Mg 312 Business, Government & SocietyCurrent State of Affairs

Reasons were Here I - Economically, politically and technologically, the world has never seemed more freeor more unjust UNDP Human Development Report, 2002

- I basically went along with the culture. I didnt 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: Harpers Almanac, July 2003Reasons were here

Amount by which total U.S. personal debt in 2002 exceeded total disposable income : $628,000,000,000Amount of new U.S. military aid for Colombia inserted into the Iraq war bill in March : $105,000,000Amount of new U.S. military aid promised Israel in April to offset the "burdens" of the U.S. war on Iraq : $1,000,000,000Percentage unemployment in Palestine, West Virginia, the hometown of former POW Pfc. Jessica Lynch : 15Number of states in which Wal-Mart is the largest employer : 21Source: Harpers Almanac: June 2003

Chance that a network-television advertisement is paid for by one of the 100 largest U.S. corporations : 3 in 4Days that AT&T ceased its TV advertising last March "out of respect for the U.S. military operation in Iraq" : 3Days that it ceased its telemarketing : 1More 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" : 25Source: June Harpers 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: Harpers, 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 wealth95% 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 SectorInternational NGOS in 1914: around 1,000 in 2000: 37,000 Number formed in 1990s: 20%Domestic NGOS Brazil: 200,000India: 1,000,000USA: ??

Health 1,000,000 die of Malaria/year Global estimates for adults and children, end 2002People 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 & Pacific1 200 000

Eastern Europe & Central \Asia1 200 000

Sub Saharan Africa 29 400 000Australia & New Zealand15 000Caribbean440 000

North America980 000

North Africa & Middle East550 000Western Europe570 000South & South-East Asia6 000 000

Environment 77 million people added a year to world population

Agricultural Systems Health

Geopolitics and War1980s: 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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