Online from publisher., Reports on a first bay-wide effort to protect shorelines from rising water, convening stakeholders to find common ground. Mediator hopes that giving all stakeholders a voice will ensure buy-in, even when talking to each other is optional.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 83 Document Number: D10840
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Based on a presentation at the Global Alliance World PR Forum, Toronto, Canada, May 2016. 5 pages., Brief definition of greenwashing in the realm of environment, discussion of risks and dangers in the practice, and guidelines for communicators in developing their environmental communication methods.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12180
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Online article via Grist Creative and Water Solutions Network. 3 pages., Describes the history and complexities involved in developing a plan to carry out the largest dam removal in United States history along the Klamath River by 2023. Highlights efforts to bring together various stakeholders in the water management ecosystem.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: D11432
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2 pages., Online from AgriMarketing Weekly. News release of March 16, 2020., Brief summary of results of a consumer research study measuring market potential for gene-edited food and agriculture products. Research was sponsored by the FMI Foundation, American Seed Trade Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, and Farm Foundation.
Online from publication., This report describes a petition by 11 Southeast Alaska Native Tribes to create a "Traditional Homelands Conservation Rule." It is a new strategy in tribal nations' ongoing efforts to hold the federal government to its legal responsibility to consult with them on projects that impact them. It includes case examples of past failures to do so.
Online from publisher. 2 pages., Author suggests that while many in the produce industry use "sustainability" and "stewardship" as interchangeable terms,they are not. "True sustainability is a mindset that is international in its approach, purposeful in the value it adds to all stakeholders, resource-optimized for operations, circular in thinking, supply chain resilient, ecologically friendly and culturally attuned."
Abstract obtained via online. 2 pages., Synthesizes lessons learned and challenges encountered when applying indigenous and non-indigenous knowledge and methods in natural and cultural resource management (NCRM) in northern and central Australia. Authors identify four key themes for consideration in collaborative cross-cultural NCRM.
Available online at www.centmapress.org, Results indicated that both corporate firms involved in a food fraud case lacked an immediate mandate to address the legitimate stakeholders' claim. "This study adds the action perspective to stakeholder salience theory, providing practical guidelines for marketers in the food sector who face wicked contexts, attempting to achieve transparency and common goals along with their stakeholders."
12 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, "In this essay the perspective of Ritzer's McDonaldization of Society thesis is the starting point for developing theses about corporate communication (CorpCom). The central idea of McDonaldization is that increasing numbers of organizations are run as fast food restaurants, focusing on efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control of people. "At the same time that CorpCom departments help organizations with the McDonaldization of their organizations, they are also the ones most likely to be the first to be confronted with the irrationality that the economic rationality of the organization evokes. Stakeholders who disagree with the opinions and ideas of the organization come knocking on the door and generally that will be the door of the CorpCom professional. The irrationality of rationality, as the fifth dimension of McDonaldization, is likely to become visible and tangible in their offices. All types of tensions throughout the organization, for example, those regarding environmental, health, and other societal issues, seem to converge in the CorpCom department."
