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Naming & Shaming
Publicly exposing misdeeds or announcing disapproval in response to a business's, government's, or individual's antagonistic action. This tool is often used in the international politics sphere (to call out human rights violations) or in the commercial sphere (to call out immoral company behavior).
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Examples:
1. International Sphere: Global leaders have responded sharply to Trump's withdrawal of the US from the Paris Agreements
World leaders warn Trump: ‘Paris agreement cannot be renegotiated’
Public statements and tweets given by (mostly European) leaders.
Emmanuel Macron’s video statment.
2. Naming
A study from Journal Nature was published "directly refuting the claim that satellite data shows global warming has leveled off, a claim made by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt earlier this year." The article calls out Pruitt by name.It was authored by four atmospheric scientist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory three scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Washington in Seattle, and Remote Sensing Systems (company).
Scientists just published a study calling out the head of the EPA by name
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Nepotism/Contention
The act of using favoritism to appoint friends, relatives, business partners, etc. to positions of power.
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Examples:
Senate Confirms Scott Pruitt as E.P.A. Head
Scott Pruitt (ex-CEO of Exxon Mobil) appointed by Trump as head of the EPA.
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Nepotism/Contention
The act of using favoritism to appoint friends, relatives, business partners, etc. to positions of power.
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Examples:
Senate Confirms Scott Pruitt as E.P.A. Head
Scott Pruitt (ex-CEO of Exxon Mobil) appointed by Trump as head of the EPA.
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Non-governmental financing (of a public good/service)
When a private entity (individual, private business, or charitable company) provides funding, resources, or a service in order to replace/ compensate for a lacking public good/service.
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Examples:
Michael Bloomberg offers to foot U.S. cost of Paris Agreement
Bloomberg defies Trump in forming coalition to meet Paris climate goals
Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomber has offered to ‘foot’ the 15 million dollars the UN will lose when the US leaves the Paris Agreement contributing to the UN Climate Secretariat. This was in tandem with a rallying letter to the UN declaring that the 'climate fight' can go
forward without the US federal government, spearheaded by leadership from the "bottom up."
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