SUS1501
ASSIGNMENT 4
DUE DATE: 4 APRIL 2025
, 1. SUS1501-25-S1-18T
2. 7. FAIR'S FAIR - DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
3. Assessment 4 - 661834
Forum
Assessment 4 - 661834
Completion requirements
Mark as done
Due: Friday, 4 April 2025, 8:00 AM
ASSESSMENT 04:
FAIR'S FAIR
So, in assessment 2, we reflected on a particular case involving great wealth - the fact that Elon Musk's
net worth increased by about ZAR 12 billion a day over the course of 2024. In assessment 3, we
reflected on very severe poverty and abuse in the supply chain of a global commodity - cobalt.
In this assessment we are going to think about the possibility that these two issues - great wealth and great
poverty - might be linked by focusing on the proposal in Assessment 1 that:
“The wealth of a few depends on the poverty of many.”
To make this possibility really come alive though, we want you to consider two of the questions in
assessment 1 together:
"Of the top 10 wealthiest people (all men), eight are tech billionaires. Their net worth is
US$ 1.6 trillion or ZAR 31 trillion"
(To put this into a bit of perspective, the South African Government Employee Pension Fund,
South Africa's biggest asset owner has somewhere between ZAR 2 and ZAR 3 trillion.)
AND
"60% of the world's cobalt is mined in the DRC. Significant amounts of this is mined
under appalling conditions, often by child labourers."
Why is this important?
ASSIGNMENT 4
DUE DATE: 4 APRIL 2025
, 1. SUS1501-25-S1-18T
2. 7. FAIR'S FAIR - DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
3. Assessment 4 - 661834
Forum
Assessment 4 - 661834
Completion requirements
Mark as done
Due: Friday, 4 April 2025, 8:00 AM
ASSESSMENT 04:
FAIR'S FAIR
So, in assessment 2, we reflected on a particular case involving great wealth - the fact that Elon Musk's
net worth increased by about ZAR 12 billion a day over the course of 2024. In assessment 3, we
reflected on very severe poverty and abuse in the supply chain of a global commodity - cobalt.
In this assessment we are going to think about the possibility that these two issues - great wealth and great
poverty - might be linked by focusing on the proposal in Assessment 1 that:
“The wealth of a few depends on the poverty of many.”
To make this possibility really come alive though, we want you to consider two of the questions in
assessment 1 together:
"Of the top 10 wealthiest people (all men), eight are tech billionaires. Their net worth is
US$ 1.6 trillion or ZAR 31 trillion"
(To put this into a bit of perspective, the South African Government Employee Pension Fund,
South Africa's biggest asset owner has somewhere between ZAR 2 and ZAR 3 trillion.)
AND
"60% of the world's cobalt is mined in the DRC. Significant amounts of this is mined
under appalling conditions, often by child labourers."
Why is this important?
