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Business and Society 9th Edition by Archie Carroll,Ann Buchholtz
Edition 9ISBN: 978-1285734293Business and Society 9th Edition by Archie Carroll,Ann Buchholtz
Edition 9ISBN: 978-1285734293 Exercise 2
The NRA and the CDC
Trade associations exist to support their member organizations and the industries in which they operate. If another organization begins work that can potentially undermine that industry and lead to a decrease in sales, the trade association will naturally respond and try to put a stop to the work that threatens its industry. This is true across industries but when the trade association is the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the organization posing a threat is the Center for Disease Control (CDC)'s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), a variety of ethical issues arise.
Prior to the mid-1990s, the NCIPC published a variety of studies that analyzed gun-related injuries and deaths, but then the public health scientists clashed with the NRA and the NRA fought back by lobbying sympathetic lawmakers to take action. The lawmakers first tried to close the NCIPC but, when that failed, they successfully put forth an amendment that removed $2 6 million from their budget-the same amount used the previous year to fund gun related research-and stipulated that money may not go to research that advocates gun control. Today, the CDC asks funded researchers to let them know if the studies they are conducting involve firearms, and then the CDC forwards that information to the NRA as a courtesy. Arthur Kellermann of the Rand Corp notes, "The (NRA) strategy of shutting down the pipeline of science was effective. It is almost impossible today to get federal funding for firearm injury-prevention research."
1. Do you think the NRA is justified in its actions toward the CDC?
2. Do you think the CDC should pursue gun-related injury research?
3. The NRA contends that the CDC had an anti-gun agenda and that it was playing politics with the research. Does this alter your assessment of the NRA's approach to lobbying?
4. Where do you draw the line regarding lobbying by industry groups? The NRA's actions promote shareholder wealth-is that not the responsibility of a trade group? Are there lines that trade associations should not cross when they lobby and, if so, what are they?
Trade associations exist to support their member organizations and the industries in which they operate. If another organization begins work that can potentially undermine that industry and lead to a decrease in sales, the trade association will naturally respond and try to put a stop to the work that threatens its industry. This is true across industries but when the trade association is the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the organization posing a threat is the Center for Disease Control (CDC)'s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), a variety of ethical issues arise.
Prior to the mid-1990s, the NCIPC published a variety of studies that analyzed gun-related injuries and deaths, but then the public health scientists clashed with the NRA and the NRA fought back by lobbying sympathetic lawmakers to take action. The lawmakers first tried to close the NCIPC but, when that failed, they successfully put forth an amendment that removed $2 6 million from their budget-the same amount used the previous year to fund gun related research-and stipulated that money may not go to research that advocates gun control. Today, the CDC asks funded researchers to let them know if the studies they are conducting involve firearms, and then the CDC forwards that information to the NRA as a courtesy. Arthur Kellermann of the Rand Corp notes, "The (NRA) strategy of shutting down the pipeline of science was effective. It is almost impossible today to get federal funding for firearm injury-prevention research."
1. Do you think the NRA is justified in its actions toward the CDC?
2. Do you think the CDC should pursue gun-related injury research?
3. The NRA contends that the CDC had an anti-gun agenda and that it was playing politics with the research. Does this alter your assessment of the NRA's approach to lobbying?
4. Where do you draw the line regarding lobbying by industry groups? The NRA's actions promote shareholder wealth-is that not the responsibility of a trade group? Are there lines that trade associations should not cross when they lobby and, if so, what are they?
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