EXAMPLES Positive Externalities: 1. Grameen-Danone Foods Limited (GDFL) is a joint venture between Grameen Bank and Groupe Danone to fight malnutrition in Bangladesh, which provides its underprivileged and malnourished citizens with affordable, nutrient enriched yogurt to help combat this social calamity. By providing this essential sustenance at an exceptionally affordable price to the Bangladeshi people, they are essentially giving them health. Accordingly, this project is not only contributing to the health of the people, but also providing jobs. These two organizations have come together to “maximize improvements in human and environmental well-being”, and fulfill a purpose greater than their individual desires for profit; a social injustice. a. Societal Impact: The example displayed by Grameen-Danone Foods Limited could have hugely positive impacts in tackling both poverty and hunger. Because their venture is not operating as a non-profit venture, they are able to contribute to a social cause, provide jobs and make a profit. This is a model that many corporations could adopt and with would fill many of the tenets in their mission, visions and values. b. Corrections: Many corporations have “Give” or “Community Outreach” initiatives and events but often times the …show more content…
Since the 1960s when plastic bottles were widely distributed, there have been several negative externalities resulting from their consumption and disposal. Flooding landfills and leaking into water supplies, debris fortified with chemicals that are often ingested by marine life, harmful emissions caused by its incineration, and the difficulty of recycling are just a few of the negative externalities that costs millions in. About 4 percent of the world’s oil production is used as raw materials to fuel the machines that make plastics, and people all over the world are exposed to chemicals from plastic several times each day through the air, dust, water, food and use of consumer
The World Hunger and Food Insecurity Gluttony has been known as one of the Seven Deadly Sins, and from my perspective, Gluttony is the most compelling one of them because there are so many people suffering and dying from starvation or hunger. Just like President Jimmy Carter (1977) said in his speech “Human Rights and Foreign Policy”, “We know that the peaceful world cannot exist one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.” It is easy for us to imagine the feeling of starving, especially if we have been through it, but the reasons for us to be starving could be different. Sometimes we don’t have time to eat or sometimes perhaps we forget to bring money, however, what we feel is starving but not hunger. Hunger is an important issue in developing countries all over the world now, and it could affect different fields all over the world as well.
The book The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food, by Wayne Roberts introduces us to the concept of “food system”, which has been neglected by many people in today’s fast-changing and fast-developing global food scene. Roberts points out that rather than food system, more people tend to recognize food as a problem or an opportunity. And he believes that instead of considering food as a “problem”, we should think first and foremost about food as an “opportunity”.
In Raj Patel’s novel Stuffed and Starved, Patel goes through every aspect of the food production process by taking the experiences of all the people involved in food production from around the world. Patel concludes by eventually blaming both big corporations and governments for their critical role in undermining local, cultural, and sustainable foodways and in so doing causing the key food-related problems of today such as starvation and obesity. In this book of facts and serious crime, Patel's Stuffed and Starved is a general but available analysis of global food struggles that has a goal of enlightening and motivating the general Western public that there is something critically wrong with our food system.
Gathering information and literature on this discipline will help us understand how we can solve the problem. Agriculture plays a major role in the issue of world hunger today. In the article “How a Global Network of Farmers Can Help End Hunger”, many very important issues surrounding that particular role agriculture plays in world hunger are discussed (Bread for the World Institute and Foods Resource Bank). In the article, the author’s discuss just how important the role of farmer’s are in the world hunger problem (Bread for the World Institute and Foods Resource Bank). The farmers are the ones who produce all the grains, vegetables and protein that we need in our lives to sustain a healthy lifestyle, and in fact they do produce enough of those food groups to feed the entire planet (Bread for the World Institute and Foods Resource Bank).
Every year, an estimated 8 million tons of plastic waste enters our environment, severely polluting oceans, beaches, forests, and even the towns and cities we live in. In the ocean alone, it is believed that 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic pollutes the waters (“Plastic Statistics”, Ocean Crusaders).The majority of plastic pollution can be traced back to single-use items, such as grocery bags, bottles, and plastic packaging. According to United Nations Environment, “At the rate we are dumping items such as plastic bottles, bags and cups after a single use, by 2050 oceans will carry more plastic than fish…” (“UN Declares War on Ocean Plastic”, UN Environment). This pollution is a major problem and endangers not only the environment, but human
Due to the mass amount of staff that works in over 45 countries, Action Against Hunger has managed to reach and assist more than thirteen million people in 2014 alone that are suffering this disease (“Programs,” 2015). Through their approach to hunger, safe water, sanitation, and hygiene services, Action Against Hunger is saving children that are facing illnesses and diseases that originate from malnourishment (“Programs,” 2015). Action Against Hunger manages to help communities by adapting to a community’s specific needs, boosting agricultural production, helping local markets, and exposing communities to long-lasting sources of food (“Programs,” 2015). Not only does Action Against Hunger greatly combat malnutrition, they also help refugee camps that are infested in diseases as well as, assist communities in recovering from natural disasters (“Programs,”
The US Container Recycling Institute estimates that 67 million plastic water bottles are discarded every day, which is enough to wrap around the planet 149 times each year. Therefore, plastic water bottles should be banned from public use. The usage of water bottles should be suppressed because they are incredibly dangerous, wasteful, expensive, and rarely recycled. Researchers have stated that plastic bottles containing water can contain many harmful chemicals. After close examination of the plastic, researchers have concluded that some plastics contain chemicals, such as phthalates, bisphenol A (BPA), endocrine disruptors, and carcinogens, which may leach into the water, especially after being stagnant for long periods of time.
... consumers are not aware of what organizations the company is involved with and the many ways the company gives back to the community. More and more consumers want to purchase items from a company that is a friend to the environment and gives back to the community.
Covey & Brown (2001) “the role of business in society has progressed over the years, from being primarily concerned with profit for sharehold¬ers to a stakeholder and community approach with a focus on corporate social responsibility”
Using plastic bags are second nature to people in this day and age. Warner acknowledges, “Much to the dismay of the environmentally conscious citizens worldwide, the ubiquity of the free plastic carryout bag has bred nonchalant consumers who take this modern convenience for granted” (646). Although some people are conscious about the environment, people strive more for convenience and do not think about the impacts using bags have not only on the environment, but on themselves as well. If something is bad for the environment, it will alternatively be bad for humans as well. When plastic bags are exposed to the sun from being littered all around, the ultraviolet rays cause the substances of plastic bags to weaken. After the substances weaken, the substances become invisible to the naked eye. The substances that are no longer able to be seen are toxic to humans (Warner 649). As a result of plastic bags being littered around, animals consume plastic bags. This is negatively affects humans because animals are often consumed. When humans consume animals like, fish, there can be plastic in the fish’s belly, which then transfers to the humans and this poses a concern for human’s health. Humans are negatively affected by plastic bags because of the toxic chemicals in plastic bags, as well as, consuming animals with plastic in their
The impact of CSR initiatives and social change in AAMA is to be a catalyst for positive systematic change in the community (Lefkowitz, 2003). In the late 1970’s the non-profits were the closest thing communities had in seeing some effects of socially responsible organizations. Nowadays, it has become more common place with B-Corp certification available for businesses in certain responsibility areas. The AAMA recognizes that their services and products come second place to the community of people they service without being a B-Corp certified organization. The AAMA has also seen the effects of corporate social responsibility as it relates to their employees and volunteers. For example, the work in the community
Food insecurity and poor nutrition is an alarmingly large problem for low income families, especially in developing countries. Many strategies exist to fight this problem, although not many of these address all the factors contributing to it along with all the possible solutions to solve it. In many cases, multiple strategies must correlate and work together so that all the determinants of this issue are addressed and can fight food insecurity from different angles. This essay will discuss the significance of the problem, a range of possible strategies to solve the problem, and go into detail on a select few that will correlate and work together to solve different factors of food insecurity and poor nutrition.
According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which oversees the bottled-water industry, Americans drink more than eight billiongallons of bottled water each year. Most of that water is packaged in plastic bottles.The EPA estimates that plastics such as those used to make water bottles make up nearly 13 percent of our trash. An industry watchdog group reports that it takes nearly eighteen million barrels of oil to make the amount of plastic needed to meet Americans'thirst for bottled water. That's about the same amount of oil that a million vehicles use in one year. Oil is a nonrenewable resource—once it's gone, it's gone. Worse yet, the vehicles used to move bottled water from place to place release harmful greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Perhaps more alarming is that people recycle fewer than 20 percent of their empty bottles. Most emptybottles are tossed in the trash. From there, they end up in a landfill, where they cause further environmental damage.
It is sad to say but humans have played their part in deteriorating the earth. We have polluted and killed the very thing that takes care of us. If you ride by any lake or river you find trash and debris around it. In the “The Call of the Wild” the author says that we have committed war against the earth by the dumping of poisons and explosives upon it (337). Unfortunately, plastics are the things that are doing the most harm to our environment. Plastics are convenient and we use them everyday and these are the things that we find in the oceans, rivers and lakes. They are harmful to the earth as well as human health by directly intoxicating us with lead, cadmium and mercury. Plastic debris laced with harmful chemicals are often found inside of our marine life and can poison them. Plastic can survive for thousands of years and many invasive species are found in them which can disrupt our habitats. We need to limit our consumption of plastics and make sure that they are disposed of in their proper places.
Being convenient enough for everyday use and even tasting better to some, plastic bottles are a popular way of consuming beverages. They are convenient and to some people, can even taste better. However, the process of manufacturing and transporting the millions of bottles produced is detrimental to the environment. Continued use of plastic bottles could exponentially hurt the planet. Given all the negative effects that come from plastic, why are people still participating in this poisonous cycle?