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Prepared by:
Justine J. Estrada
Aubrey B. Illurimo
Introduction
The global economy of the first decade of the twenty-first
century had became a sphere of extreme uncertainty and risk.
Sociologist Ulrich Beck predicted this many years ago and coined
the term ‘risk society’ (Beck, 1986)
The two main reasons for this problem has been the inability
of modern societies to produce enough Stability and
Sustainability.
Stability
Firmness in position, permanence and resistance to change,
especially in a disruptive way – these are general
associations connected with the term ‘stability’.