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Life of the Chinese
About Me:
My name is Diane Zielinski and I am a senior at the University of Notre Dame. My 2010 fall semester courses, International Management and Junior Research: Foresight of Business & Society, initiated my strong interest in China. In International Management we were instructed to choose a country and perform research throughout the semester examining the country's political, economic, regulatory, technology, and cultural environments.
My Junior Research: Foresight in Business & Society class involved a research paper accounting for half of my final grade in this class. We explored five sources of CO2 emissions in China: agriculture, coal, construction, transportation, and electricity/other energy. Through extensive research on this topic, I learned that businesses and government in China have an opportunity to reduce carbon emissions and achieve environmental sustainability through reduction targets, supply chain analysis, alternative energy sources, and innovative transportation services. Capitalizing on this opportunity and attempting to reverse the current trend of increasing CO2 emissions is imperative to the sustainability of our future.
My name is Diane Zielinski and I am a senior at the University of Notre Dame. My 2010 fall semester courses, International Management and Junior Research: Foresight of Business & Society, initiated my strong interest in China. In International Management we were instructed to choose a country and perform research throughout the semester examining the country's political, economic, regulatory, technology, and cultural environments.
My Junior Research: Foresight in Business & Society class involved a research paper accounting for half of my final grade in this class. We explored five sources of CO2 emissions in China: agriculture, coal, construction, transportation, and electricity/other energy. Through extensive research on this topic, I learned that businesses and government in China have an opportunity to reduce carbon emissions and achieve environmental sustainability through reduction targets, supply chain analysis, alternative energy sources, and innovative transportation services. Capitalizing on this opportunity and attempting to reverse the current trend of increasing CO2 emissions is imperative to the sustainability of our future.
I travelled to China during the summer of 2011 to participate in a Notre Dame Business and Culture Program. I spent time in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai and attended classes almost every day while embracing the culture on a daily basis. While in China, I researched the One-Child Policy which proves to be the source of a heated debate worldwide. From the perspective of those who are
concerned with the ever increasing scarcity of resources, they see the policy as a necessary regulation to control exponential population growth. The other side of the debate sees the policy as a violation of the right to reproductive freedom coupled with several emerging negative impacts on the Chinese society. My research takes an in depth
look at both sides to this debate and questions possible alternative solutions.
concerned with the ever increasing scarcity of resources, they see the policy as a necessary regulation to control exponential population growth. The other side of the debate sees the policy as a violation of the right to reproductive freedom coupled with several emerging negative impacts on the Chinese society. My research takes an in depth
look at both sides to this debate and questions possible alternative solutions.