Comment on the Positive and Less Than Positive Roles Played by Activist Groups. Give Specific Examples of Each of These Roles

1. Comment on the positive and less than positive roles played by activist groups. Give specific examples of each of these roles.

Activists go beyond conventional politics and can be considered as an alternative to governemnt regulation. Activists are ususally known for being more effective than corporate campaigs and government regulations They play a significant role in the shaping of the non-market environment. Their cause might be protection of the environment, animal safety, human rights, women's rights, opposition to a factory law, or world peace.

a) They can aid in identifying issues which either managed is unaware about or has choosen to overlook.

b) They form act as watchdogs by forming advocacy groups and mobilizing poeple to work towards a common end. They fight againt individual violations by offering direct assistance to those whose rights have been violated.

c) Activists act as checkpoitnts in the market environmnets serve as catalysts for changes to national or international law. They overlook the lesgislation and regulations of the various laws and practises at various levels of the market. The pressure that they exercise can lead to formation of new laws or dissolveing or amednements to current laws.

d) Individuals and interest groups aid in spreading awareness about environemnet they also help in promoting knowledge and respect for human rights among the population. News and social media is instrumental in getting this information across to the public and making it readuly avialble.

An increase in the BMI of americans intensified the intrerest in the obesoiry issue. One of the factors considered to be instrumental in causing obersity was the increased calorie intake which was greatly attributed to intake of fast foodd and failure to provide nutitional information about menu itms . The news and media offered externsive coverage and Mcdonals was the taret of a 98 minute film, Super size me. Their children advertixing tsratgeies such as use of barbies dools and backpackas to promte its tradenatrk were also challanbged. it was asked to stope marketing junk food to chaildren by over 550 health professionlad and organizations. in 2001 the company scummbed to the pressure from Hea;th officials, BGO'S and trhe first lady and was forced to add apples to its kids meal and reduce. In 1990's in order to stop the harvesting of the old growht timper social activists targeted non-timbetr compaines such as lowes and home depot as opposed to directly attacking the timber marchants because they reaized that because they did not have either brnad equity or a brand tey coudl harm and so they hit the markets in which they operated. The retains in turn pressurized the timber companies.

accused of using sweatshops since the early 1970s, when it produced goods in South Korea, People's Republic of China and Taiwan. As their economies developed, workers became more productive, wages rose, and many workers moved on to higher paying jobs. Labor unions also gained more influence. Nike found cheaper People's Republic of China, and Vietnam, which prohibited labor unions. When workers demanded additional rights and benefits in these countries, the Nike factories closed and moved to a different location