international public policy management
The role of German women
August 7, 2017Juvenile Justice System
August 7, 2017The City of Greenville is concerned about the environmental effects of non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags, which often end up in the city’s landfill, littered along city streets or consumed by the city’s wildlife. The City Council asked its policy analysts to propose several policy alternatives to address this issue. The proposed alternatives include:
- A moratorium on the use of plastic shopping bags by retailers
- A 25-cent tax per plastic shopping bag, which aims to discourage use
- Developing a retail outreach program to encourage retailers to reduce their use of plastic shopping bags based on the model of retailers, such as IKEA and Trader Joe’
- Developing a consumer marketing and education program about the benefits of reusable shopping bags to discourage plastic shopping bag use
- Establish a criterion alternative matrix based on above information (1 pts)
- Interpret in narrative (not bullets) the CAM that you developed below and discuss the value tradeoffs associated with the option (1 pts)
| Criterion 1 (…) | Criterion 2 (…) | Criterion 3 (…) | Criterion 4 (…) | |
| Alternative 1 | ||||
| Alternative 2 | ||||
| Alternative 3 | ||||
| Alternative 4 |
Note: you need to highlight extremes and explain color-coding if applicable (best vs. worst performance)
- The following naïve ranking system was developed to evaluate the policies. Discuss whether there are any dominating or dominated alternatives (2 pts). Explain Why.
| Estimated Reduction in Plastic Shopping Bag Use | Cost to Government | Implementation Feasibility | Political Feasibility | |
| Plastic Shopping Bag Moratorium |
1 |
3/4 | 1 | 4 |
| 25-cent Tax Per Shopping Bag |
2 |
3/4 | 2 | 3 |
| Retail Outreach Program to Encourage Reduction of Plastic Bag Use By Retailers | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Consumer marketing and education program on benefits of reusable bags | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
- Explain which policy you would recommend and why with special attention to discussing which criteria you consider most important (1pt).
Hint: keep the client in perspective when you argue your recommendation
The City of Greenville is concerned about the environmental effects of non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags, which often end up in the city’s landfill, littered along city streets or consumed by the city’s wildlife. The City Council asked its policy analysts to propose several policy alternatives to address this issue. The proposed alternatives include:
- A moratorium on the use of plastic shopping bags by retailers
- A 25-cent tax per plastic shopping bag, which aims to discourage use
- Developing a retail outreach program to encourage retailers to reduce their use of plastic shopping bags based on the model of retailers, such as IKEA and Trader Joe’
- Developing a consumer marketing and education program about the benefits of reusable shopping bags to discourage plastic shopping bag use
- Establish a criterion alternative matrix based on above information (1 pts)
- Interpret in narrative (not bullets) the CAM that you developed below and discuss the value tradeoffs associated with the option (1 pts)
| Criterion 1 (…) | Criterion 2 (…) | Criterion 3 (…) | Criterion 4 (…) | |
| Alternative 1 | ||||
| Alternative 2 | ||||
| Alternative 3 | ||||
| Alternative 4 |
Note: you need to highlight extremes and explain color-coding if applicable (best vs. worst performance)
- The following naïve ranking system was developed to evaluate the policies. Discuss whether there are any dominating or dominated alternatives (2 pts). Explain Why.
| Estimated Reduction in Plastic Shopping Bag Use | Cost to Government | Implementation Feasibility | Political Feasibility | |
| Plastic Shopping Bag Moratorium |
1 |
3/4 | 1 | 4 |
| 25-cent Tax Per Shopping Bag |
2 |
3/4 | 2 | 3 |
| Retail Outreach Program to Encourage Reduction of Plastic Bag Use By Retailers | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Consumer marketing and education program on benefits of reusable bags | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
- Explain which policy you would recommend and why with special attention to discussing which criteria you consider most important (1pt).
Hint: keep the client in perspective when you argue your recommendation
The City of Greenville is concerned about the environmental effects of non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags, which often end up in the city’s landfill, littered along city streets or consumed by the city’s wildlife. The City Council asked its policy analysts to propose several policy alternatives to address this issue. The proposed alternatives include:
- A moratorium on the use of plastic shopping bags by retailers
- A 25-cent tax per plastic shopping bag, which aims to discourage use
- Developing a retail outreach program to encourage retailers to reduce their use of plastic shopping bags based on the model of retailers, such as IKEA and Trader Joe’
- Developing a consumer marketing and education program about the benefits of reusable shopping bags to discourage plastic shopping bag use
- Establish a criterion alternative matrix based on above information (1 pts)
- Interpret in narrative (not bullets) the CAM that you developed below and discuss the value tradeoffs associated with the option (1 pts)
| Criterion 1 (…) | Criterion 2 (…) | Criterion 3 (…) | Criterion 4 (…) | |
| Alternative 1 | ||||
| Alternative 2 | ||||
| Alternative 3 | ||||
| Alternative 4 |
Note: you need to highlight extremes and explain color-coding if applicable (best vs. worst performance)
- The following naïve ranking system was developed to evaluate the policies. Discuss whether there are any dominating or dominated alternatives (2 pts). Explain Why.
| Estimated Reduction in Plastic Shopping Bag Use | Cost to Government | Implementation Feasibility | Political Feasibility | |
| Plastic Shopping Bag Moratorium |
1 |
3/4 | 1 | 4 |
| 25-cent Tax Per Shopping Bag |
2 |
3/4 | 2 | 3 |
| Retail Outreach Program to Encourage Reduction of Plastic Bag Use By Retailers | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Consumer marketing and education program on benefits of reusable bags | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
- Explain which policy you would recommend and why with special attention to discussing which criteria you consider most important (1pt).
Hint: keep the client in perspective when you argue your recommendation
