the development of a new era ...

Researchers have affirmed that inappropriate dumping of non-biodegradable materials presents regrettable impacts to the environment. Large companies that make huge profits from manufacturing non-biodegradable materials have undermined the attempt to turn modern world into a green environment. It is apparent that there is a need of formulate realistic and practical measures for fostering a green world in order to protect the current and generations. The video on the bottled water highlights how the society continues to consume harmful products without their attention as companies whose main motive is maximizing their returns deceive them. From the video, one learns that contrary to ...

Material Inequality and Political Theory

Defining inequality and determining factors to assume equality and justice remains to be a vague concept as factors like social class, talent, and needs would often influence how people define these terms. According to Fleischacker (2005), adding to the confusion of defining inequality and means to attain 'just distribution' of goods, services, and rights are several definitions and theories established to try and attain 'just distribution'. With the presence of several theories and definitions to attempt explaining how just distribution can be done, concerns on how it would impact society is raised since political theories vary in concentration and how ...

Poverty and Pollution

Any environmental damage definitely and immediately threatens the present and future welfare of human beings, of plants, animals and entire ecosystem. Threats to the environment can come from two sources, namely pollution and resource depletion. Both can increase exponentially as industrialization expands. In the Third World, environmental mathematics works like this: the more factories we run the more pollution and resource depletion we have. Pollution refers to the unintended and undesirable contamination of the environment by the producer or use of commodities like fossil fuels, plastics, chemicals and other materials organic or synthetic. Pollution seems to be the ...

Long before industrialization, our great grandparents enjoyed the luxury of accessing fresh and clean water always. With increased industrialization, the water was put into production processes in the companies. The waste products from these industries were and still are dumped in fresh water sources. Industrialization has also brought about global warming which affects the sources of the fresh water. They did not care about the future generation. Water shortage problem has already hit the world. The people in power are forced to come up with measures to ensure that the problem does not intensify. Industries and companies are ...

Human beings undergo several developmental stages for a complete lifespan. People develop from the time of conception until they finally die. As children grow, they are faced with health challenges in their lives. These health challenges can contain if parents take up their responsibility as parents. Some of the challenges can be contained before they pose danger to the child. Obesity for example is a disorder that faces many children worldwide. It is a condition whereby the victim has overweight and accumulates more fats in the body. This condition affects about a quarter of American population. The most common eating disorders that cause ...

In case of a catastrophe such as the one under the case study, it is extremely vital to determine a criterion for selection of people. The leader should select people with desirable characteristics that he wishes the next generation or world to have. It is also vital to select people that will have a connection with the past world. The significance of this is that it will pass to the next world the values, beliefs and aspirations of the previous world. This is essential to ensure continuity of the human race and societal norms. Diversity with regard to ethnicity, race, ideas, religion ...

Everyone is well aware that there are many problems in the world, especially when it comes to the natural environment that sustains life on earth. Environmental problem is defined as those negative effects that comes due to lack of sustainability of the quality of the environment required for the well being of all organism living on earth. It can also be defined as burdens that come from human activities that affect the well-being of organism living on earth. These environmental problems affects the ability of the earth to sustain it ability to serve future generation. If not controlled in ...

Introduction

Urban planning is a dynamic profession that deals with improving the welfare of people and their communities by creating more equitable, convenient, efficient, healthful, sustainable, and attractive places for present and future generation. Planning enables businesses, citizens, and civic leaders play a significant role in creating communities that enhance people’s lives. Effective planning has the potential of creating communities that offer better choices for how and where people live. Good planning helps communities find the right balance of essential services and new development, innovative change, and environment protection. However, planners usually come across various issues when it comes to planning. ...

Introduction

The utilization of resources, while considering environmental preservation, to meet the needs of the present and future generation refers to sustainable development. The rise of industrialization and adoption of new technology has explained the growth of mobile phone communication across the world. Owning a mobile phone is a necessity more than a luxury, as many perceived some time back. However, the production process, the materials used, and the effects the gadget has on the environment after disposal has harmful effects to human development both current and future generation. This leads to the question, can the use of mobile phones sustain the development ...

Affairs of the Lips: Why We Kiss

Summary Response

Why We Kiss 1) In the first paragraph, the author articulates the essence of kissing in human beings. Kissing is mostly used to convey messages to partners. As there exist different forms of kisses, each has each its own meaning depending on the type of relationship the partners have. 2) Walter discusses the uses of lips and points out that apart from eating and speech, the lips are used for kissing whereby sensory and neural messages are transmitted to the other partner each message having a different effect on the partner.

3) Walter argues that ...

Australia has been rated among the countries to have highest obesity rates by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfares [AIHW]. This has made it essential to develop a better understanding of the determinants of obesity in a society to address the issue in a much effective way.

1. Discuss why obesity is a National Health Priority in Australia. After being rated among one of the highest obesity prevailing country in the world by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfares [AIHW] adopt preventive strategies. According to the reports of the study that was released in 2010, every one out of four ...

The issue on having an abundant supply of clean water has been one of the major frontiers of environmental advocacy since the early 1950s as the globe now feels the consequences of man’s quest for technology and improvement. Global Warming and Pollution are two of the most prominent issues on the environment that affects two of the important resources human kind now slowly reduces – air and water. Water is the fountain of life as it sustains every living organism with nutrients needed for development. Like air, living organisms depend on water to provide nutrients and energy. In the ...

Introduction

It goes without saying that life without equality, respect, functional autonomy, and justice for human being is of no relevance. There is no room for any suppression, discrimination, exploitation, and injustice in this peaceful and wonderful world. The very significance of living for any human being is defeated if there is not only a doubt of survival but also a possibility of death. In this backdrop of human doubt of survival, self-identity, exploitation, death, and discrimination, the autobiographical-like description of the book – “This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen” written by Tadeusz Borowski - deals with a dazzling, painful, mind-boggling, startling ...

One of the most controversial issues of the modern world is euthanasia. The term itself has developed from the ancient Greek word “euthanatos” which stands for “easy death”. According to BBC Ethics, “euthanasia is the termination of a very sick person’s life in order to relieve them of their suffering”. Most of the time, the patient himself or herself asks for this procedure to be performed. However, in special cases this decision can be made by family members, doctors and even courts. The initial idea of euthanasia was to relieve people of their pain and suffering. Euthanasia is usually ...

Environmental science

Problem description

Energy conservation entails the efforts that are being undertaken to reduce energy consumption. Energy conservation can be attained by enhanced, efficient energy use in relation to the minimized energy consumption and or minimum application from the conventional energy sources. The problem associated with this is the global energy crisis that has resulted in strong demand for the rare commodity. There has been great, rise in the global demand for energy in the past few years due to industrial growth and population increase. Supply of energy, thus, is in deficit than the expected amount. Market breakdown is likely ...