Evaluation of Corporate Social Responsibility

            Although the welfare and responsibility to ensure safe working conditions is required within Western corporate social responsibility (CSR), some may argue that it is not entirely the companies fault but rather the consumers. Consumers continuously demand for the best quality at the lowest price; therefore, large corporations such as Walmart and Gap more often than not hire third-world country employees who will work for minimum wage-$37 a month(Bangladesh). High consumer demand hinders the means in which large corporations produce their goods because companies must allocate their funds to accommodate the consumers demand. Therefore, companies must produce cheaply to keep retail prices low. However, employee worker rights of fair wages, safe working conditions, and humane treatment should not be guided by the economic market; providing safe working conditions should be instilled through a corporation's social and ethical conduct, which is clearly stated within the guidelines of the CSR. 

Bangladesh garment factory collapse: 2013

Evaluation Writing:

1) In your own words, explain what evaluative writing is. 

Evaluation writing examines an object(e.g product, place, service) based on both, the object's pro's and con's, in an unbiased active voice. Therefore,by the end of the evaluative essay, a reader should be able to decipher which object, based on the concrete evidence presented in the argument, has a better overall quality. 

2) Why is establishing criteria important for an evaluative essay?

Establishing criteria within an evaluative essay is crucial because the writer is demonstrating what the reader should expect from an object(e.g. product, place, service). Without establishing criteria, the essay may seem opinionated and biased. Also, criteria demonstrated within the argument helps the reader understand in what manner the writer is evaluating the object. 

3)At the end of the short essay (#2), there is a list of 5 questions. Choose one of the five questions and answer it on your blog

#2: What does Rosen mean by referring to music as "an outlet"?

Music in an outlet not only for the youth but also for adults as well. The music realm allows individuals to relate their emotions to their favorite artist and escape the reality of society. Listening to music for adolescents is imperative in their development because they can familiarize their feelings with others when they believe they cannot talk to their elders(e.g. parents, teachers).

Defining hip-hop: Expressive form of art, black culture, and rap

 Hip-hop is an extension of black culture and heritage and was cultivated in the late 1960's in New York City in the form of rapping lyricism and turntablism. Hip-hop culture cannot be defined by a single term nor can it be compacted into one definition for hip-hop is comprised of a variety of components seen within modern culture and must be observed holistically. Hip-hop, like any form of musical art, depicts the myriad of emotions an artist feels and expresses his/her beliefs through both visual and sound aid. I believe the graffiti wall located on SW 34th Street on the University of Florida's campus is highly representative of the true essence of hip-hop because it shares the same commonalities of the walls seen in the suburbs of NYC where hip-hop emerged.

  Hip-hop and graffiti evolved simultaneously in the heart of New York City around the late 1960's and was initially created by adolescents in the form of "tags"-a signature comprised of their nickname and their street number. Throughout town, "tags" were showing up on subways, sides of buildings, and street corners more quickly than one could keep count. The growing phenomenon had a monumental impact on the dispersal of hip-hop and its culture because graffiti is the linkage between the emotional appeals of hip-hop and rap followers in the form visual expression. The graffiti wall on SW 34th street encompasses my defining aspects of hip-hop for it is an expressive form of art, has its origins in the black suburbs of New York City, and is representative of hip-hop/rap culture.