But the handshake—or private property, organizations and even democracy, for that matter—are not as ironclad as they appear, according to Chris Steele, a professor in the University of Alberta's School of Business who argues in a new paper that the enactment of institutions we take for granted can hang by a thread and can actively generate change.
Another example is the act of purchasing something. Steele explained that within a store, shoppers don't stop to think about private property, the market system or capitalism, let alone what money is, what sellers and buyers are or what a commodity is. It's stuff that you know and that you can use to make sense of what's happening in front of you, otherwise none of it would make sense," he said. Steele argues that making sense of everyday life is only possible because people continuously enact institutions that can be taken for granted, all in the name of competence.
And though this taken-for-granted world seems robust, little oddities poke away at its weaknesses and it's either constantly being repaired or it breaks down.
Steele said whether you're trying to push for change or trying to stop it, the framework laid out in the paper provides some places you might want to look at tactically. These places include the material environment, the custodians invested in keeping the institution in place, the complexity of the institutions in play and personal accountability for making sure others understand each other. In the context of organizational change, making things less or more easily taken for granted can be a powerful tool.
Taken-for-grantedness gives us building blocks for organizational strategy, and organizational cultures. Steele added you can create a groundswell for change in an organization by identifying areas in the material environment that may be problematic or subverting some of the custodians in such a way that they're not quite so quick to clamp down on apparent deviations from the norm.
He added, "This is a framework for understanding, and for bringing things to your attention. What you see with it depends where you're looking and what you want to do. Use this form if you have come across a typo, inaccuracy or would like to send an edit request for the content on this page. For general inquiries, please use our contact form. For general feedback, use the public comments section below please adhere to guidelines. Your feedback is important to us. However, we do not guarantee individual replies due to the high volume of messages.
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While we commended the Commission for a balanced proposal that takes into account the need to protect the public core of the Internet and to establish proportionate thresholds for interfering with core functions, infrastructure and service providers — and urged the Parliament and Council to do the same as they developed their own positions — we did ask for further clarification on the definition of online platforms.
The Parliament and Council are still preparing their own positions on the proposal. While it looks like the Council may agree on its position by the end of the year, the Parliament is still struggling to reach a compromise on a number of amendments and has postponed a vote originally scheduled for 8 November to sometime in December or January. As a refresher, this regulation is the update to the current ePrivacy Directive that will complement the GDPR by defining which data is covered.
It was first proposed by the Commission in January and the Parliament agreed on its position in October of that year, but it was then stuck in complicated, drawn-out negotiations in the Council for years. The Council finally agreed on its position in February this year. It also stipulates legal bases for processing content, metadata and data related to online communications, including access to terminal equipment under certain circumstances, such as ensuring the integrity of communications services and the security of devices from malicious software or viruses.
Trilogue negotiations between the three EU institutions began in May and are ongoing, with an aim to conclude in the first half of Even once a final agreement has been reached, there will be a grace period the Council proposed two years before the regulation comes into effect. The European Commission published its proposal for a Data Governance Act just after our last update, in November , as the first step in its European Strategy for Data.
The goal is to encourage and increase data sharing between and among the public and private sectors and individuals by boosting trust in neutral data intermediaries and strengthening data sharing mechanisms and processes.
The Council defined its position on the proposal in October and started negotiations with the Parliament, which have so far focused on data sharing, interoperability, data intermediary services, third-county data transfers and data altruism. The Council and Parliament hope to reach an agreement by the end of November. The European Commission also released its proposed CER Directive in December , an update to the Critical Infrastructure Protection CIP Directive, which seeks to protect critical infrastructure within the EU from natural or man-made disruptions and expands the scope of the original from the energy and transport sectors to cover new sectors, including digital infrastructure.
The CER Directive is based largely on the definitions set out in the proposed NIS 2 Directive which we responded to in March and stipulates how member states will be responsible for protecting those critical entities operating within their borders. This response provides the basis of our ongoing engagement with the Commission on matters of cybersecurity. We will continue to follow this as more details emerge.
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