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Web End = J Agric Environ Ethics (2015) 28:647666 DOI 10.1007/s10806-015-9548-9
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Melissa Voigt1 Mark Russell2 Kristina Hiney3
Jennifer Richardson4 Abigail Borron5
Colleen Brady1
Accepted: 15 May 2015 / Published online: 23 May 2015 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to use the Social Cognitive Theory and its moral disengagement framework to emphasize the need for stock-type horse associations to minimize potential and actual threats to their legitimacy in an effort to maintain and strengthen self-regulating governance, specically relating to the occurrence of inhumane treatment to horses. Despite having stated rules within their handbooks, the actions of leading stock-type associations in response to reports of inhumane treatment provide evidence of their ability to self-regulate. The authors recommend the following actions: (1) develop a commonly understood and accepted denition of inhumane treatment; (2) publicly communicate with stake-holders violation enforcement efforts of inhumane treatment rules; (3) increase efforts to educate stakeholders on the reasons why certain training techniques or methods are inhumane and harmful to the horse; (4) ensure all actions taken are proactively focused on shaping future behaviors, and (5) critically review more cases of inhumane treatment and the industrys response.
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Mark Russell [email protected]
Kristina Hiney [email protected]
Jennifer Richardson [email protected]
Abigail Borron [email protected]
Colleen Brady [email protected]
1 Department of Youth Development and Agricultural Education, Purdue University, 615 West
State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Web End = Show Horse Welfare: Evaluating Stock-Type Show Horse Industry Legitimacy
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Keywords Social Cognitive Theory Welfare Horse Show Horse Legitimacy
Introduction
The purpose of this paper was to use the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) and its moral disengagement framework to emphasize the need for leading stock-type horse associations to minimize potential and actual threats to their legitimacy in an effort to maintain and strengthen self-regulating governance. In the context of this paper, legitimacy refers to the issues management concept of the socially constructed perception of an organization being useful and responsible (Boyd 2000; Metzler 2001). This paper will: (1) provide a theoretical explanation for...