Reliance on Scientific Claims in Social and Legal Contexts: An ‘HIV and AIDS’ Case Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 173-191
Author(s):  
Andrea Perin
Keyword(s):  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Scientific Claims ◽  
Legal Contexts

Implications of HIV/AIDS for Rural Livelihoods in Tanzania: The Example of Rungwe District

2007 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 51-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam B. S. Mwakalobo
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Livelihood Security ◽  
Household Livelihood ◽  
Hiv Aids

Abstract:HIV/AIDS is disrupting household livelihood security in Tanzania's rural communities and contributing to rural impoverishment by claiming the lives of the most productive young adults who make up the bulk of the labor force in those areas. This article presents results of a case study based on a survey of 119 households conducted in three villages of Rungwe district in Tanzania. The results reveal that households with HIV/AIDS deaths spend less on food than those without AIDS deaths, and that households with HIV and AIDS-related deaths are more likely to fall below the poverty line.

scholarly journals A new frontier in Texas: managing and regulating brackish groundwater

Water Policy ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 727-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina M. Buono ◽  
Katherine R. Zodrow ◽  
Pedro J. J. Alvarez ◽  
Qilin Li
Keyword(s):  
Water Demand ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Current Consumption ◽  
New Frontier ◽  
State Water ◽  
Legal Contexts ◽  
Freshwater Aquifers ◽  
Direct Use

The challenge of providing access to clean water is visible in Texas, where chronic drought coincides with increasing water demand. The 2012 Texas State Water Plan reports a 2,700 million cubic metres (MCM) gap between freshwater supply and demand in 2010, a number predicted to grow to 3,100 MCM by 2060. Due to the difficulty of reducing water demand, policy makers and water providers are evaluating new sources, including brackish groundwater for desalination or direct use. It is estimated that Texas aquifers contain more than 3,300,000 MCM of brackish groundwater, which, if converted to fresh water, could meet current consumption needs for 150 years, albeit at a greater cost. Using Texas as a case study, this article addresses policies to better manage the supply of brackish groundwater. We review the geological, technical, and legal contexts of groundwater in Texas and situate brackish groundwater within those constructs. We consider efforts by other states to regulate brackish groundwater and identify management goals, including facilitating access to and incentivizing use of brackish groundwater and protecting freshwater aquifers from potential saline intrusion related to brackish groundwater production. Various brackish groundwater policies are examined, and policy recommendations regarding use of the resource are offered.

scholarly journals The Film Philadelphia As A Case Study Of Ethical Dilemmas In The Workplace

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Carlos B. Gonzalez ◽  
Agustin F. Zarzosa
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Ethical Reasoning ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Ethical Decisions ◽  
Professional Careers ◽  
Shed Light

In this paper we present the film Philadelphia as an exemplary text for teaching business ethics. For this purpose, we show students three scenes from the film and guide them as they engage in ethical reasoning. Through the exercise, students should: understand the nature of ethical dilemmas; understand a model for ethical decision-making and apply it to shed light on selected situations presented in the film; and lastly, understand ethical dimensions of discrimination. After engaging with the exercise, students should also develop a clear understanding of the difficulty of reaching ethical decisions in their professional careers. In addition, the exercise serves as an opportunity to discuss issues of HIV and AIDS in contemporary organizations.

Morals and Medicines

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Webber
Keyword(s):  
Global South ◽  
New Labour ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
High Price ◽  
Special Relationship ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Drug Companies ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Roll Out

The second case study, explored here in chapter 6, addresses the commitment of the New Labour government to increase the availability of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs needed to combat HIV and AIDS in the developing world. This chapter extends the analysis that appears in chapter 3 concerning New Labour’s claim to be the ‘party of business’ and its special relationship with the UK pharmaceutical industry. In doing so, it reveals a clear tension between the priority that New Labour afforded to these drug companies, and the commitment that Brown and other government officials made concerning the delivery of ARV medicines. Despite the urgent need to roll-out these drugs to stem the rising tide of AIDS-related deaths in the global South, New Labour’s policies – again designed principally by Brown – appeared to prioritise the preferences of these firms and their shareholders. Although Brown was amongst a number of government officials concerned at the prohibitively high price of these drugs, this chapter finds that he was also instrumental in introducing a number of measures that incentivised rather than forced the industry into meeting its wider obligations towards addressing HIV and AIDS, and the other so-called ‘diseases of poverty’ in the global South.

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