Posted: December 2nd, 2022

Business and Society

Business and Society

Both for the terms (part I) and the essay (part II), references are needed. You must insert the author name only. Quotations are not accepted. You have to make a commentary, a summary or a paraphrase, and acknowledge your sources in parenthesis.

PART I: TERMS

Instructions: Using the readings I provided, define the following terms or concepts and explain their meaning and significance in relation to a social issue of importance to the study of business and society. Use a creative reading or scene from a film to provide illustrations of the concepts. Each paragraph should be between 90 and 120 words, times new roman font; double space.

Terms or Concepts

1) Planned Obsolescence – Slade. 2006. “Repetitive Consumption”. In Made to Break. Technology and Obsolescence in America. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.

2) Regulation – Chapter 13. Business, regulation and policy. Business and Society. A Critical Introduction.

3) Commons – Chapter 18.Rethinking ownership: the market vs. the commons. Business and Society. A Critical Introduction.

4) Capitalism – Chapter 1. The emergence of capitalism in Western Europe. Business and Society. A Critical Introduction OR Chapter 2. The spread of capitalism. Business and Society. A Critical Introduction.

5) Market – Introduction: A critical introduction to business and society, Business and Society. A Critical Introduction.

PART II: ESSAY

 Instructions: For the essay, provide references from the readings I provided below. You will need to begin your essays with a proper introduction(including a thesis statement) and have a body and conclusion. Pay specific attention to identifying and defining central concepts, and provide illustration from films. The length of the essay is between 550-600 words. NO HEADINGS OR SUBHEADINGS WITHIN ESSAY.

Essay Readings:

1) Windebank, Jan. 2000.”Domestic Labor”. In Kramarae, Cheris and Spender, Dale. Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women’s Issues and Knowledge, pp. 406-410.

2) Fraser, Nancy. 2016.”Contradictions of Capital and Care”. New Left Review (100): 99-117.

3) Chapter 12. “Political Economy and the critiques of capitalism: heterodox perspectives”, Business and Society. A Critical Introduction.

Essay Topic Question:

Discuss the differences between traditional, modern and postmodern societies in terms of family organization and the sexual division of labour. Explain how social reproduction activities are integrated into, or separated from, capitalist production.
Both for the terms (part I) and the essay (part II), references are needed. You must insert the
author name only. Quotations are not accepted. You have to make a commentary, a
summary or a paraphrase, and acknowledge your sources in parenthesis.
PART I: TERMS
Instructions: Using the readings I provided, define the following terms or concepts and
explain their meaning and significance in relation to a social issue of importance to the study
of business and society. Use a creative reading or scene from a film to provide illustrations of
the concepts. Each paragraph should be between 90 and 120 words, times new roman font;
double space.
Terms or Concepts
1. Planned Obsolescence – Slade. 2006. “Repetitive Consumption”. In Made to Break.
Technology and Obsolescence in America. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard
University Press.
2. Regulation – Chapter 13. Business, regulation and policy. Business and Society. A
Critical Introduction.
3. Commons – Chapter 18.Rethinking ownership: the market vs. the commons. Business
and Society. A Critical Introduction.
4. Capitalism – Chapter 1. The emergence of capitalism in Western Europe. Business
and Society. A Critical Introduction OR Chapter 2. The spread of capitalism. Business
and Society. A Critical Introduction.
5. Market – Introduction: A critical introduction to business and society, Business and
Society. A Critical Introduction.
PART II: ESSAY
Instructions: For the essay, provide references from the readings I provided below. You will
need to begin your essays with a proper introduction(including a thesis statement) and have a
body and conclusion. Pay specific attention to identifying and defining central concepts, and
provide illustration from films. The length of the essay is between 550-600 words. NO
HEADINGS OR SUBHEADINGS WITHIN ESSAY.
Essay Readings:
● Windebank, Jan. 2000.”Domestic Labor”. In Kramarae, Cheris and Spender, Dale.
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women’s Issues and
Knowledge, pp. 406-410.
● Fraser, Nancy. 2016.”Contradictions of Capital and Care”. New Left Review (100):
99-117.
● Chapter 12. “Political Economy and the critiques of capitalism: heterodox
perspectives”, Business and Society. A Critical Introduction.
Essay Topic Question:
– Discuss the differences between traditional, modern and postmodern societies in
terms of family organization and the sexual division of labour. Explain how social
reproduction activities are integrated into, or separated from, capitalist production.