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Globalization is a polarizing subject. It has always had its defenders and its detractors. Although we have been talking about globalization for several decades, it has never been more relevant than in recent months. Since the COVID-19 pandemic hassuddenly brought globalization to the forefront of ethical and political questions, the objective of this article is to present two works on responsible consumption and market exchanges by economist Dani Rodrick and by marketing researchers Myriam Ertz, Damien Hallegatte and Julien Bousquet. The article especially aims to bring to light their similar roots, namely the increasing awareness of global consumer issues and their repercussions. According to these two works, even if globalization has not delivered on all the expected benefits, the results of globalization could be more fair for all stakeholders of the different systems involved in these commercial exchanges.
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The return of the Conservatives to power in Ontario, Canada in 2018 saw major attacks on the province’s K-12 education system, centering on increases to class size and mandatory e-learning courses for students which, taken together with other budget cuts, amounted to the elimination of thousands of teaching and support staff positions, as well as threats of privatization. These policies provoked widespread resistance from education workers, who as union members and grassroots activists conducted extensive outreach to build public support, engaged in job actions, and participated in the largest strikes in Ontario for decades as part of the campaign for “No Cuts to Education.” The start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 ended the movement. This article assesses the victories and defeats of this key struggle in defense of public education. It considers the strategies and tactics of provincial and local union leadership and activist members, in which the battle with the provincial government for the alignment of public support was widely recognized as being of decisive importance. The author uses autoethnographic research as a local union leader, interviews with active union members, policy documents, union statements and media coverage to construct an historical account. This experience has relevance for studies of teachers’ resistance to the neoliberalization of education, as well as social movement unionism and its challenges.
Keywords: teachers' unions, collective bargaining, strikes, public education
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Based on a critical redefinition of the managerial description of organizational transformations, the current situation of health workers in hospitals and in CHSLDs (residential and long-term care centers in Quebec) is interpreted as a labor crisis whose seriousness has been revealed in the current pandemic. This labor crisis, that has been plaguing Quebec for over ten years in the health and social services, has its origins in the introduction of Lean management. Described as “just-in-time flow with reduced labour”, it is part of the industrial rationalization pursuit initiated by Taylorism. By over intensifying work, it generated a major labour crisis in the early 1990s, in Japan itself and in the Toyota assembly plants, where Lean management was developed. This crisis was completely passed over in silence by the gurus and the consultants who have endeavoured to implement it widely. Introduced in Quebec hospitals and in CHSLDs in the early 2010s, Lean management is also leading to a labour crisis here, which first emerged among nurses before spreading to beneficiary attendants. Work overload, compulsory overtime, psychological distress, burnout, resignations, absenteeism and recruitment difficulties are the aspects of a negative self-sustaining process. Based on research conducted with nurses in hospitals and supplemented by careful monitoring newspapers and electronic media, the article will finally address some solution avenues under the angle of wage disparities, recognition and participation in the reorganization of work.
Keywords: Crise lean, lean crisis, travail, labor, hôpitaux, hospitals, CHSLD, residential and long-term care centers in Quebec
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Keywords: rituels Guarani, Omar Khayyâm, Ibn-Arabî, Cioran, Machu Picchu, rituels de passage, Nekromanteia, testaments trahis, guerre en Ukraine, continuité des générations, Guarani rites, Omar Khayyâm, Ibn-Arabî, Cioran, Machu Picchu, rites of passage, Nekromanteia, testaments betrayed, war in Ukraine, continuity of generations
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Major digital players operate complex digital product and service offerings based on the development of portfolios of connected business models. However, the literature is limited in understanding how to strategically manage this type of portfolio. To fill this gap, by analyzing the cases of Apple, Google and Microsoft, we show that their business model portfolios can be strategically managed by implementing a specific architecture of connected business models. Our study thus contributes to a better understanding of how business model portfolios work in the digital sectors and highlights some key elements of their design.
Keywords: business model, portefeuille, numérique, modularité, business model, portefeuille, numérique, modularité, modelo de negocio, cartera, digital, modularidad
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