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Module 5LectureGovernment Relationships Housekeeping Critical essay Communication Feedback Written Report/Submission Workshop Download Exemplar Select principles and form groups by week 6 tutorials Where are we? Learning Outcome 2 Critically evaluate how business communicates in a culturally diverse environment Explain the relationship between Government and Business Discuss what is politics Understand: Pluralism Neocorporatism Business dominance theory Political values and ideologies Examine the Global Compact Learning Outcome Examining how businesses enact a set of values or vision – The Corporate Public Policy Strategic Management Tools and techniques Spin doctoring Let’s Recap – Corporate Public Policy What is politics? Competing views about the type of society we want to live in - the ‘good society’ Deciding the rules under which we live together Your idea of the good society might not be the same as mine – there is disagreement The market versus the state Should employers be able to ‘hire and fire’ as they choose? Should they be allowed to discriminate on racial or sexual grounds? What is politics? No such thing as a ‘free market’. Business involved in a variety of relationships with government. E.g. government: sets the legal framework levies taxes on business manages the economy Government relationship shapes business communication and interactions. Business and Government The State is comprised of the complex set of institutions that make up the public sector as a whole. The State An ideology is a system of beliefs and values. An ideology is a framework of political understanding and commitment E.g: Socialism Conservatism Liberalism Political ideologies Market ‘pessimists’ versus market ‘optimists’. Market pessimists tend to look to government to step in to rectify the failings of markets, whereas market optimists want to restrict the role of government as far as