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S. Canada, which has one of the most restrictive gun laws in the world today, imposed a comprehensive gun registration scheme in 1989 following a mass shooting incident at a city university that left 14 people dead and dozens injured (Goss, 2006)
However, as La Valle (2013) points out, even in these states that have gone the extra mile to make their jurisdictions safer in terms of gun purchase and gun use, policy evaluation is made difficult by the high degree of internal heterogeneity. For instance, the cities of Chicago and Rockford are very different from Elgin and Joliet although they are all in the State of Illinois; and these internal dissimilarities tend to produce different effects, thereby obscuring overall policy evaluation (La Valle, 2013)
Effective public administration strategies New strategies that address the ethical issues in immigration reforms are imperative as the debate on immigration continues. In light of the public management skills that have been identified, effective strategies that may be applied include (Balanoff and Warren, 2010): Policy integration There are numerous policies that have been proposed to deal with the issues of legal and illegal immigrants
In fact, approximately 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. do not have official authorization (Carens, 2013)
Ethnic and racial discrimination For a long time debates on immigration have always brought up a racist side of the nation. For instance, in the late 19th century, the influx of Chinese immigrants caused so much racial anxiety that there were numerous anti-Chinese campaigns (Wood, 2015)
CHIP: To Abolish or Not to Abolish The State Children Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP), commonly referred to as CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Plan), is an insurance plan run by the Department of Health and Human Services, and which administers funds to states to enable them provide quality insurance coverage to eligible children within their jurisdictions. To be eligible for CHIP, a child needs to be from a family whose level of income is too low to qualify for private insurance coverage, but too high to be considered for Medicaid (Holtz-Eakin, 2014)
Vestal (2015) expresses that since its enactment in 2007, CHIP helped reduce the number of uninsured children from 15% to 9%, and continues to enjoy massive support from Republicans and Democrats at both the state and the federal level. In a recent address to the Chamber of Commerce, Republican Senator, Orrin Hatch, of the State of Utah referred to the CHIP Program as "a marvelous program that has worked very, very well" (Vestal, 2015, n
However, too much discretion is also a bad thing and can lead to people being treated much more harshly or leniently than they should be given what they have done or not done. This is a relevant point because social equity is defined different ways by different people (Frederickson, 1990)
Government in general is the vehicle of many people to exact revenge and settle scores and that is never acceptable or ethical. The decisions made by public agencies should be less about politics and more about ethical behavior (Yeager et al
the population of American suburbs had almost doubled, while the inner city populations had barely increased. By 1970, metropolitan areas had become the home for two-thirds of Americans" (Aston, 1999, p
"Cognizant of the economic implications of ageism, governments in Canada and the United States have enacted legislation that enforced existing policies or develop new ones to protect older workers. Some employers, acknowledging the skills and talent lost when older employees retire, are rehiring their older staff members to mentor" (Brownell & Kelly, 2013, p
This is because of 'Number One's harsh decision to rid the nonprofit of older employees and replacing them with younger ones. "The public interest sometimes is used to express an obligation by administrators to future generations, to transmit the most cherished values of the past, without allowing that past to become a dead and ordering framework" (Frederickson, 1994, p
S. were located in predominantly African-American or Hispanic communities (Hill, 2014, p
In terms of best practices in regards to leadership and human resources there needs to be more effectiveness in management of the various processes that often result from recruiting and hiring people. "More sophisticated methods for HR processes as the hiring of teachers, professional development, performance evaluation, results accountability, and school climate improvement are being required" (Norton, 2014, p
Marina defines several types of diversity and argues that organizations that actively manage diversity issues can create better organizational effectiveness and efficiency. In addition, Marina asserts that simply hiring a diverse workforce is not enough; diversity tends to create conflicts and tension, and in order for organizations to capitalize on the benefits of a diverse workforce, those conflicts must be actively managed in a culturally sensitive manner (Rice, 2012, p, 660)
Another case, Bean v. Southwestern Waste Management Corporation also saw the placing of a garbage dump as unfair and morally wrong as it would cause irreparable harm to the community (Vanicek, 2007, p
Those that can afford to live in nicer areas avoid most of these problems. But is it fair to have one area clean, noise-free, with less crime just because someone can pay a higher price? The concept of environmental justice essentially means the fair treatment of people irrespective of culture, race, or income with respect to the implementation, development, and enforcement of environmental regulations, policies, and laws, as well as their significant involvement in the administrative processes of the government (Zimring & Rathje, 2012, p
In fact, of TANF graduates, given that only 40% had jobs that paid at least $7.50 per hour with employer- provided health insurance and the fact that 40% only had part-time employment, this highlights clear problems with the program structure of incentives in serving participant needs (Hildebrandt & Stevens 2009)