International Journal of Business Anthropology, 2012
Applied Ethics is society’s response to need to resolve social control problems posed by cultural... more Applied Ethics is society’s response to need to resolve social control problems posed by cultural crisis. Applied ethics is a term used to describe attempts by non-philosophers, or ethicists, to use philosophical methods to identify morally correct courses of action in human life. Business anthropology is a relatively new subfield of traditional anthropology. Business anthropologists represent a mix of traditional academic researchers, business teachers, private consultant practitioners, and technical staff members of business enterprises. We define these as “career anthropologist.” As a group they face a wide variety of ethical conflicts based on their status and role in the business context. In this paper we explore these conflicts and how the anthropological institutional establishment has attempted to address the needs of “career anthropologist.” We do this by applying a structural-functional analysis of the role ethics plays in our understanding of socio-cultural institutions. Then we apply this to a review of the evolution and institutional development of ethical thinking in anthropology for the past 75 years as manifested by the AAA, SfAA, and more recently, NAPA. Finally, we propose an applied ethical approach as a solution to the crisis based on a return to core values represented by what we call, The Boasian Code.
The study examines the proposition that the development of the scientific social engineer role is... more The study examines the proposition that the development of the scientific social engineer role is the logical outgrowth of the processes of professionalization and role elaboration taking place in the social sciences in 20th century American society. A theoretical framework is presented based on the anthropological concept of the voluntary association and the model of professionalization developed by Wilensky, modified by employing Vickers' concept of professional elaboration. The role of the social engineer is examined with specific reference to the program evaluator role. The beginnings of the process of professionalization are shown by an examination of the history of the development of the evaluator role. From this analysis a number of issues are raised. These are examined in more detail in the case history of the development and professionalization of one of the social sciences, American anthropology. The historical development of Ameri can anthropology is analyzed in term...
Reasons for drinking, and past and present drinking patterns among the elderly in rural Arizona w... more Reasons for drinking, and past and present drinking patterns among the elderly in rural Arizona were examined. Interviews were conducted with 444 individuals (219 women) aged 65 +. Responses to a list of 20 reasons for drinking were divided into six groups: social, mood change, food, health, personal coping and interpersonal coping. Re- spondents were grouped into categories on the basis of their quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption--abstainers, light drinkers, moderate drinkers or heavy drinkers. Approxi- mately 80% of the positive responses were for the more acceptable reasons; only 12% indicated a positive response to one or more of the coping reasons. Light, moderate and heavy drinkers were differentiated according to reasons for drink- ing, as were the various age groupings. Findings indicated that the rural elderly's alcohol use is generally at an acceptable level and style, that alcohol use diminishes with age, and that drinking patterns and reasons generally rem...
Part 3 of 3 of a literature review of studies funded by and published by the Manpower administrat... more Part 3 of 3 of a literature review of studies funded by and published by the Manpower administration, US Department of Labor . Project was funded by a Manpower Administration as part of a Grant to Larry Klein Project Director, Division of Business and Economic Research, College of Business Administration, University of Arizona, Tucson Arizona.
The focus of the review is synthesize the literature on the impact of mechanization on the fruit and vegetable sector as this applied to human resources and the effects of mechanization in the production, and harvesting sector on employment. Most of the data was based on Manpower funded projects from the Department of Labor. These were augmented with other contemporaneous studies to round out the picture of the impact on employment in the fruit and vegetable sector. The report was completed and submitted to the Manpower Administration but was unpublished at the time.
Part 1 of 3 of a literature review of studies funded by and published by the Manpower administrat... more Part 1 of 3 of a literature review of studies funded by and published by the Manpower administration, US Department of Labor . Project was funded by a Manpower Administration as part of a Grant to Larry Klein Project Director, Division of Business and Economic Research, College of Business Administration, University of Arizona, Tucson Arizona.
The focus of the review is synthesize the literature on the impact of mechanization on the fruit and vegetable sector as this applied to human resources and the effects of mechanization in the production, and harvesting sector on employment. Most of the data was based on Manpower funded projects from the Department of Labor. These were augmented with other contemporaneous studies to round out the picture of the impact on employment in the fruit and vegetable sector. The report was completed and submitted to the Manpower Administration but was unpublished at the time.
A paper delivered to the Annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA... more A paper delivered to the Annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA March 1979. Addressing the issues of government regulation of social science research on human subjects. Conditions setting up the need for a formal position on professional ethics. Link to historical and current regulations.
A basic introduction to the process of writing a responsive a grant proposal to a generic sponsor... more A basic introduction to the process of writing a responsive a grant proposal to a generic sponsoring agency or client. Based on 40 years of experience in the USA market. The outline may require some adjustments in other jurisdictions.
This is the final report from a series of regional and a national conference of the key stakehold... more This is the final report from a series of regional and a national conference of the key stakeholders in the fishing industry. This includes the perspectives of the commercial fisherman, boat owners, bankers, regulators, biologists, academics, and commercial buyers as these relate to the regulation of the industry. See also The Background Paper and the Proceedings from Ocean City MD, Houston, TX and Providence, RI also available here
The purpose of this paper is to contribute To the formulation of a theory of crisis.
The lack... more The purpose of this paper is to contribute To the formulation of a theory of crisis.
The lack of a theory of crisis is a significant gap in our theory of cultural and social dynamics. Edward Spicer has made a major contribution to our understanding of the structural nature of
socio-cultural stability when he describes the features of the cultural enclave(1966) and the persistent cultural systems (1971). What these formulations have lacked, however, is a mechanism which describes the conditions under which one socio-cultural system survives the impact of a dominant cultural system while another succumbs to this pressure. A theory of socio-cultural crisis is required for developing a dynamic theory of cultural persistence.
David Bidney (1946) has provided a theoretical model which is applied top answering this question.
International Journal of Business Anthropology, 2012
Applied Ethics is society’s response to need to resolve social control problems posed by cultural... more Applied Ethics is society’s response to need to resolve social control problems posed by cultural crisis. Applied ethics is a term used to describe attempts by non-philosophers, or ethicists, to use philosophical methods to identify morally correct courses of action in human life. Business anthropology is a relatively new subfield of traditional anthropology. Business anthropologists represent a mix of traditional academic researchers, business teachers, private consultant practitioners, and technical staff members of business enterprises. We define these as “career anthropologist.” As a group they face a wide variety of ethical conflicts based on their status and role in the business context. In this paper we explore these conflicts and how the anthropological institutional establishment has attempted to address the needs of “career anthropologist.” We do this by applying a structural-functional analysis of the role ethics plays in our understanding of socio-cultural institutions. Then we apply this to a review of the evolution and institutional development of ethical thinking in anthropology for the past 75 years as manifested by the AAA, SfAA, and more recently, NAPA. Finally, we propose an applied ethical approach as a solution to the crisis based on a return to core values represented by what we call, The Boasian Code.
The study examines the proposition that the development of the scientific social engineer role is... more The study examines the proposition that the development of the scientific social engineer role is the logical outgrowth of the processes of professionalization and role elaboration taking place in the social sciences in 20th century American society. A theoretical framework is presented based on the anthropological concept of the voluntary association and the model of professionalization developed by Wilensky, modified by employing Vickers' concept of professional elaboration. The role of the social engineer is examined with specific reference to the program evaluator role. The beginnings of the process of professionalization are shown by an examination of the history of the development of the evaluator role. From this analysis a number of issues are raised. These are examined in more detail in the case history of the development and professionalization of one of the social sciences, American anthropology. The historical development of Ameri can anthropology is analyzed in term...
Reasons for drinking, and past and present drinking patterns among the elderly in rural Arizona w... more Reasons for drinking, and past and present drinking patterns among the elderly in rural Arizona were examined. Interviews were conducted with 444 individuals (219 women) aged 65 +. Responses to a list of 20 reasons for drinking were divided into six groups: social, mood change, food, health, personal coping and interpersonal coping. Re- spondents were grouped into categories on the basis of their quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption--abstainers, light drinkers, moderate drinkers or heavy drinkers. Approxi- mately 80% of the positive responses were for the more acceptable reasons; only 12% indicated a positive response to one or more of the coping reasons. Light, moderate and heavy drinkers were differentiated according to reasons for drink- ing, as were the various age groupings. Findings indicated that the rural elderly's alcohol use is generally at an acceptable level and style, that alcohol use diminishes with age, and that drinking patterns and reasons generally rem...
Part 3 of 3 of a literature review of studies funded by and published by the Manpower administrat... more Part 3 of 3 of a literature review of studies funded by and published by the Manpower administration, US Department of Labor . Project was funded by a Manpower Administration as part of a Grant to Larry Klein Project Director, Division of Business and Economic Research, College of Business Administration, University of Arizona, Tucson Arizona.
The focus of the review is synthesize the literature on the impact of mechanization on the fruit and vegetable sector as this applied to human resources and the effects of mechanization in the production, and harvesting sector on employment. Most of the data was based on Manpower funded projects from the Department of Labor. These were augmented with other contemporaneous studies to round out the picture of the impact on employment in the fruit and vegetable sector. The report was completed and submitted to the Manpower Administration but was unpublished at the time.
Part 1 of 3 of a literature review of studies funded by and published by the Manpower administrat... more Part 1 of 3 of a literature review of studies funded by and published by the Manpower administration, US Department of Labor . Project was funded by a Manpower Administration as part of a Grant to Larry Klein Project Director, Division of Business and Economic Research, College of Business Administration, University of Arizona, Tucson Arizona.
The focus of the review is synthesize the literature on the impact of mechanization on the fruit and vegetable sector as this applied to human resources and the effects of mechanization in the production, and harvesting sector on employment. Most of the data was based on Manpower funded projects from the Department of Labor. These were augmented with other contemporaneous studies to round out the picture of the impact on employment in the fruit and vegetable sector. The report was completed and submitted to the Manpower Administration but was unpublished at the time.
A paper delivered to the Annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA... more A paper delivered to the Annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA March 1979. Addressing the issues of government regulation of social science research on human subjects. Conditions setting up the need for a formal position on professional ethics. Link to historical and current regulations.
A basic introduction to the process of writing a responsive a grant proposal to a generic sponsor... more A basic introduction to the process of writing a responsive a grant proposal to a generic sponsoring agency or client. Based on 40 years of experience in the USA market. The outline may require some adjustments in other jurisdictions.
This is the final report from a series of regional and a national conference of the key stakehold... more This is the final report from a series of regional and a national conference of the key stakeholders in the fishing industry. This includes the perspectives of the commercial fisherman, boat owners, bankers, regulators, biologists, academics, and commercial buyers as these relate to the regulation of the industry. See also The Background Paper and the Proceedings from Ocean City MD, Houston, TX and Providence, RI also available here
The purpose of this paper is to contribute To the formulation of a theory of crisis.
The lack... more The purpose of this paper is to contribute To the formulation of a theory of crisis.
The lack of a theory of crisis is a significant gap in our theory of cultural and social dynamics. Edward Spicer has made a major contribution to our understanding of the structural nature of
socio-cultural stability when he describes the features of the cultural enclave(1966) and the persistent cultural systems (1971). What these formulations have lacked, however, is a mechanism which describes the conditions under which one socio-cultural system survives the impact of a dominant cultural system while another succumbs to this pressure. A theory of socio-cultural crisis is required for developing a dynamic theory of cultural persistence.
David Bidney (1946) has provided a theoretical model which is applied top answering this question.
Applied Anthropology is the application of cultural and social knowledge to the solution of priva... more Applied Anthropology is the application of cultural and social knowledge to the solution of private or public problems. Some times we find individuals who describe their motivation and methods in writing that few recognize as a confession of who they are and what you can expect from them. The Art of Deal is both an autobiography and a description of the modus operand of the President of the United States. To monitor the President's behavior against this check list is to observe as case of applied anthropology in action.
I've been re-reading the Art of the Deal and find that Donald Trump has not really changed since ... more I've been re-reading the Art of the Deal and find that Donald Trump has not really changed since Tony Schwarz wrote about. The important lesson that comes from the book is that Trump is a loner when it comes to decision making. The test is always, "What is best for Trump?" If cooperation is required, he makes a deal. If the deal is made, but he sees a better one, he will break the deal using all possible means. To quote Trump, "I'm the first to admit that I am very competitive and that I will do ANYTHING within legal BOUNDS to win." (emphasis add: Art of the Deal (1987) p. 108). ANYTHING means any action to achieve the personal goal, ethically or unethically. BOUNDS means if I can't win I will sue you and we'll see what the legal bounds are. Oh! by the way I have more money than you and law suits are expense and time consuming-so try me! Or, if I can't win, I'll walk away and claim victory. These are good rational arguments for a business and a businessman responsible only for himself-take the risk and reap the rewards or pay the price. But, they are not the qualities one looks for in a leader of a Democracy who is elected to protect and balance the interests of the Nation and its people. There are times when you can't threaten to just walk away if you personal feelings are hurt. You have relationships that are long standing deals and practices that been made by your predecessors and that you are obligated to fulfill. In Art of the Deal, one sees a young Donald Trump whose primary interest is money over tradition and who is pragmatic when it comes to his interests. See his attitude toward the customers for space in Trump Tower (p. 184-185) and his attitude toward the New York establishment. On p. 186-7, he shows his personal need to glorify himself after seeing the apartment of a Saudi billionaire in a rival apartment building. Loyalty is important to Trump, but it is a one way street. "You be loyal to me, if not "YOUR FIRED!" How many has he fired? Can he change and be as loyal to America and the American people as he demands they be loyal to him?
Discussion of the Peru Vicos project and its model as a case of applied anthropology or experimen... more Discussion of the Peru Vicos project and its model as a case of applied anthropology or experimental anthropology
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The focus of the review is synthesize the literature on the impact of mechanization on the fruit and vegetable sector as this applied to human resources and the effects of mechanization in the production, and harvesting sector on employment. Most of the data was based on Manpower funded projects from the Department of Labor. These were augmented with other contemporaneous studies to round out the picture of the impact on employment in the fruit and vegetable sector. The report was completed and submitted to the Manpower Administration but was unpublished at the time.
The focus of the review is synthesize the literature on the impact of mechanization on the fruit and vegetable sector as this applied to human resources and the effects of mechanization in the production, and harvesting sector on employment. Most of the data was based on Manpower funded projects from the Department of Labor. These were augmented with other contemporaneous studies to round out the picture of the impact on employment in the fruit and vegetable sector. The report was completed and submitted to the Manpower Administration but was unpublished at the time.
Part 2 and 3 are also available
The lack of a theory of crisis is a significant gap in our theory of cultural and social dynamics. Edward Spicer has made a major contribution to our understanding of the structural nature of
socio-cultural stability when he describes the features of the cultural enclave(1966) and the persistent cultural systems (1971). What these formulations have lacked, however, is a mechanism which describes the conditions under which one socio-cultural system survives the impact of a dominant cultural system while another succumbs to this pressure. A theory of socio-cultural crisis is required for developing a dynamic theory of cultural persistence.
David Bidney (1946) has provided a theoretical model which is applied top answering this question.
The focus of the review is synthesize the literature on the impact of mechanization on the fruit and vegetable sector as this applied to human resources and the effects of mechanization in the production, and harvesting sector on employment. Most of the data was based on Manpower funded projects from the Department of Labor. These were augmented with other contemporaneous studies to round out the picture of the impact on employment in the fruit and vegetable sector. The report was completed and submitted to the Manpower Administration but was unpublished at the time.
The focus of the review is synthesize the literature on the impact of mechanization on the fruit and vegetable sector as this applied to human resources and the effects of mechanization in the production, and harvesting sector on employment. Most of the data was based on Manpower funded projects from the Department of Labor. These were augmented with other contemporaneous studies to round out the picture of the impact on employment in the fruit and vegetable sector. The report was completed and submitted to the Manpower Administration but was unpublished at the time.
Part 2 and 3 are also available
The lack of a theory of crisis is a significant gap in our theory of cultural and social dynamics. Edward Spicer has made a major contribution to our understanding of the structural nature of
socio-cultural stability when he describes the features of the cultural enclave(1966) and the persistent cultural systems (1971). What these formulations have lacked, however, is a mechanism which describes the conditions under which one socio-cultural system survives the impact of a dominant cultural system while another succumbs to this pressure. A theory of socio-cultural crisis is required for developing a dynamic theory of cultural persistence.
David Bidney (1946) has provided a theoretical model which is applied top answering this question.