1. What was Sarah Symons “Ah-Ha” moment?
Sarah’s big wake-up call was when she saw the film “The Day My God Died”, a documentary on the rampant sex trafficking in Nepal and India. After seeing it she told her significant other, John; “I just saw this movie, and it’s going to change my life.” The film gave her an awareness about the severity of sex-trafficking and it is what ultimately set her Journey to fight it.
2. Was Sarah impacted by the devastation of sex trafficking, or inspired by the message of empowerment and hope from the movie?
It was a mix of both, obviously, sex trafficking, especially of such young children, is rather sickening for the average person. She adored the victims of sex trafficking who went back to the site of their greatest fears to rescue children caught in the ring. She admired their bravery in setting up this “Underground railroad” for girls in sex trafficking rings. But Sarah did go to Nepal, which shows that she was impacted by the devastation and despair of the movie. She found something that broke her heart and decided …show more content…
Lower level hosts would sometimes lose money while higher level hosts profited big time. It also required very high margins and ultimately Symons and Berger saw that this type of model would give most of the profit to the hosts rather than the survivors, the people who they originally started the company for.
9. What examples of Compassionate Capitalism did you see in the case study?
The most obvious and major one was the social programs set up by Made by Survivors. They created jobs and positions for those who had no options. They took the money they made and set up factories and such to produce jewelry and help the local economy. This allowed the company to profit and grow while also helping the survivors and improving the local economy.
10. What changes would you make to their business model, if any? Do you like their
Sarah’s big wake-up call was when she saw the film “The Day My God Died”, a documentary on the rampant sex trafficking in Nepal and India. After seeing it she told her significant other, John; “I just saw this movie, and it’s going to change my life.” The film gave her an awareness about the severity of sex-trafficking and it is what ultimately set her Journey to fight it.
2. Was Sarah impacted by the devastation of sex trafficking, or inspired by the message of empowerment and hope from the movie?
It was a mix of both, obviously, sex trafficking, especially of such young children, is rather sickening for the average person. She adored the victims of sex trafficking who went back to the site of their greatest fears to rescue children caught in the ring. She admired their bravery in setting up this “Underground railroad” for girls in sex trafficking rings. But Sarah did go to Nepal, which shows that she was impacted by the devastation and despair of the movie. She found something that broke her heart and decided …show more content…
Lower level hosts would sometimes lose money while higher level hosts profited big time. It also required very high margins and ultimately Symons and Berger saw that this type of model would give most of the profit to the hosts rather than the survivors, the people who they originally started the company for.
9. What examples of Compassionate Capitalism did you see in the case study?
The most obvious and major one was the social programs set up by Made by Survivors. They created jobs and positions for those who had no options. They took the money they made and set up factories and such to produce jewelry and help the local economy. This allowed the company to profit and grow while also helping the survivors and improving the local economy.
10. What changes would you make to their business model, if any? Do you like their