scholarly journals The Phenomenon of Homelessness during the Greek Economic Crisis 2009-2018

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. p23
Author(s):  
Symeon N. Mavridis ◽  
Savvoula I. Mouratidou
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
Socioeconomic Crisis ◽  
Official Data

This research focuses on the phenomenon of homelessness in Greece, especially during the deep economic crisis that has lasted from 2009 until this day. Unfortunately, in large part, homelessness also affects welfare policy, as well as social cohesion and healthcare. The significance of the study lies in the fact that there are no official data from governmental institutions concerning the number of homeless people across the country. For this reason, this study attempts to collect all available data in order to present the evolution of the phenomenon of homelessness from 2009 to present. Homelessness is examined in relation to poverty and other factors of deprivation. In addition, countermeasures addressing homelessness, adopted by both public and private organizations, are also examined. Public institutions usually provide small pensions, only for seniors over sixty-seven years old, meal cards, free soup kitchens and several shelters. At the same time, a large number of private organizations, such as NGOs, provide free accommodation, meals, and showers. Unfortunately, the rising number of homeless people during the ongoing socioeconomic crisis and the lack of communication among institutions deteriorate the problem. On these grounds, this research analyzes the phenomenon of homelessness in Greece in order to provide the appropriate solutions for its containment.

Fiduciary Principles and Public Offices

2019 ◽  
pp. 302-322
Author(s):  
Ethan J. Leib ◽  
Stephen R. Galoob
Keyword(s):  
Administrative Law ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Public Office ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Normative Structure ◽  
The Public ◽  
Positive Law

This chapter examines how fiduciary principles apply to public offices, focusing on what it means for officeholders to comport themselves to their respective public roles appropriately. Public law institutions can operate in accordance with fiduciary norms even when they are enforced differently from the remedial mechanisms available in private fiduciary law. In the public sector, fiduciary norms are difficult to enforce directly and the fiduciary norms of public office do not overlap completely with the positive law governing public officials. Nevertheless, core fiduciary principles are at the heart of public officeholding, and public officers need to fulfill their fiduciary role obligations. This chapter first considers three areas of U.S. public law whose fiduciary character reinforces the tenet that public office is a public trust: the U.S. Constitution’s “Emoluments Clauses,” administrative law, and the law of judging. It then explores the fiduciary character of public law by looking at the deeper normative structure of public officeholding, placing emphasis on how public officeholders are constrained by the principles of loyalty, care, deliberation, conscientiousness, and robustness. It also compares the policy implications of the fiduciary view of officeholding with those of Dennis Thompson’s view before concluding with an explanation of how the application of fiduciary principles might differ between public and private law settings and how public institutions might be designed or reformed in light of fiduciary norms.

scholarly journals A Multi-Tiered Framework for Insider Threat Prevention

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1005
Author(s):  
Rakan A. Alsowail ◽  
Taher Al-Shehari
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Insider Threat ◽  
Unified Framework ◽  
Insider Threats ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Confidential Data ◽  
Real Value

As technologies are rapidly evolving and becoming a crucial part of our lives, security and privacy issues have been increasing significantly. Public and private organizations have highly confidential data, such as bank accounts, military and business secrets, etc. Currently, the competition between organizations is significantly higher than before, which triggers sensitive organizations to spend an excessive volume of their budget to keep their assets secured from potential threats. Insider threats are more dangerous than external ones, as insiders have a legitimate access to their organization’s assets. Thus, previous approaches focused on some individual factors to address insider threat problems (e.g., technical profiling), but a broader integrative perspective is needed. In this paper, we propose a unified framework that incorporates various factors of the insider threat context (technical, psychological, behavioral and cognitive). The framework is based on a multi-tiered approach that encompasses pre, in and post-countermeasures to address insider threats in an all-encompassing perspective. It considers multiple factors that surround the lifespan of insiders’ employment, from the pre-joining of insiders to an organization until after they leave. The framework is utilized on real-world insider threat cases. It is also compared with previous work to highlight how our framework extends and complements the existing frameworks. The real value of our framework is that it brings together the various aspects of insider threat problems based on real-world cases and relevant literature. This can therefore act as a platform for general understanding of insider threat problems, and pave the way to model a holistic insider threat prevention system.

scholarly journals The Importance of Resilience for Well-Being in Retirement

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (61) ◽  
pp. 191-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiane Pimentel Nalin ◽  
Lucia Helena de Freitas Pinho França
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Economic Satisfaction ◽  
The Mean

The increase in the elderly population has prompted research on retirement. This study investigated the importance of resilience, economic satisfaction, the length of retirement, and planning to well-being during retirement of 270 participants. The majority of this sample were men (64%), and the mean age was 65 years (SD = 5.7). The participants were retired members of 10 public and private organizations in Rio de Janeiro. Factor analysis and hierarchical regression were performed. The results showed that determined resilience (mastery, adaptability, confidence and perseverance) and socioeconomic satisfaction were the main predictors of well-being in retirement and explained 28% of this model. The findings suggest that well-being in retirement is closely related to socioeconomic satisfaction and determined resilience. Additional research should address the importance of resilience for the well-being of retirees who are or not members of retirement associations. Resilience attitudes should be promoted in Retirement Education Programs.

A phenomenological study of time concept and management and productivity in a sub–Saharan African context

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
James B Abugre
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Phenomenological Psychology ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
African Context ◽  
Flexible Resource ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Study Participants

The purpose of this article was to investigate the concept of time and its management in relation to productivity. Consequently, this work employed phenomenological psychology to unearth the experiences of employees on the concept of time management and its impact on productivity using Ghana as a study. Participants involved both local and expatriate workers sharing their experiences on the subject matter in a conversational style. Results indicated that clock time is considered a flexible resource in both social and professional settings. Findings also revealed that time management drives productivity, and its orientation is consequential to the cultural behaviors of local employees in both public and private organizations based on the quality of their corporate cultures. Hence, rigid timelines can turn around public organizations in sub-Saharan Africa and the world as a whole.

scholarly journals Arbitration Proceedings Involving State Entities/Public Institutions in Nigeria: How to Prevail Public Interest Using the Dispute Between Statoil and Texaco Against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation as a Case Study.

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 509-515
Author(s):  
Ofekeze Okiemute Darlynton
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
The Government

This work is intended to highlight the inadequacy of the present Nigerian Arbitration laws in arbitrations involving the Government and private organizations particularly in relation to the issue of public interest. The works also proffers solutions on how public interest can be protected in arbitrations involving the Government and private organizations.

scholarly journals State and Private Archives: Construction of the System of Relations and Opportunities of Cooperation

Atlanti ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 229-237
Author(s):  
Andrei Rybakou
Keyword(s):  
Future Generations ◽  
Archival Science ◽  
Optimal Solutions ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Permanent Storage ◽  
State Archives ◽  
The Relationship

The article is devoted to the search for optimal solutions for building the relationship between public and private archives. The author acknowledges that the documents formed in the activities of private organizations have value and are subject to permanent storage for future generations. However, it is impossible to keep all the documentation, therefore, when selecting documents for permanent storage, it is necessary to take into account the principles and criteria for disposal developed by archival science, to apply them in a complex and creatively. When organizing work with private archives and accepting their documents in state archives, it is necessary to proceed from the property of the documents and, depending on the established legal relations and the value of documents of specific organizations, apply different approaches.

scholarly journals Public relations practitioners’ perception of new media influence on promotion of mutual understanding between organisation and strategic publics in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S1) ◽  
pp. 506-528
Author(s):  
Harvey G.O. Igben ◽  
Michael E. Ilaya
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Technological Determinism ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Public Relations Practitioners ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Fundamental Goal

New media is a trending innovation and its influence in the promotion of mutual understanding between organizations and strategic publics is a more contemporary issue. This study evaluates the perception of public relations practitioners on the incorporation of new media into the process of promoting good relationships between organizations and strategic publics in Nigeria. The fundamental goal is to examine if public relations practitioners find new media helpful in carrying out public relations activities in their organizations. This study is hinged on Technological determinism theory.  Findings show that public relations practitioners of both public and private organizations do perceive the adoption of new media technologies in the performance of their function for the promotion of mutual understanding as supportive to quick and interactive approaches to dissemination of information from organizations to strategic stakeholders and the public. The study recommends that more public relations practitioners of organizations especially public organizations should be encouraged to use new media in course of executing their professional assignments.

scholarly journals Fostering Collaborative Synthetic Research in Archaeology

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey H. Altschul ◽  
Keith W. Kintigh ◽  
Terry H. Klein ◽  
William H. Doelle ◽  
Kelley A. Hays-Gilpin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Ecological Analysis ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Past ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Individual Project ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Collaborative Analysis ◽  
The Individual

ABSTRACTWhile our fascination with understanding the past is sufficient to warrant an increased focus on synthesis, solutions to important problems facing modern society require understandings based on data that only archaeology can provide. Yet, even as we use public monies to collect ever-greater amounts of data, modes of research that can stimulate emergent understandings of human behavior have lagged behind. Consequently, a substantial amount of archaeological inference remains at the level of the individual project. We can more effectively leverage these data and advance our understandings of the past in ways that contribute to solutions to contemporary problems if we adapt the model pioneered by the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis to foster synthetic collaborative research in archaeology. We propose the creation of the Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis coordinated through a U.S.-based National Center for Archaeological Synthesis. The coalition will be composed of established public and private organizations that provide essential scholarly, cultural heritage, computational, educational, and public engagement infrastructure. The center would seek and administer funding to support collaborative analysis and synthesis projects executed through coalition partners. This innovative structure will enable the discipline to address key challenges facing society through evidentially based, collaborative synthetic research.

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