Portfolio Assignment SUS1501 – Sustainability and Greed 2021

Portfolio Assignment SUS1501 – Sustainability and Greed Declaration: By submitting this portfolio, I implicitly declare that this is my own work except for the “Introduction” which was kindly written for me by my lecturer. I am aware that if ANY unacknowledged copying is detected in ANY answer, I will get 0 (zero) for the entire assignment. Instructions:  Please read the instructions on myUnisa carefully – especially Step 2.  Please download the most up to date version of this template from the additional resources tool on myUnisa. Do not rely on the digiband copy!  First, go through the MCQs again, and record your current choice  We suggest that you don’t look at your original choices before you have been through all questions  Second, for each question, record your original choice in assignment 1  Please ensure that you record your original and current choices for ALL 20 questions in your portfolio  Third, jot down any notes which explain why your opinion changed if it did, or why it didn’t if it didn’t.  Note that we would expect to see comments/notes for at least 10 of the questions. These comments must be quite substantial – a paragraph or two or around 200 words.  Your Conclusion must be substantial – around 500 words. A good conclusion will have a very big effect on your final grade  By now you should know that it doesn’t matter what opinion you give. So long as your opinion is supported with a good argument you will get the appropriate grades.  Once you are done, save the file (as a Word document or as a PDF file) with a short name (myUnisa will reject files with long names).  Delete all these Instructions before you submit this assignment! Introduction My aim in compiling this portfolio was to reflect on the things that have struck me throughout this crazy module. My starting point for doing this was to revisit my opinions to the multiple choice questions which were presented in the Crossroads assignment. I present these current opinions, together with my original opinions, and some brief notes in the section entitled: “Back at the Crossroads!” Once I have done this, I draw some key conclusions about this crazy module and about the things that did indeed strike me. Back at the Crossroads! 1. “The assets of the three richest people in the world match the combined annual GDP’s of the 48 poorest countries.” My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by: a. Good for them – they worked hard to get their wealth b. The only problem I have with this is that this money is in their bank account and not in mine c. No problem with this – many of these people give huge amounts to charities d. I think that it is morally wrong for anyone to have that much money e. I think that active steps should be taken to correct such immoral wealth imbalances Choice now: a Choice in assignment 1: c Notes: Throughout this semester I have had the opportunity to actually have a job which is based on commission only, I know these men don’t earn commission. This time of working has taught me that hard work will pay off and that if you put the efforts into what you enjoy, the rewards will show. I do still believe that these men do give lots to charities but I do feel that I should state that earning this amount of money is years and years of hard work. I understand that this is not out of the theory we learnt, but I learnt this from personal experiences. Working is difficult and you won’t always get the results you deserve, therefore, I believe that he worked very hard to be earning this amount and took long to be in this situation, therefore, I feel that their years of hard work, long hours paid off. Many of the people who will criticize these people, have probably never worked days and days without sleep, without seeing their families, without resting, I promise you that these men have done it on numerous occations. 2. “Unless fossil-fuel use slows dramatically, the earth’s average temperature could rise by six degrees Celsius in the next 100 years.” My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by: a. Who cares?