Good Stewardship

Public Administration ReviewVolume 72, Issue 5 p. 752-753 Commentary Administrative Burden: Perspective of a Western County Tammy Patrick, Tammy Patrick Maricopa County, Arizona Tammy Patrick: is federal compliance officer in Maricopa County, Arizona, in which capacity she serves 2 million voters by ensuring that elections are conducted in compliance with federal law. Her efforts in good stewardship through sound data collection and analysis have been recognized by The Democracy Index, the Pew Elections Performance Index Advisory Board, and Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. She holds an American studies degree from Purdue University and accreditation as a Certified Election Voter Registration Administrator from Auburn University. E-mail: tpatrick@risc.maricopa.govSearch for more papers by this author Tammy Patrick, Tammy Patrick Maricopa County, Arizona Tammy Patrick: is federal compliance officer in Maricopa County, Arizona, in which capacity she serves 2 million voters by ensuring that elections are conducted in compliance with federal law. Her efforts in good stewardship through sound data collection and analysis have been recognized by The Democracy Index, the Pew Elections Performance Index Advisory Board, and Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. She holds an American studies degree from Purdue University and accreditation as a Certified Election Voter Registration Administrator from Auburn University. E-mail: tpatrick@risc.maricopa.govSearch for more papers by this author First published: 13 July 2012 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2012.02619.x Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume72, Issue5September/October 2012Pages 752-753 RelatedInformation

The conduct of independent research that makes a significant contribution to knowledge, along with the communication of the research outcomes in a coherent thesis, are the central activities within the PhD. The ways in which doctoral research, and indeed all research, is conducted must be in keeping with the published (normally national) codes of research integrity. This chapter analyses and contrasts the codes of conduct for research in Australia, Europe, the UK and the USA. Common integrity principles, including honesty; integrity, responsibility and accountability; good stewardship; as well as fairness, care and respect for others, are mapped across national policies and analysed. We discuss further integrity codes for research involving human participants. The advice in those codes tends to be oriented towards so-called scientific research ‘objectivity’, and so we present a case study of qualitative research involving human participants, using developmental phenomenography. Notions of objectivity and subjectivity are discussed, and it is argued that objectivity in research involving human participants is a myth, whether the research is qualitative (social science interviews for example) or quantitative (scientific surveys, for example). In the case study, attention to detail with respect to research processes such as conducting a pilot study, the communication of research intentions, sampling, data collection, analysis and reporting of outcomes is stressed in terms of impact on the integrity of the research. The case study demonstrates how research decisions and subsequent actions throughout the research project contribute to matters of research rigour and, thus, research integrity

The Ekos study reports that Canadians both north and south see environmental security and social security as key elements in protecting the Canadian Arctic. National security, while still seen as important, does not seem to be a leading priority. Nevertheless, Canadians from all regions say that the Arctic should be the primary focus of Canada's military and foreign policy. Therefore, while Arctic security is an issue that respondents believe needs to be addressed, they do not want it to be done at the expense of these other priorities.

This paper explores the use of John Wesley sermon number 50, “The Use of Money,” in corporate finance class when discussing shareholder wealth maximization. Wesley provides a framework to help keep the focus on good stewardship and away from greed. The paper will first provide the background as to why Wesley’s teaching is appropriate for wealth maximization. The paper will then demonstrate the use of this sermon in class.

With the assumption to leadership positions in post-colonial institutions, African administrators and directors generate the principles and methods to guide them in their work. Dr. Chirangi, chief executive officer of the Nyerere Designated District Council Hospital and Kisare College of Health Sciences, reflects on the values and principles acquired from his family, his teachers, the Tanzanian Mennonite Church, and his training at Daystar University in Nairobi, the Institute of Social Studies in the Hague, and the Leiden University Ethnosystems and Development Programme (LEAD). Chirangi calls on health-care providers to mobilize both the scientific and technical insights of Modern Medicine and the social and emotional insights of Traditional Medicine to meet the health-care needs of Tanzania. Although the values and principles he applies in his hospital and community work are identified with the academic disciplines of management science and human resource development, they are universal values of integrity, timeliness, trustworthiness, good stewardship, holistic humaneness, and good planning.

The last several decades have seen advances in pharmaceutical technology. Diseases once untreated or only treated by surgery are now managed by medications. This advanced technology brings both increased numbers and costs of prescriptions. From 1999 to 2011, the number of prescriptions increased from 2.8 billion to 4 billion.1 In 2010, the U.S. spent 259 billion dollars on prescription medications, and this is projected to double by the end of this decade.2 What if there was a means of reducing the skyrocketing costs of prescription medications without limiting services or compromising care? In this study, Duru et al. examine therapeutic substitution as a means of doing just this.3 Common in many hospitals, therapeutic substitution is the use of an alternative medication that is not biologically equivalent, but has a similar effect as the original medication. Using a subset of 2007 Medicare part D data from a large national insurer, the authors identified the 50 highest costs drugs for the payor. The research team identified potential therapeutic substitutions for 27 to 30 of the 50 high cost drugs and calculated the potential cost savings to the patient, health plan and government. Their findings indicate a potential savings of 452 dollars per beneficiary—two to three times greater than that of generic substitution programs. There is general agreement that health care costs are too high and that the government needs to trim its expenditures. As the Affordable Care Act nears complete implementation and the number of insured increases, containment of prescription drug expenses will play an increasingly important role in controlling overall health care costs. This paper demonstrates a potential means of lowering pharmacy costs to patients, health plans and the government while still providing quality care. It is consistent with other ongoing efforts, including the National Physicians Alliance “Good Stewardship” program,4 that gave rise to the ABIM Foundation’s “Choosing Wisely” campaign.5 While further study to test multiple insurers and also the acceptability of therapeutic substitution to both patients and providers is needed, payers should take notice of this study as a potential method of cost savings.

ABSTRACTIn 1941, the Baltimore City Council passed a law, the Ordinance on the Hygiene of Housing, declaring that all property in the city should be ‘maintained in good repair by the owner or agent, and fit for human habitation’. The campaign of housing-code enforcement that followed, known as the Baltimore Plan, made the city famous. When historians write about American housing-reform efforts during the mid-20th century, they tend to focus on big-ticket federal policies; by contrast, the Baltimore Plan seems too small to be significant. But it is more than a curiosity. First in Baltimore and then across the country, the neat cause-and-effect it posited between good stewardship and good housing crowded out more challenging ways of thinking about the problem. Eventually, the Baltimore Plan turned into a policy tool that reinforced the interests of the real estate industry at the expense of poor people. In that regard, the Baltimore Plan laid the foundations for federal disinvestment in the provision of decent housing and the midcentury tragedy of urban renewal.

Despite the climate change debate, the climate is changing. Human society is impacted by a variety of factors such as new precipitation patterns, rising temperature, and other changes. Nevertheless, changes in human behavior can help reduce climate change. Human perceptions and attitudes are also necessary for environmental stewardship. Good environmental stewardship can reduce the misuse of environmental resources. This can somewhat help in the climate change issue. Thus, the purpose of this chapter is to examine the relationship that existed between the awareness of climate change and environmental stewardship of local residents of St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Electronic and paper surveys were administered to 317 participants at two local beaches. Results from the survey indicated that there were significant associations between residency and certain environmental stewardship behavior (stop buying fashion that was produced quickly and inexpensively) and participants’ perceptions of events caused by the warming of the earth. Understanding the importance of educating the community on climate change, the information obtained in the survey led to the creation of a science program at a local junior high school.

We present our approach for visualizing and sonifying multivariate data describing California's drought using physical data sculptures and projection-mapping images with user interactions. We provide an interaction tool to depict the causes and impact of the drought and promote awareness of water consumption. It offers an opportunity to experience a metamorphosis of water and its impact on the drought. Prototypes of an interactive multimodal data visualization and sonification depict the past, present, and future of the drought by altering water morphology (water metamorphosis) which occurs as a result of climate changes. Thus, this multimodal data representation not only provides an aesthetically meaningful visualization but also encourages good environmental stewardship using the hybrid practices of art and design. This data representation also leads to a new media interactive interface utilizing audio synthesis, visualization, and real-time interaction. In this paper, we describe the design process and illustrate how this interface was developed based on environmental issues and can also be applied to other interactive media artwork to visually reveal informative patterns.

Acrolein hydrolysis byproducts are a part of good industrial stewardship practice. Aqueous acrolein is used worldwide as an industrial raw material, an herbicide, an oilfield biocide, a hydrogen sulfide scavenger, and a molluscicide. Industrial acrolein is obtained by the catalytic oxidation of propylene followed by aqueous absorption and then by distillations. Generally, the fate of aqueous acrolein is described as occurring by hydrolysis, evaporation, absorption into the ground, and its consumption by the intended application purposes and conditions. Measurements of acrolein in water are normally confined to its loss. However, its byproducts are rarely discussed. In this study, an aged acrolein solution has been found to contain byproduct aldehydes, including the major soluble 5,6-dihydro-2H-pyran-3-carboxaldehyde. Despite acrolein's facile hydrolysis degradation, this byproduct is surprisingly stable in aqueous media for at least 25 years at ambient temperatures. The presence of this byproduct has been established by 1H and 13C NMR, using DEPT, COSY, and HMBC, and UV spectroscopy at λmax 229 nm in natural water systems.

Risk factors for community- and health facility–acquired extended-spectrum β-lactamase–producing bacterial infections in patients at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview

This chapter highlights the agricultural aspects of drought amelioration. There are numerous technological options which can be used, singly or together, to ameliorate the stresses which droughts impose on agriculture. Droughts can end with the onset of intensive precipitation. Then the contour and terrace farming methods can be especially important. The major impetus for the widespread systematic planting of windbreaks in the Great Plains began during the drought of the 1930's when President F. D. Roosevelt was convinced of the need for a shelterbelt project. Older irrigation systems, such as the so-called skidtow thought obsolete by some, may be useful for drought proofing. Good soil stewardship is essential to avoid excessive soil and productivity losses when the inevitable droughts strike. Rainmaking to increase snow pack in the mountainous regions may be more feasible as a drought proofing technique.

BackgroundThe European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control promoted the HALT project (Healthcare-Associated Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities) to support the control of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and antimicrobial use in...

This chapter explores the implications of the discontinuity with cultic tendencies by other Pentecostal traditions. It suggests that prophets have to rethink their practice of cultic tendencies in order for them to be accepted in South African Pentecostalism. Thus, prophets have to rethink the literal interpretation of scriptures. Second, they have to rethink their realised eschatology which the theology of the “not yet” and the “already here”. Third, they need to be involved in the mission of evangelism as opposed to consulting witchdoctors for numbers. Fourth, instead of sexually abusing women, they need to show respect to women and practise sex within their marriages. Fifth, they need to embrace good financial stewardship. Last, the prophets are called upon to become servants instead of celebrities.

Effectiveness of antibiotic stewardship programmes in primary health care settings in developing countries.