...care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. In carrying out this mission, the department administers a variety of federal labor laws including those that guarantee workers’ rights to safe and healthful working conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay; freedom from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support. ("United States Department Of Labor", 2012). United States Department of Labor’s mission is: To foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights. ("United States Department Of Labor", 2012). The Federal Communications Commission regulates all radio and television. We do not understand how deep this department truly is. The Federal Communications Commission regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and United States territories. It was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and operates as an...
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...Leadership and Ethical decision making Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission First of all this is an assignment what is very interesting again. As a foreigner this was a totally new topic for me. While reading and researching everything I learned about a lot of new stuff. I had to research everything since some of this stuff I never heard of or if I heard about them it was in another language. First I am going to start off my paper with telling the back ground behind Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, No. 08-205, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), is a U.S. constitutional law case dealing with the regulation of campaign spending by organizations. The United States Supreme Court held that the First Amendment prohibited the government from restricting independent political expenditures by a nonprofit corporation. The principles articulated by the Supreme Court in the case have also been extended to for-profit corporations, labor unions and other associations. In the case, the conservative lobbying group Citizens United wanted to air a film critical of Hillary Clinton and to advertise the film during television broadcasts in apparent violation of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (commonly known as the McCain–Feingold Act or "BCRA"). Section 203 of BCRA defined an "electioneering communication" as a broadcast, cable, or satellite communication that mentioned a candidate within 60 days of a general election or 30...
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...1 THE DONALD MCGANNON COMMUNICATION RESEARCH CENTER WORKING PAPER MEDIA ECONOMICS AND THE BAD & MEDIA POLICY: THE GOOD Philip M. Napoli Director Donald McGannon Communication Research Center Associate Professor, Schools of Business Fordham University Donald McGannon Communication Research Center Faculty Memorial Hall, 4th fl. Bronx, NY 10458 718.817.4195 www.fordham.edu/mcgannon mcgctr@fordham.edu Presented at the Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society, Santiago, Chile, July, 2004 2 Media Economics and Media Policy: The Good and the Bad Abstract This paper explores the role and function of economics in media policymaking and policy analysis. This paper begins with an overview of the distinctive economics of media industries in an effort to demonstrate the importance of focused and specialized economic analysis of these industries. The paper then chronicles the growing role of economics in U.S. media policymaking and examines both the positive and the negative implications of this transition for media policy. 3 Media Economics and Media Policy: The Good and the Bad Economists traditionally have devoted relatively little attention to media industries, though the level of attention has increased in recent years. This increase in attention is likely due in large part to the wide range of economic questions raised by both the changing media technology environment (see Mitra, 2000/2001), the adoption of new regulatory philosophies in many...
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... The study of government regulation and the competitive environment for business is relevant to all those who study business. All business candidates need to understand how the competitive environment will impact their employers and businesses. Task: Write an essay (suggested length of 2–3 pages) that describes the relationship between regulation and market structures and how regulation affects the market. A. Define industrial (i.e., economic) regulation. Industrial Regulation happens when government commissions regulate the rates or prices of natural monopolies. 1. Explain why industrial regulation exists. In a market structure of perfect competition industrial regulation is not required because there is a lot of competition and this encourages competing industries to make good use of resources, also the price of their goods are determined by the price the market will bear and consumers benefit. Whereas in a monopolistic competition there exists a market structure that could allow competitive monopolies, duopolies, oligopolies, and monopolies to charge higher than competitive prices or the use inefficient use of resources and limited supplies, creating an environment that is not conducive to the benefit of the consumer. . (McConnell, Brue & Flynn, 2012) 2. Explain how industrial regulation affects the market. Industrial regulation affects the market by keeping prices for natural monopolies such as public utility companies economical. In the cases where...
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...Introduction Wireless internet has now become a way of life. It is all around us. Our society has now moved from the ability of being linked by a cord to access the internet to the availability of accessing the world wide web by using wireless capabilities. The way we receive news and media has changed since the invention of wireless. This technology has become so common that one may rarely think about it at all when using it. The days of plugging up a computer to an Ethernet cord to be connected to the internet has become a thing of the past. Surely this method is of course still used, but it has become a less modern way to connect to the World Wide Web. When you want to see what the weather forecast will be in your area, it is as simple as opening up your phone and punching in your zip code. It has also made the ability for ratings to be gathered for televsision shows using netowrking sites such as twitter and facebook. These sites can be access through wireless on mobile phones (Spangler, 2011). Presently more applications are being developed that allow the use of wireless internet. These applications can be downloaded for celluar phones, tablets, ipads, and ipods. One application that I have used is an application called Kazzam. This application is truly amazing and I has been helpful in several situations. Have you ever heard a song that you loved and could not get it out of your head? Everywhere you go you are always hearing this song and you wonder who is the artist...
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...Strengthening the Ombudsman Institution in Asia Improving Accountability in Public Service Delivery through the Ombudsman About the Asian Development Bank ADB’s vision is an Asia and Pacific region free of poverty. Its mission is to help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their people. Despite the region’s many successes, it remains home to two-thirds of the world’s poor: 1.8 billion people who live on less than $2 a day, with 903 million struggling on less than $1.25 a day. ADB is committed to reducing poverty through inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth, and regional integration. Based in Manila, ADB is owned by 67 members, including 48 from the region. Its main instruments for helping its developing member countries are policy dialogue, loans, equity investments, guarantees, grants, and technical assistance. Strengthening the Ombudsman Institution in Asia Accountability is essential for good governance, and in many Asian countries the ombudsman is the key accountability institution. Originating in the West, the concept of the ombudsman arrived relatively late in Asia. Yet more and more ombudsman offices are being established in Asia, and they play a critical role in the fight against incompetence and injustice on the part of government officials. This report presents in-depth research on Asian ombudsmen, with a focus on best practices and emerging issues, especially in the context...
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...that they can flaunt all the laws in regard to the conditions of work and the state of the mines like in the case of Centralia N.o 5 mine where even after numerous inspections and reports about the law not being regarded and the risk it poised to the miners in the mine the company was still allowed to operate.Centralia was owned by Centralia coal company with Bell and Zoller being its directors. It was among the top six coal mining companies in Centralia and its headquarters were based in Chicago. A major point to note is that no coal office or its directors were based in Centralia The case study by John Bartlow Martin Blast in Centralia No. 5 highlights multiple failures that exist in public administration. The Logistical alternatives Scanlan could have addressed were corruption, communication, time and responsibility. Inspector Scanlan worked during a period where corruption was the order of the day. The people in position of leadership in government were easily bought by businesses. This is evident with the mine owners and the agencies who were task with the responsibility of ensuring safety and regulation of the mines. According to the case study most inspectors would visit the mines and liaison with the owners. Disasters do not kill people, negligence from corrupt public officials is what kills people (Anbarci, Escaleras, & Register 2007). In the case study we can note that Inspector Scanlan did actually experience difficulties in communicating...
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...Schumacher 301083363 July 24 2012 ASSIGNMENT 2 CMNS 261 - Documentary Research in Communication Course Authour: Donald Gutstein Course Tutor Marker: Vincent Andrisani Policy document Research and Analysis Canada. Access to Information Review Task Force. (2002, June). Access to Information: Making it Work for Canadians. Page 2 Policy document Research and Analysis Canada. Access to Information Review Task Force. Overview: The decision to implement an Access to Information Act (ATIA) in Canada was a process initiated in the early 1970s and only in 1982 was a workable law established in this country. Through many years, the preliminary actions were taken by a few and only after the government officially decided to develop the law, was a real concerted effort expended on the Access To Information Act (ATIA). Heralded as an example to be followed, it has been many years since the law was amended to keep up with the times of the changing face of information access. As a result the Canadian act has languished for many years with a constant whittling away at the right to access culminating with the current outcry that the law must be made more workable. This is a brief search of the actions that have been taken and their results. Historical aspects of Access to Information in Canada: The existing Access to Information Act (ATIA) as passed by the Federal Parliament in 1982, and was enacted in1983 after years of attempts at implementation ...
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...Research examples of advertising that could be considered deceptive or otherwise objectionable. Based on your research write a 700-word APA style paper. Advertising is the nonpersonal communication of information usually paid for and usually persuasive in nature about products, services or ideas by identified sponsors through the various media."(Bovee, 1992, p. 7). Consumers are greatly influenced by countless advertisements urging them to purchase products that they may or may not need or want. While many of these advertisements honestly inform and educate consumers, some are false, deceptive, and even illegal. An advertisement is considered deceptive if there is a "representation, omission, or practice that is likely to mislead the consumer". The advertisement does not necessarily have to cause actual deception, but, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the act need only likely mislead the consumer (Federal Trade Commission, 1998 [on-line]). Advertising that makes false claims or misleading statements, as well as advertising that creates a false impression. If retailers systematically advertise merchandise at low prices to get customers into their store and then fail to have the merchandise, they are guilty of deceptive advertising. Deceptive practices can take many other forms as well, such as false promises, unsubstantiated claims, incomplete descriptions, false testimonials or comparisons, small-print qualifications of advertisements, partial disclosure,...
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...Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Dissertations Graduate College 8-1-2012 Deepwater, Deep Ties, Deep Trouble: A StateCorporate Environmental Crime Analysis of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Elizabeth A. Bradshaw Western Michigan University, brads2ea@cmich.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations Recommended Citation Bradshaw, Elizabeth A., "Deepwater, Deep Ties, Deep Trouble: A State-Corporate Environmental Crime Analysis of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill" (2012). Dissertations. Paper 53. This Dissertation-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact maira.bundza@wmich.edu. DEEPWATER, DEEP TIES, DEEP TROUBLE: A STATE-CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME ANALYSIS OF THE 2010 GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL by Elizabeth A. Bradshaw A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of The Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Sociology Advisor: Ronald C. Kramer, Ph.D. Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan August 2012 THE GRADUATE COLLEGE WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN June 29, 2012 Date WE HEREBY APPROVE THE DISSERTATION SUBMITTED BY Elizabeth A. Bradshaw ENTITLED Deepwater, Deep Ties, Deep Trouble: A State-Corporate Environmental...
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...divided on how to regulate these products in the market, causing much governmental controversy. There have been many groundbreaking and unprecedented court cases that have been shaping the public policy on which these substances stand on. These substances have an immediate and perilous effect on the health of all human beings. Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, alcohol causes impaired judgment and in turn causes people to do things that affect their health physically and emotionally, and marijuana has almost the same effect as alcohol. (New England Law) Health is the ultimate concern when studying these three substances, which would lead to the Family Smoking Prevention Act to survive the Hudson Test. The Granholm case would lead one to believe that states cannot discriminate against outsiders from sales, and the medical exceptions for marijuana are valid on the fact that it has a medical advantage to some citizens. I strongly believe that the federal government has a right to regulate certain aspects of these substances based upon the danger posed to the health of citizens. This paper will discuss certain court cases that shape my opinion for every substance. Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission of New York, 447 U.S 557 (1980) was an important case decided by the United States Supreme Court that laid out a four-part test for determining when restrictions on commercial speech violated the First Amendment...
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...about privacy in the workplace - a site of potential conflict in which there may be co-existing radically different views on whether workers can or should have any expectations of privacy. As long as there has been employment, employees have been monitored. Nebeker D M & B C Tatum, "The effects of computer monitoring, standards and rewards on work performance, job satisfaction and stress" (1993) 23(7) Journal of Applied Social Psychology 508 at 508. However, in recent years, with an environment of affordable technology, the availability of less easily observable or detectable monitoring devices, and a lack of adequate regulation, there has been an explosion in the use of electronic monitoring and surveillance in the workplace. A recent study by the American Management Association (AMA) found that almost 80% of the largest companies in the US had engaged in some form of electronic surveillance over the previous year. American Management Association, Workplace Monitoring and Surveillance Survey, (New York: 2001). This figure is more than double the rate recorded only five years...
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...A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE NIGERIAN BUDGET FROM 1999 – 2013 ONOWA SIMON +2348064034407 Simoncy2k@gmail.com ABSTRACT This study examines the Federal Government budget in Nigeria between 1999 and 2013. The analysis of this study showed that for more than a decade of democratic dispensation in Nigeria, there has been a consistent increase in the total recurrent expenditure of the Federal Government. This has led to budget deficits. Thus a key macroeconomic issue addressed in this study is the rationale underlying government fiscal deficit, the significance of the rational expectation hypothesis in Nigerian economy and the consequences and impact of this action on the economy. Data for this study were collected from CBN statistical bulletin and gazette of the Federal Ministry of Finance. The study employed a descriptive analysis. Government has been allocation more fund to recurrent expenditure over the period under study. Using key fiscal indicators the study recommended that for overall sustained economic growth and development; federal government should increase substantially allocation to capital projects in rural Nigeria to trigger economic growth and development. Introduction A Budget is focused on the Government’s drive to achieve its developmental goals as entrenched in its Vision. It is also anchored on the commitment of the Government to improve the socio-economic status its people by strategically implementing plans and programmes to boost economic activity...
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...Wireless Electricity Final Research Report Group B: DeVry University LAS 432, Section 90 Table of Contents Introduction …………………………………………….4 What is Wireless Electricity? ...………………………………………...4 History …………………………………………………………..4 Present …………………………………………………………..5 Concepts .………………………………………………………..5 Political and Legal Influences ……………………………………………6 Political Factors …………………………………………………..6 Government vs. Private Funding …………………………………7 Cost to Consumer …………………………………………………8 Availability to the Consumer …………………………………….9 Legal Influences ..............................................................................9 Wireless Security Issues ..................................................................10 Political Factors ................................................................................10 Government Policy …………………………………………………11 Public Safety Concerns ......................................................................13 Regulation Control and Government Oversight ………………….15 Potential Controversies ......………………………………………...15 Economic Questions and Considerations…………………………17 Research and Development ………………………………17. Initial and Operational Costs ………………………………17. Financial Hesitations and Impacts …………………………17 Psychological Consideration and Sociological Effects ……………17. Theories ..............……………………………………………18 Positive and Negative Effects ………………………………...…….19 Society’s Impact …………………………………………20. Cultural Context...
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...Burt's Bees Case Study Florida State College at Jacksonville MAN3781: Sustainable Business Strategies Spring Term 2015 [G1] March 14, 2015 Burt’s Bees Case Study How far along is Burt's Bees in their sustainability journey? Lodging their first corporate social responsibility (CSR) in 2008, according to the article “Burt’s Bees: Balancing Growth and Sustainability. Their 2020 sustainable goals consist of zero waste, one hundred percent employee engagement, one-hundred percent natural products, one- hundred percent Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR)/Biodegradable packaging, and one-hundred percent renewable energy/ zero carbon leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED) certified building. Kicking off the goals that they have set in place, they began measuring how much waste the company was producing. The amount came as a surprised when they discovered it was forty tons of waste each month that was being poured into the waste land fields. Burt’s Bees has a goal of having zero waste by 2020. They have went from 40 tons a month down to four tons per month which is already a significant change. The amount of energy has been cut per unit produced by forty percent by changes the shrink wrap band that goes around the lip balm to a tear off wrap which was significant in preserving energy because the shrink wrap was produced for the number one selling product of the company. They have also reduced the amount of water that is being used within the...
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