Companies like Nestle publicly make sustainability their target, and have a variety of reports that demonstrate how they are trying to make the world a better place, and be an agent for positive change. If you read any of their reports and commitments, it exudes the vibe of a company that is serious about issues of sustainability. However, please read this report of how companies like Nestle are actively participating in programs that make the global population unhealthier. Please read the report carefully. It repeatedly references Nestle, though we could be talking about other food companies as well, such as the European Unilever, the US-based Pepsico, or a number of others. Give the major role of corporations in society. I have two tasks for you for this discussion. You can respond to one issue or another or both. Do you find the claims of Nestle that it values sustainability over profits to be credible or simply a case of window dressing

4. suppose that pollution in a neighborhood comes from two factories, with marginal benefit curves given by mb1 = 12 – p1 and mb2 = 8 – p2. the level of pollution in the neighborhood is given by p = p1 + p2. the government wants to limit pollution by instituting a pollution-rights market. the government’s desired level of p is 10, so it prints 10 pollution rights and offers them for sale to the firms.a)find the equilibrium selling price of a pollution right, as well as the allocation of rights (and hence pollution levels) across the two factories. b)repeat part (a) for the case where the government’s desired level of pollution equals 14. c)comment on the usefulness of a pollution rights market in achieving efficient levels of pollution abatement.

An employer who is considering hiring eva has asked donna, eva’s former supervisor, for a report on eva. in truth, eva’s work for donna has been only average. however, eva is donna’s friend, and donna knows that eva probably will not get the job if she says anything negative about eva, and donna knows that eva desperately needs the job. further, donna knows that if the situation were reversed, she would not want eva to mention her deficiencies. nevertheless, it has been donna’s policy to reveal the deficiencies of employees when she has been asked for references by employers, and she knows that some of eva’s faults may be bothersome to this particular employer. finally, this employer has leveled with donna in the past when donna has asked for a report on people who have worked for him. should donna reveal deficiencies in eva’s past performance? (remember to use one of the three moral theories acceptable for this test to solve this dilemma. any discussion of any personal opinion, religious perspective, or theory other than the moral theories acceptable for this test will result in a score of "0" for this question.)

Which of the following statements is true about an atm card?