Reference no: EM133192110 , Length: Word count: 2100 words

Assignment Problem:

Article 1: The Blue Sky Mine and Corporate Social Responsibility

In response to wartime demand, the Blue Sky Mine was opened in Western Australia in the early 1940s and operated until it became unprofitable in the mid-60s.

The mine and its aftermath became the subject of a smash hit by the Australian rock band, Midnight Oil, who recently has returned to the global rock music scene. The song is emblematic of the issue of corporate social responsibility and is part of the Oils' vast catalog of songs on environmental and social justice issues.

You may wish to listen to these music videos: Dead Heart, Beds Are Burning, and Dream world.

A. To prepare for your original posting, do some online research about the Blue Sky Mine and then view the official music video "Blue Sky by Midnight Oil (on page 8 under their Videos tab) in order to:

1. Identify (and post using 1a, 1b, etc to identify your answers)

a. what was mined here and for what purpose the material was/is used

b. how the Colonial Sugar Refinery treated its miners during and after the mine operations

c. whether or not the company demonstrated principles of corporate social responsibility (look this term up if it's unfamiliar to you) 

B. If they did demonstrate corporate social responsibility, describe at least two example of how they did demonstrate CSR

a. if they did not demonstrate corporate social responsibility, describe at least two examples of how they could have demonstrated CSR

b. who is responsible for ensuring corporate social responsibility in any setting in any nation and why

2. Describe (and post) how Midnight Oil uses music (speed, tone, volume, key, etc.), lyrics, and, importantly, images to tell the story of the Blue Sky Mine -

Please elaborate one well written paragraph per question.

Article 2: Big Sugar, Lake Okeechobee, and Florida's Water

Recent years have seen voter mandates to the Florida Legislature to deal with Everglades protection, dramatic videos of summer time red tide and green slime outbreaks (see videos below) on both of South Florida's coasts, and considerable infighting in the Legislature over whether or not to deal with the growing crisis in South Florida's water flow.

A. Read these online stories and view the video as background.

• Big Sugar Hires 64 Lobbyists in Tallahassee
• Bittersweet: The Sugar Industry in South Florida
• Florida Legislature Passes Everglades Restoration Bill - May 2017
• Lake Okeechobee: A Time Warp for Polluted Water
• What is Eutrophication? (video)
• U.S. Sugar Corporation home page
• What is Florida's Red Tide?
• Blue-green algae

B. Now answer the following questions in your posting and number your responses B1 and B2

1. How has cartoonist Doug MacGregor used the cartoon at the top of this page to illustrate the current status of the quality of South Florida's water flow? That is, how has he used the map, colors, shapes, etc. to tell this story? Be sure to include in your discussion the aspects of South Florida's water flow as part of the Greater Everglades Ecosystems.

2. Describe whether or not you think the illustration is accurate in its depiction. Use your textbook readings or the above articles/video to support your description.

Two well written paragraphs per question

Article 3: The Best Contraceptives?

It has been said that in nations seeking to reduce their population growth rate, a combination of sustainable economic development along with improved educational and socio-economic opportunities for women are the best "contraceptives" (i.e. ways to reduce a woman's total fertility rate; don't know this term? Look it up before posting).

A. How does improving educational opportunities for women help reduce population growth (in those nations seeking to do so)?  Cite specific scientific, demographic, socioeconomic and/or geopolitical evidence from one (1) nation that is working to reduce its population growth rate and where improving education for women has worked / is working.

Be sure to back up your explanations with some research .Be sure to read relevant sections of your text Start with these background readings:

• United Nations' Girls' Education Initiative
• The Beijing Platform for Action Turns 20
• The World Bank's Girls' Education Overview

A1. Identify a nation that has been / is working to reduce its population growth. For how long?  Note: if you choose to discuss China's one-child policy from the past, be aware that is no longer their policy, that which changed in 2021, and address the new policy as well.

A2. Describe what this nation has done to improve the educational opportunities for its women?  Cite also statistics/data.

A3. How have increased educational opportunities for these women changed their socio-economic status?  Cite also statistics/data.