Media Matters – SFU Business in the News – April 17
Apr 20, 2009
How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending April 17, 2009.
BC Election
- BC-STV, the proposed new balloting system that will be submitted to voters on May 12, TheTyee.ca and the Kitimat Northern Sentinel reported that online support for BC-STV “is growing daily.” They cited support on Twitter and Facebook. Both quoted SFU Business prof Blaize Horner Reich, with the Sentinel quoting her as saying: “The desire for change is a powerful force and we are seeing a groundswell of British Columbians coming together online to demand a fairer electoral system in our province.”
BC News
- Business ethicist Mark Wexler was on GlobalTV in a story about e-mail ethics. This after disciplinary action against some BC public servants for misuse of government e-mail and internet access.
National & International News
- Marketing prof Lindsay Meredith spoke with the Globe and Mail about the global downsizing of Starbucks. “The marginal stores—the ones that were limping along when times were good—are going to be the first to go over the falls.” Scripps Howard News Service sent the story to papers across the U.S.