Conservation Crisis Exercise Preparation Sheet

The following questions help you to prepare for the Conservation Crisis exercise. Answer them before the exercise. Submit your answersright after completing the exercise for participation marks.

1. Define your role. What is your position? List at least two similarities and two differences from one other role in the Conservation Crisis Case.

2. To better develop your arguments, you need to do some research.Identify some of the issues and look for real life cases / related information. This will help support your arguments.

Example

No / Issue / Sample Cases / related information
1 / Major Layoff /
  • Labour laws
  • CUPE
  • Financial implication – Major layoff -> Market suspicions of financial performance -> effect on share prices
  • Bombardier – 2001 and 2002 major aerospace staff layoff – stock price fell to 7 year low after 2nd major layoff in 2002

3. Using the chart below, list the other parties in the role play and their positions.

Example

No / Role / Their positions
1 / Factory worker / Do not want pollution because it affects their life.
Do not want chemical company to implement the new system because of job security
Major concern: Job security

4. Using the chart below, create a list of points that you intend to use during the discussion. Identify why these are valid points.

Example for environmentalist role.

No / Description of your point / Role to which point is directed / Reason why this is a valid point
1 / Environment is a gift to us – it’s priceless
It’s easy to damage our environment but it takes a long time & a lot of money to reverse the damage that we do. / Factory worker, restaurant owner, chemical company executive (esp. the cost to restore environment) / Nobody wants a dirty / polluted environment. We work to ensure that our environment is clean. Therefore, if we ignore conservation now, we will significant higher price in the future.

5. Prepare a list of points that the other parties may use against your points. How can you counter the points?

No / Role / Their argument / Your points to counter their argument
1 / Chem. Company executive / We may consider moving to another place if we are required to set up this new system. We will incur moving expenses anyways. / If you relocate, you won’t be able to find skilled workers immediately and your operations will be affected. If you want to have skilled workers immediately, you need to relocate staff, which is a cost too

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