Reflecting on the Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Businesses, Minority Groups and their Implications for Socio-economic wellbeing in Britain
Reflecting on the Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Businesses, Minority Groups and their Implications for Socio-economic wellbeing in Britain
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反思 Covid-19 大流行对企业、少数群体的影响及其对英国社会经济福祉的影响
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10.14738/abr.93.9869
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2021
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Felix Nana Kofi Ofori
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作者：
Felix Nana Kofi Ofori
本文从英国政府遏制新冠肺炎疫情的战略政策角度，审视了新冠肺炎对企业的影响。它认为，这一流行病通过封锁措施使国民经济的主要部门瘫痪，从而限制了人民的社会经济福利。此外，该文章认为，零售和酒吧经济部门的收入减少，造成了该国就业短缺。随着英国机场的主要航站楼关闭，这篇文章表明，几个就业机会，包括空中小姐，机场保安，货物装卸，餐馆和零售业都被扼杀了。此外，文章还提出，航空业工人的一般社会和经济结构受到限制，其中大多数属于少数民族社区。关于少数群体，该条指出，他们是大流行期间受影响最严重和最边缘化的群体;因为他们很容易成为裁员和休假计划的目标，而在行政层面没有必要的代表来保护他们的利益。关于政府的战略，文章认为，虽然政府实施了支持企业和保护家庭的政治和经济解决方案，以使其免受危机的影响，但主要的担忧是这些措施为时已晚，未能充分应对危机。在前景方面，文章指出，虽然为保障企业和公民的安全，政府提供了休假计划和软贷款，但政府的实施方式不足以解决危机。最后，文章认为，尽管政府的政策，以挽救数以千计的企业和家庭的社会经济困境，少数群体在英国主要是处于不利地位，从而加强了现状
This article examined the impact of Covid-19 on businesses through the prism of the British government’s strategic policies to stem the pandemic. It argues that the pandemic has paralysed major sectors of the national economy through locked-down measures, which consequently restricted the people’s socio-economic welfare. Also, the article contends that the retailing and pubs sectors of the economy registered dwindled revenue and created shortages of employment in the country. With major terminals of the British Airports shut down, the article demonstrates that several employment opportunities, spanning air stewardess, airport security, cargo handling, restaurants and retailing were stifled. In addition, the article proposes that, the general social and economic fabrics of workers in the aviation industry, majority of whom, belonged to the minority communities were restricted. On the minority groups, the article states that they represent the most afflicted and marginalized population during the pandemic; because, they were easily targeted for redundancies and furlough schemes without the needed representation at executive levels to protect their interests. Regarding the government’s strategies, the article argues that although it implemented political and economic solutions to support businesses and protect families, in order to absolve them from the crises, the major concern was that the measures were late and failed to adequately address the crisis. With respect to perspectives, the article points out that, though furlough schemes and soft loans were provided to guarantee the safety of businesses and citizens; the manner of implementation by the government was not creative enough to resolve the crisis. Lastly, the article argues that regardless of the government‘s policies to redeem thousands of businesses and families from socio-economic distresses, minority groups in Britain were largely disadvantaged, thereby reinforcing the status-quo