Critical Thinking, Immigration And Environmental Reputations

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• The main argument in the respective essay is about the glass ceiling and socio- economic limitations that women face in the patriarchal world. The essay argues about the all over prevailing patriarchy and prejudices against women probably due to the physical differentiations and the need of hard labor due to which males were given more preferences than the females since the annals of history. The argument concludes by upholding the idea of breaking the glass ceiling by women themselves and the egalitarian idea of the equal respect of both men and women which should be the aim of every civilized and just society. The essay is an argument against the universal misogyny that is prevalent in almost all the cultures of the world with progressive and liberal thoughts and ideas about gender parity and gender neutrality.
• The main implicit argument in the respective essay is that of the ill- effects of skill migration that have been happening throughout the world after the fourth wave of industrial revolution that was brought about colossal technological development. The argument develops when the visa liberalization is a question to curb the serious oversupply of young overseas workers. The essay argues implicitly that such Oversupply of the overseas workers” are driving down salaries and creating high unemployment in the developed countries such as Australia and Asia Pacific. The argument in the essay is well supported by the instances from the reports of Australian Financial Review and also by the Kinnaird report.
• Melbourne East is an area which is prolific in the field of community development, social work, philanthropy and humanities. According to the reports, maximum number of employed people in Melbourne is community and personal service workers. Apart from that, management professionals are also at high demand in the respective area. Therefore, it can be said that from Melbourne East, the faculties would be best in business administration and social science/ humanities.
• The respective article on Australian aboriginals can be criticized on the grounds of their intellectual disabilities of turning “civilized”. Australian aboriginals are indeed intellectual in their own way, however, one cannot deny that human beings and their cognitive functions cannot go beyond their societal conditions. Therefore, even if the Australian aboriginals are considered to be the wild intellectuals who have excellent knowledge, wisdom and intelligence in the areas such as identification and utilization of aboriginal plant and herbs, -cultivation and other activities related to farming and allied arts, it cannot be denied that even then, they are far behind the mainstream population in terms of intellect in the areas of modern mechanics, technologies and lifestyle. The aboriginals might be having their own sources of knowledge but the mainstream knowledge is also needed for survival (Rochecouste et al. 2017).

(e) The two articles that have been given, namely “Profits v planet: can big business and the environment get along?” and “The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits” talk about the “environmental concerns” of the corporate sectors and their reputation and significance related to it. The articles have introspected the paradigm of “social responsibility” among the corporate sectors in relation to the enhancement of reputation of the enterprises and the concept of “shared value” that seeks for profit through social responsibilities and sustainability. The respective articles have talked about why environmental concerns have become a pressing concern for the profit making corporate sectors as well. The turning of the business world into more society friendly and environment friendly is what is discussed in the respective paper. The paper intrinsically as well as instrumentally describes the issues a company or a corporate institution faces in the hands of the society if it does not meet to the societal expectations related to environmental concerns. The former article talks about the “no deforestation policy” by Nestle and the struggle of various corporate companies by exhibiting “sustainability” and “reputation” in order to survive and thrive in the fierce competition. The former article explicitly describes about the fact that each and every day the CEOs of various organizations have to deal with numerous strategic decisions, one of which is sustainability (Beckmann, Hielscher and Pies  2014). Sustainability has emerged into a strategic decision for the growth and development of a company as the society in today’s world has become more “environment conscious” or environment savvy and the public in today’s world are relatively well read with the latest news and happenings around the world, thanks to the technologies and its reach to even the marginalized and remote sections of the society. Therefore, the society and the public nowadays have a huge expectation from the companies about its ethical practices and if any company fails to get the desirable position and is seen to exploit the environment ruthlessly for their own selfish needs, the respective company is highly condemned not only through the alternate media but also through the popular media as well. Therefore, the former article has correctly introspected the necessity of sustainability as a strategy for growth and development of the corporate. On the other hand, the latter article talks about the dichotomy of the term “social responsibilities” that are vested upon the businesses in the neo- liberalized global economy of free market where capitalism and private property is the rule of the economic environment. The article, however, shrewdly places the word “responsibilities” with “shared values” and highlights the true and practical perspective that instead of taking a “one sided” responsibility, if the responsibilities are taken as shared values among the individuals, the credibility and profitability of the companies increase to a certain extent. Therefore, the latter article highlights the criticism regarding the utopian idea of “social responsibility” such as sustainability and charity of the corporate sectors and aligns it with “shared value creation” to give it a better meaning in the capitalist and neo- capitalist, fierce and competitive market (Grayson and Hodges 2017). However, it has to be noted that both the articles highlight the importance of “sustainability” and “social work” which has become an integral part of an organization’s reputation in the 21^st century.

(f) The articles provided by the NSW Government and the NSW Minerals Council discusses about the threats related to the unnecessary, impractical and forced legislation against the coalmine projects on the grounds of climate change and environmental degradation. The rejection of the Rocky Hill coalmine projects has set an alarm among the stakeholders of energy consumption, industries and the general public. The public and media has been questioning on the authenticity of the scope 3 emissions and the unnecessary obstacles created in the path of the resource exploitation. However, the counter argument to the respective articles would be that, as it is known throughout the world that resources, especially, the “non- renewable” ones, have become excessively endangered and scarce. The resources are no longer available in abundance due to the rapid industrialization and over-urbanization throughout the world. Therefore, the governments of all the countries need to have stringent laws and regulations for resource harness and exploitation in order to keep up the sustainability parameters of the country. The main argument that the activists have claimed, which has the immediate notification of any kind of regulatory action in resource harnessing to the stakeholders and community groups is indeed a rational claim as the harnessing of resources are directly linked with the progress and development of the country. Yet, it should not be forgotten that sustainable development is the most important hymn in today’s governance dynamics. In the global portal, sustainable development is recognized as the potential pathway for building smart and resilient cities, reducing poverty and safeguarding the natural environment. The aim of sustainable development is to achieve a symbiotic relationship between the economy, society and the environment (Griggs et al. 2013). Through proper sustainable development with appropriate allocation and exploitation of resources keeping the environment safe at the same time, a country can achieve wonders. Australia should also inculcate stringent regulatory measures to curb the overexploitation of the resources of the country. Australia should always strive for a better future for the upcoming fellow Australians. As it is well known that Australia is a developed country in the Asia Pacific region and also prolific in multidimensional and multifaceted skills, therefore, it is clear that the respective country has a plethora of potential in it. In order to fuel and accelerate her potential, the country must follow the rules and regulations of sustainability and also be lenient in the utilization of natural resources for her growth and development (Sachs 2015).

References:

Beckmann, M., Hielscher, S. and Pies, I., 2014. Commitment strategies for sustainability: how business firms can transform trade?offs into win–win outcomes. Business Strategy and the Environment, 23(1), pp.18-37.

Grayson, D. and Hodges, A., 2017. Corporate social opportunity!: Seven steps to make corporate social responsibility work for your business. Routledge.

Griggs, D., Stafford-Smith, M., Gaffney, O., Rockström, J., Öhman, M.C., Shyamsundar, P., Steffen, W., Glaser, G., Kanie, N. and Noble, I., 2013. Policy: Sustainable development goals for people and planet. Nature, 495(7441), p.305.

Rochecouste, J., Oliver, R., Bennell, D., Anderson, R., Cooper, I. and Forrest, S., 2017. Teaching Australian Aboriginal higher education students: what should universities do?. Studies in Higher Education, 42(11), pp.2080-2098.

Sachs, J.D., 2015. The age of sustainable development. Columbia University Press.