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    Essay #1 Descriptive Essay 10/26/14 American Dream Right before I started high school we were building our very own customized house on the five acres my parents had just bought up on five mile prairie. I was definitely enjoying picking out the carpet and paint colors for my room and bathroom. It was 1996 when that house was finished and we moved into it. Everything was put together just as we’d asked and everything was brand new and untouched. I was a sophomore and my only concern was how much

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    Consumerism: To Buy or Not to Buy Gandhi once said‚ "There is enough on earth for everybody’s need‚ but not for everyone’s greed." Almost everyone is guilty of this‚ impulse buying or splurging on the latest craze in technology. Take me for example. I probably have enough clothes and shoes to last me for a lifetime‚ yet I constantly find myself at the mall purchasing more articles of clothing that I simply do not need. Millions of people all around the world are guilty of the same thing. It’s

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    Today’s society seems as though it is being taken over by consumerism. The term consumerism is defined as the tendency of people to identify strongly with products they consume‚ particularly of name brands and status-enhancing appeal. With the marketing world growing larger by day it seems more and more people are attracted to the advertised products and feel the need to have them in order to keep in style with the rest of society. The term "conspicuous consumption" applies to those people who

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    Consumerism In life we are all searching for something. Something to fill this unknown gap of dissatisfaction‚ that when we begin to fill the gap with unneeded possessions. Although we are filling this gap we lose what means most to us; happiness and relationships. It a cycle‚ a process of consumerism‚ if we learn to develop meaningful relations and recognise the important lessons in life the cycle of consumerism can be broken. The Island and Bruce Dawes poems are excellent examples of consumerism

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    Every time I look up at the sky‚ I smile. I can imagine myself freefalling 10‚000 feet above the ground‚ losing control of my body and giving in to nature’s mercy. In the sky there is no stress‚ no deadlines‚ and nobody I must answer to. All that exists is the vast‚ blue space. Many people fear skydiving‚ finding it hard to jump out of a plane willingly. I cannot help but love the way the wind embraces me. My best jump was my first jump due to the exceptional feeling of anticipation and exhilaration

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    Recently‚ however‚ Nike came under worldwide criticism for its practice of hiring workers for such a low rate of pay “next to nothing” in the words of critics and condoning poor working conditions in host countries. Initially‚ Nike denied the sweatshop charges and lashed out at critics. But later‚ the company began monitoring

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    Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is the theory that explains why humans are motivated and what motivates humans. According to the hierarchy of needs‚ the first need that motivates a human is a physiological need. The physiological need consists of basic necessities a human needs in order to sustain life‚ such as water‚ food and sleep. The second need is the safety need. The safety need is the need for a human to feel secure in their environment‚ such as secure in ones home‚ career‚ and financial status

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    Globalization and the impact of American Consumerism Globalization is a complex system of social‚ economic‚ and political factors that adhere not only in relation to states or nations‚ but also to the globe as an interrelated unit. Globalization is run by actors on the international stage‚ which operates through several categories positioned at different levels‚ each with a specific function to serve the American capitalist system. The cultural-ideology of consumerism supports the global capitalist system;

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    University of Waterloo Faculty of Environment ENBUS 306: Research Design Literary Review and Submission on Green Consumerism Prepared By: Wendy Ngai Student ID: 20351676 3B Environment and Business October 02‚ 2012 This literary submission will take on a systematic‚ convergent approach in focusing on five separate articles regarding green consumerism. The five peer-reviewed articles which have been selected for this paper have been placed in the appendix of this submission in the

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    For several organizations Nike had become a symbol of the evils of globalization as the company became a target for accusations that products were manufactured in "sweatshops" using child labor‚ working excessive hours under hazardous conditions while being paid sub-standard wages. This paper‚ based on the case study Nike: The Sweatshop Debate authored by Charles W. L. Hill in his book International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace (2009) will analyze the legal‚ cultural and ethical challenges

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