POVERTY AND POLLUTION

Assignment 2 - Poverty and Pollution Case Study



Assignment 2 - Poverty and Pollution Case Study

1.Ethical implications of business polluting in a third world country

Poverty forces people and nations, especially in developing countries, to engage in many activities that are unsustainable and harmful to the environment. The poor who must find their daily subsistence and poor countries who need export earnings to service debt tend to exploit their natural resources forests, fisheries and mining. Environmentally sensitive lands unsuitable for agriculture and are the subject of intensive cultivation and overgrazing. This causes soil erosion, depletion of water resources, lower yields for crops and desertification.

Women and poor children often spend several hours a day fetching water and firewood time and energy that could be better spent in school, to community development and to establish good family relationships. Land degradation and poverty in rural areas to encourage mass migration to already overcrowded urban areas where the lack of clean water, sanitation services and garbage collection contribute to the development of diseases and water pollution.

Poverty (which is associated with high rates of infant mortality) motivates households to have more children to ensure that it will remain the breadwinners. Poverty explains that some developing countries (and poor regions in industrialized countries) import toxic waste to earn foreign exchange. In fact, poverty is derived from the adoption by the poor development model used by industrialized countries, involving the widespread use of technologies that generate pollution, methods of intensive crop chemicals and a variety other activities that waste energy and natural resources.

Developing countries suffer from environmental problems such as global warming and depletion of the ozone layer which so far have been largely caused by the economic activities of developed countries. Poor countries lack the financial resources to move to environmentally sound technologies that are more expensive and adopt sustainable practices. In addition to environmental and humanitarian invoice, poverty contributes to social tensions, political instability and armed conflict (Barnett, T. & et al, 1994).

2.Reasons of conducting a business in a third world country without any pollution control

The primarily measures to reduce pollution of many governments, declare their readiness to politically promote innovative green technologies. Problem lies in the fact that the benefits of this will be apparent only in the long term, and investment is needed now. Therefore extremely important role played by the international climate agreement a real chance for developing scientific, innovation cooperation with foreign partners, a powerful impetus to the development of science and industry, and it is the responsibility of the state to the world in environmental issues.

Climate change has become an important factor in decision making by public bodies, companies and citizens, especially in the developed countries. Business begins to invest in the implementation of new environmental technologies, such as energy, engineering and construction. Many companies are actively adjust its business strategy, recognizing that climate change issues are becoming increasingly important for both their development and well being of clients and customers (Eskeland, ...