Gatekeeping Decriminalization of Prostitution: The Ubiquitous Influence of the New Zealand Prostitutes\u27 Collective

This article explores the activities of The New Zealand Prostitutes\u27 Collective (NZPC) in promoting decriminalization of prostitution and its role in gatekeeping this legislation. The NZPC has loomed large in the government’s evaluations of the decriminalization legislation known as the Prostitution Reform Act (PRA). It has collected information, partnered on the research team appointed by the Ministry of Justice to conduct the research, and ultimately secured seats as evaluators on the Prostitution Law Review Committee (PLRC) charged with assessing the research and making recommendations. Much of its outsized influence on the research and conclusions of this report is demonstrated in the report itself. Perusing the NZPC website offers a view into how entrenched prostitution has become simply another business in New Zealand. The NZPC has also employed tactics of bullying, smearing, and no platforming of feminist critics and survivors who disagree with the Collective’s valorization of “sex work.” These ploys have not stopped a burgeoning global movement of survivors of prostitution and their advocates from speaking out. In 2008, the Review Committee called for a full assessment of the PRA in 2018. It is important that the Committee consider a list of recommendations outlined in this article

Working on the Chain Gang - Adopting a SCM Approach to eBusiness Strategy

This paper proposes a new approach to strategic planning for e-commerce systems which incorporates a three stage chain analysis using value, supply and demand chain models. The resulting analysis can define the strategy and structure for an e-business enterprise with a robust approach to evolutionary e-business development and the management of chang

Challenging Assumptions for SISP: theoretical perspectives

There are a number of well documented fundamental assumptions associated with strategic information systems planning (SISP). A core activity for this domain is the alignment of an organisations systems and technology strategy with its business objectives. The difficulty is the complex and diverse nature of the strategy process itself which renders such a match increasingly problematic. The evidence within the literature relating to SISP suggests that it does not fully mirror contemporary business strategy and contains some fundamentally incorrect assumptions. This paper identifies eight such assumptions which propose a number of challenges for future research directions. Finally, a number of challenges to SISP are noted which relate to identified categories, through an IS complexity framework for sustainable competitive advantage

SPECS: A New Approach to Strategic Planning for E-Commerce Systems

This mini track position paper proposes a new paradigm for strategic planning for e-commerce systems (SPECS) and outlines the many issues that such an approach has to encompass. These include concepts such as virtual and electronic markets and the lifecycle of emarkets; supply chain management, value chains and exploiting virtual value chains; relationships within the market such as intermediaries and cybermediaries and value-based electronic market structures. All of these are pulled together in the SPECS framework and the problems of planning for and managing such e-commerce strategies reviewed