The Handbook of Human Rights Law: An Accessible Approach to the Issues and Principles

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* Looks at the intersection of law and human resources in the context of UK and European legislation

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A clear and insightful approach to Human Rights law.......2004-05-26

This book is written with clarity in mind. The reader will find answers to distinct questions making it an insightful read not only to practitioners but also those who have an interest in some of the most hotly debated issues in Human Rights Law.
Added value can be found in the chapters on how to bring and defend a human rights claim and winning tactics and case stratgies.

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Changing demographics are forcing organizations in the United States to address cultural issues. Addressing Cultural Issues in Organizations analyzes how unexamined cultural patterns influence an organization’s culture. Organized into three sections, this volume was written by a panel of experts with extensive research and publication histories in psychology, education, and organizational consulting. How organizational leaders shape and influence the agenda surrounding culture and how culture matters in the country’s organizational life is explored, as well as institutional and organizational issues in corporate, educational, mental health, and service organizations. Various organizational intervention strategies and approaches are also discussed. This book provides groundbreaking conceptual models as well as ideas about how to build practical approaches to organizational interventions.

Blog Rules: A Business Guide to Managing Policy, Public Relations, And Legal Issues

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Blogging, and Individual and Corporate Bloggers
Covers both pros and cons of the blog revolution
This is the one book about blogging you need now!
Do You Know The Business Risk of Blogs?

Blog Rules: A Business Guide to Managing Policy, Public Relations, And Legal Issues
Nancy Flynn
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ASIN: 0814473555

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According to Fortune magazine, online journals known as blogs--short for web logs--are "a force business can't afford to ignore." With 9 million U.S. bloggers currently operating, and an astonishing 80,000 new blogs appearing daily, companies must quickly devise ways to take advantage of this new tool while protecting themselves from legal liabilities as well as critical or defamatory remarks. To complicate matters, the threats aren't all external. Consider the employee who reveals confidential company information on his personal blog. Or even the official corporate blog that misrepresents the company's finances. Blog Rules is a best-practices guide to establishing the blog-related policies and procedures businesses need. Readers will learn how to:

* legally and ethically regulate employees' personal blogs that mention the company * protect trade secrets and other proprietary information * manage the legal and business exposure associated with corporate blogs * respond swiftly and effectively to blog assaults against the company--and much more.

Customer Reviews:

Blogging, and Individual and Corporate Bloggers.......2007-05-08

The book make for an interesting read.

I found it intriguing how Nancy begins to blur the line between corporate bloggers (who bolg on their company's blogs) and individuals who also happen to be employees of companies. She points out that although corporate bloggers create a façade of independence by blogging outside work hours using personal resources, their views may be quoted as that of their employer. She elaborates on the topic in the sections on `Employee Bloggers beware: Blogging can get you fired/sued.'

One way for individuals to air their views in public would be to create explicit `Chinese wall' between their personal blogs and their professional affiliation, but this technique may not always be effective. This said, the challenges may not be as profound as the author makes them out to be:
Individuals have been writing articles, columns and books expounding their personal viewpoints, differentiating them from the "official" viewpoints of their employers by explicitly stating so. A similar protocol for blogging may begin to emerge. Until then, prudence and caution are in order while blogging.

Covers both pros and cons of the blog revolution.......2006-10-14

Nine million U.S. bloggers currently operate with some 80K new blogs appearing daily - but despite this proliferation of blogs, many businesses are missing the boat on their money-making potentials. BLOG RULES: A BUISNESS GUIDE TO MANAGING POLICY, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND LEGAL ISSUES covers both pros and cons of the blog revolution, clarifying threats, revealing opportunities, and covering both external bloggers outside the company with internal bloggers. Among the issues covered: keeping company politics and organization private, protecting confidential company information, and keeping track of the contents of official company blogs.

Diane C. Donovan
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This is the one book about blogging you need now!.......2006-08-15

If you or your company is not blogging yet... you will be very soon. There are currently over 9 million bloggers in the U.S. It takes about twenty minutes to set up your first blog in fact it is so easy and quick that about 80,000 a day are doing it.
There is no doubt that if the internet has changed doing business as we know it then blogging has changed marketing as we know. And not just a little bit, but to an extent that we are just starting to figure out.
Blogging is the most democratic of what the internet has to offer. With the right blog a person can become world famous literally over night. Suddenly authors who could not get their works published use blogs to create a following of readers large enough to get the attention of publishers who sign them to book contracts. There is the case of the young unknown New York City woman who decided to work her way through Julia Child's cookbook one recipe at a time and then create a blog about it. That young lady is now world famous with an instant bestseller to launch her writing career..
Businesses are using blogs to get closer to their customers. Their employees are using blogs to complain about those businesses. Blogs are being used to influence politics both local and especially national.
But now this virtual free for all is over, rules and regulations have come into the picture as the law has come to this "last frontier" of commerce. And with the arrival of the rules comes this down to earth easy to read" rule book" by Nancy Flynn, written in a wonderful easy to read and appreciate prose this book takes all bloggers veterans and novices alike through the peaks and valleys of blogging.
From the firsts section where Ms. Flynn describes the importance of blogging and its impact on the global marketplace to tips on how to make your blog successful, to most importantly her section on how to keep your company out of court, this book proves invaluable.
Here are some examples of the more pertinent advise you'll get from this book:
* Blog etiquette: What you can and cannot say on your blog.
* Employee bloggers beware. If you are an employee and you knock your company you can and will be found out and in the best case you will only be fired, worst case sued.
* Don't allow IT to dictate your business blog program. (personally I say don't let your IT people anywhere near your blog, or your web site for that matter. Just let them help built it, connect it and keep it running other than that do not listen to a single thing they have to say about marketing and customers. They don't have a clue they are IT people for heaven's sake!)
* The casual conversational tone of a blog is what makes it particularly dangerous. You can be sued for libel for what you say on a blog as much as you can be for printing it in a newspaper.
I have to admit that I am hooked on the whole blogging thing and that's why this book appeals to me. In the past couple of months I have purchased a whole shelf of books on the subject and Blog Rules is without question the most valuable book on the subject of blogs. If I had bought this one first, I could have saved a bunch of money and skipped buying the others.
This is the book that answers all the questions. This is without a doubt the "everything you ever wanted to know about blogs but were afraid to ask" book on the subject.
As I stated earlier, if blogging is in your future, and it is you have to have this book.

Do You Know The Business Risk of Blogs?.......2006-07-25

"The choice is simple. Be paralyzed with fear over the concept of open communications channels. or put a blog policy in place and start using these new media in a strategic way". These are the words of IBM Corporate Affairs Director Brian Doyle in Nancy Flynn's Blog Rules: A Business Guide to Managing Policy, Public Relations, and Legal Issues (2006, AMACOM, 226 pages, ISBN 0814473555 ). A specialist in e-policy development, Flynn sets out to describe the ecosystem that blogs exist in, and to lay out common sense rules for companies to follow if they want to enter the blogosphere. For the most part she succeeds, but occasionally the book falls down with an over-conservative approach, acknowledgement of a recent Forbes article without painting the whole picture of that article, and in one case, what I see as a questionable legal interpretation.

Disclaimer: I was interviewed for this book and am cited in both the acknowledgements and end notes.

Flynn starts out with a discussion of why blog rules are needed. Much like what Richard Schwartz and I wrote in "Managing the Business Risk of Blogs" in Compliance Solutions Advisor Magazine (see http://complianceadvisor.com/doc/16543 ), Flynn points out that blogging is here, is real, and presents a new kind of risk for business, while presenting opportunity as well. As such, a reference manual for managing this risk is needed. In Chapter 2, the author goes into more detail on the risks and opportunities faced by business contemplating blogs. Chapter 3 covers the strategic decision of whether to blog or not. Chapter 4 provides a self-assessment checklist.

In Part 2 of the book, Flynn covers legal risks and regulatory rules. Perhaps the most important discussion in this part centers on the topic of blogs as business records. This part also covers potential legal headaches, issues of protecting confidential information, as well as best practices for public companies/regulated firms. In part 3. she covers blog rules, policy and the importance of communication. Part 4 deals with content management issues, discussions on how to handle comments, and comment spam. Part 5 covers employee rights and termination issues. Part 6 covers public relations issues, including positioning of the CEO as an opinion leader. Part 7 goes on to discuss the importance of reputation management in the blogosphere. Part 8 presents cases studies from and interview with IBM and Edelman Worldwide.

What I Liked About the Book

Of all of the 4 books I have by Flynn, this is by far the best. She has conducted extensive research, and presents the information in an easy to read, easily digestible format. She lays out what she see as the risks and how best to address them.

What I Did Not Like About the Book

At times, the author takes an ultra-conservative view towards the risk management, advocating that all postings be reviewed by legal experts and that all comments be screened before posting. Doing this puts no trust in the employees and destroys the open discussion nature that blogs are intended to be. The author also has taken a very interesting interpretation on the safe-harbor act of the DMCA, quoting two lawyers. I disagree with what is written there, but do have an email and phone call into one of the lawyers for clarification/further discussion. Finally, she makes use of the Forbes magazines "Attack of the Blogs" article, choosing only to address one part of the article, without discussing the bigger context of much of the article.

Who Should Read This Book?

Anyone in any company that is considering starting blogs. internally or externally. Despite the drawbacks I have pointed out, it is a very easy to use reference to get started in addressing the business opportunities and risks of blogging.

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Work and Disability: Issues and Strategies in Career Development and Job Placement

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Work and Disability: Issues and Strategies in Career Development and Job Placement

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Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector: The Experience of Eight States (Issues in Work and Human Resources)

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Useful but Dry

Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector: The Experience of Eight States (Issues in Work and Human Resources)

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ASIN: 0765607557

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Useful but Dry.......2007-05-04

I think this is a useful book of case studies, most applicable to a public sector labor relations or public administration class. The cases are structured so that students can easily compare key concepts in public sector labor relations from state to state. For example, having read the applicable chapters, students should find it relatively easy to discuss the scope of bargaining in New Jersey and compare it to the scope of bargaining in Pennsylvania. However, when I have assigned this book, students have given me negative feedback on it, complaining that it is tedious. Despite this, I would consider using it again.

Reducing Workweeks to Prevent Layoffs: The Economic and Social Impacts of Unemployment Insurance-Supported Work Sharing (Labor and Social Change)

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Reducing Workweeks to Prevent Layoffs: The Economic and Social Impacts of Unemployment Insurance-Supported Work Sharing (Labor and Social Change)
Fred Best
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Employee Relations in the Public Services: Themes and Issues (Routledge Studies in Employment Relations)

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Employee Relations in the Public Services: Themes and Issues (Routledge Studies in Employment Relations)
Susan Corby
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Tracing the main developments in the public sector since 1979, this book includes issues such as the rise of Thatcherism, decentralization, contracting out, quality and flexibility, and equal opportunity.

Paying for Performance: An International Comparison (Issues in Work and Human Resources)

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Human Relations Issues in Management
George Henderson
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As the United States encounters more competition in the marketplace, American companies must change in order to survive. This book is designed to be a comprehensive reference to those involved in salvaging and empowering as many employees as possible. Few managers and supervisors are adequately trained to effectively handle the diverse and complex human relations problems that characterize business and industries undergoing organizational changes. Relevant management theories and research data pertaining to these human relations issues are discussed in this book. Special attention is given to effective ways to empower employees and to handle confrontations that grow from race, gender, sexual orientation, age, and emotional differences, which often emerge when organizations grow or downsize to meet competition pressures. No other work includes such a broad approach to human relations in the workplace. Chief executive officers, managers, supervisors, and students in business management courses on university levels will find this especially interesting as they deal with the dysfunctional aspects of competition manifest in the workplace. Training and development specialists and human resources professionals should also be interested.

Cultural Diversity: A Primer for the Human Services

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Excellent Condition
A Great Text

Cultural Diversity: A Primer for the Human Services
Jerry V. Diller
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Diversity in Counseling
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ASIN: 0534355846

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Offering a balance of clinical and theoretical information, Jerry Diller provides a practical book focused on how to provide cross-cultural services effectively. You'll find coverage of general principles of cultural diversity and multiculturalism, the process of cross-cultural service delivery, and cultural information on specific client populations. The author builds a general understanding of what cultural diversity is and why it is important. He considers the related dynamics of prejudice and racism, as well as the meaning of culture and cultural differences. He also helps students better understand their own prejudices so they can be more effective counselors when working with culturally-different clients.The author includes captivating interview with four professionals, each from a different ethnic background: Latino/Latina, Native American, African American, and Asian American. Their interviews, presented verbatim to retain their personal and cultural flavor, are filled with rich cultural material and hands-on clinical suggestions and cautions. This topic, seldom covered in multicultural texts, is explored thoroughly. Students will consider such questions as What is racism? How does it operate in individuals and institutions to oppress people of color? Why is it hard for mainstream whites to acknowledge it and their own privilege? How do prejudices of human service providers compromise the helping process? How can one become aware of and alter negative racial attitudes. To assist students in personalizing these questions, the author provides a series of self-awareness exercises.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Condition.......2007-10-04

The book I received was in great condition. The pages weren't bent and I don't think there was any/or much highlighting or writing from what I've noticed so far. If other reviews are this consistent, I would recommend purchasing from this seller.

A Great Text.......2004-08-12

Several years ago, I adopted this textbook for the course I teach in cross-cultural counseling. I have not regreted that decision since. This deceptively thin and relatively inexpensive text is jammed full of up-to-date and useful information about cross cultural counseling, diagnosis and assessment. The writing style is clear and concise. It is highly readable, because the author does not go out of his way to impress the reader with his extensive vocabulary. He uses plain English whenever possible. The interviews with the experienced "ethnic counselors" are interesting, insightful and thought-provoking. The content gets repetitive at times, but I believe that is probably done in an effort to drive home important points for students and readers. Similarities and differences between various ethnic groups becomes very apparent and the practical issues that arise as a result of those differences are addressed. The history of each minority ethnic groups is examined and the carry-over effects are discussed. In short, I love this text and intend to continue using it for a long time. I just hope that they don't stop publishing it. That would be a shame. If you are loooking for a cheap, yet detailed book on cross-cultural counseling this is the book for you.

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