Blog Due 4/9

PARTNER: JACK WITT

Chapter 10 Summary

Chapter 10 focuses on the composition of an effective evaluation and all the aspects around it. Our major is business sustainability, and as listed above, has many different perspectives that make it up. Therefore, after reading the chapter on evaluation, I cannot come to a conclusion of the evaluative process in sustainability. There is no set process of elimination for any argument other than you can conclude that what you've already tried will not work. Depending on the situation or topic, it differs from problem to problem. Business sustainability will have a completely different view than environmental sustainability. However, this chapter provides valuable information on how evaluations play an important role in our current writing project as a whole.

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Book: Business Ethics; Second Edition

Authors: Andrew Crane, Dirk Matten 

Oxford University Press Inc, New York, 2007.

The reason I have chosen to use this ebook rather than an article more relative to our genre is because the author's of this book provide evidence backing what we have already concluded from an interview. In the first chapter of this book they break up sustainability into three main categories; Economic, social, and environmental. Each of these provide a wide spectrum to cover when engaging a problem related to sustainability. The author's, after breaking it up into three parts, introduce a new working definition of sustainability. "Sustainability refers to the long-term maintenance of systems according to environmental, economic, and social considerations". The chapter continues by explaining each of the three factors more in depth. It explains how each perspective was developed and how it is used. After each section of writing the author's have added in a question, a question pertaining to the perspective that was just noted, explaining a problem that you are to solve. Each problem is accompanied by a solution for those who dont want to challenge themselves. Although whether or not my partner and I could answer any of these questions they have introduced us to some of the questions sustainability majors are answering at their own jobs. Mere exposure to these types of questions has given us a better understanding on the process described in one interview. Unfortunately the major of sustainability has conflicting systems. Many different perspectives needed to be taken in order to come up with a hypothesis. The job of the sustainability major will be different each time they start a new project, and there are relatively infinite solutions to each problem. It is their job to figure out which solution will suit then situation best. 



Article: "Sustainability: An Ethical Approach Towards Business Project Success"
Author: G.S. Dangayach
World Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology, 2007

Claim: Project managers are oblivious to the impacts their projects have on the environment
Data: Scientific research has recorded industrialism throughout the years and supports
Warrant: Inconsiderate project managers should face a consequence
Backing: The current state of the environment reflects the outcome of project managers not taking the earth into consideration when carrying out their projects
Reservation: Some projects may not turn out to be as sustainable as thought or intended to be because it is simply not possible.
Qualifier: As often as possible, project managers should seek the most sustainable route when executing their plans.

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In-Class Work 4/3

Article: "Business Sustainabililty and Undergraduate Management Education; an Australian Study"
Author: Josie Fisher and Ingrid Bonn
 Claim: Businesses need to become more sustainableData: scholars have concluded this in their researchWarrant: the scholars' research shows that business sustainability is an important issue businesses are currently facingBacking: research and scholars support this claimReservation: Takes time; costly to become more sustainable and perhaps certain businesses would not benefit anymoreQualifier: Based on the current environmental conditions, it is essedntial that businesses take/seek a more sustainable way to manage their businesses PARTNER: Jack Witt

Blog Due 4/2

After reading Michael Carter's "Ways of Knowing, Doing, and Writing" and thoroughly analyzing the four meta-genres, I have concluded that the "Responses to Academic Situations That Call for Research from Sources." Currently, my major is Business Sustainability. As I read through the meta-genres, I found that my discipline focuses more on finding innovative and sustainable solutions to issues affecting our planet and and environment. In order to do this successfully, one must do research and use primary and secondary resources when proposing solutions. From what I have learned so far about my discipline and what I have been told from my academic adviser, research plays a huge role in my major. As a business sustainability major, you must keep up with the latest technological advancements, the current environmental risks, all while applying multiple business components. This can only be done through research and becoming informed, which is why it is essential that a person in my major is competent in conducting research and applying its outcomes in projects, arguments, problems, etc. Like Carter mentioned in his article, it is crucial that a person in my discipline views literature and research from multiple perspectives. While my major has to do with reducing the stress on the global environment, and improving our quality of life in general, there is also the business side of it that needs to be kept in mind at all times. I believe this makes my discipline a little more difficult when compared to just Sustainability or Business, for both fields of study must be taken into account. One cannot just see the business or the sustainable side of an issue; there must be equality and middle ground between the two. Carter's article provided me with the opportunity to really analyze my discipline in depth and emphasized the importance of research within the major of Business Sustainability.

Works Cited

 Carter, Michael. "Ways of Knowing, Doing, and Writing in the Disciplines." N.p., n.d. 

             Web. 2 Apr. 2013.