Essays on Endangering

Whether by force of stereotypical perception or the prevalence of such interpretation I the political discourse, people have always perceived racism through the prism of economic and legal mistreatment of black people. However, people can maltreat their own fellow countrymen with skin color other than white by disposing of hazardous toxic waste in immediate proximity to their area of residence. It is disturbing how Americans exploit their own endangering their physical wellbeing. Since coming to surface in the 1980s, the notion of environmental racism has not lost its relevance for what is now 3.5 decades. While some US locations ...

My personal values are very stalwart in nature like I do not play video games until all my work is done or until I have done a certain amount of work for that day, and I also value respecting and trusting people until they give me a reason not to. I value honesty above all else, there is not a lot of things that set me off but a person being dishonest will definitely upset me; the way I see it, if I can be honest then why can’t that person be honest with me.

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Introduction

The literature and art of a given era often portray the beliefs and views of the societies. Homer’s poems, the Odyssey and Iliad, as well as an epic poem from Mesopotamia, the Epic of Gilgamesh, give the historians and scholars a notion how the ancient Greeks lived their day-to-day lives. By the reader reading the three poems, he/she will be in a position to experience Homer’s three thousand years old society. Admired through the ages by many as the ultimate epic, Homer’s Odyssey, along with its companion piece of work, the Iliad, was accepted by the ancient Greeks themselves ...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is usually defined as "Certain expectations that society has of organizations on economic, legal, ethical, and discretionary levels at a given point in time" (Carroll and Buchholtz 2003, p. 36). The idea of corporate social responsibility implies moral, ethical, and philanthropic responsibilities of organizations along with their responsibilities to earn a fair return for investors and comply with the law. Legal and ethical responsibilities that the companies have toward their clients are to provide the standards of care which correspond to what they promise of their products, establishing certain ethical codes of contract in order to control ...

Safety Precaution in Industrial Plant

Abstract There are many industries in the world today. These industries have operations that involve the use of machines, tools or handling of various chemicals for various reasons. These operations might pose risks to the health of the individuals, especially those in direct contact with these tools, machines or chemicals. Therefore, it is important for the industrial plants to establish proper precautionary measures in their operational functions to the safety of the individuals carrying out the risk functions and operations in the industrial plants. These functions and safety measures should be elaborated to enhance the efficiency of the ...

PART 1

Group work on corn Genetically modified plants are plants created through genetic engineering techniques (biotechnology). The genetic engineering experiments involve the DNA merging from different species thus creating an unstable plant combination. The result is termed to risky for human consumption because they may be vulnerable to viral developments. In relation to the genetically engineered corn, the food might be poisonous depending on stability against diseases. In addition, genetically modified corn is ranked as one of the highly risky biotechnology foods in America. Genetically modified corn that is not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration ...

‘Instructor’s Name’

‘Subject’ The Gini coefficient is a measure used to detect the degree of inequality that prevails in the income or wealth distribution of a country. The method was developed by Corrado Gini, an Italian statistician. He published a paper titled “Variability and Mutability", in the year 1912, in which he proposed this measure that calculates the inequality of income distribution through a scale between zero and one. If the Gini coefficient is zero, it implies that the citizens of the particular country/region have a similar level of income. On the other hand, if it is one that means that the country has an ...

Introduction

This paper will discuss a wide range of issues regarding change in Japanese sexual relationships. The crux of the paper will be a discussion and analysis of a journal article posted in “The Guardian” on Sunday 20th October, 2013. The article puts forward a discussion on why young people in japan have stopped having sex. This will form the crux of the paper, and the analysis will be compared with two other readings from the material sent to the class during the lectures and also some other work by other writers. The idea will be to provide original analysis and a proficient application of ...

States governments are through legislations, responsible for various individuals’ rights and freedoms. Over the years, individual liberty has been a topic of discussion among many state governments around the globe. Individual liberty is described as the freedom of citizens of a particular state to conduct various activities without interference from the government. The state government, usually, has less or no power over the individuals’ conduct and behavior. Individuals under democratic governments, usually, have and enjoy varied social, political, and economic liberties in their undertakings. By contrast, some state governments have a complete control over individual liberties. The concept of individual liberty can ...

Introduction

People have always adhered to compliance with rules, regulations and standards that govern everyday living. Most people are aware that there are universal codes of ethics and morals that guide in decision making, as well as in the assuming the expected conduct of behavior. Ethics, most especially, is crucial in business. As asserted by Pitts & Kamery (2003), “ethics are important to firms for a variety of reasons: including the legal responsibilities of the executives, costs of violations, and reputation” (p, 79). Likewise, organizations that design ethical codes of conduct were proven to be more successful and last longer (Wadhwa, 2009; Worcester, ...

It goes without saying that cell phones have contributed so much in improving the lives Americans through communication. However, there seems to be a worrying trend where by more and more accidents are being caused as a result of people using their cell phones while driving. The national Transit Safety board in 20011 had called for a complete ban on the use of cell phones while driving. This was later opposed by the US secretary of transport saying that he issues of cell phones contributed to an insignificant figure when it comes to road accidents (Sturnquist, 2006). . However, it is becoming evident ...

Psychological explanations tend to consider the factors that lead different people to their preferred answers and why different people are sensitive different contexts of the question. They answer why people answer the questions the way they do. According to John Mikhail, the answers given in the Trolley Problem were not dependent on factors such as age, gender, educational background or cultural background. He argued that people were guided by a certain “moral grammar” which was unconscious, and this gave the answers consistency in spite of other factors. Moral explanations focus on the rightness or wrongness of the issue at hand. ...

On broad perspective, biocentrism is a word which is derived from the words ‘bio’ and ‘central’, which mean life and being the centre of focus respectively. Biocentrism is a theory that was posited by Robert Lanza, an American doctor back in 2007. The main hypothesis of the theory is that biology is the central of everything on earth. As such, it can be applied in understanding all the other aspects of life. He argues that physics is the branch of science which helps in understanding the physical nature of the world while chemistry helps in the understanding of life. However, he ...

Steps

- Step 1: Public or Private Water Management - Step Two: -Purpose: I want to bring to the audience’s attention on the benefits and importance of good water management. The audience should clearly know who can be entrusted with the management of the community’s water. -Audience: this argument targets the US community but is however for the benefit of the whole world. Water is the pillar to which life is anchored and therefore it must be valued and properly managed. With persistence in climate change, this resource is endangered and a major concern. -Stance: I ...

The greatest discovery ever made on our planet is here. At Jade news, we have a young woman who is an anthropologist working at Jade University. She is here to give us some discoveries about the planet earth. There are quite a lot of interesting things that she has to say about the planet, but her main caution is that the earth is not a safe place for us to visit. I am Melotica. Some few days ago when looking through my window, I saw a newspaper that supposedly came from earth. Its contents made me grow weary of the planet earth ...