Tuesday, April 9, 2013

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.


 
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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