economic and environmental consequences of a product’s life cycle
700-800 words
Consider the social impacts of a product is to examine the social, political, ethical, economic and environmental consequences of a product’s life cycle (from material acquisition, to production, distribution, marketing, use and final disposal). Analyze the social impacts of one product’s life cycle and discuss what social and/or environmental consequences in the United States or in the world have been resulted from this process. How has this life cycle process affected diversity, equality, and structural inequalities in the U.S. (and the world)? You may consider any product: a product with a physical form (such as clothes, phones, etc.) or without a physical form (such as certain financial or cultural products). You can focus on one or multiple steps in the product’s life cycle. Please integrate course material (concepts, theories, discussions, and lectures). Please cite at least one course reading and one appropriate source from outside class. All course reading materials are posted on the course HOME page.
Instruction: Please review the rubrics before you start writing the paper. Your paper should have a clear structure, including a thesis, body paragraphs with clear topic sentences and focused discussions, and a conclusion. You can use any major citation format (APA, IEEE, Chicago, MLA), but should include an intext citation and a reference list for each citation.
Format: double space, 12 font size
