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Introduction
Environmental protection needs to be at the center stage of economic productivity in order to attain sustainability. In light of economic production, sustainability is attained by various measures. These include reducing waste production through the use of green approaches such as recycling, re using, reducing and so forth. The process of valuing environmental products also needs to put in consideration the actual value of the respective environmental goods. It can not be disputed that market trends have had far reaching implications on the holistic wellbeing of the environment. In this regard, they accord important environmental goods a lower value than that of the actual value. This can be used to explain why the relative products continue to be over exploited to the point of depletion. Furthermore, this has culminated in environmental degradation that stems from pollution. It is against this background that this paper reviews the processes that are employed in producing Everlast Energy Mints. This is in a bid to underscore the environmental implications of the processes and measures that can be undertaken to mainstream sustainability in these.
The energy mints produced by the company include Foosh energy mints and Buzz bites energy mints. The objective for this production was to provide busy consumers with cheap alternatives to other caffeinated products. The fact that the products are potable and can be purchased easily saves time and resources that could have otherwise been employed for getting coffee. The Foosh Energy Mints have various blends of ingredients employed for producing energy such as taurine, ginseng, five different vitamin B and caffeine. These are useful in increasing endurance, stimulating the metabolism of the consumer and generally rejuvenating oneself. The target consumers for this product include drivers, sports enthusiasts and students. Likewise, Buzz Bites contain taurine, ginseng, vitamin B, chocolate and caffeine. They work in similar way like the Foosh Energy Mints. In addition to these basic ingredients, Buzz bites also contain sweetened and condensed skim milk, corn syrup, part hydrogenated coconut oil, water, unsweetened chocolate, salt, natural and artificial flavors and calcium caseinate.
Notably, the products have various ingredients that are drawn form different sources. This implies that more natural resources are derived from the environment to manufacture the products. In this regard, it is worth noting that a significant amount of energy is used in deriving the respective products. Since fossil fuels are in most instances employed for running the relative machines, this implies that a higher volume of green house gases are released in the atmosphere from the process. According to Diamond, the wastes that are produced during this initial stage come from different sources and are more than the market value of the product (361). Objective valuation of the environmental goods employed in the production of every piece of the energy mints is comparatively higher than the actual market price that the product has been accorded. This has massive negative implications on the wellbeing of the environment. According to Diamond, the environmental losses that are experienced are more than the human gain or benefit that is derived from the product (361).
The production process of the products is also involving and requires use of various machines. Likewise, fossil fuels are employed in running the machines during production. The fossil fuels are also derived from the environment and the green house gases that they emit greatly affect the wellbeing of the environment. In particular, pollution leads to loss of biological diversity that cushions the human race against the negative implications that are associated with drastic environmental changes. Furthermore, pollution degrades the environment and undermines its ability to uphold positive and quality production. This has adverse implications on the populations that depend solely on the environment for their sustenance (362). In this regard, it should be acknowledged that negative environmental impacts are trans-boundary and affect the entire global race. Moreover, over exploitation of these resources in some instances deplete the respective resources. The practice in this regard is detrimental because it denies the future populations and generations of a chance to share in the natural resource base. In this regard, it is worth appreciating that the concept of sustainability requires the needs of the current populations to be catered for without compromising the diverse needs of the future generations. Exploitation in this regard needs to be moderated and put in line with the established environmental regulations.
The process of manufacturing the product requires employment of human labor to not only run the machines but to also perform other forms of manual labor such as packaging. The health of humanity is directly depended on environmental health. Arguably, environmental destruction that is associated with the production of green house gases compromises the availability of labor to be employed in production. This is due to the fact that it puts human health at stake. The wastes that emanate from the process of production such as waste water and other forms of solid wastes are disposed in the environment accordingly. In some instances, these are recycled in order to reduce environmental exploitation. Compared to using new resources, recycling is cost effective and sustainable. It not only saves the resources but also reduces the costs that are incurred during waste disposal. For instance, the waste water that is used in cleaning can be later employed for cooling and treated to be used for irrigation. The company needs to consider employing these approaches to address the mentioned problems.
In the Czech Dream film, the attitudes of populations are presented to be market oriented. The decisions that are made by the respective individuals are market based and greatly influenced by the relative trends. Likewise, the decisions, goals and objectives that are made by the company manufacturing this product are greatly influenced by market trends. For instance, advertising of the product is done online and in business journals and documentaries. Pursuit of this also requires high amounts of energy that are derived from environmental resources. According to Patel, relative costs are hardly factored in the price of the products (47). The undervaluing of important environmental resources in this regard is based on the fact that the environment is a common resource that all individuals need to benefit from. Continued exploitation of the environmental resources culminates in massive losses that undermine the health of both the human as well as those of the environment.
The ingredients of the products are also solely based on the needs of the clients as opposed to the environmental concerns. In this regard, the inclusion of various ingredients that are derived from different environmental resources is informed by the need to satisfy the needs of the consumer base. Specifically, the main aim is to provide energy needs for busy individuals who do not have time to take caffeine. The pricing of the products is also based on market trend and does not reflect the environmental value. Undue emphasis on the market factors has made it difficult for the companies to review its production process. The profit oriented motive has culminated in increased environmental pollution. Certainly, economic production is furthered at the expense of environmental protection. In this regard, it is important for the organization to include the cots of environmental goods in the price of the product.
The packaging material employed by this company is not biodegradable. This implies that further pollution is experienced after the products have been consumed accordingly. Statistical evidence indicates that although most populations are becoming conversant with environmental protection, not all of them assume environmentally friendly practices. Therefore, it can not be disputed that pollution is further experienced after the products have been consumed. In this respect, the company needs to embark on awareness creation of the consumer base in order to counter the abovementioned negative impacts.
The social aspect of the environment is equally important because of the direct impacts that it has on the wellbeing of humanity. Release of green house gases in the environment and environmental pollution culminates in environmental degradation. As aforementioned, this denies the poor populations of a chance to benefit from the natural resource base. Directly, this increases their susceptibility to environmental disasters and leads to poverty. From an ethical point of view, this is unacceptable because it culminate sin immense suffering. Further, the relative resource based conflicts that are caused by dwindling resources lead to deaths and undermine the quality of life of the populations that depend on the particular resources for survival. The preceding social problems can be addressed by moderating resource exploitation and curbing environmental pollution and degradation.
At this point, it is certain that the Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship course has played a leading role in empowering both students and communities in different ways. The relative establishment and liquidation of a business is instrumental in exposing the students to first hand information regarding the concepts of business management and entrepreneurship. This triggers the art of creative and critical thinking that is important for decision making in the current corporate environment. Economic empowerment of communities that benefit from the businesses is ethical and morally acceptable. It is a classic illustration of corporate social responsibility that requires all stakeholders to actively participate in the administration of a business entity.
The involvement in the management of the businesses also allows the students to establish viable business as well as social networks with other organizations. In the current complex and dynamic corporate environment, experience is of paramount importance in sharpening the skills. The experience also slows the students to practice theoretical knowledge in the field. Coupled with the opportunities for networking, this allows the students to be conversant with the dynamics of the management profession before entering the field. Certainly the course is well structures and gives its students a unique opportunity to gain knowledge and skills through practical experience. However, to attain optimal results, students should be allowed to benefit from the profits of the businesses. From a psychological point of view, this would go a long way in enhancing sustainability of the education experience. This is attributable to the ‘ownership’ feeling that characterizes this experience.
Works Cited
Czech Dream. Dir. Vit Klusak and Filip Remunda. ARTE, 2004.
Diamond Jared. Collapse: How Societies Choose to fail or Succeed. USA: Viking Adult, 2004. Print.
Patel Raj. The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy. USA: Picador, 2010. Print.
How Technology Will Influence the Field of Pastry Arts.
Andrea Godoy
Professor Erin vonSteubenEnglish 101
1 July 2020
How Technology Will Influence the Field of Pastry Arts.
How Technology Will Influence the Field of Pastry Arts.
Introduction
Pastry arts encompass skillful and professional sections such as bakery, chef, salesperson, dietitian, cook, secretary, flight attendant, accountant designer, and chocolatier. Pastry arts majorly get employed by restaurants, large hotels, bakeries, different cafes, and bistros. A pastry chef is a trained and skillful professional tradesman and cook proficient in all aspects of food and always based on a specific cuisine. In this case, the professional approaches to making quality products require a trending technique of technology. As a pastry chef, technology will help me run my business in the areas of advertising, managing business finances, and finding new ideas.
Advertising
Many small businesses today have taken advantage of technology to make their presence known in the market, which will be very useful for a pastry business. The pastry business can include platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Snapchat to expose their professional and skilled products. The social features are incredible tools for the pastry chef to communicate to the targeted customers and carry out a valid transaction (Bughin et al. 3). Ideally, customers would desire quality products and services from pastry chefs, where the social media tool aids in creating better consumer microsegments (Bughin et al. 13). Here, the pastry chef can achieve different sentiments from their customer, which also acts as a form of advertising their products.
Social media is one of the most powerful advertising tools that small business owners must take advantage of. The AIDA model has been used for online marketing, and the potential for social media is yet untapped (Hassan et al. 62). The technic of AIDA enables the customer to get an overview of the products of an organization. In this case, it communicates to the customer and advertises the company’s trending products and services. The site designation of the business needs to be professional and straightforward to navigate (Brown 69). Ideally, the customer can identify the logo, trend the pastry chef’s information, and answer the customer’s questions.
Technology is a very cheap or even free advertising tool that business owners can use even on a limited budget. The social media aids organization in developing optional and reliable approaches of transacting, which cuts costs hence reducing the budget (Bughin et al. 10). As a pastry chef, monetary transactions through social media are effective and less costly when advertising the products. Customers often desire fast and accessible services. In this case, social media is reliable since it cuts the cost of irrelevant employees in the pastry business (Westerman et al. 50). In some instances, the cost of advertisement through social media platforms is free.
With many people always on their smartphones, tablets, and computers, they will easily find the businesses advertised online. In this case, social media digitally advertises and enables an individual to access the physical location of the pastry business through mobile applications (Bughin et al. 9). Ideally, the customer can continuously identify where a commodity is and whether ambient circumstances have changed (Bughin et al. 3). The social media incorporated with the internet can include the use of FedEx’s SenseAware program that enables the customer to gain knowledge of the product they need from pastry business (Bughin et al. 5). Therefore, it will attract newly targeted and potential customers leading to pastry business success.
Managing Business Finances
Managing business finances is vital for the success of any business, and this also applies when one decides to run a pastry business either on a small or large scale. The individual needs to consider relevant factors such as replacing the traditional form of monetary transactions and using credible technology. It is a practical and straightforward approach for a pastry chef to incorporate financial activities in social media (Westerman et al. 75). The monitoring of finances in the business will allow the pastry chef to examine the growth in the market through technology.
A business owner has to keep track of all expenditures and income to find out if they are making a profit, and the software comes in handy for this. An attraction for buyers is an opening for pastry businesses to substitute a tremendous amount of capital investment with granular and more flexible operating expenditures (Bughin et al. 4). The use of technological tools, such as barcode readers and financial statements generated technologically, will allow the pastry business to view and gain knowledge of how finances get utilized. Therefore, the pastry chef can apply the use of accounting applications such as wave, Quickbooks Online, and FreshBooks to track the expenditures like; financial obligation and financial options, and credit facilities for the business.
Managing financial data is relevant for a pastry chef. Business owners can keep track of their financial obligations such as employee salaries, debts to be paid, and money owed to the business using technology (Bughin et al. 4). Ideally, advanced analytic software is an incredible technology that focuses on keeping massive data for businesses. In this case, the pastry chef can track and determine the number of employees requiring payment (Bughin et al. 4). The technology also provides a useful platform for the pastry chef to list goals and ideas on the website (Brown 28). Here, the pastry can determine whether the expenses and profits gained in the business.
Technology allows business owners to find financing options and credit facilities. It is relevant for a pastry chef to include the use of technology in the business to ensure that the customer has different options for carrying out financial activities. In this case, the pastry business needs to expand on mobile payments to make it easier for the customer to transact (Westerman 38). The customer would prefer accessing payment method through a cheaper means, that is, mobile payment technique (Westerman 38). Therefore, incorporating technology will positively influence the field of pastry arts due to financial reliability.
Finding New Ideas
Technology also helps those in the pastry business discover innovative ideas such as the most recent appliances and cooking methods. The technology will impact and enables pastry to access information through computers by allowing and individual to search and get the meaning of the desired concept (Bughin et al. 7). It is achieved through the understanding and processing of the machines. Therefore, technology is an impactive concept for gaining knowledge that pastry can apply in the business
A pastry chef can apply technology for pricing purposes in the business. The use of technology helps business owners find the best prices as they set up businesses such as appliances, which can even be sourced from overseas markets (Westerman et al. 27). Ideally, the technology can impact pastry chefs by comparing different websites for proper and (Brown 28). Therefore, accessing information is possible, and accessible through technology means has a decisive factor for a pastry chef.
People running a pastry business can rely on platforms such as YouTube to discover current trends and preferences in the market. Besides YouTube as a tool for advertising, pastry chefs can gain different information and apply them to improve their products (Westerman et al. 38). Customers often get ideas of products from the YouTube channel hence the desire to purchase them when they get interested. In this form, technology can improve pastry chefs’ skills and professionalism, hence a decisive factor for consideration.
Business owners can meet others in their field on the internet to share tips and ideas about their experiences and grow their businesses. Through technology, the desire to access someone has become more comfortable and faster. Pastry business needs to include different channels in its operation to communicate with other developed or undeveloped organization through emails, phones, and social media platforms. (Westerman et al. 42). Technology has made it simpler through internet connection such as WiFi connection hence making it faster for an organization to communicate with others (Westerman et al. 42). In this case, technology can impact pastry through accessible communication and the sharing of reliable ideas of the business.
Conclusion
Technology is essential in the running of any business, and it transforms the way a business operates. Technology in the pastry business is useful in marketing, managing finances, and discovering new ideas for the business. The pastry owners need to consider incorporating technology in their business for better growth. The pastry chef also needs to consider applying technology for the reduction of cost and gaining more customers.
Works Cited
Brown, Bruce C. How to use the internet to advertise, promote, and market your business or web site: with little or no money. Atlantic Publishing Company, 2011.
Bughin, Jacques, Michael Chui, and James Manyika. “Ten IT-enabled business trends for the decade ahead.” McKinsey Quarterly 13.May (2013).
Hassan, Shahizan, Siti Zaleha Ahmad Nadzim, and Norshuhada Shiratuddin. “Strategic use of social media for small business based on the AIDA model.” Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences 172 (2015): 262-269.
Westerman, George, Didier Bonnet, and Andrew McAfee. Leading digital: Turning technology into business transformation. Harvard Business Press, 2014.
Alexander Fleming (Penicillin) Discovery
Alexander Fleming (Penicillin) Discovery
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Introduction
The report is taking about antibiotics agents assume a real part in the field of medication today. Yet numerous don’t know of how they got started. All this was talking about Flemings Alexander’s success in penicillin. Who could’ve envisioned that something we utilize today all the time in healing centers, facilities, and private work places was found by shot? The discovery of anti-toxins was moderate, yet once it was truly given careful consideration to on the influence it could have, Antibiotics agents are presently something the world couldn’t manage without (Ghafur, 2010). Antibiotics are substance mixes, which are protected and compelling medications that treat bacterial contaminations. They can be isolated into two different gatherings, bactericidal and bacteriostatic. Bactericidal anti-toxins basically pulverize the micro-creatures they target, while bacteriostatic antibiotics don’t demolish the micro-life form yet keeps them from reproducing yet hindering their development and generation, empowering the resistant framework to conquer the irresistible microbes. The one thing that all the diverse sorts of Antibiotics have in like manner is their definition, which is an anti-microbial is a substance which is created by one kind of micro-living being which murders or stops the development of an alternate. Microscopic organisms devastating mixes can be found in a few plants, bugs and creatures of land and water. Anti-toxins are fundamentally all delivered from microorganisms, normally as microbes or growths, despite the fact that this is presently getting to be entangled in light of the fact that scientific experts can modify the structure of commonly discovered microscopic organisms to expand its adequacy. An illustration of regularly discovered microscopic organisms that has been changed (semi-manufactured microbes) is the Antibiotics penicillin. Penicillin is presently utilized worldwide for a wide range of bacterial contaminations. Along these lines this paper will be examining Alexander Fleming’s Discovery of Penicillin (Fisher et al,. 2011).
The problems
Penicillin proclaimed the beginning of the anti-toxin age. Prior to its presentation there was no powerful treatment for diseases, for example, pneumonia, gonorrhea or rheumatic fever. Clinics were loaded with individuals with blood harming contracted from a cut or a scratch, and specialists could do little for them however hold up and trust (Nugent & Okeke, 2010). Antibiotics are mixes delivered by microscopic organisms and growths which are equipped for slaughtering, or restraining, contending microbial species. This wonder has long been known; it may clarify why the old Egyptians had the act of applying a poultice of mildew covered bread to tainted wounds. Bacterial contaminations are getting to be more basic and have turned into a significant wellbeing risk to the populace. It will likewise turn into the greatest heath risk if nothing is carried out about anti-microbial safe microbes. Antibiotics are no more thought to be the super medication that they used to be just on the grounds that, despite the fact that the dominant part of microorganisms are decimated by an anti-microbial, all that’s needed is one anti-microbial safe bacterium to have a quality transformation that will empower it to survive and imitate with different germs (Nugent & Okeke, 2010). This safety would then be passed on to the Antibiotics. Microscopic organisms trade anti-microbial safe qualities by passing plasmids that contain the qualities, starting with one bacterium then onto the next. The hypothesis of Fleming was to determine if penicillin is able to treat all bacterial diseases.
Experiment
The narrow range of treatable diseases or “spectrum of activity” of the penicillins, alongside the poor movement of the orally dynamic phenoxymethyl penicillin, prompted the quest for subsidiaries of penicillin that could treat a more extensive scope of contaminations. The segregation of 6-APA, the core of penicillin, took into consideration the planning of semisynthetic penicillins, with different enhancements over benzylpenicillin (bioavailability, range, dependability, resistance). The main real advancement was ampicillin in 1961. It offered a more extensive range of action than both of the first penicillins (Ewers et al,. 2010). Further improvement yielded β-lactamase-safe penicillins, including flucloxacillin, dicloxacillin, and methicillin. These were critical for their movement against β-lactamase-creating bacterial species, however were incapable against the methicillin-safe Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains that hence rose. An alternate advancement of the line of genuine penicillins was the antipseudomonal penicillins, for example, carbenicillin, ticarcillin, and piperacillin, valuable for their movement against Gram-negative microscopic organisms. Notwithstanding, the handiness of the β-lactam ring was such that related antibiotics, including the mecillinams, the carbapenems and, most imperative, the cephalosporins, still hold it at the core of their structure.
Analysis and Theory
Antiseptics functioned admirably at first glance, yet profound wounds had a tendency to asylum anaerobic microbes from the sterile operators, and sterilizers appeared to evacuate useful specialists created that ensured the patients in these cases at any rate and in addition they evacuated microscopic organisms, and did nothing to uproot the microorganisms that were out of range. Sir Almroth Wright emphatically backed Fleming’s discoveries, yet notwithstanding this, most armed force doctors throughout the span of the war kept on using sterilizers even in situations where this compounded the state of the patients (Ewers et al,. 2010). Fleming’s incidental revelation and segregation of penicillin in September 1928 imprints the start of present day antibiotics. Fleming was the first to push these studies further by segregating the penicillin, and by being sufficiently propelled to advance his revelation at a bigger scale. Fleming additionally found early that microbes created anti-microbial safety at whatever point excessively little penicillin was utilized or when it was utilized for excessively short a period. Fleming forewarn about the utilization of penicillin in his numerous addresses around the globe. He forewarn not to utilize penicillin unless there was a legitimately diagnosed purpose behind it to be utilized, and that in the event that it were utilized, never to utilize excessively little, or for excessively short a period, since these are the circumstances under which bacterial imperviousness to antibiotics creates.Effect of discovery
Antibiotics agents that have been found through the headway of penicillin are ampicillin, flucloxacillin, dicloxacillin, and methicillin. Tragically these anti-toxins are not compelling against methicillin-safe strains of Staphylococcus aureus. An alternate advancement of Antibiotics agents incorporates mecillinams, carbapenams, and one of these most imperative cephalosporins. Penicillins were the world’s first anti-toxins found and delivered from the microscopic organisms’ penicillium. Today there are no less than 20 separate sorts of penicillin being utilized to treat assorted types of infections, contaminations, and wounds. Through the years, there have been numerous more anti-toxins found in any case, penicillin is still the anti-microbial of decision when managing bacterial diseases. Penicillins are regularly used to treat anything from a straightforward ear contamination to a sexually transmitted malady (Nugent & Okeke, 2010). Without Sir Alexander Fleming, who was knighted alongside Howard Florey in 1944, and his “mishap” the therapeutic world as we know it today would turn out to be much distinctive?
Reflection
His discovery of penicillin had changed the universe of cutting edge prescription by presenting the time of valuable antibiotics; penicillin has spared, is as yet sparing, a large number of individuals as far and wide as possible.
References
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Henk, D. A., Eagle, C. E., Brown, K., Van den Berg, M. A., Dyer, P. S., Peterson, S. W., & Fisher, M. C. (2011). Speciation despite globally overlapping distributions in Penicillium chrysogenum: the population genetics of Alexander Fleming’s lucky fungus. Molecular ecology, 20(20), 4288-4301.
Nugent, R., & Okeke, I. N. (2010). When medicines fail: recommendations for curbing antibiotic resistance. J Infect Dev Ctries, 4(6), 355-356.
Poeschl, P. W., Spusta, L., Russmueller, G., Seemann, R., Hirschl, A., Poeschl, E., … & Ewers, R. (2010). Antibiotic susceptibility and resistance of the odontogenic microbiological spectrum and its clinical impact on severe deep space head and neck infections. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology, 110(2), 151-156.