environmental paradigms and political projects that seek to solve the climate and environmental crisis

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Read carefully. There is a lot of detail here, so be sure you are addressing all aspects of the prompt.
 
This final essay has one key objective: to encourage you to reflect on what you’ve learned the second part of this class and think creatively about a future without global warming and without global environmental crisis (think, global environmental problems). This is an opportunity for you to articulate your own environmental ethics, your own “good” society based on the class material. Like the midterm, you MUST employ ideas and examples from both lectures and readings (and multimedia, if appropriate).
The essay is worth 80% of your grade. It must be 7.5-8 pages (double-spaced with 12point font), Points will be deducted if it exceeds 8.5 pages or is less than about 7.5 pages.
It is a three-part essay. In the first part, you will need to give a brief summary of 3 of the major environmental paradigms covered in the class and make an argument for the one(s) that you consider most convincing (that is, able to address the environmental/climate crisis). The major paradigms were covered in lecture. They include conquest mentalities, preservation and conservation, modern mainstream environmentalism, environmental justice, and the two principal meanings of sustainability (Bruntland’s sustainable development vision and free-market/corporate sustainability). Note: it might behoove you to conclude that more than one is very convincing, but instead of defending them separately, use your critical thinking skills to bring them together to form your own environmental ethics. Be sure that if you synthesize two or more paradigms that your new formulation does not have contradictions. For instance, in an extreme case, the conquest paradigm does not square very well with modern environmentalism for reasons that should be evident from lecture and readings.
In the second part, you must define and discuss two of the alternative visions/proposed solutions that we have been covering during weeks 9 and 10. These are current political (or technological) projects/visions with origins in the existing paradigms listed above. They are: technological fixes/climate engineering, corporate/free market environmentalism, public-private partnerships, various “social democratic” alternatives, and eco-socialism. You do not need to discuss all of these projects/visions, but you must describe 2 of them and explain which one of all of them aligns best with the paradigm you’ve defended from part 1.
The third part is connected to the first two. Let your answers to parts 1 and 2 guide you forward in this part. You will answer the following question: Reflecting on and using as evidence (where appropriate) lectures, readings, notes, and class discussions, etc., what would a global society without disastrous climate change and acute environmental crisis look like?
You may consider answers to the following more specific questions to devise your new society. How would we get there? In other words, who would be the agents bringing about your new more environmentally ethical future and what political/cultural obstacles would need to be overcome? What kind of polity (that is, government) would it require? What would the relationship between government and economy be? How would people interact with their environment? How would people relate to each other (for example, relations between, say, classes, genders, or ethnicities)? You might opt to be utopian or idealistic in your thinking; you might opt to be more pragmatic, or some synthesis of the two.
Suggested page length for each part:
Part I: 3.5-4 pages
Part II: 1.5-2 pages
Part III: 2-3 pages
Total: 7.5-8.5 pages
You will need to use concrete evidence from lectures, readings, and discussions to substantiate your arguments and defend your claims. Do not lean too heavily on readings over lecture, and vice versa. You should strike a balance.
Think carefully and consider and weigh the class material, that is, the different environmental paradigms and political projects that seek to solve the climate and environmental crisis. Make connections across lectures and readings to devise your stance and to articulate your own“alternative world”. This is your essay. Use your imagination in the second part, an imagination that stems from your knowledge gained in this class. This is your opportunity (humanity’s only opportunity?) to dream big! Think for yourself, employing material and evidence drawn from the second half of the class.
You may use outside material, but like last time, only to complement material from this class. Not to replace it. If you bring in an outside source(s), please provide a works cited page (bibliography) of those sources.
In general, Please cite all evidence that you use, including lectures, within the text and at the end of the corresponding sentence or paragraph.
Here are some examples: (Guha, 87); (“Clean Energy Plays Dirty”); (Merchants of Doubt); (Lecture, “Modern Environmentalism”)

 
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International Business Practices

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I have my country name.
Each individual project (IP) requires a minimum of three references with corresponding in-text citations.
Each IPs will be 3-4 pages using APA formatting. The title and references page do not count towards the total page count.
IP submissions should be in word format.
Individual Project #4: Business and General Culture Report
Report Guidelines
Content Format – Choose 8 total topics to write about. Choose at least one topic from each of the six sections below and respond with at least one full paragraph (5 sentences) to each. The remaining two topics can include any from below or others you think are important to review. The intent of this assignment is for you to understand key cultural facts and conditions, both now and in the past, that are relevant to business.
 
Food, Drink and Meals
Are there any local foods that are significantly different from what you are used to eating at home, either in what they contain or how they are made? An example might be kimchee in Korea, truffles in Italy, head cheese in Poland, peanut sauce in Nigeria, or bohobe (sour goat’s milk poured over cooked meat in Botswana).
What are the customs and expectations about trying unfamiliar foods?
Is the consumption of small or moderate amounts of alcohol customary with meals or in social situations? If so, what kinds of alcohol is likely to be offered?
How does one toast or offer compliments to one’s host? What is appropriate to include in the toast and what is off limits?
Clothing
How do locals (men and women) dress under a variety of situations? Is the dress code in social situations or upon visiting the host’s home formal or informal?
What colors, patterns, and styles are considered appropriate for expatriate visitors? Will you be expected to conform to local styles?
 
Greetings, Gift Giving and Holidays
What are the normal greeting practices within the host country for business meetings? (handshakes, bows, business cards, who gets greeted first, what information is exchanged, no-no’s)
Are gifts given and, if so, under what circumstances? If a gift is given, what guidelines should be followed (value, content, materials, to whom, when, etc.)?
What are the important holidays during which time the ability to do business is affected (such as the week between Christmas and New Year’s in the US)?
Bribery and Corruption
To what extent is bribery an accepted business practice in your host country? If it is an acceptable practice in your host country, how will you manage this practice?
How does your host country rank on Transparency International’s Corruption Index? What does this ranking indicate?
 
Hofstede’s Dimensions
Reviewing Hofstede’s Dimensions from pg. 48 and other resources, what are two of the major differences between a person from the US and one from your host country, and how could that make a difference in business?
Verbal and Nonverbal Communications
What is the predominant language and will English be spoken a little or predominantly at your business? Will you need to employ an interpreter?
Are there any hand gestures that you need to be familiar with, such as ones that have a positive meaning in the US but a negative or rude meaning in the host country?
 
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Business Management & Practices

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Part A: You were recently promoted to a sales manager position for ABC Company, which offers customized software for physicians, dentists, and veterinarians. Unfortunately, you are now the sales manager for one of your company’s least productive regions. After several weeks on the job, you become concerned about the high rate of turnover. Three salespeople have resigned within the last two months. Replacements are needed and there is little time to hire, train, and deploy them in the field.
Upon further review of the situation, you discover that two of the salespeople resigned because they felt the sales organization was structured unfairly. They had been assigned to geographical areas that were difficult, and their sales quotas were not adjusted accordingly.
You know quite well that replacing a sales person can be costly. In fact, the cost to the company can be as high as $300,000 per bad hire because time and money are lost in the process of recruiting, hiring, training, missed sales, bad relationships, and firing. Before you begin your search, you want to be certain that you have a well thought-out organizational plan and that you attract the right people for these positions.
To help you prepare your hiring plan, answer the following questions.

  1. Describe two (2) reasons why it is important for firms to organize their sales activities into a specific structure.
  1. Describe one (1) disadvantage of the current structure. Describe one (1) advantage and one (1) disadvantage of a geographical sales structure.
  1. Which sales structure do you recommend and why? Provide two (2) supporting facts.

Part B: Realizing that the right people for these positions could come from a variety of places, you decide to investigate the strengths and weaknesses of hiring from within the organization, through referrals, and by using advertising methods. What are your opinions on the following?
1.  What are two (2) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of hiring internal candidates for sales positions?
2.  What are two (2) benefits of hiring people referred to the company by friends or relatives?
3.  Discuss one (1) difference between the kinds of applicants that will come in from a newspaper ad versus postings on online job boards. Does this difference indicate anything about future job performance?
Part C: You have just finished a series of interviews with a person who you feel is an excellent candidate for one of your firm’s open sales position. She has a 3.4 grade point average and a marketing degree. The candidate has excellent communication skills, held a part-time sales job throughout college to help pay for school, and was an officer in the sales fraternity on campus. She will definitely make a great entry-level salesperson at your company. Your only concern is that another company will offer her a job before you do!  Before the candidate is offered a job, your company requires that a few of the applicant’s references be checked. During the process, you discover that your ideal candidate lied on her resume and application. She was never an officer in the sales fraternity; she was only a member.
1.  Given the difficulty in finding excellent candidates, would you hire this candidate? Provide two (2) supporting facts to justify your position.
2.  Would your decision change if you also find out this candidate has several speeding tickets? Why or why not?

 
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International Business Practices

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Length: 1,000 to 1,200 words
You want to launch a business internationally, and you need to choose 3 countries—1 in the Middle East, 1 in Asia, and 1 in Latin America.

  • What are some of the components of these cultures that you need to understand from a business standpoint?
  • How are they different in each country?
  • Can you have a U.S. management style in these countries? Explain
  • How are their economic systems classified? Explain why they are classified as such.
  • After studying these countries, explain whether you should or should not move forward with your business plan.
 
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