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Implementation of a sustainable business cycle: the case of a Swedish dairy producer
Authors: Svensson Göran , Wagner Beverly 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe objective of this paper is to describe a corporate implementation and application of a “sustainable business cycle”.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on a single case study of a regional producer of dairy products in Sweden. The data were collected from non‐structured interviews with managers and available corporate documentation.FindingsThe company's “sustainable business cycle” may be divided into nine stages beginning with the arable land through to the dairy and transportation of products to market, where the final two stages involve external retailers and consumers, all of which is important to fulfilment of the earlier seven internal stages.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings stress the importance of connecting and reconnecting not just to immediate environmental concerns of business, but also to planet Earth, which is under non‐sustainable pressure and evidently faces an unpleasant destiny.Practical implicationsThe case highlights advantages and challenges facing a small to medium‐sized enterprise (SME) tasked with implementing a sustainable business cycle for a commodity product in a highly competitive market, dominated by powerful retailers.Social implicationsChanging consumer behaviours and purchasing patterns, as well as state interventions imposed at top political levels worldwide, will gradually increase the necessity to create sustainable business cycles.Originality/valueThe main contribution of this article is to present a rare detailed case study of a sustainable, organic milk supply chain. It highlights the areas where sustainability is effective. It also illustrates the challenge for an SME trying to extend the reach and to create awareness of added value to the consumer. Hopefully some lessons will be learned and emphasized in this case study.
Low carbon and green supply chains: the legal drivers and commercial pressures
Authors: Hitchcock Teresa 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThis paper proposes discussing the growing supply chain pressures, both legal and commercial, the background to them and their implications for countries with large consumer markets, such as the UK and for countries, such as the Republic of China, which are suppliers, but themselves increasingly important as consumer markets.Design/methodology/approachHaving regard to the multi disciplinary nature of the readership the paper does not focus too narrowly on legal regulation: nevertheless the legal perspective is important in at least one respect. The imposition of law and penalties provides a powerful incentive to behavioural change, and is very effective in focussing attention.FindingsThe paper reveals that plainly it will be a challenge for supplier countries, as it will be for industry in the West, to meet new regulatory standards, particularly those which aim to force technology, like the vehicle emission standards referred to above, or standards relating to supply chain management, which will intervene in the established contractual arrangements between suppliers and their customers. It will also be a challenge to meet consumer demand for “greener” products as education of consumers in sustainability issues improves.OriginalityThis paper contributes towards green supply chain management that is emerging to be an important approach for enterprises to improve performance. Managerial implications are also identified.
Adapting the PZB service quality model to reputation risk analysis and the implications for CSR communication
Authors: Simcic Brønn Peggy 
Published: February 2012

PurposeOrganizations put their reputations at risk when they misunderstand what their stakeholders expect from them. People expect specific behavior from an organization regarding societal issues or questions, and when an organization ignores or denigrates issues and in the worst case contributes to making conditions worse, stakeholders will react. The purpose of this paper is to propose the PZB model of service quality as a tool that organizations can use to align expectations and perceptions with organizational behavior and communication.Design/methodology/approachThe paper provides two cases of the use of CSR communication as a marketing mechanism to position an entity as environmentally friendly. In both instances, the messages were declared illegal and had to be removed. The PZB model of service and the co‐orientation model are used to illustrate the principles discussed.FindingsThe cases illustrate the need for organizations to not only be more aware of the expectations of their stakeholders but also to implement organizational practices that ensure they are abreast of expectations and operate accordingly.Practical implicationsThe value of the paper is that it provides organizations with a proven tool that can be used not only for customers but for other stakeholders as well. Its real strength, however, is that it provides guidelines for internally‐ as well as externally oriented behavior and communication.Originality/valueThe paper extends the PZB model to a more stakeholder approach and demonstrates its usefulness when it comes to a deeper understanding of legitimacy by organizations.
The view from within: internal publics and CSR
Authors: Sasidharan Dhanesh Ganga 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the significance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a predictor of organisational commitment of internal publics. More precisely, the study seeks to examine which dimension/s of CSR significantly predict/s which dimension of organisational commitment.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses web‐based survey research method and employs hierarchical multiple regression analysis to explore the predictive ability of four dimensions of CSR on three dimensions of organisational commitment, from the perspective of employees.FindingsThe research shows that while the ethical‐legal dimension of CSR is a significant predictor of three dimensions of organisational commitment, the discretionary and economic dimensions of CSR are not.Research limitations/implicationsThis was a quantitative study using survey methodology and would benefit from a follow up qualitative study or a set of case studies in multiple industries/countries. Since the results show that ethical‐legal CSR significantly predicts organisational commitment, a relational outcome in relationship management theory, PR practitioners can incorporate ethical‐legal CSR in CSR strategy, implementation and communication, thus enabling the building and maintenance of organization‐public relationships.Originality/valueThis study offers a fine grained investigation of the predictive abilities of four dimensions of CSR on three dimensions of organisational commitment and offers public relations practitioners insight into the specific dimension of CSR that has most impact on multiple dimensions of organisational commitment.
Negotiating power through communication
Authors: Ritchie Leah 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide a critical analysis of organizational power at a non‐profit organization, and demonstrate how a participation intervention can deconstruct entrenched norms that govern how influence is allocated among employees.Design/methodology/approachUsing Habermas' ideal speech context as a framework for analysis, the intervention and related outcomes were examined for their potential to create constructive conflict through which both high and low status employees could interpret and negotiate how power is discursively created and maintained in the organization.FindingsThe intervention provided employees access to a discursive situation through which they could re‐interpret power‐reifying norms that limited their ability to represent their own interests. It not only provided lower‐level employees an opportunity to influence the discussion, but it also revealed an alternative way to interpret strategic planning. Through the intervention, the employees could see that the policies and decisions that they assumed to be fixed could actually be developed through a negotiated process.Originality/valueCommunication scholars have kept employee participation within the realm of theory, rarely providing practical discursive tools for shifting systems of control and helping low status workers empower themselves. In contrast, this study describes a concrete method for decentralizing organizational power and shows how using a theory‐based intervention can help both managers and their staff to critically evaluate existing organizational power structures.
Organic integration: the natural process underlying communication integration
Authors: Smith Brian G. 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to progress research on integrated communication management from its current debates on definitions and normative models to research‐based understanding of how integration works and is implemented at an organisation with a high level of integration. Also, the paper seeks to provide insights for communication managers on implementing successful integrated communication programs.Design/methodology/approachThis research incorporated a qualitative single case study of an exemplary organisational case of integrated communication, using three data sources: depth interviews, participant observation, and document analysis.FindingsCommunication integration operates organically, through cross‐functional connections and knowledge sharing and facilitated by an open organisational structure whereby integration occurs naturally.Research limitations/implicationsThough other configurations may exist in high‐functioning integrated programs, this study provides a new direction for theory development, and fills a need in scholarship to identify the interactions that integration creates.Practical implicationsThis research provides research‐based learning on integrated communication management and implementation, and includes steps to establish a successful integrated program.Originality/valueThe paper will be of special interest to strategists, managers, and practitioners for improving communication processes. It also fills a need in the literature to progress understanding from definition debates to the interworking of communication functions.
Examining how industries engage the media
Authors: Wang Meredith L. , Waters Richard D. 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine how Kent and Taylor's dialogic features are used by agricultural associations in the USA and Germany to engage media.Design/methodology/approachA content analysis of 51 American Farm Bureau Federation and 18 Deutscher Bauernverband web sites was conducted to evaluate the incorporation of the principles of ease of interface, usefulness, dialogic loop, conservation of visitors, and generation of return visits.FindingsThe study found mixed results for the incorporation of Kent and Taylor's five dialogic principles. At the time of the content analysis, these sites failed to provide a solid dialogic loop between the organisation and the visitor, and they did not encourage return visits. This weakens the sites' potential to move past information provision and build lasting relationships with reporters.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings of this research project provide benchmark numbers for the presence of the five dialogic principles in the agriculture industry. Further, the findings strengthen the growing evidence of the impact of the principles in various sectors. Previous research has examined how nonprofit social service and activist organisations have incorporated the principles as well as for‐profit organizations. The current results shine light on how other organisations are using their web site to develop relationships with visitors.Practical implicationsResearch on agricultural communication indicates that the media increasingly are downplaying the significance of the industry in mainstream news. Scholars have suggested that the agricultural industry is not well versed in media training and media relations. However, the findings of this study indicate that the leading agricultural associations in the USA and Germany are still primarily using their web sites as one‐way information subsidies rather than capitalizing on the interactive nature of the web. By incorporating the five dialogic principles into their web sites, the agricultural communicators will be in a better position to interact with media in a lasting manner rather than simply serving as a source of one‐way information.Originality/valueThough the dialogic principles have been studied in other settings, this paper examines their use by organisations in multiple countries. Given the increasing globalisation of the agriculture industry, it is vital to understand how this industry communicates with the media given that it has repeatedly complained about media coverage of agricultural issues and the push by the American Farm Bureau to assist other national agricultural associations around the world.
Implications of the self‐regulation model for treatment with sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities
Authors: Keeling Jenny A. , Rose John L. 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThis paper aims to explore treatment implications of the self‐regulation model (SRM) for sexual offenders with an intellectual disability in an effort to provide practical applications that could be employed in treatment.Design/methodology/approachThe SRM of sexual offending proposes that difficulties in self‐regulation may lead to an increased risk of sexual offending; describing four potential pathways to sexual offending that are based on self‐regulation style and offence‐related goals. Research has focussed on the application and implications of this theoretical model for mainstream sexual offenders. However, more recently, there has been an increasing interest into the application and treatment implications for the SRM for sexual offenders with an intellectual disability. This paper reviews literature on both the SRM and related work on offenders with intellectual disability.FindingsThe evidence reviewed supports the notion that the SRM is a valid theoretical model on which to base treatment programmes for people with intellectual disabilities and specific recommendations are made for the design of treatment programmes with this client group.Originality/valueIt is suggested that this model should be used when devising intervention programmes for people with intellectual disabilities in the future.
Family intervention using a web camera (e‐FFI) within forensic services: a case study and feasibility study
Authors: Absalom‐Hornby Victoria , Gooding Patricia , Tarrier Nicholas 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the implementation of modern technology by using a web camera to facilitate a family intervention (e‐FI) in the treatment of schizophrenia, within a forensic service.Design/methodology/approachA case study using questionnaire tools to measure outcome variables from the web‐based family intervention was used. Pre‐, mid‐ and post‐treatment scores were compared to present the progression of outcomes throughout the study.FindingsThis study provides an account of the successful implementation of a web camera facilitated family intervention in a forensic service. The findings showed improved social, emotional and practical outcomes for the family involved. The ease and acceptability of using the technique is demonstrated.Originality/valueThis study presents a novel application in utilising a web camera to implement family intervention within forensic services with successful outcomes.
Not only a crime but a tragedy […] exploring the murder of adults with disabilities by their parents
Authors: Brown Hilary 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThis paper seeks to reconcile society's need to apply strong sanctions to parents who are responsible for the murder of a disabled adult while also recognising the stresses present in their lives.Design/methodology/approachThe paper reviews six cases in which seven disabled adults were killed by a parent in the UK between 1999 and 2009.FindingsThe review found that these were no ordinary crimes and nor were they motivated by malice, but occurred against a backdrop of significant mental illness and distress. In addition, two of the parents killed themselves as well as their adult child and another attempted suicide. The explanations offered in court to account for the murders included a combination of caregiver stress and mercy killing and the courts struggled to find a consistent approach.Research limitations/implicationsThe review is limited to cases reported in the press and only considers information in the public domain. The portrayal of the issues in the media is integral to the study. The cases reported in this paper are a sub‐set of a larger sample of children and adults murdered by caregivers during this period.Originality/valueThe paper compares and contrasts some features of these high‐profile cases, commenting on the way they were addressed in the courts and making recommendations as to how the backdrop of significant mental ill‐health could be taken into account in the way families are offered support with a view to preventing further tragedies.
Prevention of abuse: a brief review of the literature
Authors: Faulkner Alison 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review the literature on prevention in adult safeguarding and to identify the themes that emerge, with particular reference to personalisation and the views of service users.Design/methodology/approachPrimarily a brief literature review; the review began with a scope on data, literature, and best practice in relation to prevention in adult safeguarding. Using reference harvesting and expert recommendations, the project manager identified further material, achieving a final list of 52 documents.FindingsThere are many factors that may contribute to preventing abuse in the context of adult safeguarding. However, it is difficult to demonstrate that abuse has been or is being prevented with any certainty. The views of service users consulted for the review of No Secrets are that they would prefer to be empowered to make their own decisions with regard to safeguarding – and not to have all of the decisions made for them in an overly protective or risk‐averse approach to safeguarding. It is recommended that local authorities consider risk enablement for service users as a parallel process to adult safeguarding.Practical implicationsThere are some practical suggestions for how local authorities who are tasked with co‐ordinating adult safeguarding can work to prevent abuse within different communities.Originality/valuePrevention of abuse has not always been high on the adult safeguarding agenda; this article and the accompanying material now occupying the SCIE web site seek to redress this balance.
Integration and coordination in healthcare: an operations management view
Authors: Lillrank Paul 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a definition of integration and coordination in health service production, and to derive basic design rules.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is based on an operations management perspective and applies a design science methodology to identify purposes, contexts, and design rules.FindingsIntegration and coordination need to be conceptually separated, as the former means the merger of various service contributions into a common understanding, while the latter means the arrangement of service elements into processes.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper is theoretical, and based on one perspective.Practical implicationsBasic design rules for bottom‐up care integration are presented.Originality/valueThe paper provides a novel perspective to the discourse on integrated care.
An integrated approach to addressing the needs of people with hearing loss in Hartlepool
Authors: Sharp Tracey 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to highlight the level of hearing loss in the population and describe the joint health and social care response in Hartlepool to the needs of this group of people.Design/methodology/approachThe approach included a review of the literature, the application of national prevalence tables to local population estimates, and a review of the adequacy of current service provision available to people with a hearing loss.FindingsMore than 14,700 people out of a total population of 91,000 living in Hartlepool are estimated to have some degree of hearing loss. This compares with only 1,046 people registered with the adult social care team although 13,800 people were found to be registered with the local audiology department. The review found that a broad range of services was already in place across health and social care although some areas were identified for service improvement which are currently being addressed.Originality/valueDrawing attention to the needs of a section of the community that is virtually invisible, this review served to highlight the scale of hearing loss prevalence in the population, to estimate the number of people with hearing loss in a local population using data that has been available for almost two decades (although not widely adopted), and demonstrates a unique cross‐sectoral approach to assessing and responding to the needs of people who have a loss of hearing.
Self‐directed support and disabled young people in transition (part 1)
Authors: Mitchell Fraser 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThis paper aims to summarise the literature on self‐directed support (SDS) in transitions for disabled children and young people moving from children's to adult services.Design/methodology/approachThe literature on SDS and transitions is reviewed. This paper will explore the contribution of research in shaping the implementation of SDS in transitions.FindingsSDS has the potential to encourage creativity at an individual and organisational level that can result in integrated service improvement.Originality/valueThis is the first comprehensive review of research on SDS in Scotland.
Mutual common interest: a key to sustainable social and organizational performance improvement
Authors: Robinson David 
Published: February 2012

PurposeThis paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.Design/methodology/approachThis briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.Findings“What could I do to get people to go the extra mile?” This is the recurring question for many managers, but often a mere extra yard could generate much greater benefit than the effort required. How? Through using the focused power of mutual common interest, coupled with effective diffusion of management skills to lower levels. What do I mean by this?Practical implicationsThis paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world's leading organizations.Originality/valueThe briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy‐to digest format.