Essays on Social Sustainability

Effect of Printers on Social sustainability

The printing process has without doubt an impact on the social sustainability issue. The printing process itself affects the maintenance of a healthy community for the future generations. For one, printers generate indoor pollution which has a negative impact on the health of the employees of corporations. Research have shown that a printer on its usage stage increases the concentration of ozone, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and ultrafine particles (UFPs) which has a bad effect on the respiratory and cardiovascular system of an individual. Given this scenario, it can be said that the human rights of the employees are ...

Materials Extraction Stage

A printer is an external device that is used in the production of text or graphical representations on paper that can be read. The impact of material extraction is huge. A major impact of material extraction has been felt on the forestry. For printing to go on, poet has to be available. Paper comes from trees. Contrary to common opinion, the paper industry has contributed to over 30% of the growth of forests in Europe. Another instance is, in 3D printing, news made headlines that a working gun had been printed. With this as an example, the criminal landscape ...

Abstract

I would like to have the report not too professional make it as student one please. the topic about the life cycle of cell phones and there are four different aspects for the cell phones each one is individual report for no more than 250 words the first one, 1.the social sustainability of the Materials extraction for cell phones. I want no more than 250 words about this one life cycle of cell phones 2.the impact of Environment. by Manufacturing cell phones no more than 250 words. life cycle of cell phones 3.the economic principles for the Use of ...

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According to John Arend, Mike Benkert, Audrey deFilippis and Saretta Tillmaand, when the Commerzbank building opened its doors in 1997, the “53-story” edifice became the one of the “tallest” buildings located in Europe (1). Nevertheless, the edifice’s distinctiveness did not come from its height, but, rather, it came from the way in which it combined “form, inventiveness, and technical expertise” (Arend, Benkert, deFilippis, & Tillmaand 1). The design and construction of the Commerzbank saw the “[b]reaking away from the American model of deep-planned, air-conditioned structures” that have a “central service core” (Arend, Benkert, deFilippis, & ...

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Electronic waste is a growing global problem and as the demand and supply of electronic products grow, so does the–e- waste. Consumerism is on a steady rise, and people want new mobiles and computers every few months. That means more and more landfills and incinerators to take care of discarded and obsoleted electronics and potentially seeping of toxic substances like lead and mercury into groundwater. This can lead to serious health hazards and create toxic footprints. The essay looks at new developing technologies for the recycling of computers and creates a report on the basis of the quadruple ...

Social Sustainability Challenge at Nike

CSR, Corporate Social Responsibility, has become intertwined in the business models so much that organizations face high reputational and economic costs of ignoring it. Nike, a global organization, has been facing a major CSR challenge; social sustainability challenge, to state it more specific. Social sustainability, as a CSR dimension, is least defined; however it refers to providing quality to the society and to building a relationship with it. Unfortunately, Nike has been excoriated for maligning social sustainability by not giving quality conditions to workers. The company has been facing protests since 1990s for the poor work conditions in its factories in developing ...

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South England is going through a transformative time due to the severe housing shortage that it faces. Southern England is facing such a severe shortage of housing that it will need to create nearly two million residential homes before the year 2016, indicating that there is a serious need for quick action on the part of developers. However, there is also a need for sustainable housing to be created in South England, as global climate change and other environmental problems loom large on the horizon. Determining the ways to maximize sustainable housing solutions while still providing fast, cost-effective housing options that fit the ...

Introduction: McDonald’s Sustainability Standards

The company works with its suppliers at every step of their production to ensure that sustainability is accomplished by them to the extent possible thus minimizing environmental and social aspects. McDonalds supply chain is complex web of both direct and indirect suppliers and it declares that its direct suppliers understand the value of sustainability for the organization and these suppliers also extend these supply requirements further to their suppliers(indirect suppliers). McDonalds partners with its suppliers to identify, understand and address industry specific sustainability challenges.

In order to regulate its suppliers for environmental aspects, the company use Environmental Scorecard ...

Background information

Commonly known for its position as the world’s largest private employer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc has two million employees across the world. The organization, which is a retail business with well over 8500 stores under fifty names, operates in fifteen countries. According to Fortune 500, Wal-Mart Stores Inc was the third largest corporation in the world in the year 2012. The multinational retailer is headquartered in Benton Ville, Arkansas. The organization is best known for the way in which it treats its employees. The members of staff at Wal-Mart Stores Inc are referred to as associates. This is a unique strategy ...

Sustainable Development Study

Introduction Sustainable development refers to the type of human development that focuses on creating a healthy environment that does not compromise the ability of the future for immediate needs. This means that corporations must ensure that their activities and their efforts at expansion do not harm future generations or cause irreversible damage to the environment. This article studies the multinational corporation Heinz and their methodologies in implementing sustainable development.

Sustainable Development: The Aspects

There are different aspects of sustainable development, each one is as much important as the others are (Adams, 2009). Environmental Development is the first aspect, where businesses have to ...

Sustainability in tourism can be defined as an idea of holiday at a place as a tourist and doing everything possible to make an affirmative influence on the economy, environment, and society. The main reason behind improving this place, is respecting the local people’s culture, habitants, social economic system, and customs. This means that anyone visiting should try as much as possible to have low impact on the culture and environment. In addition, visitors should also help the local people by creating job openings for them. The main behind having sustainable tourism is to guarantee that improvement of a local area ...

Education provides the best opportunity for addressing challenges faced by the society today and achieving individual prosperity. This makes education theorists to advocate for schooling not only as a means of solving societal problems, but also as a means of attaining individual success. It is for this reason that Hebert Kohl, one of the greatest education visionaries, once said “there is one other extended learning experience I had that deepened my understanding of pedagogy, and showed me, in a more profound way than I could have imagined, the centrality of education to the struggle for social and economic justice (Ricci & Mintz, 2010, ...