Essays on Social Issues

IEC Electronics is an American company in New York established in 1966 and deals with electronic components. IEC Electronics manufactures electronic components such as circuit boards, electrical cables, and wires for different industries including the military, healthcare, transport industry among others. Additional activities done by the company are such as...

The garment industry is a key driver of a country’s economy and development, employing millions of people and accounting for national export earnings. At the same time, a series of fatal factory incidents has highlighted the sector’s deplorable working conditions and has exposed international retailers and fashion brands for exploiting...

The global environment and the economy often play critical roles of forcing business partners to make adjustments within the company and results to the positive outcome.  The mandatory changes afford the chances which may have been overlooked in the past. As such, they can lead to higher employee morale and...

Economic development has led to the improvement of living standards across the United States and other developed states. Improvement of institutions such as healthcare as evidenced by the success of Medicare and Medicaid has increased life longevity. By implication, this development has increased the number of older people with the...

The rates of obesity have increased significantly in the recent past due to factors such as the sudden change of lifestyle and poor feeding habits(James et al, 2001 p,9). People rarely engage in physical exercises despite the poor diet. According to a recent report, people’s body mass index, which determines...

The mining industry is currently faced with skills shortage which in turn affects staffing negatively. Mining companies struggle to remain viable and profitable considering the skills shortage. Historically, mining industry has been a male dominated industry with very few women finding their way in the industry right from the entry...

Promote a quality workplace by investing in employee s development, providing opportunities for growth and safeguarding the company s interests and corporate rights. Implementation of Quality Standards Standards guiding business operation are vital to any company or institution. For an employer to be able to deter employees from breaking the set laws,...

As the world advance as witnessed in globalization and technological innovations, the consumer and industrial goods and services production increase significantly regarding quantity, quality and variety. Businesses always strive to ensure that commodities they offer to consumers meet the preferences of the given target market segments based on culture and...

The globalization process keeps on producing new surprises. Globalization 1.0 lasted until world war 1 and shrunk the world from large to medium size. Globalization 2.0 lasted until 2000, but still, most of the companies are at this stage. This stage shifted the world from medium-sized into small. Lastly, globalization...

About twenty-five years ago, China’s main concern was that it had a very high birth rate, too high to provide support for. As China limited its birth rate and introduced a birth control policy this matter came under control. However, as a result of the one-child policy, China has a...

Consumerism is the idea that increasing consumption is the best way to improve a country’s economy. It involves putting the needs of the consumers first and could be the motivation behind terms such as, “The customer is always right.” Furthermore, consumerism enables consumers to have access to luxury goods (Barber...

In the article “Homelessness has a black face” in the HuffPost, the article states that the scale of homelessness in the United States is reaching an alarming, especially among the African Americans. In the state of California, the number of homeless people has reached critical mass mainly due to unemployment...