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What are the ambitions of Open Labor’s membership? 
How do these features characterise social networked movements as a product of globalisation; (Construction of meaning in a world increasingly influenced by computer mediated communication) 
2. Content analysis of Open Labor’s Website 
How is Open Labor representing the ambitions of its membership base (as defined above) 
Planning for a Corporate Crisis Response in non-Western Environments 
A Case Study of a Corporate Response to Pork DNA found in Halal Cadbury Chocolate 
1. Problem 
2. Case Study: Pork in Halal Chocolate 
• Grunig’s Theory of Excellence – normative model 
• Generic Principles: relationship management, 
segmentation of publics, strategic management 
through two-way communication. 
• Specific Global applications: culture, including 
language, the political system, the economic 
system, the media system, and the level of 
economic development and activism 
• Government is a key relationship 
8. Data Collection 
1.6 billion Muslims around the world, representing 23 per cent of people worldwide and making Islam the world's second-largest 
religion. Muslims are a majority in 49 countries and millions more Muslims live as minorities elsewhere. 
3. Context: The PR IR debate 
Grunig’s six applications 
for Global Practice 
• Cultural relativists take 
on Grunig’s generic 
principles of excellence. 
• Normative theory ignores 
cultural heterogeneity as 
a central feature of 
modern societies 
What are the ambitions ooff OOppeenn LLaabboorr’’ss mmeemmbbeerrsshhiipp?? 
How did Cadbury Malaysia’s 
relationship with the Malaysian 
Government feature within its 
strategic communication response? 
How did this relationship reflect 
crisis response planning adapted 
for a non-Western environment 
Global Islam: The PR Challenge 
4. Objective 
How do corporations or businesses prepare for and 
respond to a crisis in non-Western environments with 
unfamiliar cultural, religious, and/or political settings? 
6. Theoretical Framework 
• Data informing the company’s management of 
its relationship with the Malaysian Government 
from February to July 2014 
• secondary and primary sources 
• websites and social media pages, trade 
publications, media reports and blog articles. 
• Data organised into a timeline of events for 
evaluation 
9. Data Evaluation 
• qualitative assessment of data will construct 
an overall portrait of the case within the 
normative frame. 
10. Outcome 
5. Research Question 
• 1.6 billion Muslims 
around the world, 
• 23 per cent of world’s 
population 
• Second-largest religion. 
• Muslims are a majority in 
49 countries 
• Feb 2014 Halal Chocolate 
tests positive for Pork 
DNA 
• May 2014 Voluntary recall, 
Muslim backlash, product 
boycott 
• June 2014 Follow up tests 
negative 
7. Research Design 
• qualitative, 
• exploratory, 
• single-case 
• Support a discussion about the Cadbury 
Malaysia case in relation to similar cases, 
• Contribute empirical evidence to the ongoing 
theoretical debate 
• Limitations: generalisability of findings, no 
interviews

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  • 1. What are the ambitions of Open Labor’s membership? How do these features characterise social networked movements as a product of globalisation; (Construction of meaning in a world increasingly influenced by computer mediated communication) 2. Content analysis of Open Labor’s Website How is Open Labor representing the ambitions of its membership base (as defined above) Planning for a Corporate Crisis Response in non-Western Environments A Case Study of a Corporate Response to Pork DNA found in Halal Cadbury Chocolate 1. Problem 2. Case Study: Pork in Halal Chocolate • Grunig’s Theory of Excellence – normative model • Generic Principles: relationship management, segmentation of publics, strategic management through two-way communication. • Specific Global applications: culture, including language, the political system, the economic system, the media system, and the level of economic development and activism • Government is a key relationship 8. Data Collection 1.6 billion Muslims around the world, representing 23 per cent of people worldwide and making Islam the world's second-largest religion. Muslims are a majority in 49 countries and millions more Muslims live as minorities elsewhere. 3. Context: The PR IR debate Grunig’s six applications for Global Practice • Cultural relativists take on Grunig’s generic principles of excellence. • Normative theory ignores cultural heterogeneity as a central feature of modern societies What are the ambitions ooff OOppeenn LLaabboorr’’ss mmeemmbbeerrsshhiipp?? How did Cadbury Malaysia’s relationship with the Malaysian Government feature within its strategic communication response? How did this relationship reflect crisis response planning adapted for a non-Western environment Global Islam: The PR Challenge 4. Objective How do corporations or businesses prepare for and respond to a crisis in non-Western environments with unfamiliar cultural, religious, and/or political settings? 6. Theoretical Framework • Data informing the company’s management of its relationship with the Malaysian Government from February to July 2014 • secondary and primary sources • websites and social media pages, trade publications, media reports and blog articles. • Data organised into a timeline of events for evaluation 9. Data Evaluation • qualitative assessment of data will construct an overall portrait of the case within the normative frame. 10. Outcome 5. Research Question • 1.6 billion Muslims around the world, • 23 per cent of world’s population • Second-largest religion. • Muslims are a majority in 49 countries • Feb 2014 Halal Chocolate tests positive for Pork DNA • May 2014 Voluntary recall, Muslim backlash, product boycott • June 2014 Follow up tests negative 7. Research Design • qualitative, • exploratory, • single-case • Support a discussion about the Cadbury Malaysia case in relation to similar cases, • Contribute empirical evidence to the ongoing theoretical debate • Limitations: generalisability of findings, no interviews