Just Water : Who Is Just? Essay

According to a Dictionary.com, Liberal Arts Education in today's modern societal world is defined as “The areas of learning that cultivate general intellectual ability rather than technical or professional skills”. The speaker of “This is Water”, David Wallace was an American Writer as well as a University Professor for Creative Writing and English. A piece of work written by Mr. Wallace called “Infinite Jest” was placed on a list of the “Best 100 English Novels Written Between 1923 and 2005”. Mr. Wallace was a very decorated English Writer known for “Infinite Jest” and many other non-fiction magazine pieces among other highly recognized works. Mr. Wallace says in the speech he had delivered to the graduates due to him trying to explain to all the now graduates why the degree they are receiving has value and meaning opposed to just a road to greater power and money.

Over the past decade, the Healthy Spring Water Company’s sales grew rapidly due to increasing concerns about water quality. In recent years, however, the company’s sales have been stagnant. The problem is that the market for spring water grew large enough that grocery stores began to carry it, at prices somewhat below those of Healthy Spring. Consequently, the grocery stores are enjoying most of the benefit of continued growth in this market.

The soft drink industry is one of the most highly profitable industries in the USA. Also, the competitive market is a very large market. Americans consumed about 53 gallons of soft drinks per person a year in 2000 by $ 60.3 billion!! Comparing with the market in 1990, since it was 47 gallons. In recent years, the market growth has slowed.

This is Water is the most read piece by David Foster Wallace. This is Water was written in the twenty-first century and used as a commencement speech. David Wallace delivered the speech at Kenyon College in two thousand five, for a graduating class. Throughout the essay, Wallace gives references to the generations today. Also, Wallace does such by his illustrations of how many are unconscious in life if its from traffic, worship, or their default settings.

The company Eco Water, Inc. was started by Manish Krishna. He started the company to market what came to be the Purity II Naturalizer Water Unit. The Purity II comes from a company called Environmental Control, Inc. Manny’s company, Eco Water, Inc. started off in a very efficient way. Only $20,000 was used to get Eco Water, Inc. going in the right direction. For most, this is very little money to get a company started. By keeping his company manageable with such little overhead, Manny definitely has room for expansion and more sales.

    Kate Chopin's The Awakening begins set in Grande Isle which is the summer get-away for a few families of New Orleans "upper-class". It is a community of cottages owned by the Lebrun family. Edna Pontellier and her husband Leonce summer there with there two children. This is the setting where Edna also develops a close relationship with Robert Lebrun. He is one of Madame Lebrun's sons who helps her run the cottages for the Pontellier's and the Ratingnolle's. The book begins and ends with Edna and her attraction to the water. Throughout the story water plays a symbolic part in the unfolding of Edna and her relationship to Robert and also her awakening to a new outlook on life along

In The Water Wars written by Cameron Stracher, humanity struggles to survive in a parched, dry, and post-apocalyptic Earth. The narrator, Vera, lives with his brother Will in the Republic of Illinowa, once a part of the United States. Everything in her life was normal until she and her brother decided to venture on a dangerous and perilous journey beyond their republic in order to save Kai, a boy who somehow seems to have unlimited drinking water. All the dangers and events unfolded because of one key decision made by Vera.

In Peter Gleick’s “Selling Bottled Water: The Modern Medicine Show” and Cynthia Barnett’s “Business in a Bottle”, bottled water is argued to be an excessive commodity falsely advertised as healthier and more beneficial than tap water to society and the environment. Both authors discuss that bottled water is actually equivalent in quality to tap water and in some cases even more hazardous to the human body. Public water itself is a less expensive resource that is more accessible to the masses. However, due to fraudulent companies focused on profit and the lack of effective oversight, people are deterred from realizing that there does not need to be an alternative to municipal water. Gleick

The soft drink industry in the United States is a highly profitably, but competitive market. In 2000 alone, consumers on average drank 53 gallons of soft drinks per person a year. There are three major companies that hold the majority of sales in the carbonated soft drink industry in the United States. They are the Coca Cola Company with 44.1% market share, followed by The Pepsi-Cola Company with 31.4% market share, and Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. with 14.7% market share. Each company respectively has numerous brands that it sales. These top brands account for almost 73% of soft drink sales in the United States. Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. owns two of the top ten

every bottle that they sell helps to pay for one of the company’s global clean water projects. (Taylor). Nicole Taylor stated in her article 22 Great Examples of Socially Responsible Business that: “To date, People Water has helped bring more than 5.7 million gallons (21.6 liters) of clean water to people in need.” (Taylor). This fact is incredible as this is how just one company has helped society. This is just one business mentioned out of many businesses that are socially responsible. Another business that Nicole Taylor discusses in her article is a website title Do Good by Us. This Ecommerce website sells goods that do good. This website sells products produced by companies that support and are involved in social causes. Nicole Taylor

In an industry dominated by two heavyweight contenders, Coke and Pepsi, in fact, between 1996 and 2004 per capita consumption of carbonated soft drinks (CSD) remained between 52 to 54 gallons per year. Consumption grew by an average of 3% per year over the next three decades. Fueling this growth were the increasing availability of CSD, the introduction of diet and flavored varieties, and brand extensions. There is couple of reasons why the industry is so profitable such as market share, availability and diversity and brand name and world class marketing.

Water is a human right, not a commodity. It is the essence of life, sustaining every living being on the planet. Without it we would have no plants, no animals, no people. However, while water consumption doubles every twenty years our water sources are being depleted, polluted and exploited by multinational corporations. Water privatization has been promoted by corporations and international lending institutions as the solution to the global water crises but the only one’s who benefit from water privatization are investors and international banks. The essential dilemma of privatization is that the profit interests of private water utilities ultimately jeopardizes the safeguarding of the human right to water. Access to clean, sufficient

The industry of Carbonated Soft Drinks (CSD) is highly concentrated. The three major companies, Coca Cola, PepsiCo, and Cadbury Schweppes accounted in 1998 for more than 90% of market share by case volume –Exhibit 1-.

There is a balloon the shape and size of a beach ball. A string keeps it tethered to the ground. Someone in a white lab coat stands about eight feet away with a rod about as

* Who are the main Stakeholders of beverage companies such as Coca cola and nestle in this case? How would you prioritize their stake and how legitimate are the different stakes?