Alistair wants to study the safety violations that have occurred in Taiwan by a prominent U.S.-based company where three workers have died because of a lack of safety equipment so that the company could earn a larger profit. Alistair is likely taking a ______.

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Alistair is focusing on the conflict between the U.S.-based company's desire for profit and the safety of the workers, which aligns with the conflict perspective. The symbolic interactionist perspective would focus on how individuals create meaning and interpret their experiences, the functionalist perspective would focus on how the company and its workers contribute to the larger functioning of society, and the feminist perspective would focus on how gender and power dynamics play a role in this situation (which is not mentioned in the prompt).

Alistair Wants to Study the Safety Violations That Have Occurred