the commons Essay Examples

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Business Management: A Look into the Triple Bottom Line, Sustainability as a Business Strategy, and the Tragedy of the Commons (1470 words, 6 pages)

The Triple Bottom Line is an accounting framework that incorporates three dimensions of performance social, environmental and financial. This differs from traditional reporting frameworks as it includes ecological (or environmental) and social measures that can be difficult to assign appropriate means of measurement. The Triple Bottom Line dimensions are also ... Read More

An Example of the Tragedy of the Commons Concept in The Hunger Games Novel by Suzanne Collins (271 words, 2 pages)

The Tragedy of the Commons and The Hunger GamesThe Tragedy of the Commons is a concept within a shared-resource system in which some individual acts within his own self-interest instead of the common good. Garrett Harden constructs an example of this within a group of herdsmen occupying a pasture. Each ... Read More

The Citizens Should Be Aware to Protect the Commons (2391 words, 8 pages)

Sometimes, when its cold outside, I want to get to my car a little but quicker, so I cut through the grass to stay out of the cold more than I have to. When one person cuts through the grass, it really is not a big deal, but when everyone ... Read More

The Different Methods Exercised by Society and the Government to Prevent the Tragedy of the Commons (1012 words, 4 pages)

Controlling the Tragedy of the CommonsThis paper will discuss possible methods that society, and government can take in the remediation of environmental problems which result from tragedies of the commons. A tragedy of the commons can be defined as the effect that making a scarce good available to the public ... Read More

The Ideas, Beliefs and Motives of the Commons in Gary Nash’s The Unknown American Revolution (2111 words, 9 pages)

In Gary Nashs The Unknown Revolution The Unruly Birth of Democracy and the Struggle to Create America (2005), he attempts to draw attention to the actions of those without much political power, a diverse yet extensive group, that has gone unappreciated in past works of history.. But his ideas that ... Read More

Community Property as an Example of Garret Hardin’s Tragedy of the Commons (409 words, 3 pages)

Tragedy of the Commons, a phrase first coined by Garret Hardin, is exactly what its words indicate it is the extensive destruction that occurs in an environment that is available the public as common. When the community that interacts with this common environment does not consider the interest of the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Role of Parliament, the Commons and Lords in the Play (2341 words, 3 pages)

Parliament, the Commons and Lords, play an important role in calling the executive to account. They perform both a retrospective and prospective role to keep the executive in check. Retrospectively using question time and select committees and prospectively in standing committees and voting on legislation, amongst other things. Their authority ... Read More

An Analysis of the Essay, The Tragedy of the Commons (1067 words, 2 pages)

The essay The Tragedy of the Commons makes many points that all lead up to a central idea. These points all revolve around the central idea that there is only a finite amount of land and resources available on the Earth. And that the population of the earth is either ... Read More

The Natural Cycle of Humans Using Non-Replenishable Resources in The Tragedy of the Commons by Garret Hardin (627 words, 1 pages)

Garret Hardin, the author of "The Tragedy of the Commons", studies the natural cycle of humans using non-replenishable resources, and the causes of the cycle. He states that the human population problem is a member of the class of no technical solutions because it is a Tragedy of Commons. Hardin ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013