scholarly journals Factors that contribute to corporate volunteering: Articulating theory with the practice of companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-44
Author(s):  
Stefanía Yapor ◽  
Patricia Correa
Keyword(s):  
Good Practice ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
The Other ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Corporate Volunteering ◽  
Management And Development ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
The One ◽  
Secondary Information

Corporate Volunteering (CV) has grown in recent years, looming largely on the agenda of many companies and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) both internationally and in Uruguay. The objective of this article is to identify the organizational factors that contribute to the management and development of CV and to analyze the articulation between, on the one hand, the theory underpinning the guides published by organizations that promote CV, and on the other, the practices of Uruguayan companies, in order to determine the relevance of the latter as inspiring models of good practice for other companies. To this end, on the one hand, an exhaustive review of CV and CSR guides from Europe and America was carried out, and then a sample of ten guides was selected for thus study; and on the other, a comparative analysis was carried out of four case studies of Uruguay-based companies: Pronto!, Carle & Andrioli, Telefónica, and Sabre. The methodological design entailed a mixed approach for the analysis of the companies and exploration of secondary information sources, with documentary analysis for the CV guides dimension. Among the main organizational factors identified are: the development of strategic CV, the support of leadership and management, CV integrating and promoting the organizational culture of the company, the promotion of volunteer participation, adequate implementation of internal and external communication, inclusion of other stakeholders, and synergy between CV and CSR.

From Scarcity to Abundance: Achieving Quality-Assured Mass Higher Education

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter P. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Secondary System ◽  
Mass Higher Education ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

The United States is in a bind. On the one hand, we need millions of additional citizens with at least one year of successful post-secondary experience to adapt to the knowledge economy. Both the Gates and Lumina Foundations, and our President, have championed this goal in different ways. On the other hand, we have a post-secondary system that is trapped between rising costs and stagnant effectiveness, seemingly unable to respond effectively to this challenge. This paper analyzes several aspects of this problem, describes changes in the society that create the basis for solutions, and offers several examples from Kaplan University of emerging practice that suggests what good practice might look like in a world where quality-assured mass higher education is the norm.

scholarly journals Silencing Their Critics: How Government Restrictions Against Civil Society Affect International ‘Naming and Shaming’

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Smidt ◽  
Dominic Perera ◽  
Neil J. Mitchell ◽  
Kristin M. Bakke
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
The Other ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The One ◽  
Naming And Shaming ◽  
Flow Of Information ◽  
Cross National

Abstract International ‘naming and shaming’ campaigns rely on domestic civil society organizations (CSOs) for information on local human rights conditions. To stop this flow of information, some governments restrict CSOs, for example by limiting their access to funding. Do such restrictions reduce international naming and shaming campaigns that rely on information from domestic CSOs? This article argues that on the one hand, restrictions may reduce CSOs’ ability and motives to monitor local abuses. On the other hand, these organizations may mobilize against restrictions and find new ways of delivering information on human rights violations to international publics. Using a cross-national dataset and in-depth evidence from Egypt, the study finds that low numbers of restrictions trigger shaming by international non-governmental organizations. Yet once governments impose multiple types of restrictions, it becomes harder for CSOs to adapt, resulting in fewer international shaming campaigns.

scholarly journals Medical professionalism in psychiatry

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinesh Bhugra ◽  
Susham Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Learned Helplessness ◽  
Patient Autonomy ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
The Other ◽  
Standards Of Care ◽  
Medical Professionalism ◽  
The Past ◽  
Loss Of Autonomy ◽  
The One

SummaryThe principles of primacy of patient welfare, patient autonomy and social justice are fundamental to medical and psychiatric professionalism. Medical professionalism is also about encouraging and celebrating good practice. As a set of values and behaviours on the one hand, and relationships with patients, carers and other stakeholders on the other, the implicit contract between psychiatry and society needs to be renegotiated regularly. Serious threats to medical professionalism in the past 30 years have led to the demoralisation of professionals. Learned helplessness and a perceived loss of autonomy have been recognised as important factors in the ‘loss’ of professionalism. Psychiatry as a profession needs to identify its core attributes, skills and competencies. Professionalism should allow individuals to set and maintain their own standards of care.

scholarly journals National qualifications frameworks as a policy instrument for lifelong learning in Ghana, Malaysia and Serbia

2020 ◽  
pp. 81-98
Author(s):  
Borut Mikulec ◽  
Alex Howells ◽  
Dubravka Mihajlović ◽  
Punia Turiman ◽  
Nurun Najah Ellias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Policy Instrument ◽  
The Other ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Prior Learning ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Recognition Of Prior Learning ◽  
The One

The development of national qualifications frameworks (NQFs) around the globe has been influenced by Anglo-Saxon countries and a global policy of intergovernmental organisations. The main aim of this paper is to explore how recently developed NQFs in diverse global con-texts—Ghana, Malaysia, and Serbia—fulfil two proclaimed objectives: recognition of prior learning (RPL) and support for lifelong learning. Based on a comparative analysis of official national and international policy documents relevant to the NQFs in these selected countries, conducted using the method of documentary analysis, our findings indicate that despite dif-ferences according to type, scope, and stage of development, all three NQFs are used as a policy instrument for lifelong learning on the one hand, while on the other hand, they rein-force a vocational perspective of RPL, lifelong learning, and adult education.

scholarly journals La pedagogía de la muerte en la formación inicial docente

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernesto Colomo Magaña ◽  
Vicente Gabarda Méndez ◽  
Andrea Cívico Ariza ◽  
Nuria Cuevas Monzonís
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
The Other ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Initial Training ◽  
Curricular Content ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
The One ◽  
Educación Primaria ◽  
Formación Docente

La muerte es un fenómeno natural y, como tal, forma parte de nuestras vidas. Sin embargo, su inclusión como contenido curricular dista mucho de ser efectiva, ni en la formación de los estudiantes, ni en la de los docentes. Partiendo de esta realidad, la presente propuesta analiza la integración de la pedagogía de la muerte en los planes de formación inicial del futuro profesorado de Educación Primaria. Concretamente, se examinan las propuestas formativas de 15 universidades públicas, mediante la presencia de términos relacionados con esta disciplina desde una perspectiva mixta: por un lado, se explora cuantitativamente la presencia de los términos y, por otro, se analiza cualitativamente en qué asignaturas se integran y con qué sentido (biológico, religioso, filosófico o sociocultural). Los resultados ponen de manifiesto la escasez de términos vinculados con la muerte y, por ende, la práctica inexistencia de formación docente en pedagogía de la muerte, permitiendo identificar la necesidad de establecer estrategias que permitan formar a los maestros y maestras en esta cuestión. Death is a natural phenomenon and, as such, is part of our lives. However, its inclusion as curricular content is far from being effective, neither in the training of students nor in teacher´s training. Based on this reality, this proposal analyses the integration of the pedagogy of death into the initial training plans of future teachers of Primary Education. Specifically, the training plans of 15 public universities are examined, through the presence of terms related to this discipline from a mixed approach: on the one hand, the presence of the terms is quantitatively explored and, on the other hand, qualitatively analyzed in which subjects are integrated and with what conception (biological, religious, philosophical or sociocultural). The results highlight the scarcity of terms linked to death and, therefore, the non-existence of teaching training in pedagogy of death, allowing to identify the need no establish strategies to train teachers on this issue.

Civil Society and its Place in the Constitution of Nepal

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 100-127
Author(s):  
Kapilmani Dahal
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
The Other ◽  
Voluntary Organization ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Hot Matter ◽  
Fundamental Law ◽  
The One ◽  
Secondary Method

Civil society is a non-political sphere and a voluntary organization made from individuals. It lies as an intermediary layer between individuals and families on the one hand and state institutions on the other hand. Civil society has been becoming a hot matter in the system. Its place is not same everywhere. Some developed countries have been provide democratic atmosphere to develop it and have been ignoring it. Constitution as fundamental law of the land is a major tool providing space for civil society. In the context of Nepal civil society organizations, persons, movements or other forms of civil societies have been politicizing and they are ignoring their own values and status, which may be harmful to the effective functioning of democracy. In another context of Nepal books and articles have been written, researches are also conducted but the relation and place of civil society to constitutional provisions has not been mentioned yet. So this study has been made to link civil society to constitution of Nepal. Finally it drew conclusion that Constitution of Nepal is implementing and it has addressed some place for civil society but unfortunately some limitations made on constitution and politization of civil society has made civil society a believeless variables in Nepal. To draw the conclusion in this study descriptive analytical and content analysis methods has been used and information has been taken from secondary method.

An Organizational Approach to Public Governance

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morten Egeberg ◽  
Jarle Trondal
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Organizational Design ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
The Other ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
The One ◽  
Governance Processes ◽  
Systematic Knowledge ◽  
Organizational Approach

This chapter launches a general organizational approach to public governance. It outlines key theoretical dimensions that cut across governance structures and processes horizontally as well as vertically, thus paving the way for integrating separate empirical analyses into a coherent theoretical whole. Moreover, the organizational (independent) variables outlined represent classical dimensions in the organization literature that are generic in character. This allows for generalizations across time and space. The chapter also highlights the potential for organizational design that follows from our approach. By building systematic knowledge on how organizational factors shape governance processes on the one hand, and how organizational factors themselves might be deliberately changed on the other, the chapter offers a framework for developing a knowledge base for organizational design.

scholarly journals RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUSINESS EFFICIENCY AND CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
Petr Boukal ◽  
Jindřich Špička
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Philanthropy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Utility ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Corporate Volunteering ◽  
The Social ◽  
Business Efficiency ◽  
Important Trend ◽  
The One

The goal of this article is to explain the relationship between business efficiency and corporate philanthropy. Business efficiency and corporate philanthropy are influenced by different factors. These factors are economic, political, technological and ethical. Values of entrepreneur (management of the enterprise), ethical basis of all people in the enterprise are very important for business efficiency. Business efficiency is the complex category. The efficient enterprise is not only privately profitable, maximizing the private economic benefit of the entrepreneurs (shareholders), the efficient enterprise is useful for the region and the society as a whole. The social utility of the enterprise is helpful for the private business efficiency on the other side. The convergence of "interests" of businesses and non-profit organizations is the important trend today. The corporate philanthropy is developed. On the one hand, enterprises cannot pursue only economic interests, significance of the social context of their operation increased. On the other hand, non-profit organization representing social interest has to be efficient too. The cooperation between efficient organizations is possible. The opportunities of this cooperation are different. The corporate philanthropy has either a direct financial form (individual grant, corporate foundation) or the specific indirect form of corporate philanthropy (corporate volunteering). The results show that the business efficiency and corporate philanthropy are interrelated and influence each other.

scholarly journals THE APPLICATION OF CONSISTENCY OF TREATMENT IN DISMISSALS FOR MISCONDUCT

Obiter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Grant ◽  
Asheelia Behari
Keyword(s):  
Good Practice ◽  
The Other ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Length Of Service ◽  
Parity Principle ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
The One ◽  
Consistent Treatment ◽  
Arbitrary Action

Fairness in employment necessitates that the employer apply consistent disciplinary standards in the workplace, so that employees who commit the same or similar disciplinary infraction are treated equally. The Code of Good Practice: Dismissal (in Schedule 8 of the Labour Relations Act 55 of 1995) sets out a range of guidelines to be applied by the employer before a decision to dismiss an employer may be taken. It seeks to protect employees from arbitrary action by the employer in order to achieve a measure of employment justice. Employers must therefore apply the rules of the workplace consistently by effecting discipline against all employees accountable for similar misconduct, and also by applying the same sanction for similar infractions. The principle of consistent treatment of employees is referred to as the “parity principle”. It provides that employees who participate in the same or similar wrongdoing, with no distinguishing factors from one case to another, should be penalized in the same way. The foundation of the principle lies in the notion that similar cases must be treated in a similar fashion. It is based on the principle of reasonableness in that fairness in the workplace requires the application of reasonable rules, and not arbitrary or irrational opinions of the employer. Reasonable rules will reflect generality and equality and invariably lead to legal certainty, and a failure by the employer to apply those standards consistently may lead to a finding that the employer acted unfairly in dismissal disputes. In addition to the requirement of consistency, an employer is required to consider a range of other factors before taking the decision to dismiss an employee. These include the gravity of the misconduct; the nature of the work performed by the employee; the circumstances under which the infraction occurred; and the employee’s personal circumstances which may relate to the previous disciplinary record of the employee; his/her length of service and the employee’s personal circumstances. The consideration of these circumstances often leads to a tension between applying the requirement of consistency on the one hand, and the need to take into account the specific circumstances of the employee and circumstances of the misconduct. This comment explores the different approaches adopted by the courts in determining whether or not inconsistent treatment by the employer justifies a finding that the dismissal of an employee was unfair in view of the obligation to take into account the other factors required in the Code. These issues often arise in circumstances where an employee is dismissed by an employer and claims that the employer acted unfairly because other employees were given less severe sanctions for the same or similar misconduct. In deciding the fairness of the matter, the courts have drawn a distinction between individual misconduct and collective misconduct. Historical inconsistency is generally applied in cases of individual misconduct, whilst contemporaneous inconsistency is applied in circumstances of collective misconduct.

scholarly journals Interest, politics and drift in policy implementation: The case of trafficking prevention measures in Brazil

Ethnography ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 146613812110160
Author(s):  
Susanne Hofmann
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
The Other ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Work ◽  
The One

This article scrutinizes the anti-trafficking efforts that the PT Government in Brazil undertook to implement the National Anti-Trafficking Policy in collaboration with different civil society organizations. Focusing on crime prevention measures, the article analyses the perceptions and understandings of trafficking, and the values and norms implicit in those, as well as the relationships developed between pubic officials and members of the civil society in this context. Examining everyday policy work, the article illustrates that policy implementation cannot be considered a mere technical-rational endeavor, in which replaceable officials deliver consistent and replicable outcomes based on unambiguous rules, assigned roles, and specified tasks and procedures. On the one hand, personality, personal motives and interests played a significant role in forging policy implementation focus and approach. On the other hand, the public officials struggled with the activists’ attempts to shift policy concerns and implementation into a direction that diverged from their own politics.

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