Business Against Drunk Driving: The Neoliberal State, Labatt Brewery, and the Creation of the “Responsible Drinker”

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Bellamy
Keyword(s):  
Drunk Driving ◽  
Drinking And Driving ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Neoliberal Governance ◽  
Late Twentieth ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
Regulatory Functions

This paper examines the motivations and consequences of Labatt’s anti–drinking and driving campaign. The paper considers the economic and political conditions that enabled Canada’s largest brewer to execute a cause-advertising campaign and to establish itself as a “responsible corporation”—even when its leadership cared less about the deleterious effects of Labatt products and more about the company’s earnings. It examines neoliberal governance and the relationship between the public and private sector in tackling a prominent social problem—impaired driving—and how a for-profit business used its influence to create a new subjectivity: the “responsible drinker,” who did not drive while under the influence. It seeks to situate Labatt’s campaign within an increasingly neoliberal, individualistic political economy. This paper argues that Labatt’s actions were part of the neoliberal agenda toward “responsibilization” that shifted the responsibility for drunk driving away from regime-based institutions and onto the individual, allowing the neoliberal state to govern from a distance. It demonstrates that contrary to neoliberal rhetoric the state did not shrink during the late twentieth century but rather took on new regulatory functions.

Learning Experiences in Return to Work Among Workplace Actors

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Åsa Tjulin ◽  
Ulrika Müssener ◽  
John Selander ◽  
Kerstin Ekberg
Keyword(s):  
Return To Work ◽  
Workplace Learning ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Individual Learning ◽  
Work Process ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
What Works ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Purpose: The objective of this article was to investigate how individual learning emerges among workplace actors during the return-to-work process, and whether the prerequisites for collective learning at the workplace are present and managed by the actors. Learning in this context is viewed as a change in the preconceptions, experience or competence of the individual as a result of interactions in the workplace due to the return-to-work process. Method: A qualitative method was used, consisting of open-ended interviews with 19 individuals across 11 workplaces in the public and private sector. Inductive content analysis was performed. Results: The key findings from this study are that individual learning emerges in the return-to-work process due to previous experience, communication with other workplace actors, or insights into what works for the individual. However, the individual learning that occurs in the return-to-work process is not carried over into workplace learning due to barriers in understanding the needs and opportunities that may be present in the process. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that individual learning occurs within social practices through social interaction between the actors involved (workers on sickness absence supervisors and colleagues) and individual experiences. A greater knowledge of the factors that contribute to workplace learning could facilitate biopsychosocial and ecological return-to-work interventions, which allow workplace actors to draw on previous experiences from one return-to-work process to another.

scholarly journals A GEO - Tagging Based Hybrid Mobile Attendance System

2019 ◽  
pp. 01-05
Author(s):  
Venkatesh Pratap Mall ◽  
Piyush Choudhary ◽  
Sheik Imran ◽  
Chandan V. ◽  
Karibasavaraju T. S.
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Physical Data ◽  
Conventional Methods ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Biometrics technologies verify identity through characteristics such as fingerprints, faces, irises, retinal patterns, palm prints, voice, hand-written signatures, and so on. These techniques, which use physical data, are receiving attention as a personal authentication method that is more convenient than conventional methods such as password or ID cards because it uses data taken from measurements and such data is unique to the individual and remains so throughout one’s lifetime. Geo-tagging is the process of adding geographical information to various media in the form of metadata. The data usually consists of coordinates like latitude and longitude, but may even include bearing, altitude, distance and place names. By combining the above services, we can help the public and private sector offices like Survey Department, Revenue Department, Electricity department, Telephone Department, Public Works Department (PWD), Transport Department (NH, KSRTC etc.) to take care of the employee’s attendance by asking them to install this proposed application in their smart phone.

The corporate false promise of techno-utopia: the case of Amplify!

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth J. Saltman
Keyword(s):  
Educational Technology ◽  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Revolving Door ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Public And Private Sector

This chapter examines the convergence of for profit educational publishing and for profit technology corporations to highlight the economic interests and ideological framings behind the widespread celebration of educational technology. The chapter explains some of the key elements involved in efforts to expand for profit educational technology contracting including monopolistic markets, the ideology of technophilia, reliance upon the standards and standardization movement, the revolving door of educational leaders between the public and private sector, and the use of control and coercion under the guise of autonomy and choice. The chapter warns against the false promises of adaptive learning technologies, the equation of technology with economic development, open source and public school privatization more broadly.

What Can Economists Contribute to the Common Good Tradition?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Yuengert
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Common Pool Resources ◽  
Economic Approach ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private Provision ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Insight Into

Although most economists are skeptical of or puzzled by the Catholic concept of the common good, a rejection of the economic approach as inimical to the common good would be hasty and counterproductive. Economic analysis can enrich the common good tradition in four ways. First, economics embodies a deep respect for economic agency and for the effects of policy and institutions on individual agents. Second, economics offers a rich literature on the nature of unplanned order and how it might be shaped by policy. Third, economics offers insight into the public and private provision of various kinds of goods (private, public, common pool resources). Fourth, recent work on the development and logic of institutions and norms emphasizes sustainability rooted in the good of the individual.

Relationship between CSR motivations and corporate social performance: a study in the power industry in India

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moumita Acharyya ◽  
Tanuja Agarwala
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Corporate Social Performance ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Public And Private Sector

PurposeThe paper aims to understand the different motivations / reasons for engaging in CSR initiatives by the organizations. In addition, the study also examines the relationship between CSR motivations and corporate social performance (CSP).Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected from two power sector organizations: one was a private sector firm and the other was a public sector firm. A comparative analysis of the variables with respect to private and public sector organizations was conducted. A questionnaire survey was administered among 370 employees working in the power sector, with 199 executives from public sector and 171 from private sector.Findings“Philanthropic” motivation emerged as the most dominant CSR motivation among both the public and private sector firms. The private sector firm was found to be significantly higher with respect to “philanthropic”, “enlightened self-interest” and “normative” CSR motivations when compared with the public sector firms. Findings suggest that public and private sector firms differed significantly on four CSR motivations, namely, “philanthropic”, “enlightened self-interest”, “normative” and “coercive”. The CSP score was significantly different among the two power sector firms of public and private sectors. The private sector firm had a higher CSP level than the public sector undertaking.Research limitations/implicationsFurther studies in the domain need to address differences in CSR motivations and CSP across other sectors to understand the role of industry characteristics in influencing social development targets of organizations. Research also needs to focus on demonstrating the relationship between CSP and financial performance of the firms. Further, the HR outcomes of CSR initiatives and measurement of CSP indicators, such as attracting and retaining talent, employee commitment and organizational climate factors, need to be assessed.Originality/valueThe social issues are now directly linked with the business model to ensure consistency and community development. The results reveal a need for “enlightened self-interest” which is the second dominant CSR motivation among the organizations. The study makes a novel contribution by determining that competitive and coercive motivations are not functional as part of organizational CSR strategy. CSR can never be forced as the very idea is to do social good. Eventually, the CSR approach demands a commitment from within. The organizations need to emphasize more voluntary engagement of employees and go beyond statutory requirements for realizing the true CSR benefits.

A STUDY OF THE PERCEPTION OF CHINESE-FILIPINOS ON BUSINESS IN METRO MANILA: ITS RELEVANCE TODAY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jovita Varias De Guzman
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Metro Manila ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Public And Private Sector

This study seeks to survey and assess the preference, insights or views of the Chinese-Filipinos regarding business. It attempts to present the preferences or non-preferences of the respondents in the areas of study and its relevance to the community, to show a clearer picture of the Chinese-Filipinos in relation to business thus augmenting closer cooperation, expansion of understanding, and line of communication with Non-Chinese Filipinos. Analysis of the results may serve as an eye-opener for the public and private sector to initiate programs or actions for the creation of guidelines and policies for the awareness of those concerned.

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