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Individual Reflection Assignment
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Table of Contents
A. Individual Reflective Journal......................................................................................................3
B) Ethics on Screen.......................................................................................................................10
The Wolf of Wall Street............................................................................................................10
Promised land............................................................................................................................12
Margin Call................................................................................................................................15
References......................................................................................................................................18

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A. Individual Reflective Journal
Reflection on Sustainability in relation to CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and
Triple Bottom Line (TBL) business Goals
Sustainability definitely is not a new concept but it is related to the urban development globally.
After starting the course, I developed my horizon that is considered to make broader to a global
level. Besides, I can also see that sustainability is related to many aspects, not only the urban
development but also the business, which can make serious affect on the descendents of life. I
have come to learn about sustainability concept, along with the communities that include social,
environmental and economical systems that remain in constant interaction for the benefit of
population. I also considered that sustainable development helps to satisfy the community,
without sacrificing ability for future generation to meet own needs. In this Journal, I have come
to a stage, where I would be analysing the “Environmental Sustainability in education at the 3
Elementary Schools”. Over the last few decades, some efforts are being made at local, national
and global level to pay attention to sustainability (Eeinwisconsin.org, 2017). I believe that the
Goal 7 of the UN Millennium Development Goal is to ensure “Environmental Sustainability”, so
that development of CSR and TBL business goals can be carried out. I came to a stage during my
course that a multitude of the professional groups has offered support to teacher that may
incorporate sustainable education in curriculum in secondary and primary classrooms. For
instance, the National Science Teachers Association provided a position statement that defined
to be a part of School curriculum, as the student knowledge establishes foundation for future
actions and understandings (Environmentalscience.org, 2017).
I have also come across the social studies context where it allowed young learners to explain the
relations with other people, and equip knowledge from the past. Gradually, this developed the
key skills working in effective decision process and problem solving to make valued judgements.
It is found that ESE (Environmental Sustainability Education) is focussed heavily on the work of
the educators, mainly in K-12 spectrum (K12.wa.us, 2017). While I have witnessed that, the
institution responded on the emphasis on ESE that included development of a 5-Course Minor
ESE for undergraduate teachers and creating of partnerships. Even, I have experienced that
exploring perspective of the teachers on ESE could be elementary, as it forms diverse

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philosophical backgrounds with 10-mile footprint of the institution. I have also identified that
from University education faculty that has valued on the importance of the ESE preparation in
social studies and science but the K-12 teachers here has expressed constraints on capability for
engaging preparation that includes the competent practicing of teacher’s role model and other
materials. For an instance, teachers in the program has cited significance of content knowledge
that works on practising outdoor education experience and pedagogical strategies to shape own
development.
A theoretical approach applied here shows my area of certainty to better understand ways ESE
has been put to action across the school setting through a Narrative Enquiry Framework was
being made (Www2.fgcu.edu, 2017). My area of understanding was that narratives names were
made of structured quality of experience to analyse patterns of inquiry. It meant a process of
collaboration is required that includes re-storying and mutual storytelling aspects, as the research
proceeds. In simple, I can relate that it is a revelation of particularities where case-centred
inquiries could help reader to analyse the phenomena. Now, the CSR practise that may be related
to sustainability in education at the 3 Elementary Schools is quite precise. I acknowledge that
CSR is a part of commitment that contributes to society’s development in order to ensure
sustainable business practice. The 3 Elementary Schools in my area of understanding with CSR
metric could be included in better work practices with the community and stakeholders involved
(Taylor & Francis, 2016). Thus, it is beneficial, not just to the society but the organisation to
attract more investors and customers. Regardless, the effect made by 3 Elementary Schools on
CSR, can go a long way towards sustainable improvement. I feel that implementation of CSR
guides 3 Elementary Schools in an ethical way, so that it can contribute to welfare and health of
the society. It tailors benefits of higher learning, so that key partnerships can be developed with
other businesses.
For 3 Elementary Schools, it is found that students require an extra guidance, as they want to
receive a solid education, and that can make them active changers in a society. I have analysed
the instance on what teacher beliefs could be, and how the beliefs can influence the practices in
the classroom. In that case, a narrative qualitative approach could be effective for describing the
beliefs across each of the 3 schools. From the background of the three schools, I have observed
that schools are driven purposefully, as they always had reputation for all these high achieving

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students, since they are defined on the choice-based schools. This defines sustainability from the
point of view of teacher’s preparation programs or the establishment of relation in the institution
(McKenzie et al. 2015). I have came across focused groups, that allowed in group interactions
for making topics, as the key data source rather making it as research-imposed questions. I did
list a four GD held with group teachers from each of the school during 2018 Semester, mainly on
the mutual planning. I persisted that each of the discussion lasted around 35-40 minutes, and it
was transcribed for future purpose. Here, I witnessed that identifying information is an important
area, since teachers need to describe their teaching patterns and the views defined from
classroom practices. Rather, some prompts being elicit had a generic direction to flow than using
scripted interview process. I found that all discrepancies that were being discussed until an
agreement was met showed some instances of ESE between the 3 schools.
The way ESE plays in the three Schools is also showed in terms of findings by using the chosen
method. I witnessed the 3 Schools sustainability, where in Charter School, I came across a stage
where four teachers participated and volunteered in a discussion. I felt that one was taught first
grade, one on third grade, and other two were mathematics and writing specialists. I did evidence
myself about the attribute I presented where a conversation was dominated by a discussion in
terms of consent, mainly curricula of the school that drove instructional decisions in classroom.
In few cases, teacher described some places where they incorporated supplementary instruction
based on the interest of teacher and student. For instance, I observed that one-third grade teacher
noted that each week would be a set of story, which cannot be changed, as it is a curriculum to be
followed. I noticed an instance where teacher of Charter school discussed some beliefs that may
work on sustainability and way it could translate the ESE Classroom practice. Further, none of
those teachers according to me mentioned to find a professional development preparation related
to ESE (Hursh et al. 2015). I could just give an example where, if I was there, I could re-use the
scratch paper or emphasize the effectiveness of modification of the lights. With the reflective
practice, I have defined myself to be the arbiter since effective education opportunities could
increase student’s mental ability towards studies and practice lessons.
It is found that some teachers discussed about the informal opportunities in education that expose
students to the ESE. I have also evidenced that one teacher made request with hesitance but this
proved meaningful for her students in the class. Besides, another teacher also discussed a field

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trip for observing on a beach, but this turned to be a less success. I thought that I may be much
more to them but I was quite amazing for them to gain such experience. I identified teachers to
express their issues regarding school environment and student’s home experience lacking benefit
for exploring natural world. From the experience of Public School, I found that the principal and
four teachers participated in a GD. It showed the inclusion of teacher, technical specialist, special
education teacher, 4th grade teacher and a literacy specialist were working on a STEM magnet
program (Marshall et al. 2012). I analysed that the School was set on a curricula, which included
opportunities to work outside of it. Some teachers in my opinion discussed importance of literacy
instruction but some also shared strategies to incorporate interdisciplinary teaching and learning
interests. Eventfully, some also talked on “borrowing minutes here and there”, or use literacy for
allowing students to write and read topics on deliberate interests (Kronlid and Öhman, 2013). I
believe that special education teacher will try to communicate on the project, for which students
need to choose ESE topics. They were given the topics based on natural disasters. In that state,
the project I made showed a principle that was shared for teachers to use a genius hour on the
Choice-based learning.
While discussing the process of ESE directly, I felt a stage where teacher’s discussion included
the non-curricular school-wide elements, like analysing composters in cafeteria, solar panels on
school roof, EPA club, recycling initiatives, and energy use monitoring. According to RE Cotton
and Alcock (2013), the path of technology idealised that a Green Team having the maintenance
workers together monitored, on how much electricity is required. I felt that making signs on
school to power it off, when one is not using technology could be benefitted in common.
Eventfully, teachers have identified key ways where non-curricular efforts were being influenced
in classroom practice. As we, people do talk about renewable energy, but some children are not
aware of it. In quest, I acquire that they also do not have any kind of idea on how to utilise the
sun when building a home. This is a place that I know, and needs to talk about solar energy. On
incorporating ESE into writing, I think that the world of literacy that I find in a book or regarding
any topic can find me to work passionately on. There is what sustainability matters the most, as it
will show connection to the nature through the school, or it is quite close to a large state park,
including an outdoor space or a garden space. As described, many students live on a property, as
the group agreed on closeness with nature to facilitate student’s learning and interest in ESE.

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Another instance in Friends School where I found four teachers did participate in a discussion.
The process of emphasis is developed on the school’s focus that could be multi-disciplinary
when driven by student interest and teacher itself. As teacher represented 4 diverse subject areas
comprising of Art, Science, Reading and Spanish, I have been described as progressive, as the
teacher has discussed a generative process regarding the curricula. I also have come to a stage in
Friends School where I found that some teachers expressed fear of the instruction, which is being
shared with language arts, which have a subject to be made with good attention. Eventfully, I did
describe instances of interdisciplinary instructions, developed with the content areas mainly. In
case, I found that if I teach Spanish through science, or through math, I can spark on a curiosity
among kinds, but not on University students. When it is asked about ESE, I have acquired a stage
where Friends School teachers emphasized way ESE shaped the working culture with the inter-
disciplinary instructions. As a part of Spanish Class and Service learning, some students that
participated in a trip to sister school, for example in Guatemala helped in installing the energy
effective lighting, technology, integrating science and Spanish (Figueiró and Raufflet, 2015). I
hoped that the science teacher also developed shared understanding that his class included a large
focus on the place-based instructions on local farms. I also acquire that students can gain a right
way, where, if possible, I can teach what exactly they require to understand and develop their
sustainability.
Friends School also makes some of the non-curricular decisions, with ESE having students work
in School garden every week. The physical location is defined with woods, as science teacher
noted to analyse students working on the environment as a learning tool (Ardoin et al. 2013). I
felt, if there is trained behaviour implemented in Friends School, and then some of the students
need to be taught and then reminded to work on innovative projects with effective learning.
However, there is a wide conception of TBL Business goals in sustainable education. Most
educational institutes, just like the MNCs use it to analyse taking actions for which people are
involved with them (Christie et al. 2015). TBL takes pain to decrease the ecological footprint,
since they strive for sustainability, by analysing the fact to “Go Green” to remain profitable in
the business. I have used an education philosophy from the TBL, where growing and learning
towards development, as an educator will try to foster a good environment for allowing students
to grow and learn. Since education functions as a key process to facilitate integration for

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generations, it will bring a system that becomes “freedom of practice” towards reality with
change in transformation.
I believe that focusing on sustainable learning can achieve the business goals by “3 Elementary
Schools”. It is integral, as it tends to focus on the area of sustainable learning, so that effective
standards, planning and guidelines can be made well (McKenzie et al. 2015). Like educators, I
need to ensure an environment where the classroom can reflect on the stage set by students to
remain successful and proactive by doing new and innovative projects. I persist that
sustainability in educational system would also be proactive, as effective process of Classroom
Teaching can become innovative with the technological world. As sustainability is a key factor
towards development, I should provide a good attention towards Environment, Society and
Economy. It makes a balance for the peer educator programs so that sustainability aspects could
be defined with higher education. Thus, I have evidenced that in Charter school, the teacher have
discusses few aspects, which could incorporate ESE by school’s heavy curricula on language and
literacy arts. With intense focus made on language arts, I have eventually paid huge attention, so
that enough possibilities could be developed through the “Choice-based and genius-hour
instructions”. It just takes good advantage at Public School, or takes advantage from the curricula
defined at Friends School (Hursh et al. 2015). Especially, I believe one needs to have strong
skills to remain successful, mainly with the younger grades.
From the CSR and TBL goals, I can allure that sustainability in ESE is little complex, but proper
metrics can develop it by having good understanding of relations and interactions. At Charter
School, I have found the teachers have discussed way on which limited liability is provided to
incorporate ESE by school heavy curricular consent on language and literacy arts. Besides, I also
found that one of the teachers explained in choosing between practising phonics and teaching of
sciences by utilising the School mandated program. Thus, the key focus developed on language
arts is being echoed in contrast to other schools. Some discussions provided less attention but
limitations were having systematic influence, having possibilities to work with constraints with
the choice-based and genius-hour instructional activities (Junyent and de Ciurana, 2008). From
my experience, I did came across the concept of interdependence from the discussion of public
school, where fourth grade teacher shared ways, where she integrated school’s energy
monitoring process into science instruction. It was quite remarkable, on the stage of innovation

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in the Public school. It was also noted by me that at Charter school, teachers did not had access
to park or outdoor space. This made limitation for them to associate with children through
instructions. Other than these, teachers remained focused, on which children could be provided
care in their place at school or cut the waste. Thus, I can analyse that if I go out in streaming like
teachers, I need to get an understanding that in a classroom, students pick on what they know, or
else from home.
It can be understood from the concept of sustainability that lifelong learning helps to facilitate
problem solving and collaboration to environmental education (Marshall et al. 2012). As it might
seem less but the non-curricula practices work in shared discussions for all the three schools. I
have identified some activities practised like, turning off lights or recycling that may deliver
foundation for the lifelong expertise, which children can continue in future. It is identified by me
that focus on many areas like Energy use in schools at Public school, or the link between farms
and people at Friends school have planted seeds for children for considering, as they grow elder
or become the decision makers (Smith and B. Stevenson, 2017). Though Charter School is
limited in own outdoor space, it has emphasized the field trips to children that has less contact to
nature. Thus, it may serve as a procedure for action with continued learning too.
Hence, it can be concluded from the overall reflection that across all the 3 schools, the role of
sustainability plays a pivotal role with good illustration of CSR and TBL Business goals. Across
all these schools, ESE is being valued in numerous ways. From North American Association for
Environmental Education, an underpinning is made to analyse that each of the school is defined
with a trajectory to incorporate sustainable ideas. With the major findings developed, I have
come across the territory, I can analyse that a well-resourced Friends school can engage in an
effective way, related with the sophisticated ESE practices than the Charter school. I have also
defined a clear difference where I can provide illustrations and suggestions for the professional
development efforts to be carried out. Thus, this can tailor with the needs of individual, so that
good progression in terms of development can be found out. Moreover, the study according to
me also sheds light in K-12 Settings that varies constantly, in the 3 Schools that is defined with
choice-based ideas to attain sustainability.

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B) Ethics on Screen
The Wolf of Wall Street
Impact of globalisation on The Wolf of Wall Street
Globalisation is the method in which several societies, economies and cultures through a
communication and global network of trade become integrated within all aspects. Globalisation
widens the access of foreign suppliers to consumption of a huge number of customers.
Globalisation plays an important role in media or TV series as it shapes the human minds. In The
Wolf of Wall Street, it has found that Jordan has developed a business with his partners and
started a brokerage firm in the region of Stratford (Briscoe et al., 2012). The company has
affected by the effect of globalisation, their company rapidly increases in terms of staffs 20 to
250, and they are huge prospects for the company. As an outcome, Wall Street increases hugely
in respect to other prospects. With expand of globalisation; it has a great influence of the cinema
like The Wolf of Wall Street. As an outcome, the people are watching it or reading about the
position of casts and gain maximum knowledge as they may capable to decipher among good or
bad person.
Triple bottom lines business goals
Triple bottom line (TBL) is a theory or framework, which suggests that organisations commit to
focus on environmental and social concerns as they do to maximum their profits. However, TBL
indicates that there must be three bottom line i.e., people, profit and planet in an organisation. In
case of The Wolf of Wall Street, TBL looks for a corporation level of commitment to obtain the
CSR. In 1987, Jordan Belfort obtains a job in the Wall Street as a role of stockbroker. A main
issued towards the TBL, it is difficult to estimates the environmental and social bottom lines
(Jiang et al., 2012). In The Wolf of Wall street, profitability is inherent quantity, so it may easy
to estimate. By using the TBL, the firm of Jordan aims to estimate the social, environmental and
financial performance. The theory holds that if the company seeks to gain the profit only, ignore
the planer and people, it may not be accounted for the total cost of doing business.
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In The Wolf of Wall Street, the firm recruits different friends of Jordan’s, who Jordan trains in
the art of “hard sell”. The main method of the company is a dump and pump fraud. In this,
sustainable consumption is the utilization of services along with products within a way, which
minimizes the effect on the surroundings. In case of The Wolf Wall street, Jordan may find the
ways to meet the demands and necessities without depleting the natural sources of our planet. To
cloak this, Jordan provides the firm the respectable-sounding name of “Stratton Oakmont”. He
was practiced with sustainable consumption to make sure that the environment has sources
accessible long in the future. In case of developed and industrialized nation, consumption
patterns are not sustainable. Their services and products rely on too many natural sources and
make too many harmful emissions while it consumed (Alfes et al., 2013).
CSR
The focus of CSR is to involve the government applications for the businesses along with social
advantages. When the corporate add activities bad steps, which is beneficial for the social
welfare. For understanding several aspects of CSR, Jordan’s company i.e., Stratton Oakmont
uses it to attain the long-term goals of companies. Developing the business policy and decreasing
the process through the energy program and wastes are provided stronger business case for CSR.
Using CSR, Stratton Oakmont may support their employees to recognise the problems or issues
in the environment (Renwick et al., 2013). Jordan becomes immensely successful and slides in a
decadent lifestyles. BY using the aspects of CSR, the success “Stratton Oakmont” is getting
around after few years.
Citizenship, consumers, civil society and activism
A diverse civil society is an important part of maintaining and creating a healthy development
challenges. Their main approach is to take the challenges while being driven by a strong passion
to realize the value proposition. In The Wolf of Wall Street, the company has to develop the CSR
guidelines and approaches to promote the initiatives of suppliers. Thus, Jordan is set up the wire
to bring his partners. However, industry provides a lot of effort in order to enrich their services
for satisfying their customers (Fox et al., 2012). Manager of Stratton Oakmont also gather this
idea about the satisfaction level of their employees within their workplaces. This theory lies in
between the connection of the employee’s mental stability and the organisation’s goal. To

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control the activism of Stratton Oakmont, the manager of this company acquire this idea and
make a new dynamic, attractive and interesting design of job role for their employees.
Employees and business ethics
In Stratton Oakmont, manager of this company provide job to the employee to guide their daily
goal within the deadline and provide them reward or finishing that work. To draw the attention
of employees, Jordan arranged the bountiful party for the workers while they deliver their best
performances towards the work. He devises new methods to motivate his workers and give them
the respectful career in future. Ultimately, he comes up with a system to hide cask in the
European bank. From The Wolf of Wall Street, it has been found that company tries to gain the
competitive edge from the market (Schaltegger et al., 2012). This advantage do not create by one
section of the company in fact all of them perform together to attain the best outcome. Supply
chain management is one of the managements to attain the best competitive gain from the
market.
From the above discussion, it is clear that I have to work with my group to evaluate the
organisational targets. In any sector, team formation is to an essential aspect as all the employees
are used with an appropriate method. For developing a proper team, cultural aspects would be
evaluated as concerns the working ambience. In case of The Wolf of Wall Street, I have learned
many things. I was quite unaware of the globalisation effect on the film. From the impact of
globalisation, I have also recognised that globalization suggests the enlargement of flows and
interrelation of investment, trade, society and finance. The long-term application of CSR or
sustainability issues, I was very ignorant from this fact. Further, I have experienced many
changes in my lifestyle by knowing the behaviour of Jordon. It is necessary that I have to carry
out the self-assessment performance to evaluate my working protocols. On the other hand, the
report shows that roles and responsibilities are accepted and clear as the team may involve in
social activities and fun in terms of Jordan’ company i.e., Stratton Oakmont.
Promised Land
Positive negative effect of globalisation on Promised Land