The following appeared as part of a newspaper editorial. “Two years ago Nova High School began to use interactive computer instruction in three academic subjects. The school dropout rate declined immediately, and last year’s graduates have reported some impressive achievements in college. In future budgets the school board should use a greater portion of the available funds to buy more computers, and all schools in the district should adopt interactive computer instruction throughout the curriculum.” AI “As technologies and the demand for certain services change, many workers will lose their jobs. The responsibility for those people to adjust to such change should belong to the individual worker, not to government or to business.”
The consumer products exported from a powerful country play a more important role in shaping the world than politicians.
There is much disagreement over the issue of whether the consumer products exportation play a more important role in shaping the world than politicians and diplomats for a nation. On the one hand, some people assert that consumer products exportation is more important because consumer products exportation by a nation can change the industry structures of the world. On the other hand, some people claim that political capability is more important for a nation to shape the world because it influents more broaden areas of the world. Although consumer products exportation do play an important role in shaping the world, political and diplomatic capabilities of a country are more important in influencing the structure of the world.
Admittedly, consumer products exported from a powerful country can helpful in shaping the world. Take the country China as an example, it manufactures and exports various consumer products including apparels, toys, furniture in recent ten years and becomes the largest consumer products export country in the world. The large volume exportation of consumer products at relatively lower price from China makes the consumer products industries in many other countries shrink over the last ten years and many workers in these countries have to change their jobs to other industries. The significant increase of consumer products exportation by China changes the distribution of consumer production industry of the world. From this point of view, consumer products exportation play important role in shaping the industry structures of the world.
However, compared to the political strength and diplomatic capabilities, the influence of consumer products exportation is limited. Firstly, the effects of consumer products exportation of a country on the world rely on the political strength of the country. Still take the country China as the example, that it can utilize its advantage of low labor cost to manufacture large quantities of consumer products is based on one critical condition that it enters to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the year 2001. Because of its accession to the WTO, it can export the low price consumer products to various countries without high tariff. Political powers play very important roles in the progress of China to negotiate with other countries in the WTO to obtain the qualification to the WTO. Secondly, the most powerful organization to shape the world nowadays is the United Nation, which consists of five countries and is also a political organization. The United Nation and its subordinated economic organizations make important decisions over the issues in various aspects including military, politics and economics in the world. And we have an interesting example here to compare the influence of consumer products exportation and politicians of a country that whether exportation of Coco cola from America or the president Obama's visiting plays a more important role in shaping the relationship of America and China, the answer obviously is the visiting of Obama.
To sum up, a country can utilize its natural resources and labor resources to enlarge its production and exportation of consumer products to change the world's industry distribution, but the political powers of a country play more important role to shape the world.
Because the high-profile status and access to resources, celebrities are uniquely qualified to effectively address the social problems.
There is much disagreement over the issue of whether celebrities are uniquely qualified to effectively address the social problems. On the one hand, some people assert that famous people have the ability to solve social problems effectively because they have great influence on the society and get more opportunities to access various resources. On the other hand, some people claim that celebrities are equal with other persons in dealing with social problems as different people have different ways to solve social problems. Although celebrities do have high-profile status and access to resources, this does not mean that only celebrities are qualified to effectively address social problems.
Admittedly, celebrities are more influential than ordinary people. Celebrities usually have many admirers who are willing to follow the actions and to support the views and thoughts of celebrities. Thus celebrities do have great positive effects in dealing with social problems. For instance, if a famous person regularly participate the activities to support the poor children's education, he or she will bring more people to pay attention to the situations of poor children's education and to help these children by donating moneys and books.
However, this does not mean celebrities have the only ability to effectively solve the social problems. Firstly, ordinary people also have the ability to address social problems in different ways. Teachers can teach young children the basic social standards and good virtues such as honesty, bravery and respect to reduce juvenile crimes. Scientist can put efforts to develop new renewable energy to replace conventional fuels to eliminate environment problems. And celebrities usually live in a different spheres from ordinary people, thus some social problems related to the ordinary life may hardly be noticed by them.
Secondly, sometimes celebrities themselves bring about social problems or deter the progress of solving social problems. Celebrities are not good at everything or competent in every area. It's often happened that famous persons make mistakes or hold false viewpoints about social issues. In such situations, celebrities may bring negative influence on the solving of social problems because their admirers and fans may blindly follow their actions and support their points. For example, a famous movie star drove cars at very high speed after drinking a lot of alcohols and hurt many people on the street. The action itself brings about seriously bad outcomes, at the same time, their fans and admirers may blindly mimic the movie star's action, leading to more serious consequences.
To sum up, celebrities can be helpful in dealing with social issues because of their high-profile status and access to resources, but every ordinary people also have the ability to address social problems.
Because the high-profile status and access to resources, celebrities are uniquely qualified to effectively address the social problems.
There is much disagreement over the issue of whether celebrities are uniquely qualified to effectively address the social problems. On the one hand, some people assert that famous people have the ability to solve social problems effectively because they have great influence on the society and get more opportunities to access various resources. On the other hand, some people claim that celebrities are equal with other persons in dealing with social problems as different people have different ways to solve social problems. Although celebrities do have high-profile status and access to resources, this does not mean that only celebrities are qualified to effectively address social problems.
Admittedly, celebrities are more influential than ordinary people. Celebrities usually have many admirers who are willing to follow the actions and to support the views and thoughts of celebrities. Thus celebrities do have great positive effects in dealing with social problems. For instance, if a famous person regularly participate the activities to support the poor children's education, he or she will bring more people to pay attention to the situations of poor children's education and to help these children by donating moneys and books.
However, this does not mean celebrities have the only ability to effectively solve the social problems. Firstly, ordinary people also have the ability to address social problems in different ways. Teachers can teach young children the basic social standards and good virtues such as honesty, bravery and respect to reduce juvenile crimes. Scientist can put efforts to develop new renewable energy to replace conventional fuels to eliminate environment problems. And celebrities usually live in a different spheres from ordinary people, thus some social problems related to the ordinary life may hardly be noticed by them.
Secondly, sometimes celebrities themselves bring about social problems or deter the progress of solving social problems. Celebrities are not good at everything or competent in every area. It's often happened that famous persons make mistakes or hold false viewpoints about social issues. In such situations, celebrities may bring negative influence on the solving of social problems because their admirers and fans may blindly follow their actions and support their points. For example, a famous movie star drove cars at very high speed after drinking a lot of alcohols and hurt many people on the street. The action itself brings about seriously bad outcomes, at the same time, their fans and admirers may blindly mimic the movie star's action, leading to more serious consequences.
To sum up, celebrities can be helpful in dealing with social issues because of their high-profile status and access to resources, but every ordinary people also have the ability to address social problems.
In some coutries, television and radio programs are carefully censored for offensive language and behavior. In other countries, there is little or no censorship."
There is much disagreement over the issue of whether the television and radio programs should be censored for offensive language and behavior. On the one hand, some people claim that everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression and no limitations should be put on the programs. On the other hand, some people assert that offensiveness in broadcasts has negative influence on the society and should be eliminated from the public media. Although the freedom of speech and expression should be respected especially in news and history programs, censorship of violent contents in programs can reduce the harmful influence on public.
Admittedly, it is true that everyone shall have the freedom to seek, receive and impart information through any medium in a democratic society and the contents of television and radio programs should not be limited by government. Especially for news and history programs, telling the truth is the most important principle. Censorship for news and history program by government may distort the truth and make the programs lose objectivity and credibility.
However, for other programs such as entertainment shows etc., censorship for violence contents is necessary. Firstly, programs that contain a lot of violent actions may cause instability to the society. People who frequently watch the television shows with fierce behaviors may mimic these actions to give vent to their flames of anger when they are under certain pressures. These behaviors are not just illusory imaginations aired on television, but actions actually happened in reality. Others may be hurt or injured by these behaviors and intense violence may bring about panic and instability to the society. Take the school shooting often happened in US recent years for instance, parents become worried about children's safety and scared to send children to universities in America . Secondly, television and radio programs with offensive contents may be bad for the educations of teenagers who are usually lack the capability of judgment and are in the age of learning things quickly and easily. Young people usually are not able to distinguish fantasy from reality. For example, rapid recovery of people from offensive attack on TV may give youth a false picture of injuries that have suffered.Some research even indicates that children apply the behaviors they observed on TY to their real-life situations. Thus, censorship of television and radio programs can reduce children's exposure to violence shows, making contribution to the healthy growth and psychological development of youth.
To sum up, it's important to cleave to the facts for the news and history programs, so censorship by government for these programs is unnecessary. But for other entertainment programs, carefully review for violent contents before broadcasting is helpful for the society’s stability and teenager's growing up.
“It is unrealistic to expect individual nations to make, independently, the sacrifices to conserve energy. International leadership and worldwide cooperation are essential if we expect to protect the world’s energy resources for future generations.”
Nowadays, increasingly serious environmental problems such as desertification, global warming etc. threaten the existence and development of human beings, making energy conservation of great urgency for the entire human society. International cooperation as well as individual nation's action plays an extremely important role in energy resource protection.
On the one hand, it is essential to involve international leadership and worldwide cooperation in protecting the world's energy resource for sustainable development. Firstly, resources can be shared during the international cooperation. More capitals can be invested in research and development programs on energy conservation and updated technologies to consume energy efficiently can be shared in different locations and areas through transnational collaborations. For instance, research programs that aim to replace conventional fuels with renewable energies like wind power, hydra power and solar energy in industrial production and human's daily life usually require large capital support. During international cooperation, these programs can be financed by the World Bank or several banks in different countries. Secondly, interactions among different nations can establish and unify the standards measuring how efficiently to consume energies. Take European emission standards for example, they are agreed by all the European Union states to limit the exhaust emissions of new vehicles sold. Thus, international laws or agreement regarding to energy consumption can encourage or constraint various nations to utilize energies in a more efficient manner from the long-term interests of the whole human society, rather than to waste energy resources focusing on immediate benefits.
On the other hand, the positive effect of individual nation in energy conservation can not be ignored either. In the first place, the successful implementation of energy saving plans relies on individual nation's specific policies and measures. For a long time, single country as a subject formulates policies independently in various areas like politics, economics and also environmental protection. It usually takes very long time to reach an agreement by different countries for a specific matter. However, it is relatively easy to enact unified rules and regulations in a single country. Hence, it's more efficient for a individual nation to formulate and implement regulations with regard to energy protection. Moreover, it is easier for single country to advertise and educate its nationals the significance of energy saving as different countries have different languages and various cultures. For example, single country can publicize the importance of conserving energy for future generations through national television programs and radio broadcasting or it can input the concept of energy conservation into textbooks for teenagers. So people in various countries can realize the urgency of reduction energy waste and take actual actions in their daily life.
Therefore, to conserve energy resource is a global project that requires both worldwide cooperation and individual nation's effort.
A powerful business leader has far more opportunity to influence the course of a community or a nation than does any government official.
There is much disagreement over the issue of whether the business leader has more opportunity to influence the course of a nation than government official does. On the on hand, some people claim that business leaders have more opportunities to influence the course of a nation because they are more close to people's lives. On the other hand, some people assert that government official affect the establishment and enforcement of various policies of a nation. Although the business leader do have more influence on business related areas of a nation, the influence of business leader on other aspects of a nation is limited.
Admittedly, the nation's development and people's daily life are closely related to the business development in today's society, thus business leaders' influences on a nation are apparent in commercial areas. For instance, Bill Gates holds the information technology revolution that triggers adjustment of the industry structures and leads to changes in people's lives.
However, the influence of business leaders on the courses of a nation is limited compared with that of government official. Firstly, the courses of a nation include many aspects that include politics, military, diplomacy and so on. Business leaders only can influence business related aspects directly. For example, the military policies of a nation is very important for the national security and highly confidential, business leaders have no authority to access the contents of military policies optionally. Secondly, the mainly objective of a corporation is maximum its profit and business leaders conduct their jobs mainly directing to the objective, thus leading to their limitations of influence on the courses of a nation. If they can affect every aspect of the courses of a nation, their decisions may bring some negative effects on the public. Take environment protection policies as example, if business leaders have more influence on the establishment of the environment protection policies than the government officials do, the business leaders may prefer to less severe policies, which will produce lower cost to the business but sacrifice the interest of the public. Thirdly, during the economic recession, even in economic areas, the business leaders' effects are weak. The public will look to the government officials rather than business leaders to adopt policies to stimulate the economy and solve other problems such as high unemployment rate, high inflation rate.
To sum up, in today's society where the economic development takes a dominant role, business leaders do have many direct influences on the development of a nation especially in the economic areas, but compared with government officials, the influence of business leaders on the society is limited.
A powerful business leader has far more opportunity to influence the course of a community or a nation than does any government official.
There is much disagreement over the issue of whether the business leader has more opportunity to influence the course of a nation than government official does. On the on hand, some people claim that business leaders have more opportunities to influence the course of a nation because they are more close to people's lives. On the other hand, some people assert that government official affect the establishment and enforcement of various policies of a nation. Although the business leader do have more influence on business related areas of a nation, the influence of business leader on other aspects of a nation is limited.
Admittedly, the nation's development and people's daily life are closely related to the business development in today's society, thus business leaders' influences on a nation are apparent in commercial areas. For instance, Bill Gates holds the information technology revolution that triggers adjustment of the industry structures and leads to changes in people's lives.
However, the influence of business leaders on the courses of a nation is limited compared with that of government official. Firstly, the courses of a nation include many aspects that include politics, military, diplomacy and so on. Business leaders only can influence business related aspects directly. For example, the military policies of a nation is very important for the national security and highly confidential, business leaders have no authority to access the contents of military policies optionally. Secondly, the mainly objective of a corporation is maximum its profit and business leaders conduct their jobs mainly directing to the objective, thus leading to their limitations of influence on the courses of a nation. If they can affect every aspect of the courses of a nation, their decisions may bring some negative effects on the public. Take environment protection policies as example, if business leaders have more influence on the establishment of the environment protection policies than the government officials do, the business leaders may prefer to less severe policies, which will produce lower cost to the business but sacrifice the interest of the public. Thirdly, during the economic recession, even in economic areas, the business leaders' effects are weak. The public will look to the government officials rather than business leaders to adopt policies to stimulate the economy and solve other problems such as high unemployment rate, high inflation rate.
To sum up, in today's society where the economic development takes a dominant role, business leaders do have many direct influences on the development of a nation especially in the economic areas, but compared with government officials, the influence of business leaders on the society is limited.
