The Stock Concept Applicability for the Economic Evaluation of Marine Ecosystem Exploitation

Stock models, in which production is interpreted as if it were the population growth of a stock, have been the preferred tool for fishery economics since Clark and Munro (1975) introduced capital theory in these models. Ravn-Jonsen (2009c) applied capital theory to a model in which the production in the ecosystem is a consequence of predator–prey interaction and the somatic growth of the predator as a result of this interaction. By deducing the results of Clark and Munro anew, the assumptions of the stock model are clarified. Four different biomass measures are introduced in the ecosystem model as stocks. The optimum point found with the stock model approach is compared with the optimum point found in the ecosystem model with the capital value calculations of the occurring rent flow. A comparison shows that the stock model fails to generate the correct optimal point. The assumptions behind the use of stock models for species population models are discussed. The population stock model corresponds to a holistic community view, which has in fact failed to explain various phenomena. The production of the marine ecosystem cannot be reduced to a model as if the production were a consequence of the growth of a stock. The concept of a stock is rather an illusion, as is the concept of an optimal stock level. It is essential to liberate fishery economics from a simplified view of population and communities.

Business Policy as Responsible Leadership: A Collection of Open Educational Resources for Integrating Sustainability into the Strategy Curriculum.

This collection of instructional materials is designed for undergraduate management instructors desiring to integrate sustainability into the Business Strategy Curriculum. There are five sections: Introduction and Overview Economics of Mutuality Summative Cases Focused on Sustainability Classroom Discussion Cases with Sustainability Themes Preparing Students for Discussion of Controversial Topicshttps://rdw.rowan.edu/oer/1026/thumbnail.jp

Physician-Assisted Suicide

This Article briefly summarizes the history of the euthanasia debate in the United States, describes the classical arguments for and against euthanasia, examines the terms of the current debate, and concludes that while society may want to recognize a competent patient\u27s right to escape the suffering of a terminal illness, it should do so with humility—and with caution

Physician-Assisted Suicide

This Article briefly summarizes the history of the euthanasia debate in the United States, describes the classical arguments for and against euthanasia, examines the terms of the current debate, and concludes that while society may want to recognize a competent patient\u27s right to escape the suffering of a terminal illness, it should do so with humility—and with caution

The Purpose of Business in an Acquisitive Society

Christian historian R. H. Tawney’s book, The Acquisitive Society, was published in 1920 as Britain and the world emerged from the human tragedy and economic disruption that followed World War I and the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic. Tawney sought to influence the direction of reconstruction in the United Kingdom, arguing for an alternative path for business – serving the common good – as opposed to building personal wealth. This article examines Tawney’s functional society and contemporary common good conceptions of business for application in our emerging post-pandemic context. Several examples of businesses serving the common good are explored, and a framework for transitioning toward common good business practices is offered

Strategic Person and Organization Development: Implications of Imago Dei for Contemporary Human Resource Management

This paper examines and compares the foundational assumptions of contemporary scholarship and practice on strategic human resource management to those embedded in emerging Christian faith-based approaches to business. An alternative ecumenical, biblically based set of assumptions for a Christian approach to strategic human resource management — or strategic person and organization development — is developed, along with corresponding set principles for future scholarship and practice

BSU Critiques of USF and the Administration\u27s Response 1970

This collection includes a summary of critiques of the University of San Francisco\u27s administration and culture by the BSU (pages 1-6). Pages 7-11 are a letter from Albert R. Jonsen, USF president detailing the steps taken so far to meet the requests of the BSU and plans for the future. Pages 7-16 are meeting minutes from the BSU detailing remaining concerns and frustrations. Page 17 is a letter to Mr. William Grommesch, the Director of Personnel, from Albert Jonsen stressing the importance of being an Equal Opportunity Employer. Page 18 is a letter from Albert Jonsen to Rev. James M. Corbett, V.P. for Business and Finance requesting a study of USF\u27s hiring practices and contracting for materials and services. Page 19 is a Census report which includes San Francisco\u27s Department of Health 1969, U.S. Census 1960, and USF Non Academic Staff Employee Census

Ecosystem Management a Management View

The need for management of the marine ecosystem using a broad perspective has been recommended under a variety of names. This paper uses the term Ecosystem Management, which is seen as a convergence between the ecological idea of an organisational hierarchy and the idea of strategic planning with a planning hierarchy—with the ecosystem being the strategic planning level. Management planning requires, in order to establish a quantifiable means and ends chain, that the goals at the ecosystem level can be linked to operational levels; ecosystem properties must therefore be reducible to lower organisational levels. Emergence caused by constraints at both the component and system levels gives rise to phenomena that can create links between the ecosystem and operational levels. To create these links, the ecosystem’s functional elements must be grouped according to their functionality, ignoring any genetic relation. The population structure is below the ecosystem in terms of the planning level, and goals for the community’s genetic structure cannot be meaningful defined without setting strategic goals at the ecosystem level for functional groups.