I’ve never been very interested in fashion and I’m not a fan of constantly updating my wardrobe. Seeing the major effects that the fashion industry has makes me feel better about falling behind in the fashion world. I watched China Blue, a documentary about the poor working conditions in Chinese factories that produced denim products, for my International Management course as an undergraduate student. That documentary impacted me, and I often think of the people that were highlighted in that film. I feel as if The True Cost will be a documentary that I think of from time to time as well.
I appreciated how many angles of the fashion world the documentary showed. I had no idea that it is the most labor demanded industry in the world and I certainly wouldn’t have guessed that it was the second most polluting industry. It was interesting to hear viewpoints from the cotton farmer, factory owners, designers, garment workers, environmentalists, and investment managers. The biggest learning lesson that I gained from the video was that we place too much emphasis on things we don’t need. The materialistic lifestyle that many cultures strive for results in too many negative consequences for other people. People are losing their lives in factories, they are endangered by pesticides and toxins, they are lacking clean
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Making a good business decision doesn’t always mean it is the best possible decision. Economic benefit is not the most important thing. We need to hold everyone else’s wellbeing and the state of our planet in high regard. We need to be concerned with the activities that are taking place to accomplish the outcome we are seeking. Outsourcing may be a smart economic decision, but we need to investigate it. Simply placing the responsibility of making legal and ethical decisions on the company that we outsource to isn’t right and it doesn’t lessen our role in the
I learned about Occidental from my family, my cousin Brian Smith is the offensive coordinator for Oxy's football team and his wife Liane Smith works for Oxy as well. When I visited Oxy I was able to experience the school for what it really is, an amazing community. Everyone I talked to, students and staff, were very friendly and made me feel right at home. I was able to attend the homecoming barbecue and football game and it really left me with a great feeling about the school. My main interest in Occidental is that it is a liberal arts school.
I have helped the community by going to a pink Vail event this year during March ski season. It was to support the ones who had/have breast cancer that was hosted by the "Shaw regional cancer center" in the Vail valley medical center in the mountains. This foundation is for skiing and snowborders all around the world that participate and try to raise money for the woman in need. During the pink Vail you dress up in your pink gear and team shirts depending on who your supporting and you go out and ski to different stations trying to fill up a peice of card with stamps. Then later throughout the end they have chanllegnes and a concert where theres many doctors there getting asked questions and what happens while you have cancer.
This goes to show that agriculture truly is more than just “cows, plows and sows”! Women in other countries who make our clothing are contributing to the agriculture industry as well. Women are needed in the agriculture industry now, more than ever. According to the 2011 Hunger Report, “the low social, economic, and political status of women in many parts of the developing world, particularly rural women, contributes to high rates of food insecurity and malnutrition”.
FSA Practice Essay: Clothing Over Time Clothing has existed in many cultures for thousands years, and clothes have advanced in their style and functionality over all of these years. From ready-made apparel used in the America Civil War to using computers to design clothes during the 21st century, clothing has come a long way from its origins. Preferences in clothing changed drastically as well, going from preferring style over comfort to comfort over style and back again countless times throughout the years. Overall, the evolution of clothing has been one of the biggest in terms of items for humans and will most likely grow even further into the future with new and better technology.
This documentary was about first-generation college students at K-State University and basically how they were able to adjust to college and discover what they wanted to do which for all of them was become a teacher. There are nine different stories on nine different people listing the obstacles they had to go through and basically what lead them to discovering themselves and becoming the person that they are today. This documentary to me was very helpful to see that there are many other kids like me who are doing this for a first time and that everyone faces challenges but we have to overcome them by finding what makes them happy to keep them focused. I realized that I identified with each and every one of them in different ways and they all
Nowadays debris is an integral part of humanity life. Mankind thinks about how to make the product easier and cheaper to use, but nobody cares what happens with waste after it was used. We contaminate the environment with every decade increasingly: muddied air and water, global warming are an output of human life. The worst thing is that from such attitude other living beings are dying. Millions of animals and birds cannot withstand such environmental changes; their populations become smaller and, eventually, disappear altogether from the face of the earth.
Do you ever wonder if the things you do every day are harming others and the environment? Many people do not realize that their actions were such a big problem. This paper represents a dystopian society, the opposite of a utopian society. A dystopia is when a certain problem is occurring in the world and how it is affecting society.
The evolution of fashion industry should be in trend with the technology developments. Technology is the driver of transformation supported by government incentives. The options could be as below • Fabrics used should be new high-tech. Some examples could be nano-tech fabrics and programmable clothing, use of biodegradable non toxic spray-on clothing • Clothes for each could be designed using 3D body scanners which will allow people to “try on” clothes in virtual mirrors and interactive screens • Switching to a “low-carbon” economy based on renewable
Behind the Swoosh is a documentary about sweatshop labor. As a class we watched the documentary and as I learned more about how Nike was running their business; I felt bad for the people that were working. I could not believe that those people were working hard making that company so much money and was getting nothing in return. Then again, I really was not shocked because I know that they are people that put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into a company and do not make enough money.
Literature Review on Fundamental Theories IT outsourcing is a topic that not in short of theories. During the last 3 decades, a large amount of empirical work across the last three decades has been guided by three main categories of theories. Those theory groups further developed into different schools which are the base for analyzing the impacts of outsourcing activities. In this research, empirical work based on three most important theories from economic (Transaction cost theory), strategic (Resource- based theory) and social category( relational/ social theories ) were selected for an in depth discussion. No claims are made that any one theory outperforms others.
According to Hummer Katelyn death is inevitable with the increase in the voluminous pollutants and waste from the consumer buying behavior. The environment becomes hazardous and anything and anyone who comes into contact with it is more prone to health crisis and conditions that are most likely causes a crisis in the society. Don describes an event of a poisonous a situation where a poisonous product was released forcing a whole family to evacuate. He also describes how one of the family members died as a result of the hazardous exposure (DeLillo 48). This is just one example of the many causes of what waste can do to both people and their environments.
For example, in the film, the selling price of a branded jacket is $178, but the workers only get $0.74 from the corporations. Nike is another company that criticized by the low wages and the working conditions in its factories (Beach, n.d.).
Our current economy and belief system helps increase the tragedy of the commons. Society needs change. The things people follow today are far too outdated for the growth that is occurring constantly. Whether this is through scientific discoveries, or politics or a combination of the two new ideas or ethics need to be created to follow. An example of an outdated moral is “dog eat dog,” which is another way of saying every man for himself.
Increasing consumerism leads to an increasing pressure on the environment. As population increases, which it does at an alarming rate, the level of consumption also increases. Consumption contrbute to climate change, because more of toxic gasses are released into the atmosphere, also basic commodities are being used up so much that there is a shortage, and also waste of the earths natural resources. According to Crane (2010) “Indiscriminate production of consumer goods
Introduction People tend to consume a lot, when there is consumption, there is waste – and that waste becomes a big problem that needs taken care of, which costs a lot of time, space and resources. If not managed, in turn, the world that we live in will become a hazardous place for all living things. According to the World Bank, people throughout the world, “spend $2.3 trillion a year on food and beverages alone” (Global Consumption Database, 2018), that is quite a lot. In addition to that, the world count mentions that, “we throw out over 50 tons of household waste every second. A number that will double by 2030”