Community Responsibility Research Articles

Negotiations of responsibility for community and personal care: Emotional coping, leisure, and restoration for uniformed first responders

ABSTRACT Uniformed public safety personnels (PSPs) are the first line of care on scenes of distress, where they are put into positions to negotiate the responsibilities of community and personal care. This work helps expose the oppressive nature that systems governing community safety have on bodies that are uniformed. Using critical, narrative approaches, 11 public safety personnel participants were recruited to participate in focus groups and interviews. Conversations with PSPs centred on how they navigate relations of power and adhere to militant cultural norms to perform the expectations of the ‘uniform.’ We interpretively analyzed the data to describe three threads that make up the uniform and to create reflections on the potentials of leisure as a means of resistance and healing under capitalism. The intent of this paper is to create a stronger rationale for more work in the study of community safety and care, addressing a gap in services for PSPs.

WHAT WILL SUSTAIN THE DEMOCRACY?

AbstractThe author, Leader to Leader’s editor‐in‐chief, writes about the necessity for ordinary citizens to take responsibility for the health and wellbeing of their communities, and how this relates to sustaining our democracy. She builds on an anecdote about saving a tree that was damaged twice by a storm in her county. She recounts passages from Frances Hesselbein’s 2010 Harvard Business Review article “How Did Peter Drucker See Corporate Responsibility?”. She notes that Frances’ question was: “What must our organizations do today to help our country maintain its greatness and sustain the democracy?” In light of that article, the author writes that “democracy’s very survival is dependent on how we interact and support each other, how we work together towards a common purpose, and on our commitment to serving the greater good for all.” She also notes that “…we must ask ourselves, am I taking responsibility in my community, my organization, and I’n our world, or am I waiting for ‘them’ to fix it and blaming ‘them’ when it remains broken?”

Реабілітація: історія формування, сучасна стратегія розвитку

The history and defined stages of the formation and development of rehabilitation care from the 19th century have been studied. to modern times. The formation of the methodology for the organization of rehabilitation assistance in national health care systems is shown. The logistics of the WHO’s initiatives regarding the recognition of rehabilitation assistance as the main direction of the development of medical service delivery systems have been studied. What is connected with the provision of human rights in the field of health, the achievement of health for all. The role of national governments, the responsibility of communities and the importance of primary medical care in ensuring the availability of rehabilitation care are shown. The main provisions of the WHO documents on the problem of rehabilitation are presented.

Research on the Problem Analysis and Localization Marketing Strategy of Nike in China

This paper explores Nike’s evolving localization strategies in the Chinese market. It traces Nike’s journey from its initial entry into China to its significant growth, highlighting several key strategies. These include releasing limited edition products aligned with Chinese festivals, collaborating with influential local Chinese brands, securing endorsements from prominent Chinese sports celebrities, and sponsoring youth sports events such as the China National High School Basketball League. Additionally, Nike has actively engaged in community responsibilities and leveraged the Internet to expand its sales channels. Nike’s strategy of aligning limited edition releases with Chinese cultural events has resonated deeply with local consumers, creating a sense of exclusivity and cultural relevance. Collaborations with popular local brands have further enhanced its appeal and market penetration. Endorsements from Chinese sports celebrities have bolstered Nike’s image and credibility among local audiences. Sponsoring youth sports events has not only increased brand visibility but also fostered a connection with the younger generation. Furthermore, Nike’s commitment to community engagement and adept use of digital platforms have significantly expanded its reach and sales. These initiatives have collectively enabled Nike to continuously expand its presence and increase sales in the Chinese market, demonstrating a successful model for international brands seeking to localize effectively in diverse markets.

Sharenting Ethics in Indonesian Family Communication Through Cultural Values of Digital Parenting

This research examines the phenomenon of sharenting (sharing-parenting) in the Indonesian cultural context, focusing on how traditional values influence digital parenting practices. This research uses a comprehensive literature study methodology to analyse the intersection between local wisdom and digital communication ethics in care. This study reveals that Indonesian parents practice sharenting through three main cultural pillars: harmony, unggah ungguh, and tepo seliro. These values significantly shape how information about children is shared on social media, creating patterns that differ from Western individualistic approaches. The findings show that parenting practices in Indonesia's digital era are firmly rooted in collective cultural values, where sharing information about children is not simply seen as personal documentation but as part of communal responsibility. This research identifies unique challenges in balancing traditional values with digital privacy concerns, especially in how Indonesian parents interpret and implement privacy boundaries within their collective cultural framework. This study contributes to developing a culturally sensitive ethical framework for digital parenting in Indonesia, emphasizing a balance between traditional values and modern digital practices. Findings suggest practical sharing guidelines in Indonesia must integrate collective cultural values while addressing contemporary digital privacy concerns. Furthermore, this research proposes practical recommendations for implementing culturally appropriate digital literacy programs and developing policies that protect children's interests while respecting traditional family values.

The use of surrogate matrices in bioanalytical preclinical safety testing using chromatographic methods: a recommendation from the European Bioanalysis forum.

Within the bioanalytical community, the use of blank matrix from preclinical animals for bioanalytical method validation and sample analysis is common practice and required in the context of guidelines for bioanalytical method validation. At the same time, its use has been challenged by the scientific community for decades, since there is ample scientific evidence to allow the use surrogate matrices for this purpose. Nevertheless, legacy and current regulatory thinking continues to be reluctant to allow the use of surrogate matrices in bioanalytical testing except for so-called rare matrices. As part of ongoing discussions in relation to the ICH M10 Guideline, the European Bioanalysis Forum re-challenges the unnecessary use of blank matrices from preclinical animals and believes that, as part of community responsibility and ethical standards and when supported by data, the use of surrogate matrices should become widely accepted. It is in this context that targeted experiments were conducted within the European Bioanalysis Forum to gather additional data and re-open the discussions with all involved and that it should become acceptable to use surrogate matrices wherever possible.

When good intentions aren’t enough: Intersectional invisibilities in academia and the decolonial turn

The decolonial turn resonates not only in gender studies but across the humanities and arts. While research and teaching increasingly align with decolonization and intersectional perspectives, we understand this as more than intellectual tasks, rather as a call for transformative action with tangible symbolic and material consequences. Taking into account transnational feminist discourses, this article explores what we can do in practice in an institutional context that fosters structures of coloniality and invisibilization of knowledge otherwise in academic knowledge production. Addressing this issue requires an understanding of marginalizing structures on a meta-level and keeping an eye on a less observed micro-level: our own part in the process of academic knowledge production, understanding these dynamics as part of a broader interconnected framework of decolonial actions that emphasizes communal responsibility and comprehensive partnerships.

Es Nuestra Oportunidad: Latinx Students Seeking Independence While Maintaining Familismo

ABSTRACT In many Latinx families, the core value of familismo is used in family-based decisions. Although not always culturally bonded, attributes of familismo are distinct across generations. For new Latinx youth, navigating the responsibility of community and familial relationships can be difficult when entering higher education. In the following study, researchers examined the role of familismo in relation to ethnic identity and belongingness among a sample of 98 Latinx university students through semi-structured interviews. The researchers discuss how the Latinx student populations handle the stress of higher education while maintaining cultural identity and traditional values of familismo.

Upaya Meningkatkan Kepedulian Masyarakat Dalam Pembayaran Pajak Bumi dan Bangunan

Land and Building Tax (PBB) is one of the revenues for local governments which is very important for funding infrastructure development, health services, education and other public services. PBB has a very significant role in community compliance and awareness in paying PBB in various regions is still said to be low. This is usually caused by several factors such as a lack of socialization, minimal transparency in the use of PBB funds, and low public awareness of the use of PBB payments, which is the main cause of low taxpayer compliance. The aim of this research is to identify strategies to be implemented to increase public awareness and compliance in paying PBB. This research uses a qualitative approach using observation and documentation methods. This research shows that the results show that by having regular outreach campaigns or outreach, utilizing information technology in the payment process, as well as developing a compensation and public quality improvement system funded by PPB, it will be an effective step to increase public compliance in paying taxes. Apart from that, involving several community leaders and non-governmental organizations in tax awareness outreach or education is also able to strengthen community responsibility and participation in regional development. By implementing existing strategies, it is hoped that we will be able to overcome problems such as low awareness and low community compliance in PBB payments, which will then be able to support the sustainability of the ability to achieve goals in implementing regional development programs

Intercultural Experiences in Piarist Fathers Formation: Balancing Personal Goals and Community Responsibilities

Intercultural Experiences in Piarist Fathers Formation: Balancing Personal Goals and Community Responsibilities

Recurrent medical imaging exposures for the care of patients: one way forward.

Medical imaging is both valuable and essential in the care of patients. Much of this imaging depends on ionizing radiation with attendant responsibilities for judicious use when performing an examination. This responsibility applies in settings of both individual as well as multiple (recurrent) imaging with associated repeated radiation exposures. In addressing the roles and responsibilities of the medical communities in the paradigm of recurrent imaging, both the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) have issued position statements, each affirmed by other organizations. The apparent difference in focus and approach has resulted in a lack of clarity and continued debate. Aiming towards a coherent approach in dealing with radiation exposure in recurrent imaging, the IAEA convened a panel of experts, the purpose of which was to identify common ground and reconcile divergent perspectives. The effort has led to clarifying recommendations for radiation exposure aspects of recurrent imaging, including the relevance of patient agency and the provider-patient covenant in clinical decision-making. CLINICAL RELEVANCE STATEMENT: An increasing awareness, generating some lack of clarity and divergence in perspectives, with patients receiving relatively high radiation doses (e.g., ≥ 100mSv) from recurrent imaging warrants a multi-stakeholder accord for the benefit of patients, providers, and the imaging community. KEY POINTS: • Recurrent medical imaging can result in an accumulation of exposures which exceeds 100 milli Sieverts. • Professional organizations have different perspectives on roles and responsibilities for recurrent imaging. • An expert panel reconciles differing perspectives for addressing radiation exposure from recurrent medical imaging.

Reasons for underutilization of community care facilities for the elderly in China.

China's government has invested a great deal of resources to improve the coverage rate of community care facilities for the elderly. However, the facilities that have been built are underutilized. Referring to the Anderson model, a framework for analyzing the utilization of community care facilities for the elderly was constructed. Descriptive statistics on survey data from 17 communities demonstrated the status of the utilization, and binary logistic regression analysis examined the influencing factors of the utilization. Built community care facilities for the elderly are underutilized and there are significant differences in the influencing factors of the utilization between daily care facilities, medical care facilities, recreation facilities, and spiritual comfort facilities. The main reasons for the underutilization can be delineated as follows: (1) The demand for community care facilities is outstripped by the supply, resulting in a surplus; (2) Complex constraints on demand for facilities due to insufficient enabling resources; (3) Inadequacy of community care facilities in meeting expectations. (4) High substitutability of community care facilities; (5) Bureaucratic pressure hindering facility development. To address the underutilization of community care facilities, it is recommended to clarify the community responsibility boundaries for elderly care and the role that the market plays in community care facilities for the elderly.

Misunderstandings Regarding Sampling and the Role of Statistics in AI.

Efforts in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to mimic human thinking often seem unbound. Therefore, creating proper guardrails in this context is the responsibility of the collective scientific community. Missteps in this process are inevitable. This Viewpoint is intended to correct two such missteps regarding the use of basic statistical methods and the role of statistics in AI. The criticality of statistics in the scientific enterprise encourages us to get it right.

Menumbuhkan Pendidikan Karakter Masyarakat Tangki Dahuyan Melalui Sosialisasi dan Pembuatan Tempat Sampah

Character education is very important in shaping people's attitudes and behaviors. This research aims to develop character education in Dahuyan Tank Village through socialization activities and making garbage cans. A qualitative method with a descriptive approach is used to understand how this program affects environmental awareness and social values of the community. The results of this study show that socialization accompanied by the creation of garbage cans can increase community awareness and responsibility for the environment, as well as instill values such as cooperation, discipline, and responsibility.

Environmental Ethics Relevance in Theology Perspective: An overview from Islamic, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, and Confucian

Environmental ethics is an important issue in the context of sustainability and environmental protection. This research aims to discuss Islamic, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, and Confucian religious perspectives regarding environmental ethics and its importance in the context of sustainability. This research method uses literature study and analysis of sacred texts and religious teachings according to religious perspective. This research found that each religion has different views, but emphasizes the same important aspect of protecting and caring for the environment as the moral responsibility of religious communities. The concept of stewardship is emphasized considering the role of humans as managers and protectors of the universe. Environmental ethics in this religious perspective has similarities in teaching the importance of protecting and caring for the natural environment. This view can be the basis for individuals and communities to develop awareness and responsibility for environmental sustainability. Understanding and practicing religious-based environmental ethics is very relevant to overcoming the environmental challenges facing humanity in this century.

The African Human Rights Perspectives Through the Lense of Oral Narratives

Human rights existed in African tradition for societal order and for community responsibility of success and failures. People enjoyed freedom and preserved freedom according to community beliefs and customs. Advocacy was expressed through singing, drama, storytelling and assignment of roles based on age gender and ability. This paper unfolds human rights advocacy oral narratives. Hausa dated as far as BC 14th or 15th Century Arabic writing with the first poets Ibn al- Sabbagh and Muhammadual- Barnawi, other writers of the time were Abdullahi Sikka and Shekh Jibril ibn Umar. The first novels written in Hausa were the result of a competition launched in 1933 by the Translation Bureau in northern Nigeria. One year later the bureau published Muhammadu Bello’s Gandoki, in which its hero, Gandoki, struggles against the British colonial regime. Bello does in Gandoki what many writers were doing in other parts of Africa during this period: he experiments with form and content. His novel blends the Hausa oral tradition and the novel, resulting in a story patterned on the heroic cycle; it also introduces a strong thread of Islamic history. Didactic elements, however, were awkwardly interposed and severely dilute Gandoki’s aesthetic content (as often happened in other similarly experimental African novels). But Bello’s efforts would eventually give rise to a more sophisticated tradition of novel writing in Hausa. His experimentation found its most successful expression in Amos Tutola’s English-language novel The Palm-Wine Drunkard (1952). The Oral narratives understudy Include: Falsehood is More Profitable than Truth (translated from Hausa) One cannot Help an Unlucky Man (translated from Hausa) Wacici and her Friends (translated from Kikuyu). The selected oral narratives experiences displayed injustice of belief in telling lies and trickery, jealousy against the natural beauty and the bad lack aspect due to ignorance and inability to make right judgment for personal benefit. The study was aimed at unfolding antisocial behaviour that existed in in Africa as portrayed in the selected oral narratives. The expression of reaction and action taken to bring social order were represented in the Hausa selected narratives. The study used qualitative method and textual analysis to arrive at the injustice and measures used to condemn injustice as a means to preserve social order

Corporate social initiatives and wealth creation for firms-an empirical examination

Purpose This study aims to examine whether social initiatives adopted by firms lead to improved financial performance. The authors analyse the impact of different elements of social initiatives on wealth creation for firms in terms of operating and market performance. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on the social initiative scores of over 4,500 firms collected from Thomson Reuters' ESG database. The study uses two-stage least squares (2SLS) to analyse the relationship between social initiatives and firm performance. Findings Profitable, mature, capital intensive and firms with high sales growth rate tend to invest more in social initiatives. Firms with high agency costs invest in social initiatives for workforce efficiency, maintaining human rights and product responsibility. The study documents evidence that social investments are value creating mechanism for firms which leads to improved financial performance in terms of operating and stock market performance. Firms with high dividend intensity invest in social initiatives for workforce welfare and human rights initiatives. Investment in employee well-being and community initiatives results in intangible benefits such as improved stock market valuation. Practical implications The research model has not considered the impact of intervening variables to understand the relationship between corporate social performance and corporate financial performance. Social implications Firms ought to recognize that social investment is beneficial in terms of value creation of firms as stock market perceive such investments favourably. Firms must focus more on community development initiatives and workforce initiatives for the value creation of firms compared to investments directed towards human rights initiatives and product responsibility initiatives. Originality/value This study focusses exclusively on the social dimension of the CSR activities. The authors examine the impact of social welfare scores on firm performance by analysing the valuation effects on scores representing workforce, human rights, community and product responsibility. Moreover, the paper also examines the impact of a new dimension of product responsibility on firm performance. They also focus on both aspects of financial performance in terms of operating performance (proxied by ROE) and the joint impact of both operating and market performance (proxied by Tobin’s Q). This paper contributes to the research on the linkage of social performance to financial performance by observing that firms with high agency cost characteristics tend to invest in social initiatives for work force efficiency, maintaining human rights and product responsibility.

An evaluation of youth mental health first aid training with law enforcement officers.

Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) training has been adopted across the United States to teach adults how to identify and respond to youth mental health challenges and crises. Evaluations of YMHFA have yet to be undertaken with law enforcement populations, although agencies and officers are participating in the training. The present study implemented and evaluated YMHFA with law enforcement officers (N = 446) across a southeastern state. A longitudinal survey design (pretest, posttest, 90-day follow-up) was employed to measure training participants' satisfaction with the training and changes to seven constructs: mental health knowledge; confidence to engage in help-seeking behaviors; intentions to intervene; positive attitudes toward youth with mental health needs; negative attitudes toward community responsibility for youth with mental health needs; positive attitudes toward youth with mental health needs living in the community; and preparedness. Results of analyses demonstrated statistically significant improvements among all constructs immediately following training completion, and participants generally reported being satisfied with the training. However, most of the improvements observed immediately following the training disappeared at the 90-day follow-up, with only participants' reported confidence and preparedness continuing to show improvement over pretest scores. The implications of these findings for law enforcement officers, their agencies, and researchers are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

In Their Words: African American and Latine Immigrant Older Adults (Re)Define Civic Participation.

Older adults' civic participation has received considerable attention. However, this literature has understudied the experiences of civic participation among minoritized ethnoracial older adults. Particularly absent from this literature is the contextualization of civic participation as it exists within cultural and historical structures of inequality that influence how these populations understand, participate, and experience civic life. A phenomenological design was used to explore civic participation through participants' experiences and unique perspectives. Thirty-four in-depth, semistructured interviews were conducted with Latine immigrant and Black older adults (ages 60+) living in New Jersey and New York City. A conceptual content analysis was used to identify how older Black and Latine immigrant adults define civic participation for themselves. This study presents 3 new definitions of civic participation, that are derived directly from participants' conceptualization and applied across the lived experiences. Definitions present civic participation as the responsibility of community belonging; as a religious/spiritual practice; and as a way of life. These definitions provide new perspectives by which to study civic participation and challenge current framing of helper and needy, altruism, the voluntary nature of participation, and the separation between social, political, and spiritual participation. Findings from this study contribute to expanding gerontology's ontological imagination of how civic participation is experienced and conceptualized among older Latine immigrants and Black adults. The expertise shared by older African Americans and Latine immigrants lends us important perspectives to develop a critical theoretical framework by which scholars can more accurately study civic participation among this diverse population.

Managing the business of sex: swinger club managers and sexual health promotion

The increased popularity of swinger clubs across the UK in the past two decades has not been met with commensurate public health initiatives or interventions that engage with the relationship between swinger clubs and sexual health. Consequently, the responsibility for sexual health promotion within these establishments largely depends on the discretion of club managers. Drawing on data from semi-structured interviews with 10 managers from across the UK, the study suggests that the managers’ perceptions of the club-consumer relationship shape the nature of sexual health promotion. Three distinct approaches were evident in the research: those who perceive sexual health promotion as financially detrimental; those who see it as an individual rather than a collective club concern; and those who consider it as part of a broader social community responsibility. These findings highlighted an implicit beneficence of managers towards their customers; a shared assumption that an ideal consumer was heterosexual, partnered and in their forties; and differing perceptions of manager responsibility towards the sexual health of customers. The paper concludes by suggesting that the swinger community is a blind spot in sexual health discussion in the UK and that by talking to the managers of swinger clubs we can further develop our understanding of the area.