Environment

Every year I spend half of my summer hiking the Rocky Mountains of Montana with my mom and the other half climbing the Cascade Mountains of Washington State with my dad. I have grown up in two different states because of my parents divorce. However, I don 't have an innate sense of pride for one state but a pride for the two separate and unique mountain ranges that have shaped who I am today. When I am in the free and open space of a forest with the cool summer breeze flowing through my hair and…

Ethics and sustainable development Nestle VS Greenpeace The palm oil controversy Augustin DURAND Mohamed HAILI Outline 1. Introduction 2. Description of the parties 3. Nestle and its controversies 4. The palm oil controversy 5. Results 6. Conclusion 1. Introduction Being one of the world's largest nutrition companies, Nestlé, found itself in the midst of a public relations nightmare when Greenpeace, the ecological protection group, pointed that the firm's chocolate brand…

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay - Since 1986 Lynn Water and Sewer has won multiple awards including the George W. Burke Safety Award and plant performance awards including Best Performing Large Waste Water Plant. Additionally, in the past 10 years they have passed all inspections by the EPA and DEP and have made many energy improvements. As a result of these energy improvements, they were awarded the Massachusetts Energy Improvement Award in 2011. (http://www.lynnwatersewer.org/about.shtml)…

Across the United States and Canada, more and more houses are using vinyl siding as their exterior cladding option. The reasons are plain to see: it is versatile, durable, and easy to maintain. It's available in many colors, trims, and patterns, so any homeowner, no matter their taste, can benefit from it. If you're examining your cladding options, consider vinyl. Without the right exterior appearance, even the most beautifully-designed architecture can fall flat. With vinyl siding, not only…

In unit 2 discussion 2, we are asked to select a health care organization and conduct an external environmental assessment using a framework or tool. The organization selected is the military Area Support Medical Company (ASMC). The external environmental assessment was conducted with the PEST concepts. PEST is an acronym for political, economic, social, and technological. The terminology represents the framework organizations use to evaluate the external factors that affects their business…

When you think about glass railings, you might think about them being used in fancy houses and commercial buildings. However, they can actually work well outside as well. These are a few reasons why you may want to consider choosing glass railings for your outdoor deck. 1. It's Easy to Take Care Of With more traditional wooden rails, you have to worry about sanding and painting every few years. You might also have to worry about rot at some point. With glass railings, however, this is not an…

Transformational Leadership and Change This article proposes an in depth investigation of the relationships transformational leaders, organizational justice and employees’ motivation in organizations changes (Deschamps, Rinfret, Lagacé & Privé, 2016). In order to investigation, the article took Quebec’s healthcare system because of its long history of reform and restructuring (Deschamps, Rinfret, Lagacé & Privé, 2016). Over the years the quasiperpetual reorganizations of the system have…

Comprehension: What is involuntary experimentation and give 2-3 examples of how Black people were subjected to multiple forms of involuntary experimentation, both during slavery and after. Golash-Boza writes, “Sims repeatedly sewed up Anarcha’s vagina, yet it became infected every time and he had to painfully reopen the wounds. sim knew about anesthesia but refused to administer it to Anarcha or to the tend other women … Rather than treating the men for syphilis, the PHS doctors used the study…

organizations, civic organizations, political infrastructure and attractive labor markets • Institutional entry barriers - Institutional Entry barriers shield a business visionary from knowing or pleasing the guidelines, models and qualities that add to the way of life, demand and practices of a market. - Dictates the relationship between the firm and the consumer. • Cultural barriers - Cultural standards are the demeanors, beliefs, expectations, and assumptions about conduct in a market.…

Being a discussant leader, this week was truly an amazing experience for me. During the group discussion my group members and I engaged in a very critical discussion about this week’s readings. Almost all my group members had never heard of the term environmental racism or justice. This made all of us question how come we never learned about environmental racism/ justice before? I challenged my group members by asking them if they were familiar with the terrible environmental conditions that…