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I’m a firm believer in the Hawthorne study/effect and have been practicing it for the past twenty years in my own business.   By just paying attention, listening, and including your employees (individuals) one can expect dedication and loyalty in return. Not to mention increased productivity.   My belief to being a successful manager is having, or developing, the ability to listen, and respect, the individuals you work with.   I developed this management style only after working with a number of unskilled supervisors, promising myself I would not repeat the same poor methods once starting my own business.

**Describe a supervisor who was a poor supervisor (un-motivating, indecisive, uncaring, etc.) — what were their characteristics or actions that made you feel that way?

I’ve had a number of poor supervisors over the years.   Ones that leave little room for growth; micro-manage every move; no one is right except the manager; input refused; the supervisor’s way or the highway.   Supervisors of this nature in turn receive little to no respect, lack of loyalty, see a high turnover rate in staffing.   Managers of this style also see little respect from upper management which in turn only fuels the manager to take it out on their subordinates.   In all reality I owe my success to all the lack luster managers I ever worked with.

Research and find an alternative/opposing point of view to Climate Change as proposed in the Introduction.

Found a really good article written by Arthur Weinstein outlining alternative and opposing views on climate change.   In his article he wrote about 5 different opinions.   One viewpoint was remedies may hurt more than rising temperatures.   In efforts to fix the problem we could very easily do more harm to the environment.   Another issue discussed was action must be taken, but U.S. shouldn’t bear the burden.   This a global problem.   It will take global effort to reduce, or eliminate environmental issues.   There are those who also argue that computer models may not be right in regards to climate change.   Furthermore, they argue the earth’s climate normally change in time ₁.

₁ https://listosaur.com/politics/5-opposing-viewpoints-on-climate-change

 

What environmental responsibilities do we have to the rest of the world?

We’ve the responsibility to clean up our own self-made mess.   We include factories, governments, nations, as a whole, on a global scale.   That doesn’t mean just a few countries pitch in to try to make environmental change.   It means the world comes together.   Unrealistic?   There’s a place where every nation in the world meets, the United Nations.   If we can get every nation in the world to sit in the same room, how unrealistic can it be?

 

What obligations do we have to future generations?

Our obligations to future generations are pretty clear.   If we do nothing, generations to come may inherit a barren rock, no natural resources left, a new Mars.   We’re already late to the game.   We needed to start making changes a long time ago.   Many are now starting to look to the future asking “is this really what I want to leave to my children, to their children, maybe their children’s children?   Hopefully it’s not too late to repair the damage so as our future generations can enjoy what we’ve exploited.

Firestone 500 Steel Belted Radials

In the late 1960’s — 1970, feeling the pressure from competitors, Firestone Tire began developing the all new steel belted tire named the “Firestone 500’.   By 1972 Firestone began producing and distributing their new technologically advanced tire.   However, with little R & D time the tire immediately began having serious problems.   The problem was identified, by Firestone, as the steel belts separating from the tire tread and/or inner tire body due to adhesive failure.   Even though there were serious safety issues with the tire Firestone continued to produce and distribute the product.   Only after 1000’s of reported accidents and up to 40 known fatalities was Firestone forced to recall their tires.   In 1978 Firestone had produced over 23 million of the defective tires between 1972 and 1980, most of which were recalled.   Firestone was not only held accountable for the recall, but was also fined by the US Government.

 

Firestone article can be found here:

https://www.autosafety.org/firestone-500-steel-belted-radials/