Innovation policy vacuum: Navigating unmarked paths

Clark, Leigh Anne; Clark, W. Randy; Jones, Deb

doi:10.1016/j.techsoc.2011.09.004

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“…2. A policy vacuum is lack of policies relating to a matter where there is no direction from government as to how to act or behave toward a particular matter (Clark et al. , 2011).…”

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The administrative state in food policymaking: a fait accompli

Bancerz

2021

IJPSM

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PurposeThis paper analyzes scholarly literature and the development of a nonstate food strategy in Canada, the Conference Board of Canada's Canadian Food Strategy, to explore the role of the administrative state in food policymaking.Design/methodology/approachThis research is based on an exploratory case study drawing data from 38 semistructured interviews, including elite interviews. It also draws on policy documents from the nonstate food strategy.FindingsThis paper shows that various nonstate actors, including large food industry players, identify a role for the state in food policy in two ways: as a “conductor,” playing a managing role in the food policy process, and as a “commander,” taking control of policy development and involving nonstate actors when necessary. The complex and wicked aspects of food policy require the administrative state's involvement in food policymaking, while tamer aspects of food policy may be less state-centric.Originality/valueThis paper fills gaps in studies exploring food policymaking processes as well as the administrative state's role in food policymaking in a governance era. It contributes to a better understanding of the state's role in complex and wicked policy domains.

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“…2. A policy vacuum is lack of policies relating to a matter where there is no direction from government as to how to act or behave toward a particular matter (Clark et al. , 2011).…”

Section: Notesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The administrative state in food policymaking: a fait accompli

Bancerz

2021

IJPSM

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“…This policy vacuum period lasted from 3 March 2013, when EUTR came into force, until 8 October 2014, when HG 470/2014 as the implementing law came into force ( Figure 2). A policy vacuum typically refers to a situation where there is a lack of public policy (laws or regulations) addressing a certain situation or policy problem, or where existing policies are inadequate to regulate the conduct in a given situation [29][30][31].…”

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The Interaction between FSC Certification and the Implementation of the EU Timber Regulation in Romania

Gavrilut

Hălălișan

Giurca

et al. 2015

Forests

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This explorative study aims to shed light on the ways in which Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification interacts with the implementation of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) in Romania. To this end, the EUTR implementation process is examined, and the relationship between this implementation and FSC certification is explored. There is a particular focus on the extent to which certification has helped companies to comply with EUTR requirements. The study uses the analytical framework of Transnational Business Governance Interactions (TBGI) and a mixed research approach. It is found that FSC certification has to a large extent helped companies to prepare for and align with the EUTR's requirements, in particular concerning risk assessment and risk mitigation procedures needed for a due diligence system (DDS), and in the context of a "policy vacuum" period related to EUTR implementation. Moreover, recent changes in the FSC standard make it theoretically in line with EUTR requirements. However, difficulties remain in relation to the lack of information, costs and bureaucracy associated with both EUTR implementation and FSC certification. Notably, in the absence of a monitoring organization, the establishment of a viable DDS is still problematic as many companies remain unprepared for developing their own systems. Finally, the EUTR and its risk management requirements may have partly fueled the increase in uptake of chain of custody (CoC) certification in Romania. However, due to the risk of CoC certificates including illegally sourced timber, this recent uptake in certification does not necessarily indicate improved sustainable forest management (SFM) or full compliance with EUTR.

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“…Academics have quickly come to argue that the deployment of these tools, which draw in personal information, challenges the privacy of individuals and accountability mechanisms [ [5] , [6] , [7] ]. Moreover, legal frameworks that are used to regulate these tools are scarce, inadequate, often unclear and complex [ [8] , [9] , [10] ]. Governments and academics alike have been developing ethical guidelines to create a framework that is compliant with regulation to embed further the implementation of these ADM [ 11 , 12 ].…”

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Applying contextual integrity to digital contact tracing and automated triage for hospitals during COVID-19

Martens

Wolf

Vadendriessche

et al. 2021

Technology in Society

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To control and minimise the spread of COVID-19, various technological solutions have been proposed. In this research, we focus on digital contact tracing and automated triage for hospitals. We conducted an online survey in Flanders ( N = 1708) to investigate the perceived appropriateness of these systems based on the Contextual Integrity framework, as developed by Nissenbaum [1]. For digital contact tracing, significant differences were found between the appropriateness of using various types of data for different goals. Precise individual location data (i.e. GPS) was considered to be least appropriate and much less appropriate than proximity data (i.e. Bluetooth) or coarser location data (i.e. GSM). Goals for digital contact tracing with a high individual impact were considered to be less appropriate than goals with a low individual or societal impact. In addition, the data showed that respondents would find the usage of digital contact tracing to be less appropriate after the pandemic, underlining the temporality of this technological solution. For automated triage, the results indicated that gender is perceived to be significantly less appropriate than the other types of data, including age, to determine the priority of treatment.

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Innovation policy vacuum: Navigating unmarked paths

Cited by 8 publications

References 10 publications

The administrative state in food policymaking: a fait accompli

The administrative state in food policymaking: a fait accompli

The Interaction between FSC Certification and the Implementation of the EU Timber Regulation in Romania

Applying contextual integrity to digital contact tracing and automated triage for hospitals during COVID-19

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