These p-plate laws are affective in reducing accidents on the road, because they reduce p-plate drivers to a low speed as well as slow cars. Peer pressure is another important factor which can cause accidents on the road. The current laws help to reduce peer pressure, by not allowing p-plate drivers under the age of 25 no more than one passenger at a time under the age of 21 between the hours of 11pm and 5am. This p-plate law helps in reducing peer pressure related accidents, because it stops overcrowded cars and distractions from friends, which allows the driver to focus only on the road. Lastly, Drivers safety is an important issue within the current p-plate
The Loss of loved ones; loss of important family members and loss of friends resulting from irresponsible drunk drivers on the road are tragic and permanent. Drunk driving is like playing with fire because most of the time, the drunk drivers think they are suitable for driving. Unfortunately, the liquor already affects their minds, they do not care about themselves and other people’s lives, and that is not only selfish but a deadly combination. You have no right to let anyone else suffer from the consequence of your action especially innocent bystanders and their loved ones. One of the biggest causes of drunk driving is the person who hasn’t adequately prepared for the situation.
They have shown this by closing a few stores in a higher-crime-rate area because they were losing money, by only offering a very limited amount of health-conscience and organic products because they are high margin items and by declining to donate to the local food bank because of worries over lost revenues. Company Q is not displaying an obligation to its stakeholders; particularly the customers, community and employees by not maximizing a positive impact through ethical and philanthropic actions. In order for Company Q is improve their reputation they need to take on a socioeconomic approach to social responsibility. This approach focuses not only on profits but on the benefit of the business to society. Company Q can improve their social responsibility in three areas; customer satisfaction, community outreach and employee trust.
Ethical Issues in Business - Objective 310.2.1-05 Evaluation It is clear that Company Q has protected its shareholders investments as well as the company’s profits by closing failing stores in high-crime areas which were consistently losing money. However, there are many areas in which Company Q has not lived up to their ethical duty to be social responsible, by failing to have a positive effect and not making attempts to decrease their negative effect on society. The lack of response to consistent customer requests for more healthconscience and organic products demonstrated a complete disinterest in their community’s health, customer satisfaction, and consequently return business. Lack of return business creates revenue loss, and affects both the business and the shareholders. When the requested products were finally available in the stores, the prices of the products were very high and the product variety was extremely limited.
Clincher A. Distracted driving has taken the lives of thousands. Its mainly due to carelessness and a lack of responsibility. B. There are now more technological advances that can help us prevent any more deaths.
The automobile allowed people to get from point A to point B in half the time. They also were easier to operate than a horse, requiring less attention and maintenance and were available at an affordable cost. Automobiles however did negatively affect the country. They caused family time to begin to dwindle except for the occasional “Sunday” drive. Another negative thing they affected was the pollution of the environment.
Export commodities which have been banned from sale in the United States No, a business shouldn’t be able to export commodities that have been banned from the United States. There are reasons that these products have been banned whether its drugs, chemicals or some other product it most likely causes harm to individuals or has some kind of danger to it. Although a company’s main concern is making a profit they still have other responsibilities that also contribute to their profits that they receive. Everything a business does reflects on them in either a good
Even in instances where cameras were shown to decrease certain types of accidents, they increased other accidents. The use of red light cameras has definitely allowed motorists to become more conscience of their surroundings when approaching an intersection. They are less likely to proceed through an intersection and risk a chance of receiving a violation. Consequently, the fewer tickets issued the less revenue for cities. Statistics show that the number of tickets has dropped during recent years having a major impact on the number of red light
This meant that the less fortunate families would not associate with the upper class workers who owned cars. Public transport then went down as less people were in need of it because many railway lines were closed, as visitors would then use their own cars. From the enormous number of cars on the road, the number of deaths from car accidents increased as well. Which mean that soon later road construction and safety devices such as seatbelts were introduced and saved many lives. Australia was introduced to a lot of new technological advancements in the 1950’s, which affected Australia in both positive and negative aspects.
In my opinion it is a sick cycle, which enviably will reduce the standard of living in the United States. The individuals seeking to pay less for their purchases don’t realize the effect it has on the surrounding economy, including reduced wages, reduced community support, reduced business opportunity, reduced land values, reduced tax base, and ultimately lower standard and quality of living for most members of the community. I personally think that Wal-Mart is a modern day monopoly. It kills the competition. This is harmful for our economy.