Kevin has just been hired by a leading agricultural company. The company is interested in improving the profit margins in its research and development department, and Kevin is tasked with making this happen. After doing some research, he finds that the company is paying steep fines for polluting a local river and illegally dumping toxic waste (a bi-product of chemical and pesticide development
experiments) near its U.S. test facility. Kevin tasks his team to start making phone calls to strategize a move of the facility overseas. The company receives several offers from other countries that would like to attract the jobs and have fewer environmental regulations, so the company would pay fewer fines. This is known as __________.
A) planned obsolescence
B) the race to the bottom
C) the treadmill of production
D) environmental and profit sustainability
B) the race to the bottom
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Since black physicians were excluded from the American Medical Association, they created their own professional organization in 1908 titled ______.
A. Association of American Doctors B. African American Medical Association C. American Association of Black Physicians D. National Medical Association
A family wins a multimillion-dollar lottery. They can now buy whatever they want but they are still unhappy. How would Emile Durkheim explain this?
A. The money came from gambling, and the family is embarrassed about that fact. B. People are more satisfied when they understand and stay within limits and boundaries. C. The family ultimately feels guilty because other people they know are still struggling. D. They are just unhappy people with a disposition toward being glum.
Which of the following is a similarity between the assertions of feminist and conflict theorists?
A) ?Both emphasize that the medical system has concern for people. B) ?Both emphasize that illness is dysfunctional. C) ?Both emphasize the concept of the sick role. D) ?Both emphasize that men control women's health. E) ?Both emphasize the connection between health and inequality.