Analysis of Social Responsibility Aspects: Calgary Stampede Report

This report provides an analysis of the social responsibility practices of the Calgary Stampede, addressing key areas such as health and safety, accessibility for people with special needs, discrimination and fairness, harassment, and inclusivity and diversity. The report examines the extent to which these issues apply to the event and outlines the steps taken to address them, including proactive measures for prevention and reactive strategies for responding to incidents. It highlights the importance of ensuring a safe environment for staff, participants, and visitors. The report also discusses the commitment to inclusivity, with specific attention to the LGBTQ+ community and Indigenous Peoples. The report refers to the provided literature to support the analysis, and the overall objective is to illustrate the importance of social responsibility in event management.

Stepping Stone

Contents
Introduction to event.................................................................................................................................3
Social Responsibility..................................................................................................................................3
References..................................................................................................................................................4

Introduction to event
Calgary Stampede is an annual rodeo exhibition and festival which is held in Calgary,
Alberta, Canada. It stretches over ten-days and features rodeos, parade, stage shows, concerts,
agricultural competitions and other events (Bichel, 2016).
Social Responsibility
 Health and safety – It is a mass gathering of thousands of people. Therefore, organisers of
Calgary stampede takes proactive measures to not only take care of health and safety of staff and
visitors but also of the participating animals.
 Accessibility for people with special needs – It is open to all event and measures have been taken
to make it accessible for people with special needs. However, there is still scope of improvement
like safe passages for them in case of any emergency (Rosenthal and Schäfer, 2016).
 Discrimination and fairness – It works with small size of permanent staff and large volunteers.
Whole hiring and employment duration is fair and strict measures are observed to eliminate
chances of discrimination. In case of any such reported incident, it is dealt according to related
guidelines developed by company in accordance with company values and legislative
compliance.
 Harassment – Organisers have developed clear code of conducts that they expect from their
employees, participants and visitors. No incident of mistreatment of any nature is tolerated.
However, this applies to only case of reported incident. It is required to ensure that no such
incident occurs or at least go unreported.
 Inclusivity and diversity – It is open for all event and does not make discriminations of any kind
on the basis of gender, race, etc. However, it is a global event and is good platform to take
proactive approach to promote causes like inclusivity of LGBTQ+ community and indigeneous or
aboriginal people.

References
Books and Journal
Rosenthal, C. and Schäfer, S., 2016. The Calgary Stampede Through a Cultural Studies
Perspective: A Teaching Project. Cultural Studies? Critical Methodologies, 16(1), pp.48-
57.
Bichel, A.G., 2016. Communal commitment: An ethnographic case study of the Calgary
Stampede Showband (Doctoral dissertation, Fielding Graduate University).