2. Why should Nike be held responsible for what happens in factories that it does not own? Does Nike have a responsibility to ensure that factory workers receive a “living wage”? Do the wage guidelines of FLA or WRC seem most appropriate to you? Why? 3. Is it ethical for Nike to pay endorsers millions while its factory employees receive a few dollars a day? 4. Is Nike’s responsibility to monitor its subcontracted factories a legal‚ economic‚ social‚ or philanthropic responsibility? What
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The wasp factory Activity one: 1. the novel is driven by an overwhelmingly obsessive fist person narration – frank cauldhame‚ who speaks cooly and calmly about strange events. There are also these sacrifice poles‚ upon which hang bodies and heads of large animals such as seagulls‚ that frank has killed. he believes they define and protext the borders of frank’s territory. 2. he is capable of hmour‚ irony‚ self-analysis and has an objective view of his strange situation. He lives in
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vegetarian. How is factory farming harmful to humans‚ animals‚ and the environment alike? Although factory farming creates an abundant amount of cheaper food‚ factory farming is an unhealthy agricultural practice to animals‚ humans‚ and the environment because factory farms abuse their animals‚ they are very toxic to humans‚ and factory farms also pollute the Earth. Factory farms are a modern agricultural practice that mass produce animals to meet the food consumption of humans. A factory farm houses large
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Factory farming speech. What really is factory farming. Well i am going to tell you about factory farming. First off we can all do something about this. How would u feel about thousands of animals crammed are being crammed into dirty‚ windowless sheds and confined to wire cages and gestation crates. They are basically forced into cannibalism because they scratch each other and peak because they are so hungry What sense would be affected first? Smell- horrible‚ rotten‚ death. The sound of
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Pollution Caused By Factories Factory related pollution is the number one source of pollution in the United States. Factory pollution accounts for more than half the volume of all water pollution‚ as well as for the most deadly of pollutants. More than 365‚000 manufacturing factories consume vast quantities of fresh water to carry away wastes of several different types. This waste water from industrial factories is discharged into lakes‚ oceans and streams‚ which eventually disperse the polluting
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religious rituals of his own invention. As the novel develops‚ his brother’s escape from a mental hospital and impending return lead on to a violent ending and a twist that undermines all that Frank believed about himself. Plot summary The ’Wasp Factory’ of the title is a clock face salvaged from the local dump. Behind each numeral is a trap‚ which leads to a different ritual death (for example burning‚ crushing‚ or drowning in Frank’s urine) for the wasp that Frank puts into the hole at the centre
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of specialized technologies‚ norms‚ sanctions‚ values‚ symbols‚ and language‚ all of which serve to promote activity toward common goals‚ integrate the group‚ and protect the interests of group members. One celebrated example is the subculture of factory workers that was accidentally discovered by Elton Mayo and his associates in the 1930s. The research team visited the Hawthorne plant of the Western Electric Company to study the effects on productivity of variations in lighting. What the researchers
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break. The life of a factory worker was extremely crucial‚ especially for young women and children. Both young women and children were being treated unfair‚ almost like slaves. The working conditions were terrible‚ the boarding houses and factories were overpacking‚ young women and children were being overworked with the lack of sleep. The factory life had such an big impact on young women and children. Overall‚ working in a factory everyday was life challenging. Working in a factory was exasperating
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notably those with sales less than $1‚000 increased significantly since 2004 going from “580‚000 to close to 700‚000.” This growing number of small farms is shocking compared to the years before 2004 when small farms were not on the rise as large factory farms began to take control making the farming industry a place for corporations not the traditional family owned farm. These same corporations continue to put pictures of the quaint little red barn farms‚ with large silver silos glistening in the
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the nineteenth century as many industrial factories emerged‚ but with the rapid growth comes its consequences. Many people left the farmland to come to cities to work in factories. An influx of immigrants coming to America to seek a better life was also found during this Era‚ but found themselves taking on the low wage and “sweatshop” type work. During this time‚ there was a lack of federal regulation against the monopolistic companies. The Triangle Factory Fire serves as the pivotal point in women’s
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