...Institution No Casinos Toronto Campaign Conflict expansion is the incorporated use of advocacy and lobbying, in an attempt to influence legislation changes. In the No Casinos Toronto Campaign, the advocacy groups employed conflict expansion to carry out the course. The groups ensured that most individuals in Toronto are aware of the campaign, and what it entails. They also coerced councilors to make legislation in opposition of the intended casino in the city. In their campaign, the advocacy groups ensured that councilors did not have a wide room for voting in favor of the casino. Conflict expansion is the rigorous use of lobbying and advocacy to manipulate legislation, without giving legislators much of a choice. This essay will evaluate the efficacy of conflict expansion, in regard to No Casinos Toronto Campaign. The advocacy groups in the “No Casinos Toronto Campaign” first contacted the legislators in the city regarding their opposing views on the proposed mega-casino. They wrote to the relevant authorities, regarding the upcoming effects of the casino on the public, the businesses and the Toronto society in general. They tried to convince the councilors to legislate in opposition of the mega-casino proposition (TogetherToronto, 2013). After communicating their stand with the legislators, the advocacy groups then launched and online campaign. The online campaign was to get the public opinion against the mega-casino. This...
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...Govt., Business, NGOs – Interface between them in the rise of globalization BUSINESS ETHICS PROJECT Govt., Business, NGOs – Interface between them in the rise of globalization BUSINESS ETHICS PROJECT Chand Ajmera, PGP/17/192 Ananya Jha, PGP/17/194 Shraddha Srikhande, PGP/17/240 Dinesh Kumar V, PGP/17/248 Chand Ajmera, PGP/17/192 Ananya Jha, PGP/17/194 Shraddha Srikhande, PGP/17/240 Dinesh Kumar V, PGP/17/248 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. ROLE OF CSOS IN BUSINESS GOVERNMENT INTERFACE 3. LOBBYING - INTRODUCTION 4. ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF LOBBYING 5. EXAMPLES OF LOBBYING 6. ACTIONS BEING TAKEN TO CURB THE UNETHICAL ASPECT OF LOBBYING 7. CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS 1. INTRODUCTION The growth and function of every business is highly dependent on the government. A large number of government actions in addition to laws and regulations affect companies’ finances. There are several reasons behind regulation of business by the government. 1. Public safety and welfare: Many industries are regularly reviewed and overseen because their activities, if they go skewed, can have detrimental effects to human health, financial well-being, or community structure. [21] 2. Protecting industry: Many regulations are in place to protect those who have developed their business correctly; licensing, permits, and inspections by the government clear out criminal activities that challenge truthful industries. [21] 3. Revenue...
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...Human Immunodeficiency Virus Proposed Policy The purpose of this paper is to propose a policy for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) through modification of existing law or creation of new legislation and how existing regulation could affect advocacy. It will examine utilization methods based on the three legs of lobbying to aid in advocacy efforts, as well as any potential objectives and how to overcome them. The proposed policy for reducing the spread of HIV in at-risk areas would require physician's clinics to offer routine rapid-testing for early detection, provide education on prevention, provide items to decrease the risk of infection, and supportive services for those with an HIV positive diagnosis. Offering methods of testing and...
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...ng making non profit organisation SESSION MORNING 4/2/2014 A COBRANDED product its a commercial activity in which a company and a NGO join forces to build an image, a service or a product in order to take mutuel benefit from it. Cause related marketing: * Sponsoring * Sales promotion activities * Merchandising * Co-branding License ≠ own product. What to develop co branded product? * Develop the brand and improve notoriety * Get closer to the general public (si el public de una compania son los chicos le conviene asociarse a unisef) * Recruit new donors and build loyalty * Generate income * To overcome a lack of advertising * Reposition the brand (la empresa quisiere cambiar su target, pueden cambiar el product o la forma en que se ve al product). * Protect de brand Aim for sustainable products: Transform the market to make it more reachable for the consumers to buy product por envirioment friendly. Cobranding partnerships are represented through a licensing agreement on a product which has ecological advantages and innovative methods. The WWF band can be used on the product, point of sales advertising or communication. Part of the sale price is given to the WWF. Benefits for the company: * Wwf notority= one of the most famous logos * Very rich indentify + positive values + brand likeability * It is a guarantee for the product * Wwf expertise * Its responds to consumers new expectation...
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...INTRODUCTION Grassroots-based advocacy movements are not new and continue to be politically contentious. However, since the mid-1990s there has been an increasing interest in advocacy on the part of both NGOs and Northern donor agencies. Firstly, influencing macro-level policy and regulatory frameworks is now seen as essential to increasing opportunities and removing constraints at the micro-level for both enterprise programmes and entrepreneurs themselves. Secondly, multilateral and bilateral donor agencies have increasingly emphasised civil society development and democratisation as a means of effecting this macro-level change. Underpinning both these trends are related debates about rights-based approaches to development and pro-poor growth. Advocacy organizations have also used advances in communications and information technology to increase global as well as national visibility and influence. Impact assessment has had a two-fold role in these trends: • • Firstly action research and impact assessments of the effects of macro-level policies, legislation and regulatory environments have been used to support advocacy campaigns. Secondly donors, NGOs and advocates themselves have been concerned to assess the impacts of their advocacy strategies either to justify funding them and/or to improve future strategies and campaigns. There are now a number of manuals by NGOs and donors presenting models, tools and frameworks for both advocacy itself and advocacy impact assessment.1 There...
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...Health Advocacy Campaign Development Tiffany E. Snowden Walden University NURS 5050/6050 Section 06, Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health February 8, 2015 Health Advocacy Campaign Development Living a long, thriving and healthy life is a vision many Americans strive to make a reality. Unfortunately, many are deprived of that dream because of smoking and tobacco use. It is estimated that approximately 16 million Americans suffer from a disease as a result of smoking in addition to the one in five deaths that occur annually from smoking (Smoking & Tobacco Use, 2014). The purpose of this paper is to describe the population affected by smoking, summarize the attributes of two successful health advocacy programs and develop a successful health advocacy campaign for smoking. Smoking and the Affected Population Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the nation (Smoking & Tobacco Use, 2014). There are many reasons that an individual chooses to partake in tobacco use including stress and peer pressure. In 2012, with an estimated 42.1 million Americans aged 18 years or older, approximately 18% of the adult population was cigarette smokers (Smoking & Tobacco Use, 2014). Aside from adult users, it is estimated that more than 3,200 adolescents smoke their first cigarette on a daily basis (Smoking & Tobacco Use, 2014). According to the 2012 Surgeon General’s Report, approximately 9 out of 10 smokers initiate smoking by the...
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...An overview and Descriptions : In very democracy, Interest groups are as old as political parties existence. Interest groups, equally known as advocacy or pressure groups, are associations or organizations of individuals who share a common interest and assert their collective strength in the political process to protect — and in some cases, expand — that interest. They are Non-profit and usually voluntary organization whose members have a common cause for which they seek to influence public policy, without seeking political control. Their primary activities are lobbying the members of legislative bodies through contribution to political parties, working to elect sympathetic or pliable politicians, and conducting covert or open propaganda campaigns. At this juncture, My emphasis is on The Anti-Abortion Right Group in My State of Maryland,which is of particular interest to me. Because my Delegate is a Republican. In the late 1960s, a number of organizations were formed to mobilize opinion against the legalization of abortion. In the United States, the National Right to Life Committee was formed in 1968, while in Australia, the National Right to Life formed in 1970. The United States pro-life movement (also known as the United States anti-abortion movement or the United States right-to-life movement) as a social and political movement in the united state opposing on moral or sectarian grounds elective Abortion and usually supporting its legal prohibition or restriction. Advocates...
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...of services to patients regardless of their ability to pay for services. Some patients are required to pay a sliding scale discount fee based on their income and the number people in the family. Community Health Care Centers provide comprehensive and cost effective primary care and supportive services that promote access to health care. These centers accept health insurance and also provide services to the uninsured on a sliding fee scale. I learned that both these centers provide service to patients that over extends what the hospital or doctor office is able to provide. Lobbying, Strategy and Political Lobbying in a form communication in which people persuade someone with more decision making power. Advocacy is to speak on behalf of others. Lobbying is a specialized form of advocacy directed at the political level. It is a strategic, planned and informal way of influencing decision-makers. Any lobbying efforts must begin with a sense of its goals. Nursing Issues/Putting it together Nurses have a unique opportunity to influence the future. Practice opportunities flourish for advanced practice nurses in emerging health delivery models. Practice barriers, external as well as those created by nursing, must be addressed. Politically savvy nurses can use their understanding of power and politics to effect changes that can maximize advanced practice nurses' contributions to the health of our society. Workplace abuse is typically viewed as work place bullying or a manifestation...
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...community of workers in the area and therefore the local economy. Someone owning shares in an business such as Microsoft is positively affected, for example, when the company releases a new device and sees their profit and therefore stock price rise. What is the meaning of "Take/Taken for granted'? Most common definitions: 1) to use, accept, or treat in a careless or indifferent manner: 2) to accept without question or objection; assume constituency the people involved in or served by an organization (as a business or institution) political action committee a group formed (as by an industry or an issue-oriented organization) to raise and contribute money to the campaigns of candidates likely to advance the group's interests advocacy advertising Advertising used in supporting a particular cause, point of view, or a matter of public importance or interest. advertisements placed by companies presenting their own opinion on one or more public issues. The advertisements reflect the opinion of the company and are meant to influence public opinion. Issues include consumer rights, education, the environment, health, and taxation. advertising...
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...Health Advocacy Campaign Childhood obesity is considered one of the major pressing health issues of our century. The rate of childhood obesity has increased alarmingly, with the number of obese children under five globally standing at over 42 million today. Approximately 35 million of obese children are living in the developing countries. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) children who are obese and overweight are very likely to stay obese into their adulthood; further, they stand a high chance of developing non communicable diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease while they are still young (Cheng, 2013). The purpose of this paper is to highlight the gravity of childhood obesity based on statistics and the health effects that the issue has on the children and impacts in the society. Further, the study will develop a health advocacy plan for the problem. Review laws, regulations, and ethical issues that could impact health advocacy plan in regards to childhood obesity. Population Health Issue and Population Affected Childhood obesity has spread to global dimensions and is progressively affecting many low- and middle-income countries, and particularly those that are domiciled in urban settings. In the US alone, one in every five children is obese or overweight; this number is on the rise. Although weight problems can be traced back to the family genealogy, however, this is not all children who come from families that have a known...
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...affecting people over 50. The main theme of my paper is how AARP’s organization and lobbying efforts show that to be a force to be reckoned with, an interest group can use money and sheer numbers to get it’s point across. First let’s define what a lobbying is. According to Encyclopedia Britannica “lobbying, any attempt by individuals or private interest groups to influence the decisions of government; in its original meaning it referred to efforts to influence the votes of legislators, generally in the lobby outside the legislative chamber. Lobbying in some form is inevitable in any political system” (Britannica 2011). The organization I chose to write about was formerly known as the National Retired Teachers Association. “Because of its broader focus on issues ranging from medical care, social security, health and welfare, aging, insurance, financial planning, and consumer protection, the name was officially changed in 1999 to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)” (Money Matters 2011). AARP is a “nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that helps people 50 and over improve the quality of their lives” (AARP 2011). As mentioned above, AARP is involved with many concerns affecting those in their 50s and beyond. “AARP’s mission is to enhance the quality of life for all as we age, leading positive social change, and delivering value to members through information, advocacy,...
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...Lobbying in someform is inevitable in any political system." Accordng to the supreme court, lobbying is protected by freedom of speech but is that the same thing as paid advocacy of a special interest group. This sounds like a better definition of what lobbying really is. The first amendment of the United states offers Americans many rights and freedoms. In the case of United States v. Cruikshank (1875),[232] the Supreme the Supreme Court held that "the right of the people peaceably to assemble for the purpose of petitioning Congress for a redress of grievances, or for anything else connected with the powers or duties of the National Government, is an attribute of national citizenship, and, as such, under protection of, and guaranteed by, the United...
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...Austin Braham The American Association of Retired Persons is a powerful special interest group that protects the interests of retirees across the US by lobbying politicians to pass legislation in the organization’s favor. Inside you will find detailed information outlining AARP’s mission, purpose, and scope. Austin Braham The American Association of Retired Persons is a powerful special interest group that protects the interests of retirees across the US by lobbying politicians to pass legislation in the organization’s favor. Inside you will find detailed information outlining AARP’s mission, purpose, and scope. Politicians are elected in part on the basis of the issues by which they stand, and these issues are either held up or weakened by numerous interest groups that exist today. Interest groups target both major and minor issues, using all of their resources to sponsor or overpower the groups' concern. Interest groups are composed of a limited range of the body of voters who have a great stake in the issues that their group supports. It is made clear and evident which issues their group supports. Resources are used in an attempt to make their interests public policy. Interest groups are persistent; they do not give up until they succeed and they lobby congress, take legal action, and attempt to influence election results in order to benefit their cause. One such political interest group is the AARP (American Association of Retired Persons). Founded in...
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...results than lawsuits or mass mobilization- you are dealing with one person (the politician you are funding); it buys the candidate's loyalty and support; it provides access when the interest group needs assistance; it is more effective on a single, focused issue; you don't need a large group of people to back you up (as with mass mobilization). Grassroots Lobbying- asking the public to contact legislators concerning the issue at had, as opposed to going to the legislators directly. A grassroots lobby puts pressure on the legislature to address the concerns of a particular group by mobilizing that group, usually through raising public awareness and running advocacy campaigns. A group or individual classified as a lobbyist must submit regular disclosure reports; however, reporting requirements vary from state to state. The unique characteristic of grassroots lobbying, in contrast to other forms of lobbying, is that it involves stimulating the politics. Mass Mobilization- Mobilizing a specific group identified by the lobby puts pressure on the legislature to address the concerns of this group. These tactics are used after the lobbying group gains the public’s...
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...memberships voting in large numbers relative to the population. AARP does not endorse single candidates, parties or party platforms, but they do donate money to campaign and release substantial amounts of research and literature designed to directly influence the legislative process. I’m not sure if I agree or disagree with their policies but their political actions have been controversial among some of the members who do not agree with the group platform and advocacy strategies. According to the waysandmeans.house.gov “AARP is not simply a non-profit entity claiming to advocate on behalf of America’s seniors. AARP is in fact a large, complex and sophisticate organization with over $2.2 billion in total assets and had revenues in excess of $1.4 billion in 2009 alone. When measured by the products it endorses and profits it derives from those deals, AARP is one of the nation’s largest insurance companies and by far the largest provider of Medicare plans to seniors. AARP is also one of the most powerful and active lobbying groups (in terms of dollars spent) in the country. Further clouding AARP’s image is tangled relationship between the board members of its “for-profit” subsidiaries and the parent “non-profit” AARP which establishes AARP’s policy positions – often making it impossible to tell the two sides, and their competing agendas, apart”. The pros of AARP are inexpensive membership. Membership includes One of the most frequent negatives expressed by members is the amount...
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