scholarly journals Lessons learned from urgent computing in Europe: Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (46) ◽  
pp. e2024891118
Author(s):  
Núria López ◽  
Luigi Del Debbio ◽  
Marc Baaden ◽  
Matej Praprotnik ◽  
Laura Grigori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Computer Simulations ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
The World ◽  
Advanced Computing ◽  
Urgent Computing

PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), an international not-for-profit association that brings together the five largest European supercomputing centers and involves 26 European countries, has allocated more than half a billion core hours to computer simulations to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Alongside experiments, these simulations are a pillar of research to assess the risks of different scenarios and investigate mitigation strategies. While the world deals with the subsequent waves of the pandemic, we present a reflection on the use of urgent supercomputing for global societal challenges and crisis management.

scholarly journals “Thinking outside the Box”: Social Innovations Emerging from Academic Nursing-Community Partnerships

2022 ◽  
pp. 245-272
Author(s):  
Cheryl Zlotnick ◽  
Mary McDonnell-Naughton
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Community Partnerships ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Based ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
The World

AbstractNurses comprise the largest group of healthcare workers in the world. Increasingly, nurses in higher education institutions are collaborating with not-for-profit and community-based organisations to devise programs, projects and interventions that benefit both their students’ education and individuals in the community. This chapter describes an integrative review of these academic nursing-community partnerships, focusing on the nurses’ roles, the students’ role and the lessons learned from the partnership strategies that blend the expertise of the community members and nurses in higher education.

scholarly journals Discretionary Governance

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 540-560
Author(s):  
Christina Garsten ◽  
Adrienne Sörbom
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Symbolic Capital ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Selection Processes ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Low Degrees

Abstract Built on the exclusive funding of 1,000 large transnational corporations, the World Economic Forum is a not-for-profit Swiss foundation, aiming to shape the direction of globalization. Its events are characterized by low degrees of formality and transparency. Research on what this organization does is scarce. This article suggests the term discretionary governance to capture the precarious, yet existing, social order that the organization shapes. By discretionary governance, we mean a set of discreet practices based on the organization’s judgement in ways that escape established democratic controls. Drawing on ethnographic data the paper demonstrates how selection, secrecy, and status form key components of this tenuous ordering. Selection processes and secrecy contribute to status elevation of the individuals and organizations chosen to participate. Upon them and the organization itself is bestowed a symbolic capital that is practical and possibly profitable in the world of global governance.

scholarly journals Lessons earned and lessons learned: What should be done next to counter the COVID-19 infodemic?

European View ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-163
Author(s):  
Nad’a Kovalčíková ◽  
Ariane Tabatabai
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Health Crisis ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
The World ◽  
Information Manipulation ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

As governments and citizens around the world have struggled with the novel coronavirus, the information space has turned into a battleground. Authoritarian countries, including Russia, China and Iran, have spread disinformation on the causes of and responses to the pandemic. The over-abundance of information, also referred to as an ‘infodemic’, including manipulated information, has been both a cause and a result of the exacerbation of the public health crisis. It is further undermining trust in democratic institutions, the independent press, and facts and data, and exacerbating the rising tensions driven by economic, political and societal challenges. This article discusses the challenges democracies have faced and the measures they have adopted to counter information manipulation that impedes public health efforts. It draws seven lessons learned from the information war and offers a set of recommendations on tackling future infodemics related to public health.

Corporate social responsibility as relief from responsibility

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Herlin ◽  
Nikodemus Solitander
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Content Type ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
The World ◽  
Crisis Discourse ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Climate Crisis

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to get a deeper understanding how not-for-profit organizations (NPOs) discursively legitimize their corporate engagement through cross-sector partnerships (CSPs) in general, and particularly how they construct legitimacy for partnering with firms involved in the commodification of water. The paper seeks to shed light on the values embedded in these discursive accounts and the kind of societal effects and power relations they generate, and the authors are particularly interested in understanding the role of modernity in shaping their responsibilities (or lack of them) via various technologies and practices Design/methodology/approach Drawing on critical discourse analysis (Fairclough 1995), the authors analyze the discursive accounts of three water-related CSPs involving the three biggest bottled water producers in the world (Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Danone) and three major non-profits (The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Wildlife Foundation and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). Findings The NPO’s legitimate their corporate engagement in the water CSPs through the use of two global discourses: global governance discourse and the global climate crisis discourse. Relief from responsibility is achieved through three processes: replacement of moral with technical responsibility, denial of proximity and the usage of intermediaries to whom responsibility is outsourced. Originality/value This paper explores the processes of legitimizing accounts for CSPs, particularly focusing on NPO discourse and their use of CSR elements and the consequences of such discursive constructs, and this has received little to no attention in previous research.

scholarly journals Panel 2.18: Logistics, Information Technology (IT), and Telecommunications in Crisis Management

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 464-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terrence De Silva ◽  
Jyotsna Chikersal ◽  
Nigel Snoad ◽  
Brent Woodworth ◽  
Cherif Ghaly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
World Health ◽  
Tsunami Disaster ◽  
Needs Assessments ◽  
The World ◽  
Logistics Information ◽  
Major Section ◽  
Health Organization

AbstractThis is a summary of the presentations and discussion of Panel 2.18, Logistics, Information Technology, and Telecommunication in crisis Management of the Conference, Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia, convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Phuket, Thailand, 04–06 May 2005. The topics discussed included issues related to logistics, information Technology (IT), and crisis communication pertaining to the responses to the damage created by the Tsunami. It iss presented in the following major sections: (1) issues; (2) lessons learned; (3)what was done well; (4)what could have been done better; and (5)conclusions and recommendations. Each major section is presented in four sub-sections: (1) needs assessments; (2) coordination; (3) filling the gaps; and (4) capacity building.

scholarly journals Akshaya Patra: A Leader in Battling Classroom Hunger

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajith Sankar
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Partnership Model ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
The World ◽  
Governmental Funding ◽  
To Receive

Akshaya Patra, the world’s largest mid-day meal program run by a not-for-profit organization, was started in 2000 by serving approximately 1500 school going children in Bangalore, India. In 2009, the organization achieved a milestone of serving one million lunches to the school children. By 2021, it had been feeding more than 1.8 million children and aimed at feeding five million children by 2025. Akshaya Patra also offered its services to people affected during natural calamities like floods and earthquakes, and for the homeless living in shelter homes[2]. It was also the first NGO managed food programme in the world to receive the FSMS ISO 22000:2005 certification. The project received an entry in the Limca Book of Records and India Book of Records[3]. The organisation was able to successfully create a partnership model that included governmental funding, contribution from individuals and support from for-profit companies and not-for-profit organisations.

Balancing priorities: the role of industry in water resource management

2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. xxi-xxv ◽  
Author(s):  
L. J. Giuliano
Keyword(s):  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Water And Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Public ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
The World ◽  
Water And Wastewater ◽  
The Many

Together, the 40,000 men and women around the world who make up ITT Industries and our many colleagues in the water and wastewater treatment industries are working with those of you in the public, not-for-profit, academic and community sectors to confront the many water-related issues we face on a global basis. Should we call this situation a crisis? As discussed in the various sessions of this Symposium, in many ways we are facing a crisis in the water world. But of course, we are also seeing many positive developments in the field, and this provides hope for the future.

Demonstrating Responsible Leadership at SOS Villages- A Real Case

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ch. L. Hymavathi ◽  
Aditya Kasarabada ◽  
Sarma Avadhanam
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Responsible Leadership ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
The World ◽  
Varied Degree ◽  
Complex Ecosystem ◽  
Social Leadership

Todays enterprises across the world realize that they are a part of a large complex ecosystem and they need to plan, act, perform, and realize their mission interacting with various groups of stakeholders. It applies to profit and not for profit organizations at varied degree of importance to make a positive contribution to society beyond the economic benefits that derive from the activities of enterprises. The need of the hour is to define, design, develop, and deliver on responsible or social leadership. The Center for Social Leadership defines social leadership as a means to devote ones life and talents to improving society regardless of social standing, wealth, or privilege. Considering the above context, to fully grasp and understand how the power of social leadership influences the society we considered the case of one such leader Tim Mckormick, CEO of SOS Villages, USA in understanding the style of his leadership, the motivational factors, the triggers for action, the challenges, and the dilemmas in living up to the organizational and personal values to make a positive impact to the society.

scholarly journals The Governance Structure of Ports

2004 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary R. Brooks
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Governance Structures ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
The World

The recent worldwide trend towards devolution in the port industry has spawned considerable variety in the types of governance structures now in place around the world. This paper discusses the range of devolution alternatives adopted in the global ports sector, as identified by the World Bank and academic researchers. It then examines the Canadian model more closely as it attempts to follow a more novel path, that of the not-for-profit organization.

scholarly journals Performance in the Chaordic Age: By Design or By Destiny?

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1683-1689
Author(s):  
Raymond L ◽  
Forbes Jr
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Environmental Uncertainty ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Structural Form ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Current Thinking ◽  
The Future ◽  
Governmental Institutions

This paper discusses the challenge of performance in an age characterized by high levels of both organizational and environmental uncertainty. Today, business, not-for-profit, and governmental institutions all find themselves besieged by difficult-to-predict periods of disorder and relative certitude. A new structural form, called the chaordic organization, has arisen as one means of operating in such a turbulent and indeterminate environment. This article will consider the chaos-certainty question, examine the concepts of performance and potential, deliberate whether performance can be influenced by calculated design measures, and look at current thinking related to motivation and its relationship to organizational performance.  Additionally, a model of performance efficacy will be introduced, lessons learned provided, implications for the future presented, and a look offered at what might come next.

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