Mg 312 Business, Government & Society

Current State of Affairs

Reasons we’re Here I

- Economically, politically and technologically, the world has never seemed more free—or more unjust” UNDP Human Development Report, 2002

- “I basically went along with the culture. I didn’t break nay laws or violate regulations, but I certainly compromised many of my values.” Barbara Ley Toffler, Founder of Arthur Andersen Ethics Consulting program, to explain slippery slope of overcharging customers, being hit up for sponsorships at Ethics Conferences.

Number of Wisconsin accounting students given take-home tests to accommodate an Enron whistle-blower's April speech : 78

Number later found to have cheated : 40Source: Harper’s Almanac, July 2003

Reasons we’re here…

Amount by which total U.S. personal debt in 2002 exceeded total disposable income : $628,000,000,000

Amount of new U.S. military aid for Colombia inserted into the Iraq war bill in March : $105,000,000

Amount of new U.S. military aid promised Israel in April to offset the "burdens" of the U.S. war on Iraq : $1,000,000,000

Percentage unemployment in Palestine, West Virginia, the hometown of former POW Pfc. Jessica Lynch : 15

Number of states in which Wal-Mart is the largest employer : 21Source: Harper’s Almanac: June 2003

Chance that a network-television advertisement is paid for by one of the 100 largest U.S. corporations : 3 in 4

Days that AT&T ceased its TV advertising last March "out of respect for the U.S. military operation in Iraq" : 3

Days that it ceased its telemarketing : 1

More reasons…

Chance that a U.S. senior citizen reports having skipped medications or not filled prescriptions because of cost : 1 in 5

Number of Medicare patients dropped since 1998 by U.S. HMOs claiming inadequate reimbursement rates : 2,400,000

Average quality-of-life rating researchers assign U.S. children with cancer, on a scale of 1 to 100 : 69

Average quality-of-life rating assigned obese children : 67

Estimated number of Ding Dongs manufactured per minute at St. Louis's Interstate Brands factory : 1,000

Percentage change in central London's average rush-hour car speed since a £5 toll was imposed there in February : +111Percentage change since 1973 in overall U.S. energy consumption : +27Percentage change since then in U.S. oil imports : +86Year in which Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city : 1980Days after the U.S. invaded Iraq that Sony trademarked "Shock & Awe" for video games : 1Days later that the company gave up the trademark, citing "regrettable bad judgment" : 25

Source: June Harper’s Almanac

Hours Alexander Hamilton spent in 1787 arguing at the Constitutional Convention that America should have a king : 5

Number of the three states that have canceled their 2004 primaries whose legislatures are GOP-controlled : 3

Source: Harper’s, July 2003

King-making?

Expansion in Economy

Growth form 1950-1995 equals all historic GDP prior ($6.4-$35.5 trillion) Exports in same period: $0.4- $5 trillion 11.5 increase (x2 economic growth)

World wealth equity

2.8 billion people live on less than $1 Richest 1% globally have income of poorest 57%

US Economic Picture

Working in America

Pay difference between CEOs and average company employee: 500 Productivity increase since 1992: 13.5%Real wage increase: 7.5%

How companies are seen

2000 BW poll.. 4% of public believes corporations sole

purpose is to maximize shareholder wealth

95% of public believes companies should do more for employees and communities

“A blinking yellow light for the first time in a generation…” Yanklevich

Political Institutions

Amount spent on US presidential election 1980: $161,900,000In 2000: $528,9000,0000By all parties in 2000: >$1,200,000,000Average spent by NY mayor Michael Bloomberg per vote in 2002: $99

Information technologies

NGOs and The Civil Sector

International NGOS in 1914: around 1,000 in 2000: 37,000 Number formed in 1990s: 20%Domestic NGOS Brazil: 200,000 India: 1,000,000 USA: ??

Health

1,000,000 die of Malaria/year Global estimates for adults and children, end 2002

People living with HIV/AIDS .......................... 42 millionNew HIV infections in 2002 ........................... 5 millionDeaths due to HIV/AIDS in 2002 .................... 3.1 million

Latin America

1 500 000

East Asia & Pacific

1 200 000

Eastern Europe & Central \Asia

1 200 000

Sub Saharan Africa

29 400 000Australia & New Zealand

15 000

Caribbean

440 000

North America

980 000North Africa & Middle East

550 000

Western Europe

570 000

South & South-East Asia

6 000 000

Environment

77 million people added a year to world population

Agricultural Systems’ Health

Geopolitics and War

1980s: approx 380,000 people died in wars 1990s: 220,000 people died in wars1990s: 3.6 Million dead in civil conflicts2001: Refugees: 12 million 2001: Returnees: 462,700

Sources: UNDP , Huamn Development 202; UNHCR,

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