Basic concepts in global environmental politics
Case study - 4 pages - Political science
Bringing a variety of perspectives to the table, there are three very influential actors involved in global environmental governance: Nation States, Non-Governmental Organizations, and Corporations. Scientists have been excluded from the category of “actor” because any of these...
Analyzing the links between disability and child abuse and evaluating the role of Social Services with regards to Disabled Child Protection
Thesis - 21 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The protection of children is today a high profile issue, within both the voluntary and statutory sectors, although the abuse of disabled children is a matter that has only recently attracted professional interest. Whilst many people find it difficult to believe that disabled children,...
Environmental pollution: A growing problem
Thesis - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
Environmental Studies (ES) is an inter-disciplinary area of study incorporating the social and scientific aspects of nature and natural resources. The major aim of Environmental Studies is to project the inter-relationships between living beings-especially human beings- with the...
Environmental Cluster
Essay - 4 pages - Ecology & environment
Learning about how to preserve the environment has always been one of my interests, and having a forester as a grandfather encouraged my passion for the environment and animals. A couple years ago, I took a class called Religion and the Earth with Dr. Christopher Bache, and it made me more aware...
Manix - environmental analysis: Objectives and strategy formulation
Essay - 6 pages - Ecology & environment
Manix is a brand belonging to Ansell, a company operating in three business segments (professional health care division, consumer health care gloves and occupational division for gloves and clothing worn for protection). Manix is developed in the consumer health care division, which also...
Strategic study of the Total Group
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
The energy market is one of the largest in the world. Indeed, energy in all its forms is essential for humans and their survival. Thanks to energy, men can eat, heat and bathe themselves, thus meeting so-called essential needs. On a daily basis, humans use many forms of energy, solar power, wind...
How is Mont-Saint-Michel a textbook case of Operation Grand Site (OGS)?
Case study - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
Alarm bells are ringing to save Mont-Saint-Michel. The site was massively developed for tourism in the 19th and 20th centuries, but the environmental degradation of the site will lead us to rethink its management. A victim of over-visitation, the site needs to be transformed into a...
Trade off between the economic benefits as opposed to the ethical and environmental problems of increasing international trade
Thesis - 12 pages - Economy general
The concept of ethics, social responsibility and accountability in business is inherently complex and has fuelled polarized debate as to the parameters of its role in practice. Furthermore, this has been compounded by the integration of the globalization phenomenon into international business;...
Comprehensive protection plan
Essay - 6 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Threats against personal security take many forms: civil unrest, environmental threats, targeted attacks by stalkers or individuals with personal grudges, or terrorism. Though security threats are essentially chaotic, security plans must be comprehensive and based in a thorough...
Ocean Acidification
Presentation - 3 pages - Ecology & environment
When I started this course, my knowledge about ocean acidification was superficial, and I needed a clearer understanding of this comprehensive topic. The course on ocean acidification left a mark on my knowledge about this urgent global problem. Before beginning my college years, I needed more...
Financial Market and Sustainable / Green Finance
Dissertation - 18 pages - Finance
In April 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report focusing on the mitigation of climate change. The experts underline the emergency of a new way of life in order to limit global warming to 1,5°C. To respect the agreement taken during the COP 21, the IPCC proposes...
PESTEL Analysis - Tesla
Case study - 2 pages - Automotive marketing
Politically, subsidies and ecological bonuses for the purchase of non-polluting vehicles help orient the purchase of cars in Europe towards the environmental protection desired by political parties. The CAFE standard was put in place in order to penalize manufacturers who do not...
Is the Dingo a true Aussie specie? Managing the Dingo (Canis lupus dingo): Conflict between the anthropogenic and environmental factors
Essay - 6 pages - Biology
According to Aboriginal myths and legends, the dingo (Canis lupus dingo) would have evolved in Australia from the “Dreaming” - the creation period - and have always been a highly estimated and valued companion. As a consequence of these oral memories and scarce testimonies of the past,...
Patagonia's Corporate Policy
Case study - 5 pages - Corporate social responsibility
The increased scrutiny of contemporary corporations by financial and social spheres calls for a balance between profits and responsibility for the welfare of the community and the environment. In particular, Patagonia, which is one of the leaders among the companies in that field, could be called...
Environmental racism
Thesis - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
According to Fredrickson, America was able to largely ignore the “race question” until the American Revolution. Before the war for independence, Jews were mostly sequestered in ghettos and black people on plantations, so the need for a dominating racial ideology had not yet arisen....
The Order of the Eastern Star: A Vehicle for environmental Good?
Essay - 9 pages - Philosophy
The Order of the Eastern Star is not, technically, a religion (or, at least, its followers refuse to designate it as such). In the words of the present day Grand Secretary, it is “not intended to replace a religion,” but to complement one. The Order is a fraternal organization that...
E-waste environmental
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Ecology & environment
Electronic Waste, also known as E-Waste, is the components that comprise an electrical or electronic product when it is being discarded. These electronics could be Computers, Televisions, Stereos, Cell Phones, and other electronic products. These components are recycled, resold or reused. E-waste...
Paying for a Green New Deal with Modern Monetary Theory - Dean Baker (2019) ; Mixed Economies Today, Compared to Those of Antiquity - Michael Hudson (2019) ; The Green New Deal, Capitalism and the State - Rob Urie (2019) ; The Great Austerity Shell Game - Richard Wolff (2013) ; The crisis of globalization: interview with Mark Blyth (2019)
Case study - 5 pages - Economy general
Dean Baker offers in this column a critique of the Green New Deal (GND), a set of legislative proposals put forward by progressive (left-wing) members of the Democratic Party in the United States. The GND is an ambitious set of policies designed to revamp the entire American by making it less...
The "murs à pêches" in Montreuil
Case study - 5 pages - Urban planning
Montreuil is a neighbouring municipality of the city of Paris. It is part of the Seine-Saint-Denis department. The "murs à pêches" is a maze of walls used to grow fruit trees. It is an enclosed space, a green setting in an urban landscape. They were created in the 17th century using local...
Environmental Economics: global warming
Essay - 14 pages - Economy general
This essay is about the climate change and the direct and indirect effect on our environment, not only caused by human activities. The increased concentration of the greenhouse gases which include carbon-di-oxide and others, over the last 150 years has dramatically progressed. This fact, caused...
Environmental toxicology on metallic mercury spill: A case in the versatile estrie and the steps to a successful decontamination
Thesis - 13 pages - Ecology & environment
In October 1996, the directions of public health in the Eastern Townships (Estrie-DSP) and a multipurpose area that have requested the collaboration of the Center for Toxicology of Quebec (CTQ) to the management of mercury spill metal in a class-chemistry laboratory. During our first...
Pestel Analysis - Stellantis
Case study - 4 pages - Automotive marketing
The Stellantis group was founded on January 16, 2021. The multinational company that has existed for several months and manufacturer of automobiles was born from a merger between two groups including the PSA group and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Two years earlier, in 2019, the announcement of the...
The challenges in Africa and the strategies to put in place
Presentation - 11 pages - Ecology & environment
The African continent offers a great diversity: country, climate, culture... wise. As a result, it is a challenge to identify issues and strategies to answer them for all the African countries. However, we can try to find important themes that can be found in most of these countries. It is also...
International business management
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Business strategy
For the purpose of this comment, I picked different elements depending on my personal interests especially on management issues and how it is possible to bring people from different cultures, with different expectations and ways of communicating things to work together in the same project, with...
Environmental scanning of insurance industry
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
India's insurance industry private and public, has it's roots in the 19th century. Under British rule many Insurers operated in India. In 1938 British passed Insurance Act, comprehensive insurance legislation, which remains the cornerstone of the insurance industry today. In 1956, Indian...
Environmental analysis of toy manufacturers
Thesis - 3 pages - Business strategy
The toy market has undergone profound changes over the last twenty years. In fact, toys have become more complex: they contain more and more mechanical pieces, and technologies to make them are becoming more advanced. They are also often dependent on the influences of fashion and films. Moreover,...
Digital society
Course material - 33 pages - Sociology & social sciences
ICT is a major technological change whose effects have only begun to be measured for about ten years. Beyond the appearance of new activities related to ICT, such as start-ups, online shops for example, digital technologies have considerably facilitated the production and exchange of information....
Environmental impacts on forests
Essay - 7 pages - Ecology & environment
There is considerable debate over de?nitions for the word ‘forest' and even for ‘tree.' Most vegetation types fall clearly into the categories of forest or nonforest, but there is dispute at the margins. A similar debate rages over the classi?cation of forests into natural and arti?cial...
Fostering sustainable global growth through green finance
Dissertation - 5 pages - Finance
The ideas and goals of the United Nations (UN) in the areas of environment and development are at the origin of environmentally friendly finance, or green finance. In 1992, 178 countries met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to discuss environmental and development issues for the 21st century....
Safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage: Protecting languages as a vehicle of the intangible cultural heritage
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The 2003 Convention for the safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage defines the intangible cultural heritage as “the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills - as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts and cultural spaces associated therewith - that...
