There is now a distinctive trend towards countries developing similar health and welfare strategies, which place less emphasis on legislation as the main route to improving welfare. For example, the recently published EU Animal Welfare Action Plan aims to improve animal welfare over the next five ...
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of recent welfare reforms, investigating the effects of both state-specific waivers in the early 1990s and the 1996 federal reform legislation. Unlike earlier work, we analyze a wide array of indicators, including welfare participation, labor market involvement, ...
How Do Employers Know What Their Duty of Care is? When it comes to the welfare of employees and employee engagement, legislation should be the minimum standards, not the aim. However it helps to understand the legislation as a starting point. All the standard measures in place are outli...
What Is the Role of Utilitarianism in Today’s Business Environment? Because its ideology argues for the greatest good for the greatest number, a business acting in a utilitarian fashion should increase the welfare of others. However, in practice, utilitarianism can lead to greed and dog-eat-dog...
Another approach is garnering increasing corporate responsibility interest. This is calledCreating Shared Value, or CSV. The shared value model is based on the idea that corporate success and social welfare are interdependent. A business needs a healthy, educated workforce, sustainable resources and ad...
Legislation that mandates smoke-free environments €" not voluntary policies €" is necessary to protect public health; 2. Legislation should be simple, ... WH Organization,TF Initiative,T Lam - 《University of California at San Francisco Center for Tobacco Control Research & Education》 ...
According to modern animal welfare legislation, animals should be protected from suffering and lasting harm not for the benefit of us humans as in earlier ... H Würbel - 《Applied Animal Behaviour Science》 被引量: 82发表: 2009年 An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory discusses contro...
The Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA) is a law passed in 1982 that was designed to reduce the federal budget deficit through a combination of tax increases, spending cuts, and tax reform measures. The legislation reversed some elements of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of...
A 501(c)(3) organization is also forbidden from using its activities to influence legislation in a substantial way, including participating in any campaign activities to support or deny any particular political candidate. It's typically not permitted to engage inlobbyingexcept in instances when its ...
Social welfare organizations are required to promote the common good and general welfare. These organizations generally have taken the position that as long as involvement in elections is not their “primary activity,” they can contribute to campaigns for or in opposition to political candidates. ...