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Civil Conspiracy, Negligence, and Recklessness In Claims Against Manufacturers of Dangerous Products
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Who’s the Real Victim? Marriott’s Victimization and Customers’ Perception of It - Marriott Data Breach Crisis in 2018
Full text linkThis study examines the Marriott data breach crisis of 2018, analyzing Marriott\u27s crisis communication through the lens of Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT). It explores how Marriott framed and responded to the crisis and assesses public perception of these actions. Marriott\u27s official statements were analyzed to determine if there was a match between the company\u27s crisis response strategies and public comments from online news articles were analyzed to explore how the public actually perceived the crisis. The findings indicate that while Marriott employed rebuilding and diminishing strategies to position the crisis in a victim cluster, the public largely saw the crisis fit in a preventable cluster. This discrepancy highlights the critical role of aligning crisis response strategies with public expectations to manage reputation and mitigate negative impacts. The findings contribute to the literature on data breach crises applying SCCT and provide practical insights for organizations and stakeholders facing data breaches about what the public demands
The Opioid Crisis: How the United States and Countries Abroad are Making Strides
Full text linkThe opioid epidemic has been an ongoing problem in the United States since the 1980s. The United States has had a very negative attitude towards individuals suffering from addiction. This attitude is clearly shown through the United States’ handling of the opioid crisis. Hundreds of thousands of individuals have died due to opioids. In the forty years since this epidemic became prevalent, the United States has still failed to implement a country-wide solution to combat the crisis. Certain states, like New York and Illinois, have made strides toward helping individuals suffering from opioid use disorder, but nationally, the country is still behind. The United States is not alone in dealing with the opioid crisis and countries abroad have dealt with similar situations using drastically different responses that have led to drastically better results
Environmental Justice and Soil Lead Contamination: Spatial Analysis Across Seven Community Areas
Full text linkPb is a pervasive metal with toxicity linked to numerous human health issues. Urban soil is a well-documented environmental sink for Pb, persisting as a legacy pollutant decades after the phaseout of leaded gasoline. This study measured, mapped, and analyzed the spatial distribution of total soil Pb concentrations across seven Chicago Community Areas (CCAs). The objectives were to: (1) assess the relationship between mean soil Pb concentration and mean Community Environmental Justice Index (CEJI) score per CCA, (2) determine the relationship between soil Pb levels and the percentage of industrial land use, and (3) quantify and compare the percentage of census tracts exceeding geogenic background concentrations using a geo-accumulation index. Spatial analysis using geographically weighted regression in ArcGIS Pro found no significant relationship between CEJI score and Pb concentration, although Pullman exhibited a potentially weak positive association (coefficient range: -2.1 to 0.3). Spearman rank correlation in RStudio similarly showed no significant association between mean Pb levels, CEJI score, or industrial land use percentage. Across all tracts, 40% exceeded the EPA’s 200 ppm soil Pb standard. Geo-accumulation results indicated that all CCAs were moderately to heavily contaminated, though spatial patterns varied, with several tracts showing high-Pb hotspots. These findings underscore the persistence and uneven distribution of soil lead in post-industrial urban landscapes, highlighting its continued relevance as an environmental justice concern
John Timon, the Vincentian: Filling out the Biography of the Founding Bishop of Buffalo
Full text linkJohn Rybolt traces the biographical information we have about John Timon and talks about the bishop\u27s career and his lifelong devotion to the Vincentians, even when he was painfully separated from the Congregation because he was forced to join the episcopacy against his will. At the time, the Congregation\u27s Rules stated that Vincentians could not stay within the community if they accepted church office, especially not without receiving the approval of the superior general. But Timon\u27s appointment could hardly have been refused, since it came directly from the pope