POLS 3470 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Volunteer Fire Department, Tacitus, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3470
• Professor: Tim Mau

Document Summary

Governments are often faced with difficult decisions because of conflicting advice. Power of government advisory committees threat of negative publicity. Government strategies can change because of public pressure. Had a lot of power in some of the decisions. Moe requirement of public hearings for incinerator. More emergency directive placing limit of . 5 ppb in ndma discharges from elmira. Distrust can lead to decisions that have negative outcomes for industry/business. Governments are expected to consult widely and perhaps create advisory committees. Governments have many more, often conflicting objectives, compared to business. Government problems tend to be more complex than business threats/opportunities of decisions for uniroyal. Opportunity to put moe on the hook" for cleanup costs: to maximize profits, to be seen as a responsible corporate citizen. Threatened plans to install incinerator, which would lead to increased costs. Threatened uniroyal"s corporate strategy & the company"s reputation (social responsibility, employee morale, ability to attract employees, investors & customers)