...Management Of Ethics And Corporate Social Responsibility Issues In Public Relations INTRODUCTION At multiple points in their careers, public relations (PR) practitioners are likely to face decisions that are ethical in nature. Such decisions reflect a range of ethical dilemmas between, for example, truth vs. loyalty, justice vs. mercy, short-term vs. long-term consequences, and the individual vs. the collective (Kidder 1995, p. 18; Stacks & Wright 1989, pp. 53-67). Public relations practitioners, by nature of their position and job responsibilities, are often in a crossroad of a range of competing interests. Often, the tension may be between the practitioner’s own values and the culture of the organization. In other cases, it may be a conflict between the practitioner’s professional code of ethics and organizational norms and expectations. In yet other circumstances, they may be faced with competing interests between the organization and its various publics. At the very least, practitioners will frequently confront contradictions between business demands for economic performance and public expectations for ethical conduct. Concerns over these competing responsibilities and the ethical dilemmas they produce for public relations are the subject of this essay. In it, a range of challenges faced by public relations practitioners related to issues of ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are explored. It is argued that CSR has, in many respects, altered the expectations...
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...multiple points in their careers, public relations (PR) practitioners are likely to face decisions that are ethical in nature. Such decisions reflect a range of ethical dilemmas between, for example, truth vs. loyalty, justice vs. mercy, short-term vs. long-term consequences, and the individual vs. the collective (Kidder 1995, p. 18; Stacks & Wright 1989, pp. 53-67). Public relations practitioners, by nature of their position and job responsibilities, are often in a crossroad of a range of competing interests. Often, the tension may be between the practitioner’s own values and the culture of the organization. In other cases, it may be a conflict between the practitioner’s professional code of ethics and organizational norms and expectations. In yet other circumstances, they may be faced with competing interests between the organization and its various publics. At the very least, practitioners will frequently confront contradictions between business demands for economic performance and public expectations for ethical conduct. Concerns over these competing responsibilities and the ethical dilemmas they produce for public relations are the subject of this essay. In it, a range of challenges faced by public relations practitioners related to issues of ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are explored. It is argued that CSR has, in many respects, altered the expectations and demands placed on the profession. As a profession, public relations have a long and contested...
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...Public Policy Issues POL/443 January 6, 2015 Professor Matthew Szlapak Public Policy Issues Public Policy Issue Paper The United States has always been powered by economics. It has been the driving force behind what is accomplished, and who accomplishes those tasks since the founding of America. While money cannot control everything it can determine how the working class operates. The middle class is ever disappearing due to corporate entities running politics, and the notion that a two-party system can benefit everyone. While everyone in America has a vote as to who represents them those representatives are controlled more and more by special interest groups and how much power and money those interests groups control. Two issues that fit right now are the amnesty for illegal immigrants and a higher minimum wage. Both of these issues tie political parties, economic community and special interest groups into the subject. Amnesty for illegal immigrants certainly reaches deep into the heart of public policy because it has to address specific criteria in order to grant access to law abiding illegals. This by itself is rather ironic given illegal immigrants broke the law to enter the United States. Determining who is granted such status is not an easy choice given all of America has an opinion. Some say no amnesty should be granted and the illegals should be deported, requiring them to follow the same guidelines legal immigrants had to abide by. Giving a free...
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...Issues in public health is a very sensitivity topic when talking about issues in public health because when talking about issues in public health there are several things to consider such as the population of the country and what is the composition (what is kind of people make up the country) Other things that should be consider when talking about public health issues things like the dependency of the country and the mortality rate such as how long people live what age group is benefiting the most and why those are some of the thing that should be discussed when talking about public health issues in this research paper the United States and Nigeria will be the two countries that will be discussed The United States of America Is one of the most dominant countries in the world made up of 50 states Alaska and the Virgin Island According to (Toppo and Overberg) U.S. Census Bureau show that growth for the 12 months ending July 1 was 0.71%, or just under 2.3 million people. So many people migrate from other countries to the United States for better lives and more freedom some people enter the country illegally which make it that much harder to get an accurate account and with the new immigration law a lot of the people will get to state in the United State which will make the population raise at an alarming rate people come to the United States to look for jobs, live a better life and escape war. The life expectancy for people who life in the United States have also increased this...
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...Diabetes, breast cancer, and tuberculosis are three important health concerns issues in the United States and in other parts of the world, but let’s be clear about this, there are several other important health issues affecting our people that have very significant importance. My criterion for selection is the United State, English language, and no specific age group. Diabetes as we know is when the body fails to produce enough insulin, which then causes sugar to build up in your blood. Diabetes affects over 25.8 million people, which is 8.3% of the U.S population, of that 18.8million people are diagnosed and 7.0 million undiagnosed. Among U.S. residents aged 65 years and older 10.9 million, or 26.9%, had diabetes in 2010. About 215,000 people younger than 20 years had diabetes (type 1 or type 2) in the United States in 2010. About 1.9 million people aged 20 years or older were newly diagnosed with diabetes in 2010 in the United States. Type I diabetes was previously called insulin dependent mellitus or juvenile-onset diabetes. Type I diabetes develops when the body’s immune system destroys pancreatic beta cells, the cells that produce insulin that regulates blood glucose. To survive, people with this type must have insulin delivered by injection or pump. This type normally strikes children and young adults, but may occur at any age according and type I diabetes accounts for 5% of all diagnosed cases of diabetes. Risk factors can be may be autoimmune, genetic, or environmental...
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...The UK public sector has been transformed over the past few decades. In an increasingly global economy, the main lever by which central governments can influence the success of the domestic economy is by ensuring its public sector operates efficiently. The central governments of the developed economies have adopted similar change agendas to transform their public sectors. These change agendas entail the introduction of new structures, new kinds of organizations and a ‘reinvention’ of many parts of the public sector. The intention of successive governments has been the creation of a ‘New Public Sector’, which is more strategic and corporate in its thinking. This ‘New Public Sector’ is intended to replace a public sector characterized by bureaucracy, professionalism and departmentalism. In this paper we take a specific look at the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) from an accounting perspective to shed light on the influence and changes involved of defining something as an accounting entity. We will look closer at and critically evaluate the issues involved in the representation of NOMS as an accounting entity. Furthermore, we will analyze the implications of the representation of NOMS as an accounting entity on definitions of organizational accountability. Therefore, we look in a next step which aspects of NOMS’ accountability are highlighted in the Accounts and what aspects are left out? Finally we examine what issues, items and risks are kept “off-balance sheet”? And...
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...ISSUE MANAGER REPUTATION, UNDERPRICING LONGAND LONG-RUN PERFORMANCE OF INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS: EVIDENCE FROM THE SINGAPORE IPO MARKET VOON PEIJUN (Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons), NUS) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF SCIENCE (BUSINESS) DEPART DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2009 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my warmest gratitude to Professor Michael Shih for his patient guidance and encouragement all this while. A very big thank you, Sir. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank my family for their love and concern all these years. Thank you Dad, Mum and Brother. Without their support, I would not have come so far. Thank you! Voon Peijun 2009 Page i ABSTRACT The study explores the role of issue managers in the initial public offering (IPO) process. Empirical research shows that IPOs are associated with two significant market anomalies: short-run underpricing puzzle and long-run underperformance phenomenon. This paper examines the reputational influence of issue managers on the two anomalies. Employing the newly developed ‘twelve-month rolling’ reputation ranking approach, our study is the first to furnish a comprehensive ranking of all the issue managers with a substantial presence in Singapore. Based on a sample of 384 IPOs listed on the Singapore Exchange between January 1, 1997 and August 22, 2008, we find evidence of prevalent short-run underpricing and...
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...Provide a brief overview of the public health policy issue you have selected for your Final Project. Asthma is classified as chronic disease because there is no cure for it is sickness. Asthma epidemic is defined clearly by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (2012), as " a chronic (long-term) lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. Asthma is a serious lung disease that commonly affects children in the United State. The children make up 40% of all asthma cases, which is count around 25% of the population (NHLBI (2012). The public health addressed asthma many decades as one of major public health concern that affects millions of children in the United State. As Spagnola & Fiese, (2010) point out that, Asthma become one of the public health prevalence due to increasing rates of morbidity among young and low-income children. Asthma is a leading cause of lost school days. A recent study estimates as many as 7.5 million students nationally are chronically absent each year (Spagnola & Fiese, 2010). Every day that a student misses class is a lost learning opportunity that holds our youth back which is lead to risk of losing their future....
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...EXCESSIVE DRINKING: A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE Health and wellbeing of an individual in a community are determined by various factors such as psychological, social and biological (Coreil, 2009). An individual’s state of health is dependent on lifestyle choices and behaviour patterns, this has necessitated the need for various Government health promotion initiatives aimed at empowering individuals to embrace a healthy lifestyle, (The World Health Organisation,1986). In a bid to effectively implement the various health promotion initiative, nurses have been acknowledged to be in key position to drive this awareness. This assignment will discuss the value of health promotion with regards to the treatment of alcohol dependence as a result of depression within the framework of a bio-psychosocial model (BPS), Government policy on reducing harmful drinking, cognitive behaviour therapy and the role of the student nurses in public health promotion and dissemination of healthy lifestyle information. This assignment will be based on my practice placement experience on the trauma and orthopaedic ward. The name of patient and locality has been omitted in accordance with the confidentiality guideline of the Nursing and Midwifery Council code of conduct (2008). Tomline was admitted into the trauma and orthopaedic ward as a result of injury sustained in a car accident after excessive consumption of alcohol. A report by Alcohol Concern (2014), states that an estimated 70% of admissions to accident...
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...Diversity Issues Within the public services there is many diversity issues but they try to maintain a diverse workforce which will represent the different communities. By law you aren’t allowed to hire someone for a job based on their gender, race, and religion and if they have disability they should still get a fair chance of getting the job. This is important within the public services because they have to represent communities. This means they have to be fair and hire people from different genders and races. Most people will not be bothered about the gender and race but be more interested in being helped. When hiring people you have to be fair to everyone so the workplace needs to be accessible for everyone. So if someone is physically disabled then lifts might be installed to help them. This also applies for religions. This is because some religions they are required to pray at certain times or not able to work with specific such as beef. This is where staff unions and associations and federations can help. They can help fund things that will help people in the workplace such as lifts and prayer rooms. They also help workplaces respect peoples beliefs and religions. But this can be a big problem in the public services as they may not be able to rescue people because it is against their religion and the public services must respect their decision. Equal Opportunities and Anti-discrimination Policies The policy is all about making sure everyone is treated equally and...
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...C. Wright Mills (1959) idea of “personal troubles” and “public issues” considers how personal troubles feel exclusive to the individual although are connected to wider society thus making them public issues. Mills (1959) suggests society influences personal troubles, he uses examples such as “when classes rise or fall a man is employed or unemployed” this proposes the way in which societies fluctuate throughout history depends critically on cultural, political and economic structures, thus impacts individuals greatly without them consciously knowing. They then often look to themselves as the root cause of their personal trouble where as there are masses whom are in a similar situation. Those who possess the “sociological imagination” have the “capacity to shift from one perspective to another” prompting them to look outside of the private sphere and into the public domain. In modern the world many live in multicultural societies, therefore I have chosen to represent caste discrimination as an important personal trouble I have personally been a victim of; I have also found this to be a public issue as many people are also deeply affected by this. Due to being of Indian ethnicity and British nationality, I looked into the Hindu caste system; a system of social stratification derived from occupation. All Indians of any faith identify themselves with the caste system to some degree. The effects of the caste system are still hugely influential in India and still resonate with many...
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...Public Health Ethics is focused on the good for the society as a whole and it can infringe in the medical ethics of the individual thereby creating conflict. However, public health ethics must focus on the society and its distinctive nature of collective good, prevention, government action and its intrinsic outcome-orientation for the population (Public Health Ethics, n.d., 2015). A conflict can be the end-of-life debate that is considered a medical ethic but becomes a public health ethic because services involve administration and financial dimensions that are part of public health and management of health services (Williams & Torrens, 2008). Also, a source of conflict can be the mental health and protection of society against the legal...
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...THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW Nutrition is a very important component in an individual’s daily living. Because it is the supplement of material to the human body, it should be chosen wisely and in a healthy manner. Nutrition is a sensitive case especially when it involves children and adolescence. Schools should provide healthier and nutritious meals for the students. Both breakfast and lunch programs should be improved and directed to healthier choices for all students. Recently, there has been a big improvement to the breakfast and lunch programs in many schools across US. Although they still needs some work, these programs are already changing many children’s lives dramatically. Nowadays, most schools provide fast food such as donuts for breakfast and pizza, French fries and burgers for lunch. This problem is seen in most schools around the nation but specifically in areas with economical disadvantages. The economic situation defiantly affects the school food choices but this problem should be overturned. If we look at research done regarding this case, minorities such as African American and Hispanic children are at higher health risk due to the food decision they make. This case is tightly connected with their economical issues because most minority schools are seen to be serving unhealthy breakfast and lunch programs. This problem should be taken seriously and solution should be proposed. This is why the new programs target schools...
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...PUBLIC ISSUES AND PERSONAL PROBLEMS Most of the time, we don’t think of problems we go through as social issues, but when we compare ourselves to others we can see that many of the everyday problems of average people occur on a larger basis in our country. Some are easier to spot such as unemployment, even though it affects each person laid off once the rates get to a certain point it is obvious that the rates are due to economical factors not the characteristics of each individual (Mills 1). I have found that a problem that is becoming more evident in our daily life is a growing use of dangerous supplements in teenage athletes. When I was thirteen I started in my first school sport. I became a runner. I fell in love with the sport. As I grew older it was something that dominated my life on and off the mat. I often found myself in class wishing I were running. Naturally as I became older I also became more a competitive athlete, as did the rest of my friends that ran or played any high school sport for that matter. Talk of being a competitor at state championships or who was favored at the next match often filled the hallways. Generally this competition appeared a good thing to me. I was a better athlete because of that competition. Being a runner I often heard people talk about “why would you do that to your body?” referring to dropping weight. At first the idea seemed absurd. The conversations with others about what supplements I was taking or not taking took place almost...
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...When it comes to crime being a public health issue or a criminal justice issue, it seems as if this starts out being primarily a public health issue that may stem into criminal justice depending on certain circumstances. People who have issues, mentally, socially, physically, sources need to know and be able to identify the steps needed to take strategic measures how to prevent or treat people who carry these ailments. Some who are not treated in a reasonable manner, from doctors due to not having proper health insurance, possible language barriers, mental incapacity, unfortunately can turn into a public health issue and jeopardize others in health hazards to put them in risks. We also tend to look at other issues that public heath brings...
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