An Estimation of Producer Preferences, and the Wage, Hours, and Gross Sales Effects of Migrant Labor in Alabama's Horticulture Industry

Using 2002 survey data, this study employs log-linear regression analysis to examine the effects of migrant labor on wages, hours, and gross sales in Alabama's horticulture industry. A binomial probit model is added to measure producer decisions to hire migrant workers. The presence of migrant workers is found to raise average wages within green industry firms, but exhibits no significant effects on hours and sales.Labor and Human Capital,

Ailing Hearts, Go Home: Ethnographic Storytelling and the Levels of Experience

I visited Primary Children\u27s Medical Center on a fresh snow morning near the beginning of last winter. The hospital was not where it had been in my childhood, a quiet neighborhood in the avenues section of Salt Lake City; several years ago the hospital moved to a new location farther east on the Wasatch Mountain foothills, near the University of Utah Medical Center. The old brick building now sits sedate and empty at the top of a shaded hill. My memory of the old hospital is as a bright and oppressive place, full of the stuff of life and death. There had been a giant aquarium in the middle of the foyer back then, full of bizarre salt-water fish. Some had spiky fins and tails the color of fireworks; others were black and white, like zebras; still others were the kind that would puff up when you put your face against the glass or your finger in the water. This had occupied most of my attention; I was six years old

Looking Through a Paradox an Environmental History of Two Mormon Communities

Nature is both powerfully attractive and powerfully repellent, 1 describes the Western Paradox as it was first described by Donald Worster in his Under the Western Skies: The West has been an American symbol of independence, equality and self-preservation from its earliest day, but that freedom had a price. The scarcity of water in the arid West shackled these free spirited adventurers as they became slaves to canals, dams and irrigation ditches.2 Their natural spirit seemed to be defied by the world of technology and machines, which they sought to leave behind by coming West. Yet, by coming to the arid West, the need for water to merely survive grew severe, and with it, grew a need to efficiently use limited water resources. Out of this need, evolved an increasing use of technology to obtain water resources effectively, as well as innovations of new technology. When this happened, those free-spirited adventurers found themselves becoming caught in the capitalistic and dependant world, that they had dreamt of leaving behind, and transforming into victims of Worster\u27s Paradox.

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Epistemic Turbulence in Renewable Energy Engineering on the Chinese "Belt and Road"

Energy issues constitute a nexus of technological, political and economic challenges, particularly in light of the global climate crisis. Chinese banks and corporations, guided by a multi-trillion dollar infrastructure investment program called the "Belt and Road Initiative," now account for one-third of global investment in renewable energy. In this ethnographic study, we explore the professional knowledge and practices of Chinese, Israeli and European engineers working on a pumped-storage hydropower project in Israel with financial and technical backing from Chinese energy firms. We examine how these experts construct and maintain a set of epistemic cultural practices within transnational flows of capital, technology, materials and expertise. Situating our findings within Science and Technology Studies (STS), we use the hydrological engineering concept of "turbulence" as a metaphor for the rapid transnational movements of engineering concepts and personnel in the renewable energy sector.Peer reviewe

Corporate Social Responsibility Issues in Media Releases: A Stakeholder Analysis of Australian Banks

This paper investigates Australia's four major national banks, analysing the use of media releasesin the marketing and communication of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Usingcontent analysis, the extent and nature of the media releases issued in 2006, and aimed at specificstakeholders, is determined for each bank. The findings indicate that over one-third of thebanks' media releases discuss CSR, predominantly communicating issues related to communityinvolvement. Furthermore, customers and communities are found to be the intended audiencesfor the majority of the CSR-related media releases. Copyright © www.iiste.or

The influence of the government on corporate environmental reporting in China: An authoritarian capitalism perspective

This study uses panel data to investigate the different roles of the Chinese government in influencing companies’ decision making about corporate environmental reporting (CER) via a two-stage process. The results show that the Chinese government appears to mainly influence the decision whether to disclose or not, but has limited influence on how much firms disclose. The results also show that the traditional model of authoritarian capitalism (under which state-owned enterprises [SOEs] are the major governance arrangement) is transforming into a new model. In the new model of authoritarian capitalism, the Chinese government uses newer, more sophisticated tools to manage both state-owned and non–state-owned companies. In addition, these new governance arrangements appear to be more efficient than the traditional model. The findings of this study have implications for both the Chinese government and for Chinese companies, as well as making important contributions to the literature and knowledge of CER in China

The influence of the Chinese government\u27s political ideology in the field of corporate environmental reporting

© 2020, Hui Situ, Carol Tilt, Pi-Shen Seet. Purpose: In a state capitalist country such as China, an important influence on company reporting is the government, which can influence company decision-making. The nature and impact of how the Chinese government uses its symbolic power to promote corporate environmental reporting (CER) have been under-studied, and therefore, this paper aims to address this gap in the literature by investigating the various strategies the Chinese government uses to influence CER and how political ideology plays a key role. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses discourse analysis to examine the annual reports and corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports from seven Chinese companies between 2007 and 2011. And the data analysis presented is informed by Bourdieu\u27s conceptualisation of symbolic power. Findings: The Chinese government, through exercising the symbolic power, manages to build consensus, so that the Chinese government\u27s political ideology becomes the habitus which is deeply embedded in the companies\u27 perception of practices. In China, the government dominates the field and owns the economic capital. In order to accumulate symbolic capital, companies must adhere to political ideology, which helps them maintain and improve their social position and ultimately reward them with more economic capital. The findings show that the CER provided by Chinese companies is a symbolic product of this process. Originality/value: The paper provides contributions around the themes of symbolic power wielded by the government that influence not only state-owned enterprises (SOEs) but also firms in the private sector. This paper also provides an important contribution to understanding, in the context of a strong ideologically based political system (such as China), how political ideology influences companies\u27 decision-making in the field of CER