CASE STUDY Not just another outdoor company We opened the chapter with the story about an outdoor company‚ and we end it with a story about another outdoor company. The company we’re discussing this time‚ based in Portland‚ Oregon‚ was the brainchild of a small group of executives who left big times jpbs at Patagonia‚ Nike‚ and Adidas. These individuals shared a belief that ‘ in addition to generating a profit‚ companies have an equal responsibilities to create positive social and environmental
Premium Retailing
THEFACTS GAMBLING IN AUSTRALIA * For most people‚ gambling is a form of entertainment that is enjoyed responsibly. * Many Australians gamble in some form at least once a year‚ whether it’s an occasional flutter at the races‚ buying a lottery ticket‚ playing the pokies or a night out at the casino. * In 2009‚ 70 per cent of Australians participated in some form of gambling. * Australians spent more than $19 billion on gambling in 2008-09; around $12 billion of which was spent playing
Premium Problem gambling Slot machine Gambling
disrupted. The downside of watching too much television is that it will make the children less creative and more passive where they refuse to leave the spot and would rather just ask someone near them to fetch necessities for them. Thus‚ engendering the effects on the body-activity to malfunction. The body monitors and handles the distribution of energy where it needs the most of it. When you just sit there and watch‚ your body will get confused and the energy distribution will go haywire as it doesn’t have
Premium Television Mind
I negate the resolution which states: Resolved: Rehabilitation ought to be valued above retribution in the United States criminal justice system. The value for this round will be: justice‚ where everyone gets what they are due. In order to provide a criterion for which to judge the value‚ as well as a way to achieve my value‚ the value- criteria shall be: retribution‚ where the punishment of an individual is more often than not weighted by the gravity of the crime that they committed. This
Premium Crime Criminal justice Criminology
Television’s Positive Effects on Society Nichole VanSickle Richard Zlogar Fr. Eng. Comp. 101-18 31 October 1996 According to Marie Winn and her essay "The Plug-In Drug‚" television has various negative effects on our society today. In her essay Winn explores the ways in which television has harmfully caused disruptions with the quality of family life‚ rituals‚ and values. She recognizes there is a problem with our society and the way in which it is consistently influenced
Premium Television Marie Winn Entertainment
long-lasting impact on American domestic and foreign policy. For many years‚ the United States wasn’t officially engaged in any wars. Few of us had ever heard of al-Qaeda or Osama bin Laden‚ and ISIS didn’t even exist. The events of 9/11 had a significant effect on our society. The destruction of the twin towers graphically illustrated the dark side of globalization. Terrorists took advantage of a modern global society‚ the internet‚ open borders‚ and planes‚ to attack Americans at home. It sunk our
Premium United States Al-Qaeda September 11 attacks
I enjoyed reading your input on the effects the discovery of the Americas had on Europeans. The effects did greatly vary between empires. As you mentioned‚ the Spanish particularly benefited for a time from their exploits in South America. However‚ despite the abundance of trade and incoming wealth‚ the empire eventually struggled. Between war and imperialism‚ the Spanish empire ultimately faltered. Space wise‚ colonialism was beneficial as the new lands provided new places to settle and opened new
Premium Europe United States Christopher Columbus
U.S. Imperialism United States imperialistic ambitions to gain more natural resources and increase American security left negative effects such as colonization on other countries. This unfortunately led to conflicts‚ wars‚ and rebellions‚ which made it difficult for the country to expand further. There were several ways that the United States enforced its imperialistic views on other countries. The United States was in need of natural resources to sustain their businesses. Two of the products
Premium United States Political philosophy Colonialism
Media Violence: Effects on society “Millions of teens have seen the 1996 movie Scream…Scream opens with a scene in which a teenage girl is forced to watch her jock boyfriend tortured and then disemboweled by two fellow students who‚ it will eventually be learned‚ want revenge on anyone from high school who crossed them. After jock boy’s stomach is shown cut open and he dies screaming‚ the killers stab and torture the girl‚ then cut her throat and hang her body from a tree so that Mom can discover
Premium Sociology Mass media Crime
discussions about the effects of reality TV on society. Positive and negative effects of reality TV are two parts of a coin. Unfortunately the coin mostly falls on the negative side. Many reality TV shows are created purely for profit without thinking about its consequences on the mindsets of viewers‚ especially young viewers . Media companies accept that they make these shows for profit and they do not care about the effects on people. They
Premium Television Television program Reality television