scholarly journals To Boldly Remember Where We Have Already Been

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 17-35
Author(s):  
Nathaniel L. Moir
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mass Production ◽  
Vaccine Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Polio Virus ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
The Public ◽  
Polio Vaccine ◽  
Current Vaccine

Abstract This article revisits the Cutter Incident in the United States in April 1955 when mass-produced doses of polio vaccine containing insufficiently inactivated (killed) live polio virus were released to the U.S. public. The Cutter Incident also affected subsequent vaccine development and these lessons remain relevant in the international quest to create a rapidly developed vaccine for COVID-19. The Cutter Incident shows how things can go wrong when a vaccine is manufactured in haste and without adequate safety precautions during mass-production. In the article’s later section, liability without fault, among other consequences resulting from the incident, are also assessed in the context of current vaccine development through Operation Warp Speed, the public-private partnership funded by the U.S. government to develop a remedy for COVID-19.

scholarly journals Public-private interaction in child welfare: lessons for critical social work from Chile and the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (19) ◽  
pp. 25-47
Author(s):  
Carlos Alejandro Andrade-Guzmán ◽  
Smitha Rao
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
The Public ◽  
Critical Social Work ◽  
Critical Social

This article discusses the public-private partnership that exists in Chile and in the United States to collaborate on issues of child welfare. By comparing both countries, we look at ideologies and economic issues that have historically shaped the contemporary perspective of public-private partnerships in child welfare. Additionally, we probe the role of social work in this area to see its current position within the public and private sectors in child welfare provision. Some conclusions are that neoliberalism and a residual worldview about childhood have shaped this public-private partnership. Also, social work has historically played a relevant role in advocacy and development of child policies and in both countries, private sector primarily implements child welfare policies and public sector funds them. Some of the lessons for critical social work include the importance of promoting a change in the way we address social phenomena in child welfare, and demanding an effective installation of the human rights approach to guide public-private partnerships on child welfare in both countries. 

Ideal Interoperability of Logistics that Enhance Resilience of Supply Chains Based on PPP (Public-Private Partnership)

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenji Watanabe ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Networked Society

The business impacts with the Great East Japan Earthquake to the society reflected not only in tangible areas but also in intangible areas such as supply chains and functionalities of urban cities. This note discusses increasing vulnerability of our networked society and also need for establishing interoperability of logistics realized by flexible modal shifts among different transportation methods. In the process of the discussions, necessity for PPP (Public-Private Partnership) is considered with two case studies from the United States and the United Kingdom. In the last, the way forward to establish a flexible logistics-based resilience in major supply chains is proposed to prepare for incoming disasters.

Development of a Transparent Framework for Pre-Procurement Evaluation of Public–Private Partnership Project Delivery Options

2018 ◽  
Vol 2672 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Patrick DeCorla-Souza
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Project Delivery ◽  
Discount Rates ◽  
Value For Money ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Delivery Options

This paper reviews value for money (VfM) analyses conducted in the United States to gain an understanding of methods used in addressing key issues in VfM analyses. The paper shows that VfM analysis approaches are inconsistent. In many cases it is difficult to decipher the source of differences between delivery options. Discount rates are sometimes used in a way that reduces credibility of the results. The paper presents some ideas for how these key issues can be approached so that VfM analysis results are more credible, consistent, and transparent.

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