Number 3 Academic Research Protecting Organization Reputations During a Crisis: The Development and Application of Situational Crisis Communication Theory W. Timothy Coombs Department of Communication Studies, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, USA ABSTRACT Crisis managers benefit from understanding how crisis communication can be used to protect reputational assets during a crisis. Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT) offers a framework for understanding this dynamic
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THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN CRISIS PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY By Jason Christopher Chan (RPO) Executive Summary In recent years, social media has exploded as a category of online discourse where people create content, share it, bookmark it and network at a prodigious rate. The five key characteristics of social media: collectivity; connectedness; completeness; clarity and collaboration lend itself to be used increasingly to support crisis management functions. This paper examines the
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shortages are becoming more and more serious in many areas of our planet due to the increasing demand on water supplies for households, agriculture and manufacture. Moreover, the lack of awareness about the value of water is another culprit of water crisis. In many countries where water is still available enough people tend to perceive water as either a cheap commodity or an infinite resource. For this reason, the unbridled use of water is commonplace, accelerating the exhaustion of this valuable resource
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I. Chinese Economy The remarkable growth in China’s population and economy over the past several decades has come at a tremendous cost to the country’s environment. China has experienced an economic growth rate averaging 10 percent per year for more than 20 years. But sustained growth and the health of the country are increasingly threatened by environmental deterioration and constraints, particularly around water. Water is critical for economic growth and well-being; conversely, economic activities
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tends to have more long term success when the leadership makes ethical decisions. A prime example is when Johnson & Johnson’s CEO in the 1980s made a series of ethical decisions that contributed to the success of the company. During the Tylenol crisis James E. Burke made decisions that cost the company a substantial amount of money in the short term to protect the public’s safety. In the long term Johnson & Johnson’s productivity increased and it is still a profitable company today. A CEO’s
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Edwards Plateau Aquifer Through time and the history of the Earth, many events have shaped the land and regions we all, as humans, know so well. One thing is certain, without the resources of our planet home, we would not survive. The natural resources of, air, plants and animal life for food, water, Sunshine, and the Earth and land, we are able to live and breed to continue onward. In this presentation, the element of water resources
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Protecting Your Jewish Institution: Security Strategies For Today’s Dangerous World Addendum - Crisis Management 127 CRISIS MANAGEMENT The Art of Crisis Management While we do not propose a formal definition of the word crisis in this manual, we treat any event that can, within a short period of time, harm your institution’s constituents, its facilities, its finances or its reputation as a crisis. Crisis management is the art of making decisions to head off or mitigate the effects of such an event
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Patrice Lumumba Who was Patrice Lumumba, a martyr for a worthy cause, or a foolish man with unrealistic hopes and ambitions? Patrice Lumumba was a Congolese independence leader and the first legally elected Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo (“Patrice Emergy Lumumba”). In 1958, Lumumba founded the National Congolese Movement (MNC). He became president of the organization and the following year led numerous demonstrations and strikes against the Belgian government. Lumumba called for the Congo
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MANAGING WATER SHORTAGE CRISIS Position Paper Prepared for Symposium Committee By April 2011 Introduction On Earth, only less than 1% of all water available is suitable for human consumption (Vitzthum & Atkins, n.d.). This emphasises on the scarcity of drinkable water and highlights the importance of not just making water available, but also making it safe for drinking. In the event of a natural disaster, water shortage is of major concern to affected countries. For Northern Ireland
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Case Study: Target Laval University 01/10/2013 To understand the struggles of Target during the economic crisis that started in 2008, one has to comprehend the relationship Target has with the biggest discount retailer in the United States; Walmart. The two stores are very often paralleled, so much that when one store is brought up, the other one is also brought
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