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Pakistan case study: Coordinated and comprehensive response to the 2022 floods

Devastating floods in Pakistan affected 33 million people in 2022, with 8 million displaced, 13,000 injured and 1,700 killed – the latest in a series of increasingly frequent and severe climate-induced disasters. This case study explores how the empowered UN Resident Coordinator (RC) system was invaluable for responding to the complex crisis. Thanks to strengthened coordination capacities, including at the sub-national level the RC Office offered support to enable a swift humanitarian response, to augment the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)’s limited in-country resources in the immediate aftermath. The RC also enabled a focus on a collaborative approach with international financial institutions (IFIs), including for long-term recovery. The Living Indus Initiative, which emerged from the strategic prioritization for Pakistan’s UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework led by the RC, became the blueprint for a long-term approach, ensuring that UN efforts went beyond a mere response to a one-off disaster.  

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GENDER EQUALITY IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: Pakistan Case Study

March 2, 2018.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) have recognized the utility and effectiveness of the UN system ‘delivering as one’. By effectively leveraging mandates and capacities, UNDP and UN Women are together prepared to support efforts to accelerate progress towards women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in public institutions, a prerequisite for sustainable development.

Since 2011, UNDP’s Gender Equality in Public Administration (GEPA) global initiative has conducted 15 in-depth country case studies on GEPA. The Pakistan case study is one of two countries to have been conducted using a new methodology developed in collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

The Pakistan case study on GEPA explores the development of women’s representation and access to decision-making roles in the civil service. The case study then surveys women in the public administration to explore their perception of barriers and opportunities to identify insights into discrepancies between policy and implementation. The study additionally proposes targeted policy and programmatic interventions to address the key challenges to increasing women’s participation and leadership in public administration. The purpose is to support the Government of Pakistan, with the support of UN Women, UNDP and other development partners, to develop evidence-based programming to address barriers to gender equality in the public administration.

The GEPA case study is particularly important and relevant to the Government of Pakistan’s commitment to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) because of the sheer size of the public sector and the perception of public institutions as potential entry points to the labour market for women. The public sector is the largest in terms of wage employment in Pakistan. Any policy measure directed towards improving women’s participation and leadership in public administration will therefore not only have a sizeable impact on the public sector but also on the labour force as a whole and on women’s economic empowerment.

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Hello students, we are providing case study questions for class 8 maths. Case study questions are the new question format that is introduced in CBSE board. The resources for case study questions are very less. So, to help students we have created chapterwise case study questions for class 8 maths. In this article, you will find case study questions for CBSE Class 8 Maths Chapter 10 Exponents and Powers. It is a part of Case Study Questions for CBSE Class 8 Maths Series.

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In a class science teacher give some information to all students about Solar system in following manner. Distance of earth from sun = 149600000 km Mass of earth = 5970000000000000000000000 kg Mass of Mars = 642000000000000000000000000000 kg Mass of sun = 1990000000000000000000000000000 kg Mass of moon = 73500000000000000000000 kg

Now asked them to answer some question.

Q. 1. Write distance of earth from sun in standard form? (a) 1.496×10 8 km (b) 14.96×10 8 km (c) 1.496×10 9 km (d) 14.96×10 9 km

Difficulty Level: Medium

Ans. Option (a) is correct. Explanation: In standard notation we write by using power of 10 so 149600000 km = 1.496 × 10 8 km

Q. 2. Write mass of sun in standard notation? (a) 19.9 × 10 28 kg (b) 1.99 × 10 28 kg (c) 1.99 × 10 30 kg (d) 19.9 × 10 30 kg

Ans. Option (c) is correct.

Q. 3. Mass of earth in standard notation: (a) 5.97 × 10 24 kg (b) 59.7 × 10 24 kg (c) 5.97 × 10 26 kg (d) 59.7 × 10 26 kg

Ans. Option (a) is correct.

Q. 4. Calculate the total mass of earth and moon.

Difficulty Level: Hard

Sol. Mass of earth = 5.97 × 10 24 kg Mass of moon = 7.35 × 10 22 kg Change mass of earth = 597.0 × 10 22 kg Sum of mass of earth and moon = 597.0 × 10 22 + 7.35 × 10 22 = 604.35 × 10 22 kg

Q. 5. Calculate difference of mass of mars from mass of sun?

Sol. Mass of sun = 1.99 × 10 30 kg Change mass of sun = 19.9 × 10 29 kg Mass of mars = 6.42 × 10 29 kg Difference between mass of sun and mass of mars is 19.9 × 1029 kg – 6.42 × 10 29 kg = 13.52 × 10 29 kg Hence, difference between mass of sun and mars =13.52×10 29 kg.

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When any non-zero integer is multiplied repeatedly with itself, it is called exponential form of the given number.

a b Here, a = base and b = exponent and we read it as ‘a’ raised to the power ‘b’.

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Q1: what are the important topics covered in chapter 10 exponents and powers for class 8.

A1: The key topics include laws of exponents, simplifying expressions using exponents, powers with negative exponents, and expressing numbers in standard and exponential forms.

Q2: What is an exponent in mathematics?

A2: An exponent refers to the number of times a number, known as the base, is multiplied by itself. For example, in 2 3 , 2 is the base and 3 is the exponent, meaning 2 × 2 × 2 = 8.

Q3: What are the laws of exponents?

A3: – Product law: $a^m \times a^n=a^{m+n}$ – Quotient law: $a^m \div a^n=a^{m-n}$ – Power of a power law: $\left(a^m\right)^n=a^{m \times n}$ – Zero exponent rule: $a^0=1$ (where $a \neq 0$ ) – Negative exponent rule: $a^{-m}=\frac{1}{a^m}$

Q4: How are negative exponents handled?

A4: Negative exponents represent reciprocals. For example, 2 −3 = 1/8​. So, when you have a negative exponent, you convert it into a fraction.

Q5: What is the power of zero?

A5: any non-zero number raised to the power of zero is always equal to 1.

Q6: How do we express large numbers using exponents?

A6: Large numbers are often written using exponents to make them more manageable. For example, 1 billion can be written as 10 9 .

Q7: Why do we use exponents in mathematics?

A7: Exponents simplify the representation and calculation of large or small numbers. They are essential in scientific notation, which is widely used in scientific fields to manage very large or very small values.

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The end of the affair was nonetheless just the beginning for Stephen Easterbrook, the McDonald’s CEO who went from being hailed as the company’s “savior” by doubling its share price in less than five years to losing his job and getting banned from serving as an executive or director at any other company for five years.

This consensual workplace relationship—forbidden under the iconic fast-food chain’s fraternization policy because of potential conflicts of interest—stirred an already brewing scandal about the behemoth’s corporate culture as it collided with the #MeToo movement’s spotlight on sexual relationships and power in the workplace. And as new information about Easterbrook’s romantic relationship with other employees emerged, it became clear to the company’s board that, when it comes to the workplace dalliances of leaders, a kiss is never just a kiss.

“A board’s oversight over culture and respect in the workplace has become much more important than it was prior to #MeToo.”

A series of Harvard Business School case studies unfurls the details of this drama as it roiled through the McDonald’s boardroom in 2019 , moved to the Delaware Court of Chancery in 2021 , and ultimately led to a Securities and Exchange Commission sanction in 2023 , which attracted HBS Baker Foundation Professor Lynn S. Paine to the tale.

An expert on corporate governance, Paine says how McDonald’s handled the Easterbrook scandal offers important lessons for all companies, the first being: It’s not OK to look the other way when a leader crosses ethical lines. In the wake of #MeToo, a global campaign against sexual abuse and harassment that started in 2017, the responsibilities of companies have grown, and boards are now expected to monitor corporate culture and take action if they learn that employees are being sexually harassed.

“A board’s oversight over culture and respect in the workplace has become much more important than it was prior to #MeToo,” says Paine. “Harassment is no longer seen as just an individual misdeed. It can have implications for the company’s reputation, brand, culture, and legal exposure. That’s why it has become an issue for boards.”

Paine, a Baker Foundation Professor and the John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, Emerita, wrote the cases with HBS senior researcher Will Hurwitz.

McDonald’s emerges from a slump

With 40,000 mostly franchised restaurants across the world, McDonald’s serves some 63 million customers daily and employs more than 2 million workers. The brothers who founded the chain in 1937, Richard and Maurice McDonald, pioneered the idea of a drive-through restaurant with low prices that appealed to working-class families.

“The company has built its brand around family dining, so that is especially important to its culture,” explains Paine.

Despite its ubiquity, McDonald’s managed to inspire creative offerings, including the Big Mac and Egg McMuffin—as well as what has been called one of the most famous cross-sells of all time: “Would you like fries with that?”

Yet by 2015, McDonald’s found itself in what reporters called the worst slump in a decade, driven by rising competition, declining sales, and growing scrutiny of the health risks of fast food. Easterbrook, who had been a longtime McDonald’s branding executive from the UK, was tapped to take over as CEO. The case cites an interview with a former colleague, Richard Robinson, saying, “Steve knows every inch of how the restaurant works, having come up through the ranks. Above all, he’s someone we can all trust to always do the right thing.”

However, romantic entanglements were part of Easterbrook’s story from the start. When the board appointed him CEO, they knew he had a relationship with a third-party consultant who worked with McDonald’s. The board agreed to make the appointment if the consultant was removed from the McDonald’s account, and the deal was sealed.

Easterbrook restructured the organization, increased the number of franchises, boosted pay for employees, and introduced all-day breakfast, which was wildly successful. By the end of his first year, sales were up and earnings were beating analysts’ expectations.

The #MeToo movement changes everything

At the same time, the company’s new management allegedly encouraged a party culture that made some employees—especially women—uncomfortable, according to a legal complaint filed later. Easterbrook held open bar happy hours with David Fairhurst, a personal friend he had promoted to oversee human resources, and the two men developed reputations for “flirting with female employees.” HR allegedly didn’t intervene despite knowledge of the behavior, according to the legal documents cited by the case studies.

In 2016, 15 McDonald’s employees filed complaints with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that they had been sexually harassed. And then the #MeToo movement emerged in 2017, raising awareness of sexual misconduct in the workplace and raising the stakes for how companies handle such situations. Ten more McDonald’s employee complaints were filed in 2018, and employees in 10 U.S. cities staged a one-day strike to call for improved policies to address sexual harassment.

“Boards today recognize that a CEO is the face of the company and its brands, and steward of its culture.”

In October 2019, after the McDonald’s board learned that Easterbrook was accused of having a consensual relationship with a company employee, the board immediately asked outside counsel to investigate. Their finding: The affair involved only texts and video calls, ended after a few weeks, and was an isolated incident.

The board then weighed an important decision that turned on their view of the CEO’s role and the company’s compensation policies: Would a sanction be enough, or should the board force Easterbrook out? And if the board fired him, should it do so with cause, revoking his eligibility for a severance package valued at $47 million?

“In the old days, your personal behavior was not seen as relevant to your role as a corporate leader, but now, if you’re a candidate for CEO of a large company, your personal behavior will typically be carefully scrutinized. Boards today recognize that a CEO is the face of the company and its brands, and steward of its culture,” says Paine.

The board ousts Easterbrook, lawsuits follow

The board decided to fire Easterbrook without cause—since establishing cause would have required proving “dishonesty, fraud, illegality, or moral turpitude,” a challenging legal standard to meet.

The second case in the series takes the story forward. “Our cases often treat individual decisions in isolation. This case series provides an opportunity to see how one board decision leads to another and another and another,” says Paine.

In 2020, the board learned of another alleged relationship between Easterbrook and an employee. This time, its investigation turned up three additional workplace relationships and sexually explicit photos and videos. Plus, the board discovered that Easterbrook had granted restricted stock units worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to one of the employees. There were also suggestions of a coverup: Easterbrook had allegedly deleted material from his phone.

The board made the complicated decision to try to claw back Easterbrook’s severance, resulting in a lengthy legal battle and ultimately a settlement in which Easterbrook forfeited cash and stock worth $105 million. Shareholders sued the board for breach of its fiduciary duties, including its oversight duty, but the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed the suit, saying the board acted appropriately when it learned of the harassment claims and that its decisions to hire Easterbrook and then to fire him without cause were matters of business judgment that the court would not second guess.

However, the SEC charged McDonald’s and Easterbrook with providing false and misleading public statements related to Easterbrook’s termination. As part of a settlement , Easterbrook was fined $400,000 and barred from serving as a public company officer or director for five years. The SEC didn’t impose a financial penalty on McDonald’s, citing its cooperation in the investigation, though the company did consent to a cease-and-desist order.

The outcome sent a strong message to all businesses, Paine says: Even though the claims against the board were ultimately dismissed, the saga underscored the importance of the board’s role in fostering a safe and respectful organizational culture through its oversight activities and, perhaps more important, its selection of a CEO. Choosing a CEO is arguably the board’s most important function, and boards need to pay attention to candidates’ ethical fit as well as their business and technical skills.

The case is also a reminder that society’s expectations for leaders’ behavior can change quickly. The #MeToo movement effected a dramatic shift in the norms of acceptable behavior in the workplace. Easterbrook was just one of a number of CEOs to get caught in the reversal and be shown the door over harassment or relationship issues. Boards and business leaders need to stay attuned to these changes.

The complicated responsibility of managing corporate culture

The McDonald’s ordeal should prompt leaders and board members to ask themselves several important questions, Paine says:

1. What is our policy on workplace relationships?

McDonald’s had an explicit written policy prohibiting dating and romantic relationships between employees who report to one another either directly or indirectly. Some companies just require disclosure of these relationships. But many companies do not have a policy at all, making it even messier for the board to deal with situations like this.

It’s a good idea to have a policy, says Paine. “Policies have to be interpreted and can mean different things to different people, but having one at least provides a starting point for the discussion.”

2. How do we monitor culture?

When making hiring decisions, particularly for leadership roles, companies today need to do more due diligence than ever before, says Paine. And boards now have the responsibility of continuously monitoring the culture and staying ahead of problems.

“If you’re on a board, you should be asking: ‘Do we have adequate mechanisms in place to understand the company’s culture and how it’s evolving and how to identify problem areas?’” Paine says. “Pay attention to your leader’s personal behavior.”

3. Do we know what our employees saying?

With company culture now considered the board’s domain, it’s important for directors to take in a variety of perspectives across the company. They should consider spending time at worksites and offices, and developing processes for monitoring social media and conducting meaningful employee surveys, Paine suggests. They should also make sure the company has whistleblower hotlines that are closely monitored and keep tabs on what issues are bubbling up.

“Get a window into the culture,” Paine says. “It’s a really hard area for a boards to monitor, especially in a huge, far-flung organization like McDonald’s. The board did eventually take action to address the harassment issue, but ideally, they would have become aware of the issue earlier.”

4. Does the company investigate allegations thoroughly?

The first investigation the McDonald’s board conducted into Easterbrook’s workplace affairs didn’t go deep enough and left issues uncovered, Paine says.

“If you do have an allegation against your leader, it’s important to do a thorough investigation as quickly as you can,” she says.

5. Are we holding everyone to the same standard?

Easterbrook had been hailed as a messiah after doubling McDonald’s share price, which raised uncomfortable questions about whether his business acumen led the board to brush off complaints about his behavior, at least initially.

“It’s only natural to give someone who has done really well the benefit of the doubt, but giving them a pass on outright misconduct will erode the culture very quickly,” Paine says.

“It’s very important to differentiate between a miscalculation—an investment that doesn’t pan out—and a misdeed, which is illegal or unethical in a serious way,” Paine says. Miscalculations are forgivable or maybe even desirable, but misdeeds are something else altogether.”

6. Is a succession plan in place?

One thing McDonald’s had going for it was a clear successor in Chris Kempczinski, who had been president of McDonald’s USA. Having a succession plan allowed the board to take quick action when complaints against Easterbrook began piling up, without having to worry about who would run the business.

“You’re not stuck keeping a person too long,” Paine says. “For McDonald’s, one of the things you saw was a slight dip in stock price when Easterbrook was first removed, but 30 days later it was back to pre-termination levels.”

7. Do we understand what rights victims of harassment have today?

A huge firm with an internationally recognized name and publicly traded status, McDonald’s was held to a high standard, Paine says. But the #MeToo movement has expanded awareness of sexual harassment in the workplace, regardless of a company’s size or status. In fact, after #MeToo, many companies saw a spike in the percentage of calls about sexual harassment coming in on their whistleblower lines, says Paine. #MeToo also led to federal legislation ending forced arbitration of sexual harassment claims, previously a common practice at many companies. Now, victims can choose whether to take their claims to arbitration or to court, raising the stakes for companies that get caught up in harassment allegations.

“The more general lessons of #MeToo about power dynamics and changing norms of behavior apply across society,” she says. “At a small company, you might not have the same tools to address harassment, and your options might feel more limited, but companies need to recognize that today, harassed employees have more power.”

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The impact of case studies on safety training.

Experience is the greatest teacher of all and there is nothing like learning from our mistakes. But, in many critical industries, making a mistake can lead to grave injuries — or possibly even death. Whatever your industry, safety should be at the heart of everything you do. By committing to innovation and new, more effective ways to approach online training, your people will be more prepared to make safer, smarter and better decisions on the job.

Making Compliance Training Engaging

Learning from the mistakes of someone else — without actually having to make that mistake yourself — is an invaluable tool when it comes to adult learning. In fact, eLearning courses developed from real-life scenarios that highlight to learners what went wrong can help prevent similar injuries from occurring in the future.

In this article, we’ll review some top tips on integrating case studies into your health and safety training programs, and how this can help save lives in the workplace.

3 tips for designing (or selecting) case study courses.

Select case studies with care..

Not all examples of workplace incidents are relevant for all trainees. That’s why you should start by identifying any employee skills gaps and training needs. You’ll also want to ensure you’re selecting or designing case studies that grab the attention of those who engage with the narrative.

Here are just a few questions to consider while developing safety training for employees:

• Is there a particularly compelling voice that can share this story?
• Is there a clear lesson that can be learned from this experience?
• How can this particular case study help develop problem-solving skills in learners?
• Is there an interactive element that can be included in a training based on this case study?

Ensure to choose topics that are relevant to employees and the work environment, and that learners can connect with personally. The importance is to ensure that the training content is memorable.

Structure training for engagement.

As you are designing or selecting case studies for training courses, you’ll need to consider the best way to communicate a real-life narrative. This is not the same as storytelling or explaining what not to do. Instead, you will need to structure the training so that it immerses learners into the experience. Combine different features to create a blended learning experience, like interviews and/or a 3D recreation of the incident with explanations by an expert on how the incident could’ve been prevented. This can drive home the point of occupational safety and hazard association (OSHA) training.

Include interactive elements.

Interactive multimedia elements are also imperative to creating an immersive learning experience. You can also structure the content so learners can problem-solve their way through the experience while you narrate it. For example, add scenarios like “branching” or choose-your-own-adventure activities so they can see how the situation plays out based on their selection.  Don’t overdo it with the entertaining elements. The point of adding immersive features is to make an authentic impact on your learners.

3 key benefits of using case studies in training.

Better buy-in..

When it comes to safety training, buy-in from stakeholders is a must and completing online courses should be more than checking boxes for compliance requirements. The best way to do that is explain the value of the training. Most adults have a higher sense of self-direction and motivation, which is why many adult learners learn because they need it and/or recognize the benefit. We know that humans learn better when they connect their training to a narrative. Case studies have the power to make what may otherwise feel like a series of do’s and don’ts come to life with a compelling story based on real-life events.

Learners can better understand the importance of safety training when its personable and relevant to their role. Transforming mandatory compliance health and safety training from abstract concepts into lessons grounded in the real-world can not only maximize the impact of training, but also help safeguard lives.

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Michael Ojdana is the chief learning officer at Vector Solutions. He leads the content team and has a rich background in all aspects of content development. In his role, Ojdana strives to guide his team to create engaging, innovative courses that meet customer needs, positively change behaviors and help make employees safer.

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