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stion 4 yet answered ed out of 500 ug question Time left 1:59.33 DIRECTIONS: Provided is an article that represents an issue within international business. Write 150-250-word paragraph with a brief summary while evaluating the causes and consequences of the issue and the impacts. Provide alternative suggestions and indicate what the corporation has violated. CNN World: China-The Electronic wastebasket of the world According to the April 2013 U.N. report "E-Waste in China," Gulyu suffered an "environmental calamity" as a result of the wide-scale e-waste disposal industry in the area. Much of the toxic pollution comes from burning circuit boards, plastic and copper wires, or washing them with hydrochloric acid to recover valuable metals like copper and steel. In doing so, workshops contaminate workers and the environment with toxic heavy metals like lead, beryllium and cadmium, while also releasing hydrocarbon ashes into the air, water and soil, the report said. For first-time visitors to Gulyu, the air leaves a burning sensation in the eyes and nostrils. Studies by the Shantou University Medical College revealed that many children tested in Gulyu had higher than average levels of lead in their blood, which can stunt the development of the brain and central nervous system. Piles of technological scrap had been dumped in a muddy field just outside of town. There, water buffalo grazed and soaked themselves in ponds surrounded by piles of electronic components with labels like Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Epson and Dell. The enormous animals casually stomped through mounds of sheet glass, which clearly had been removed from video monitors. Flat screen displays often use mercury, a highly toxic metal. "Releases of mercury can occur during the dismantling of equipment such as flat-screen displays," wrote Greenpeace, in a report titled "Toxic Tech." "Incineration or landfilling can also result in releases of mercury to the environment...that can bioaccumulate and biomagnify to high levels in food chains, particularly in fish." Most of the workers in Guiyu involved in the e-waste business are migrants from destitute regions of China and poorly educated. Many of them downplayed the potential damage the industry could cause to their health. Several migrants said that while the work is tough, it allows them more freedom than working on factory lines where young children are not permitted to enter the premises and working hours are stringent. A group of farmers who had migrated from neighbouring Guangxi province to cultivate rice in Gulyu told CNN they did not dare drink the local well water. They claimed if they tried to wash clothes and linens with the water, it turned fabrics yellow. The head of the group, who identified himself as Zhou, had another shocking admission. Original Source (1:6 marks, C:2 marks) Inquiry: 6 marks • 1 mark for explaining the issue. • 1 mark for sharing the causes of the issue. • 1 mark for discussing the consequences of the issue. • 1 mark for specifying the impacts of the issue. 1 mark for mentioning the CSR violation observed in this article. 1 mark for the alternative suggestions. 7:05 PM 11/6/2022 stion 4 yet answered ed out of 500 ug question Time left 1:59.33 DIRECTIONS: Provided is an article that represents an issue within international business. Write 150-250-word paragraph with a brief summary while evaluating the causes and consequences of the issue and the impacts. Provide alternative suggestions and indicate what the corporation has violated. CNN World: China-The Electronic wastebasket of the world According to the April 2013 U.N. report "E-Waste in China," Gulyu suffered an "environmental calamity" as a result of the wide-scale e-waste disposal industry in the area. Much of the toxic pollution comes from burning circuit boards, plastic and copper wires, or washing them with hydrochloric acid to recover valuable metals like copper and steel. In doing so, workshops contaminate workers and the environment with toxic heavy metals like lead, beryllium and cadmium, while also releasing hydrocarbon ashes into the air, water and soil, the report said. For first-time visitors to Gulyu, the air leaves a burning sensation in the eyes and nostrils. Studies by the Shantou University Medical College revealed that many children tested in Gulyu had higher than average levels of lead in their blood, which can stunt the development of the brain and central nervous system. Piles of technological scrap had been dumped in a muddy field just outside of town. There, water buffalo grazed and soaked themselves in ponds surrounded by piles of electronic components with labels like Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Epson and Dell. The enormous animals casually stomped through mounds of sheet glass, which clearly had been removed from video monitors. Flat screen displays often use mercury, a highly toxic metal. "Releases of mercury can occur during the dismantling of equipment such as flat-screen displays," wrote Greenpeace, in a report titled "Toxic Tech." "Incineration or landfilling can also result in releases of mercury to the environment...that can bioaccumulate and biomagnify to high levels in food chains, particularly in fish." Most of the workers in Guiyu involved in the e-waste business are migrants from destitute regions of China and poorly educated. Many of them downplayed the potential damage the industry could cause to their health. Several migrants said that while the work is tough, it allows them more freedom than working on factory lines where young children are not permitted to enter the premises and working hours are stringent. A group of farmers who had migrated from neighbouring Guangxi province to cultivate rice in Gulyu told CNN they did not dare drink the local well water. They claimed if they tried to wash clothes and linens with the water, it turned fabrics yellow. The head of the group, who identified himself as Zhou, had another shocking admission. Original Source (1:6 marks, C:2 marks) Inquiry: 6 marks • 1 mark for explaining the issue. • 1 mark for sharing the causes of the issue. • 1 mark for discussing the consequences of the issue. • 1 mark for specifying the impacts of the issue. 1 mark for mentioning the CSR violation observed in this article. 1 mark for the alternative suggestions. 7:05 PM 11/6/2022

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