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Bogardus, John. "Ordering conduct, conducting order, conduct disorder and the production of knowledge." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape16/PQDD_0024/NQ37685.pdf.
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Darbyshire, Christopher. "Governing the conduct of conduct : mobilising student subjects in nurse education." Thesis, Glasgow Caledonian University, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.413657.
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Grieve, Ann MacDonald. "Communication : the key to conduct?" Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2005. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21556.
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In Scotland, educational inclusion seeks to accommodate the diversity of the individuality of pupils and presumes that the vast majority will be educated in mainstream primary and secondary day schools. The focus of this investigation was the concept of the capable teacher, in the specific context of supporting children whose behaviour is considered inappropriate for a standard mainstream primary school. The study examines government recommendations and initiatives for the inclusion of such pupils appear not to be working. It also tries to understand the concept of capable teachers as perceived by teachers themselves. The study was conducted through emergent approaches which evolved from literature and empirical data. The opinions of primary teachers and head teachers were surveyed and these results shaped further data gathering from the reflective diaries of practitioners and literature. There are two main theoretical outcomes from this work. First is the recognition of a radically different lens through which to view indiscipline in schools. Conduct is seen as an issue of communication, and the teacher's communication in the first instance. This lens provides a framework for teachers to consider how classroom interactions may contribute to instances of inappropriate behaviour. The second theoretical outcome is concerned with emotional competence. The area of emotional competence defined as relationship management was shown to articulate closely with communicative pragmatics. This alliance with a body of theoretical knowledge that is already influential in other areas of educational support gives the concept of emotional competence much more credence in education. Three practical issues also arise from this study. Teacher educators should perhaps consider developing a framework within which they could address aspects of communicative pragmatics and their importance to graduating teachers. Second, there could be consideration of alternative ways in which government priorities for education can be achieved. Rather than targeting only the teacher, this study suggests considering a range of issues, which together, or independently, may be factors in causing disaffection and indiscipline in classrooms. Third, this study suggests a change in teaching on behaviour management, in both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. This study has taken the whole issue of teacher response to issues of inappropriate conduct in the context of school and classroom and embedded it within the area of pragmatics, providing a different lens through which to view behaviour.
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Kalantari-Darani, Mehrdad. "Conduct disorders in preschool children." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.241820.
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Dandreaux, Danielle. "Developmental Pathways To Conduct Problems." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2007. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/566.
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This study tests the predictions made by several causal theories proposing different etiologies for childhood-onset and adolescent-onset conduct problems. It investigates a variety of causal factors proven to be important for the development of antisocial behaviors, specifically neuropsychological/cognitive deficits, temperamental vulnerabilities, dysfunctional parenting, deviant peers, and rebelliousness. Current theories generally agree that the early onset pathway is distinguished by interactions between a child with a difficult temperament and dysfunctional parent-child interactions. However, theories differ as to whether they emphasize the temperament and neurocognitive deficits of the child, or the parenting behaviors. In the adolescent onset pathway, theories typically focus on the importance of affiliation with deviant peers but differ as to whether this is attributed to a personality characterized by the rejection of traditional values and rebelliousness as leading to this association or failures in parenting practices. Seventy-eight pre-adjudicated adolescent (ranging in age from 11 to 18) boys housed in two short-term detention facilities and one outpatient program for boys at risk for involvement in the juvenile justice system in southeastern Louisiana participated in the current study. The sample was ethnically diverse (56% African-American) and largely came from facilities serving either a large urban or a largely suburban and rural region of the state. The sample was divided into two groups based on the youngest age of a self-reported delinquent act or parent-reported severe conduct problem. The childhoodonset group (n =47) displayed at least one serious antisocial behavior prior to age 12, whereas the adolescent-onset group (n =31) did not. As predicted, the childhood-onset group showed greater levels of dysfunctional parenting and CU traits. Contrary to predictions, however, this group also showed the strongest affiliation with deviant peers. The only variable strongly associated with the adolescent onset group was lower scores on a measure of traditionalism which indicates less endorsement of traditional values and status hierarchies. The implications of these results for understanding different causal trajectories to antisocial behavior and for designing better prevention and treatment programs for antisocial youth are discussed.
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Helge, Jenny, Thylin Therese Lein, and Jenny Lööf. "Code of conduct Inspections and Compliance." Thesis, Kristianstad University College, Department of Business Administration, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-3503.
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In many of the developing countries the working conditions are poor and unfair. Many of the clothes are bought from these countries where murder, violence and arresting of the workers are common. Neither the employers nor the employees know the laws of their countries entirely and therefore have no knowledge of fundamental rights.
The purpose of the dissertation has been to study the inspections and the compliances of the codes of conduct. Companies use codes of conduct to improve the working environment at the supplier. Furthermore, it is a contract from the company to the supplier, containing what to be expected of the supplier. The dissertation also describes what the differences are between being a member or not of the organization Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI).
The research questions were answered through interviews. The contacted companies were Swedish textile companies with suppliers in developing countries.
No noticeable differences between being a member of BSCI or not were found. Therefore, we added the last research question that contained the relationship between the selected companies and their suppliers.
A conclusion regarding the relationship can be drawn from our empirical material. A satisfactory relationship with the supplier is vital when inspecting a code of conduct. The suppliers should be an active part in the work with codes of conduct to improve them in the future.
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Donno, R. E. "Social communication deficits and conduct disorder." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2006. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1445421/.
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There is increasing evidence that a proportion of children with Conduct Disorder may have unidentified Autistic Spectrum Disorder (Gilchrist et al., 2001 Gilmour, Hill, Place & Skuse, 2004). This paper considers the argument that a subgroup of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder are undetected and subsumed under Conduct Disorder or similar descriptors. Diagnostic criteria are described and issues relevant to Conduct Disorder discussed. This is followed by an examination of the similarities and differences between Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Conduct Disorder. The case for misclassification of Autistic Spectrum Disorder is explored through reinterpretation of the behavioural markers associated with Conduct Disorder. Sample definition in studies of children with Conduct Disorder is then critically examined. The paper concludes with a review of the literature on social information processing in children with Conduct Disorder exploring whether some findings could be better explained by an Autistic Spectrum Disorder presentation.
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Spierings, Charlotte. "Unilateral conduct in English private law." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:72c0ec9c-f2fa-47cf-a3c6-03ce1dc3f041.
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This thesis explores the question how unilateral conduct can create, vary or discharge obligations in English private law and how unilateral conduct is regulated. First, it is explained that the reason for asking this question follows from the candidate’s background in a civil law jurisdiction, in which unilateral juridical acts are regarded a category of legally relevant behaviour. After observing the obstacles in English law to the recognition of the civil law concept of unilateral juridical acts, a number of examples of unilateral conduct are identified that create legal effect. The focus of the thesis is on examples of unilateral conduct that create, vary or discharge obligations. English law allows the creation of obligations by unilateral conduct only in very specific instances. It is observed that unilateral conduct can create or transfer property rights. The different approach is explained primarily by deeply rooted distinction in English law between words and acts. Subsequently, the thesis discusses how unilateral conduct is regulated. For some issues, notably interpretation, revocability and the intention to create legal effect, similar rules apply to the different examples of unilateral conduct. For other issues, especially mistake and form requirements, the rules diverge. It is concluded that unilateral conduct forms a category of legally relevant behaviour in English law. This category is divided in unilateral conduct that creates obligations, quasi-contractual unilateral conduct that varies or discharges obligations and unilateral voluntary property transactions. Whereas quasi-contractual unilateral conduct is closely related to contracts and should thus generally be regulated in a manner similar to contracts, the unilateral voluntary property transaction is a distinct concept, to which specific rules apply.
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Darracq, Paries Matthieu. "Financial frictions and monetary policy conduct." Thesis, Paris Est, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PESC0055/document.
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La crise économique survenue à l’échelle mondiale en 2008 et dont les effets se font encore ressentir près d’une décennie plus tard, a mis en lumière le rôle déterminant des facteurs financiers dans les cycles économiques ainsi que dans la conduite de politiques de stabilisation conjoncturelle, au premier rang desquelles se trouve la politique monétaire. De ce point, les crises constituent une expérience privilégiée pour revoir les propriétés empiriques des modèles macroéconomiques et les aspects plus normatifs des politiques économiques. Par ailleurs, les développements observés au sein de la zone euro illustrent d’autant mieux les défis auxquels sont confrontés une union monétaire lorsque les risques financiers se mêlent aux risques de soutenabilités des dettes souveraines.La Thèse s’attachera à évaluer la conduite des politiques économiques en présence de frictions financières sous une perspective à la fois empirique, utilisant des modèles de séries temporelles multivariés, et structurelle, sur la base de modèles aux fondements théoriques plus explicites. La thèse présentera ainsi des contributions originales dans divers domaines de la macroéconomie financière.Premièrement, une série de travaux empiriques entendent démontrer la prééminence de chocs financiers dans les performances économiques européennes durant la crise. En particulier, deux articles utilisent les modèles BVAR pour identifier des chocs d’offre de crédit et quantifier leur contribution aux différentes récessions survenues dans la zone euro au cours des dix dernières années.En outre, si les chocs financiers peuvent expliquer certains faits stylisés de la crise, leur nature, leurs mécanismes de transmission et leur dimension asymétrique au sein des pays de la zone euro peuvent faire l’objet d’une analyse plus structurelle. Plusieurs travaux exposent des modèles DSGE incorporant un ensemble assez détaillé de frictions financières portant à la fois sur l’offre et la demande de crédit. Ces modèles apportent de nouvelles perspectives sur la propagation macroéconomique des chocs financiers en isolant en particulier le rôle des bilans bancaires et des schémas d’amplification entre la sphère réelle et la sphère financière.Un troisième axe de recherche se focalise sur l’évaluation des politiques monétaires. Dans le cadre de modèles DSGE présentant des propriétés empiriques satisfaisantes (et pour la plupart estimés sur des données macroéconomiques européennes), plusieurs articles analysent les caractéristiques de plusieurs concepts de politiques monétaires optimales. Ces travaux explorent la stabilisation optimale de chocs réels, nominaux ou financiers, dans des conditions d’économie ouverte ou fermée.Par la suite, la thèse s’attachera à examiner la conduite de la politique monétaire en situation de crise dans laquelle des chocs financiers ont poussé les taux d’intérêts sans risques à leur limite basse. Dans ces conditions, plusieurs articles étudient le rôle des politiques non-conventionnelles comme les achats de titres par la banque centrale ou encore, l’octroi de liquidité à long terme. Une attention toute particulière est portée sur canal du crédit de ces différentes mesures. Par ailleurs, la conduite optimale d’achat d’actifs est analysée.Enfin, les aspects normatifs de la conduite de la politique monétaire en présence de frictions financières amènent naturellement à considérer les interactions stratégiques avec d'autres politiques économiques et financières, et notamment les politiques macroprudentielles. Sur la base de modèles DSGE incluant une description pertinente du secteur bancaire, la transmission de politiques macroprudentielles peut être quantifiée ainsi que ses implications sur la politique monétaire. Les bénéfices d’une articulation efficace des politiques monétaires et macroprudentielles se trouvent d’ailleurs renforcer au sein une union monétaire, et peuvent être illustrés dans le cadre d’un modèle DSGE à deux paysThe Thesis aims at evaluating monetary policy in presence of financial frictions both from an empirical and structural perspective. Along those lines, multi-variate time-series framework as well as model with more explicit theoretical foundations will be deployed. The Thesis presents original contributions in various fields of monetary and financial macroeconomics.The main motivation for the applied research presented in this Thesis are twofold. It responded both to the need for deeper research on macro-financial linkages and to the growing interest of policy institutions for the model-based policy advise. First, the Great recession and in particular, the typology of crisis episodes in Europe over the last decade, unveiled new challenges for monetary policy conduct, notably related to the prevalence of financial factors in cyclical fluctuations, the design of non-standard measures and the interactions with financial service policies. The second motivation has to do with the growing role for structural models in the preparation of monetary policy within central banks. Over the last decades, academic research and central bank practices have mutually benefited from strong synergies, whereby quantitative methods and theoretical advances have had a lasting influence on main preparation avenues for monetary policy making.In Chapter 1, a set of empirical studies intend to demonstrate the prevalence of financial shocks underlying the euro area macroeconomic performance during the Great recession. In particular, BVAR models can identify credit supply shocks and quantify their contribution to the various recessionary episodes over the last decade.Thereafter, Chapter 2 explores more structurally the transmission mechanism of financial shocks together with their heterogeneity across the euro area through the lens of DSGE models featuring a relevant set of demand-side as well as supply-side credit frictions.Against this background, the Thesis examine more normative aspects of monetary policy conduct starting with derivation of optimal monetary policy in selected DSGE models, which is the focus of Chapter 3. The Ramsey approach to optimal monetary provides a clear benchmark for formulating normative prescriptions. We analyse the main properties of the Ramsey allocation within a set of quantitative DSGE models, thereby bring new insight on various closed economy and open economy policy challenges.At times of crisis, as financial-driven recessions bring the monetary policy interest rates to their effective lower bound, central bank deployed a set of non-standard measures in order to engineer the intended policy accommodation. Chapter 4 presents several studies which extend DSGE models to analyse the role of non-standard monetary policy measures like asset purchase programmes or long-term liquidity operations. The credit channel of those measures will be the focus of the analysis. From a more normative standpoint, the optimal central bank asset purchase strategy will be derived.Finally, in Chapter 5, the normative assessment of monetary policy conduct in presence of financial frictions calls for considering strategic interactions with other policies, and notably macroprudential policy. Such interactions are all the more relevant when analysed in a monetary union context through multi-country DSGE models
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Mahlase, Katlego Monnadikotsi. "Compensation for victims of cartel conduct." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41249.
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Moret, Thomas J. "Paper folio one, Defining conduct disorder and its contributing variables, Paper folio two. Intervention strategies to treat conduct disorder, Paper folio three. Conduct disorder : an individual case." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0018/MQ54940.pdf.
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Saneda, Richard Mark. "Cognitive processing abilities and knowledge of planning in boys with and without conduct or hyperactive and conduct problems /." The Ohio State University, 1993. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487842372894163.
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Lankhorst, Debra A. "Using expert systems to conduct vulnerability assessments." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1996. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA319367.
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Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1996.Thesis advisor(s): Carl R. Jones,Vicente C. Garcia. "September 1996." Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-100). Also Available online.
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Sawler, James H. "Strategic alliances, market structure, conduct and antitrust." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/NQ66675.pdf.
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Green, Tara. "Risks associated with conduct disorder in girls." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=81251.
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Conduct disorder is the second most common psychiatric disorder in adolescent girls. In a secondary analysis of an existing data set from a study of pregnant adolescent girls, recruited from three different sites in a Canadian city (N = 252), possible predictors of conduct disorder were examined. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) was used to measure conduct disorder. To investigate possible risk factors, three instruments were used: (1) Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), (2) Parental Bonding Instrument, and (3) Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory (KIDI). In a stepwise regression analysis, conduct disorder was found to be significantly associated with four risk factors: high levels of overall abuse as children, placement in foster care, few years of schooling and lack of paternal care. A possible preventive program, to encourage girls with conduct disorder to stay in school and cope with past histories of abuse, is discussed.
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Martin, Janice Earlene. "A Content Analysis of Student Conduct Codes." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9879.
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Scholars in the field of student judicial affairs have recommended that institutions remove all legal terminology and references in student conduct codes and create codes based on student development theory and practice (Dannells, 1997; Gehring, 2001; Stoner & Cerminara 1990; Stoner, 2000). The purpose of this study was to analyze student conduct codes to determine the extent to which college and university administrators have adopted Stoner and Cerminara, Gehring, and Pavela's suggestions.
This study is a content analysis of student conduct codes. The data were collected by using a stratified randomly selected group of Carnegie classified institutions and examining the student conduct code for each institution from the respective institution's website. Descriptive statements were used to code and analyze the data. The study results show that only 20% of the institutions in the study had taken the advice of the judicial scholars and removed all legalistic language. Therefore, the majority of the institutions in this study, regardless of institutional type or size, need to reexamine and modify their student conduct codes.Master of Arts
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Skogström, Daniela, Louise Thörn, and Emilia Grenstadius. "Code of Conduct- Ett kraftfullt eller handlöst verktyg? : En fallstudie om tre svenska apoteks arbete med Code of Conduct." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65193.
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Bakgrund och problemdiskussion: Att ta ett hållbarhetsansvar blir allt viktigare för företag. Dagens konsumenter blir allt mer medvetna om den negativa påverkan deras konsumtion ger upphov till. Därmed ställs högre krav på företagen att ta ansvar genom hela försörjningskedjan. Ett verktyg för detta är Code of Conduct. Apoteken verkar inom läkemedelsbranschen, en bransch som karaktäriseras av komplexa försörjningskedjor. Då antalet apoteksaktörer sedan omregleringen år 2009 har ökat, ställer vi oss därmed frågan hur svenska apoteks arbete med Code of Conduct riktat mot leverantörer skiljer sig åt. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att belysa Code of Conduct mot leverantören ur ett företagsperspektiv. Fokus kommer ligga på att analysera de tre utvalda apotekens arbete med Code of Conduct, gentemot den teoretiska referensramen samt apoteken sinsemellan. Innehållsmässiga skillnader i deras skriftliga Code of Conduct, drivkrafter och hur de arbetar med efterlevnad, är utvalda områden som kommer att studeras. Metod: Studien är en flerfallsstudie av kvalitativ art som antar ett positivistiskt synsätt. Forskningsansatsen är deduktiv med en teoretisk referensram som utgångspunkt till det empiriska materialet. Vidare har det empiriska materialet analyserat med hjälp av mönsterjämförelse. Slutsats: Studien har identifierat att det finns stora likheter i hur de tre utvalda apoteken arbetar med Code of Conduct. Innehållsmässigt är apotekens Code of Conduct i grunden relativt lika, men skiljer sig åt i detaljrikedom. Vad gäller drivkrafterna bakom varför apoteken arbetar med Code of Conduct, är det svårt att identifiera en gemensam anledning. Slutligen har identifierats att samtliga tre apotek arbetar snarlikt med efterlevnad, där de vanligaste tillvägagångssätten är audits och dokumentation.
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Rambalducci, Marcos Jerônimo Goroski. "A conduta psicossocial subjetiva dos empresários e a opção pela exportação: um estudo do setor moveleiro de Arapongas - PR." Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 2009. http://tede.mackenzie.br/jspui/handle/tede/859.
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All research up to now aimed at identifying the reasons for the low participation of Brazilian industry in international trade does not handle us the answer why some companies choose to export while others do not, even though geographically laid next to each other, manufacturing similar products, and subject to the same environmental conditions. This gap may result from an underestimation of the importance of human subjectivity in its social context in making decisions that affect the o organization. This research was conducted along the lines of symbolic interactionism and followed the methodological procedures of Grounded Theory. The data were collected through 18 interviews with 12 entrepreneurs in the industry, and were analyzed with the help of the software ATLAS/ti. Entrepreneurs who had export conduct were those who own the company as an instrument to achieve economic, social, and self rewards. The entrepreneurs who did not present export conduct were those who own the company only as a tool for economic reward. For these, the company is not the result of a vocational option, but rather a means by which one gets financial security for oneself and one s own, or even it serves as a substitute to the failure of one's financial or professional aspirations. Moreover, it was possible to identify differences in conduct among exporters which are associated with the different subjective psychosocial behavior of the entrepreneurs, and it was possible to group them into four profiles: grouped proactive, independent proactive, independent reactive, and grouped reactive.
Pesquisas voltadas a identificar as razões da baixa inserção da indústria brasileira no comércio internacional não têm dado conta de responder o porquê algumas empresas optam pela exportação e outras não, mesmo estando geograficamente estabelecidas uma ao lado da outra, manufaturando produtos semelhantes, sujeitas as mesmas condições ambientais. Tal hiato pode decorrer da subestimação da importância da subjetividade humana em seu contexto social na tomada de decisões que afetam a organização. Esta pesquisa foi conduzida inspirada na perspectiva do interacionismo simbólico e nos procedimentos metodológicos da Teoria Fundamentada nos Dados. Os dados foram coletados mediante 18 entrevistas com 12 empresários do setor e analisadas com o apoio do software ATLAS/ti. Os empresários que apresentaram conduta exportadora são aqueles que têm a empresa como instrumento para alcançar recompensas de ordem econômica, do SELF e sociais. Não apresentaram conduta exportadora os empresários que têm a empresa unicamente como instrumento de recompensa econômica. Para estes, a empresa não é fruto de uma opção vocacional, mas desempenha a função de garantia financeira sua e dos seus, ou ainda, serve de sucedâneo ao malogro de sua aspiração profissional ou financeira. Por outro lado, foi possível identificar diferentes condutas exportadoras, as quais estão associadas diferentes condutas psicossociais subjetivas dos empresários que permitiram agrupálos em quatro perfis: Proativo consorciado; Proativo independente; Reativo independente; Reativo consorciado
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Pasaraba, Wendell L. "The conduct and assessment of A2C2 Experiment 7." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2000. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA384826.
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Thesis (M.S. in Systems Technology (Command, Control, and Communications)) Naval Postgraduate School, Sept. 2000.Thesis advisor(s): Kemple, William G.; Hocevar, Susan P. "September 2000." Includes bibliographical references (p. 125). Also available in print.
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Karaman, Rowan. "Conduct disorder and decision-making in adolescent girls." Connect to resource, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/6561.
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Thesis (Honors)--Ohio State University, 2006.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages: contains 31 p.; also includes graphics. Includes bibliographical references (p. 21-24). Available online via Ohio State University's Knowledge Bank.
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Doolan, Moira. "Mothers' representations of their children with conduct problems." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.433645.
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KEHLER, BERIT, and KAJSA RYDEHED. "Sustainable development in codes of conduct for suppliers." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-18041.
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The concept sustainable development is defined as meeting the needs of the existing global population without compromising the opportunities for future generations to also meet their needs. Therefore, in order to work towards sustainable development, active sustainable choices need to be made in a company’s business activities. This thesis has a qualitative approach that aims to study five different Swedish textile companies and how they work towards sustainable development in their code of conduct for suppliers. Theories are collected from literature, articles and web sources, which include sustainable development, social, environmental and economic sustainability and codes of conduct. The main target is to identify different sustainable approaches towards sustainable development in the code of conduct for suppliers focusing on the social, environmental and economic sustainability. The empirical data is collected from five personal interviews with representatives in charge of sustainable activities from the selected companies. The result of the study confirms that all companies to different extents are working towards sustainable development in their code of conduct for suppliers. Sustainable approaches in these codes are agreements with suppliers including following the country’s laws and regulations of the suppliers. The companies also collaborate with third-party industrial research institutes to reduce water and chemical supply in the production. Moreover, the study shows that the concept sustainable development seems to be less embedded in the code of conduct for suppliers. Companies rather work with sustainable activities in forms of running projects and establishing agreements beyond having a code of conduct.Program: Master programme in Applied Textile Management
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Wybitul, Tim. "How to conduct e-mail reviews in Germany." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-199175.
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Information from business emails is often very important for investigating breaches of rules or for court proceedings. However, strict legal requirements apply to the analysis and inspection of emails. The following overview sets out these requirements and describes the risks resulting from failure to comply with them, while focusing primarily on more recent
court rulings. The article also shows how employers can effectively mitigate or avoid legal risks when monitoring emails. One of the main focuses of the overview is on recommended actions to take in practice and a checklist for preparing for and implementing access to business email accounts.
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Clark, Julia E. "Positive Parenting, Conduct Problems, and Callous-Unemotional Traits." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2015. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2063.
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The current study tested the association of both positive and negative aspects of parenting with callous-unemotional (CU) traits and conduct problems. Caregivers of 92 kindergarteners were recruited to complete a series of survey measures. Overall, parent-report of negative parenting practices was not associated with teacher report of conduct problems. However, parent report of positive parenting practices (i.e., warmth, positive reinforcement, positive communication and cooperation) was negatively associated with conduct problems and CU traits. Interactions between positive parenting variables and CU traits in their association with conduct problems indicated that positive reinforcement related more strongly to lower levels of conduct problem behavior for youth with high levels of CU traits. However, positive communication and cooperation related more strongly to conduct problems for youth with lower levels of CU traits. These associations suggest that parenting may play a role in the development of CU traits and conduct problems.
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Higgins, David Michael. "Structure, conduct, performance : Lancashire spinning firms, c1945-c1960." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1990. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272627.
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Keene, Frances B. "Fostering Self-Authorship in the Student Conduct Environment." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/72849.
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The Learning Partnerships Model (LPM) (Baxter Magolda and King, 2004) is a framework for promoting self-authorship. Self-authorship is a holistic development theory that employs three dimensions (epistemological, intrapersonal, interpersonal). The LPM can be tailored to a variety of academic tasks, including course design and curriculum development. The model has also been used in co-curricular settings to design community-standards programs, internship programs, and to improve academic advising.
An exhaustive review of the literature on one particular co-curricular setting, the student conduct office, revealed studies about the conduct process and student outcomes achieved through that process but no research on student conduct and self-authorship. I explored how the principles of the LPM are evident in student conduct environments where learning is occurring. The sample consisted of student conduct environments at three institutions where students involved in the conduct process achieve learning outcomes that exceed the learning outcomes achieved by like students at other institutions based on a national quantitative assessment (NASCAP). I spent three days on each campus, observing office operations that included 21 conduct hearings. I interviewed every hearing officer in the three student conduct offices (n=8).
I found that the principles of the LPM were evident in these environments. Hearing officers created conditions for learning and development to occur. Specifically hearing officers' engaged in four key behaviors that support the principles of the LPM. They created a connection with the student, sought to understand the conduct incident, provided encouragement, and promoted learning and autonomy. Hearing officers purposefully built a welcoming environment in order to solicit information that would enable them to understand students' lived experiences and developmental capacities. They partnered with students to create expectations for future behavior that encouraged student autonomy and accountability. These actions by hearing officers created conditions intentionally to promote learning and development.
The findings provide tangible strategies that can be used in the student conduct process to promote self-authorship.Ph. D.
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Bacha, Gabrielle Marie Bacha. "Individual and Community Rights Within University Conduct Systems." Ohio University Art and Sciences Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors1461675735.
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Pentz, Janos. "Relating school codes of conduct to learner behaviour." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24527.
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Schools and other educational institutions mirror the violence and moral decay in South African society. Maintaining discipline therefore in schools these days is a difficult task. There are many factors influencing learner behavior and in this study we investigate to see what impact a code of conduct has on learner behavior in selected schools. I adopted a qualitative approach to answer the research questions that sought to explore whether or not intent of the codes of conduct in sampled schools is primarily moral or administrative, whether the learners in the public secondary schools selected are generally well-behaved, whether or not there is a relationship between learner behaviour and the codes of conduct at the selected schools and whether or not the infusion of values into codes of conduct in general might affect learner behaviour. A case study involving three high schools was conducted. Data was collected through document analysis, interviews and questionnaires. It has emerged in the findings that, with regard to learner behavior, there is a clear link between learner behaviour and the culture of the school concerned as well as between the culture of the school and the culture of the community that is served by the schools. Regarding the impact that existing codes of conduct have on learner behavior, it seems that the impact that a code can have is related to its development and implementation process. Due to these findings, it seems clear that values need to be considered in the development of a code of conduct. This may lead to a positive relationship between learner behavior and codes of conducts for learners. The study hopes to contribute to the existing body of knowledge and will be useful to school governing bodies, principals and educators by enabling them to see the benefits that a code of conduct could have on learner behaviour when values are included in the developmental and implementation process.Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Zutautaite, Irma, and Sara Granlund. "Greenwashing and Codes of Conduct: Actions vs. Claims." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-23512.
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Background: Greenwashing is a constantly growing phenomenon which is known to be an issue created by deceiving marketing strategies. The field of CSR is constantly ex- panding and greenwashing is one of the relatively new and very current issue in today’s society. Therefore the awareness of the issue need to be there for the public to be able to make more informed active decisions. Purpose: This thesis aim to shed light on the current day issue that is greenwashing and its connection to some of the most successful and fastest growing multinational compa- nies within the clothing and retail industry. Method: The thesis is based on a qualitative research approach with consist multiple case study of six multinational clothing and retail companies. The data has been collect- ed through website observations, news articles, media and through a questionnaire based on greenwashing awareness, which was analysed through a interlaced case com- parison. Conclusion: The observation made of six well known clothing brands showed the ex- istence of common trend of companies using a long and complicated way to implement their codes of conduct and therefore making the issue of greenwashing existent. Obvi- ously, this problem has a huge impact on any company’s stakeholders and the actual problem and controversy of this topic is how one could make rational and aware deci- sions if the essential information is difficult to access. Until this issue is highlighted in a public matter, people will stay unaware and inactive to find the information needed to make informed decisions.
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Curnutt, Jordan. "Borderlands: Human conduct at the limits of ethics." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185395.
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This dissertation examines two main problems: (1) the identity of beings with moral standing and (2) the adjudication of conflicts arising between beings with moral standing. Solving (1) provides a vehicle for treating (2). Various features of beings identify them as having different kinds of moral standing. These varieties of standing correspond to varying degrees of moral value, establishing a hierarchy of moral priority. Conflicts between beings with moral standing are then adjudicated in favor of the party to the conflict who has the most or weightiest moral value. Moral agents have the weightiest moral value in virtue of their cognitive and affective capacities. Nonhuman mammalian species have a lesser degree of moral value since they lack the cognitive capacities of agents but share their affective capacities. Birds, reptiles, and fish have even less moral value because they have only sentience. Finally, the weakest degree of moral value is had by nonconscious beings, notably plants, which have only a good-of-their-own. Natural objects and artifacts have no moral value at all since they have no cognitive or affective capacities, and no good-of-their-own. Even though moral agents are more valuable from the moral point of view than any other being with moral standing, this does not mean that the interests or good of agents always take precedence over the interests or good of other, nonhuman beings. It is only on those occasions where the basic welfare interests of agents are at stake that a conflict between human and nonhuman beings is resolved in favor of moral agents. In situations where the welfare interests of agents are not at stake--though other non-basic interests may be--while the welfare interests or basic good of nonhumans are at stake, the conflict is adjudicated in favor of the nonhumans.
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Gay, James Ronald. "A code of conduct for computer forensic investigators." Thesis, University of East London, 2012. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/1787/.
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The amount of electronic data that is held about individuals and their activities is staggering. Tools enabling data recovery, believed deleted, vary in consistency and reliability of result. Data under review can be fed into investigative tools which also vary immensely in reliability, consistency, quality and indeed price. Conclusions and inferences drawn from the use of these tools can be morally, socially and commercially damaging for the individuals or entities being investigated. Often not purely because of the lack of experience of the investigator, but also because of the simplistic operation of the toolsets. Whilst prescriptive guidelines exist in the public sector for the proper handling, analysis and reporting of computer evidence, little commercially independent professional guidance exists in the private sector. This lack of guidance has led to a position whereby actors in the field of data forensics have few challenges as to their expertise or experience. Recent cases of incompetence and crossing ethical and professional boundaries provide strong support for a National, preferably International certification and training scheme for data forensic analysts, supported by clear ethical codes. This research in light of the above challenges, provides examples of failures in extrapolation, operator understanding and tool use; argues a proposal for a code of conduct to ensure correct and repeatable process is followed; along with a suggested outline for the creation of the supervision of conformity to that code in the private sector. The current forensics community and academic research body of knowledge, supported by the extensive experience of the researcher have been the major inputs to the work. The outputs of this work are intended to form a solid base for the furtherance of the Computer Forensics profession, and as such will represent a significant contribution to the advancement and knowledge base of that profession.
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Rhody, Kathryn Haynes. "Behavioral differences in depressed and conduct-disordered youth." W&M ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618483.
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This study investigated the behavioral parameters of depression in children and adolescents. Demographic information, DSM-III psychiatric diagnosis, scores on the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), and admitting problem (POR) behaviors were obtained from an archival data pool collected at four different child psychiatric hospitals on 630 inpatient subjects 5 to 20 years of age.;Subjects were assigned to one of four research groups defined by psychiatric diagnosis (DSM-III) and/or by scores on the CDI, i.e., CDI only groups (high vs. low scorers), DSM-III only groups (depressed vs. conduct-disordered), DSM-III + CDI groups (depressed high scorers vs. conduct-disordered low scorers), and DSM-III only (depressed children vs. depressed adolescents). Forty POR behaviors previously identified as being symptoms or associated features of childhood depression were used in a discriminant function analysis for each research question.;There was no difference between groups on POR behaviors when separated only by CDI scores. Results supported some behavioral difference between psychiatrically diagnosed depressed and conduct-disordered youth. Sadness appeared to be the most powerful discriminating variable for predicting depression as separate from conduct disorder when depression was defined by DSM-III criteria alone and in conjunction with CDI cutoff scores of 11 or higher. Aggression was significant in predicting conduct disorder for the DSM-III only groups. Poor self-concept and school underachievement were also indicated as behavior variables having discriminating power when depression was defined by DSM-III only. Age differences in POR behaviors for DSM-III depressed children and adolescents were not significant.;Results were discussed in terms of trends in the data that may be useful for further investigative efforts. The presence of a number of behaviors in DSM-III and DSM-III plus CDI depressed groups supported findings of previous psychometric studies; support was also found for several overlapping behaviors between depressed and conduct-disordered groups as reported in the literature. It was concluded that further behavioral study is needed with depressed children and adolescents to confirm findings from previous psychiatrically and psychometrically based studies. Findings would ultimately be useful in formulating developmental refinements in the assessment criteria for childhood depression and aiding in the differential diagnosis of depression and conduct disorder.
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Jian, Xueqiu. "A Family-Based Association Study of Conduct Disorder." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1697.
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Conduct disorder (CD) is a psychiatric syndrome in childhood and adolescence that is one of the most common childhood disorders with continuously increasing prevalence but uncertain pathogenesis. We performed a genome-wide, family-based association study of CD using P2BAT/FBAT software. The data is gathered from Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) and International Multi-Center ADHD Genetics Project (IMAGE).
Using COGA data, we identified 20 markers which showed suggestive associations (p<10-3) with CD. Nine of them are located in known genes. Two genes, ADAM10 and CAMK2A, which had been reported associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), bipolar disorder, and depression, were of more concern. Using IMAGE sample, our results were well replicated.
This study identified several CD associated genetic variants, especially two novel candidate genes. These findings may serve as a resource for replication in other populations to elucidate the potential role of these genetic variants in CD.
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Harris, Gene A. "Ecological risk factors and severity of child conduct problems /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8987.
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Teixeira, Tatiana Gloor. "CONDUTAS CONECTADA E SEPARADA DOS TUTORES DA UAB/UFSM NAS ATIVIDADES DE ESTUDO FÓRUM NO MOODLE." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2013. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/7054.
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The aim is to comprehend how the tutors separate and connected conducts on the forum study activities at the Moodle enhance problem-posing dialogue and collaborative production regarding the curricular contents. The strategies implemented by the tutors on the forum study activities of the Distance Undergraduate Course in Letters Portuguese and Literatures of UAB/UFSM are problematized. The analysis of the tutors conducts on the forum study activities at the Moodle was conducted based on data obtained from survey type questionnaires, participant observation and course documents, according to the action research theoretical-methodological presuppositions. The research results indicate that the tutors separate and connected conducts, on the forum study activities at the Moodle, promote problem-posing dialogue and collaborative production as long as they develop fluency in the contents and in the technologies. In conclusion, it s pointed out that tutors separate and connected conducts, on the forum study activities at the Moodle, are elementary to enhance the problematization and the collaborative production of the UAB/UFSM courses curricular contents.O objetivo é compreender como as condutas conectada e separada dos tutores nas atividades de estudo fórum no Moodle potencializam diálogo-problematizador e produção colaborativa em torno dos conteúdos curriculares. Problematizamos as estratégias implementadas pelos tutores nas atividades de estudo fórum do curso de Graduação em Letras Português e Literaturas a Distância da UAB/UFSM. A análise da conduta dos tutores nas atividades de estudo fórum no Moodle foi realizada com base nos dados oriundos de questionários tipo survey, observação participante e documentos do curso segundo os pressupostos teórico-metodológicos da pesquisa-ação. Os resultados da pesquisa indicam que condutas conectada e separada dos tutores, nas atividades de estudo fórum no Moodle, promovem diálogo-problematizador e produção colaborativa desde que eles desenvolvam fluência nos conteúdos e nas tecnologias. Como conclusão de pesquisa, apontamos que condutas conectada e separada dos tutores nas atividades de estudo fórum no Moodle são basilares para potencializar a problematização e a produção colaborativa em torno dos conteúdos curriculares nos cursos da UAB/UFSM.
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Dunn, Joseph F. "A proposal to conduct Government contracting on the Internet." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA350612.
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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1998."June 1998." Thesis advisor(s): Mark W. Stone, William J. Haga. Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170). Also available online.
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Van, Schalkwyk Tanya Leonie. "The ethical conduct of new entry level emerging contractors." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/4932.
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Ethics is not a new or modern discipline. It was developed thousands of years ago and still remains relevant today. Ethics is applied in all spheres of modern life from philosophy to business and religious environments and even around dinner table conversations. It is applicable to all areas of life. This research is aimed at investigating whether ethical conduct among new entry level emerging contractors can contribute to and ensure their sustainable competitiveness within the South African construction industry. This research is also aimed at determining whether education and knowledge of entrepreneurship, business, project and construction management and building contracts can contribute to new entry level emerging contractors’ ethical conduct and sustainable competitiveness. The literature reviewed and results of quantitative and qualitative research amongst professional consultants in South Africa formed the basis of the study. Ethics is a sensitive topic within the industry and therefor it is difficult to gather data directly from contractors, as they are reluctant to participate in fear of revealing their identities and having it negatively influencing their personal and business credentials. Therefor unbiased respondents who were not directly linked to emerging contractors and who were unafraid to give objective opinions were questioned. These unbiased respondents included consultants within the industry. The study revealed that ethics is an important factor in any business environment and that the correct application thereof can partially contribute to the sustainable competitiveness of new entry level emerging contractors and this in turn can promote the long term survival of a business. Furthermore, knowledge of good management practices and building contracts can contribute to a successfully run business. However, the average new entry level emerging contractor has insufficient experience and knowledge of the management of construction projects, as well as building contracts.
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Flessati, Eugene William. "Attribution of maternal social cues in conduct disordered boys." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26466.
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The purpose of this investigation was to determine the extent to which conduct disordered boys attribute hostile intent to their mothers' behavior following maternal behavior that results in negative, ambiguous, or positive outcomes for the child. Twenty-four conduct disordered and 24 normal boys between the ages of 6 and 11 years were individually presented with a series of hypothetical scenarios that depicted interactions between the boy and his mother. Following each scenario, the children were assessed with respect to the attributions of intent they made regarding their mothers' behavior, as well as their verbal report of behavioral response toward her. Results indicated that conduct disordered and normal boys did not differ with respect to either the attributions they made regarding their mothers' behavior or their verbal report of behavioral response. Results also indicated that attribution of intent was directly related to verbal report of behavioral response. The results were discussed in terms of issues related to mother-child interaction and the specific methodology employed in this study.Arts, Faculty of
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Bennett, K. J. "Early onset of conduct problems, predictors, pathways and prevention." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0027/NQ32812.pdf.
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Kovacs, Zoltan Balazs. "International labour standards, codes of conduct and multinational enterprises." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=32809.
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Multinational enterprises shape global and national politics by their enormous economic power. In the introduction, I briefly discuss the definition of a multinational, as well as the role of labour standards relating to child labour.In Part I, I will focus upon the political and economic relationship between States and MNEs. I will also discuss the tensions this relationship creates. In the second part, I focus on the issue of child labour and different kinds of approaches countries take.
Before dealing with international efforts to create a universal code, I examine two internal codes.
Part III addresses two main issues. First, the question how human rights and MNEs relate to each other is dealt with. Then the issue of international legal responsibility will be elaborated.
Finally, the thesis concludes that public opinion and shame may be the key to successfully address the issue of child labour.
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Lucas, Edward A. "Policing disorderly conduct : a study in an English town." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.315891.
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Barnett, R. J. "The structure and conduct of British diplomacy, 1640-1658." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.406926.
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Vom, Lehn Dirk. "Exhibiting interaction : conduct and participation in museums and galleries." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.399987.
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Horrigan, Sean Robert. "Meaning-making in student conduct administration| A developmental perspective." Thesis, University of San Diego, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10128123.
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The field of student conduct administration (SCA) in higher education has grown more complex. Researchers and practitioners have noted the tension for conduct officers between managing legal and policy compliance focused on the adjudication of cases and serving as restorative justice minded educators oriented towards student growth and learning. As a result, the knowledge required and the skills practiced by conduct officers are broad and varied. An overlooked dimension of SCA is how conduct officer development, especially as it relates to meaning-making, influences their experiences, knowledge, and skills. This study, utilizing a developmental theory known as “action logics,” explores how conduct officer meaning-making informs their thoughts, actions, and ultimately, how they take on their responsibilities for their institutions and for their students.
A three-stage analysis of data from two qualitative interviews and a photography exercise was designed to explore the relationship between meaning-making and action logic expression for nine SCAs. In stage one, an analysis of narrative was constructed, coded for meaning-making characteristics, and an action logic hypothesis was formed. In stage two, three methods of triangulation generated additional insights. These included member checking, participant results from the Global Leadership Profile instrument, and an external audit. Finally, a cross-case analysis explored how the action logic expressed was related to meaning-making and specific themes identified from the interviews and literature.
The findings from these participants suggest the presence of a developmental range rather than a fixed action logic expression influencing the exercise of their responsibilities. Additionally, data analysis suggests that the developmental range is partly a function of organizational role. This first finding is inconsistent with previous research, providing a direction for future research. The study proposes a developmental leadership taxonomy that may be present and accounts for the range of actions logics available that could potentially be integrated into their conduct officer roles. This study has implications for training and practice of conduct officers and other student affairs professionals. The study also offers methodological considerations for research at the intersection of leadership, action logics, meaning-making, and human development.
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Parker, Kenneth. "A group experience in counseling Black conduct disordered adolescents." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1990. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/3066.
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The purpose of this study is to confirm whether or not group counseling improves the self-concept and associated behaviors in Black American adolescents who are assessed to be conduct disordered. The instruments utilized in the study are the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale and the Devereux Adolescent Behavior Rating Scale. Twenty (20) subjects were randomly selected from a population of behavior disordered adolescents. Ten (10) subjects were randomly placed in control and ten (10) experimental groups. The study was implemented by two counselors employed by the community agency conducting the study. Two (2) hypotheses were examined in this study. Analysis of Covariance was used to analyze the data. The variables selected for the study included the following: Positive Score-Identity, Moral-Ethical Self, Personal Self, Total Positive Score, Unethical Behavior, Defiant-Resistive, Poor Emotional Control and Inability Defiant-Resistive, Poor Emotional Control and Inability to Delay. The two null hypotheses were rejected and were significant at the p<.05 level indicating a significant difference between the control and experimental groups. The results of this study supported the hypotheses that Black American conduct disordered adolescents who received group counseling will have significantly higher self-concept and behavioral profiles than adolescents who do not receive such counseling. The utilization of this counseling modality can improve the behaviors of Black American adolescents who have conduct disorders.
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Beardon, Luke. "Asperger Syndrome and perceived offending conduct : a qualitative study." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2008. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/7155/.
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As a qualitative study using participant narrative as data this work includes both naturalist and constructivist traditions in analysis. The study examines interviews of fourteen individuals with a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome (AS) all of whom had been arrested. Interviews were conducted attempting to elicit the perception of the participants regarding the influencing factors around their behaviour that led to arrest. Each narrative was then assessed and data reconfigured using a thematic conceptual matrix; these were then analysed further for patterns and themes. The study aimed to investigate whether the nature of each individual’s AS had an influencing factor on the behaviour leading to arrest and, if so, how. Once data had been analysed the study examined the legal issues involved, in particular the actus reus, mens rea, liability, recklessness and risk. The notions of automatism and insanity are examined in light of the data. The possibility of post traumatic stress disorder as a contributory factor to unlawful conduct is presented. The study examines the possible AS specific and AS inferred elements that appear to have influenced behaviour in the case studies; recommendations for the Criminal Justice System (CJS) are expounded and the framework for a database presented. The evidence from the study suggests that the legal framework may be discriminatory against people with AS in certain circumstances. Additionally, a lack of educational support in traditionally non curriculum subjects may increase the likelihood of individuals with AS behaving unlawfully. The study calls for increased support for individuals with AS and suggests that the provision of appropriate services will decrease both unlawful acts in the first instance, and recidivism in the second.
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Groom, Richard. "The conduct of parliamentary elections in Kidderminster 1832-1880." Thesis, Coventry University, 2010. http://eprints.worc.ac.uk/1032/.
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Local studies are a crucial means to understanding the actual working of the political process in the post-Reform Act period. This applies particularly to Kidderminster which was enfranchised in 1832 and where the town and parliamentary constituency covered broadly the same area throughout the period. This correlation enables valid judgements to be made about the key drivers in the twelve general elections held in Kidderminster from 1832 to 1880 and to analyse the elements of continuity and change in both the process and the issues. This thesis is based on evidence from contemporary local and national newspapers, election petition reports, local archive collections, poll books, directories and official reports. It reviews the relevant historiography and identifies and weighs what actually happened during parliamentary elections, how the parties organised themselves and their supporters, and the impact of industrial relations, the publican lobby and differences in religion. It also compares voting patterns in municipal as well as parliamentary elections. The thesis concludes that corruption and violence were embedded in the electoral process in Kidderminster. Corruption, whether in the form of outright bribery, treating or the provision of sinecures, began with the first general election in 1832 and reached its height with the campaigns of Albert Grant in 1865 and 1874. Election petitions alleging corruption were prepared after six elections, and prosecutions took place after two. The evidence from these petitions indicates that corruption was Richard Groom 4 widespread and indiscriminate. In terms of violence, including intimidation by blocking and boycotting, there were riots in 1832 and 1835, with the threat of disturbance present at virtually every election. It was the norm for the army to be stationed in or around the town in the elections of the 1830s and 1840s. This violence reached its peak in 1857 with the attempt to murder the MP Robert Lowe. The propensity for violence and corruption was fuelled both by generally hostile industrial relations where riots and destruction of property in trade disputes spilled over naturally into political divisions and by the existence of 150 public houses. The thesis also argues that no tenable conclusions can be drawn from a comparison of municipal and parliamentary elections in Kidderminster, because they were for and about entirely different things. Local elections were primarily concerned with keeping council expenditure to a minimum in order to keep rates low. Parliamentary elections, on the other hand, were far more about national issues and the opportunity to be paid for good sport.
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Sarkar, Sagari. "White matter correlates of conduct disorder and developmental psychopathy." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2013. http://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/white-matter-correlates-of-conduct-disorder-and-developmental-psychopathy(9b472b3d-3557-41f1-9515-e690f6b53654).html.
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Conduct disorder (CD) is a serious disruptive behaviour disorder that is diagnosed in children who display repetitive and persistent antisocial behaviour, such as violence, robbery and vandalism. Children with CD present substantial costs to society, and are the group of children most commonly referred to mental health services. Further, CD is a strong predictor of adult Antisocial Personality Disorder and psychopathy. Research to date on the biological associates of CD has mostly compared the anatomy and function of specific brain regions in people with CD to controls. However, there is increasing recognition that brain regions do not act in isolation. Rather, they form part of integrated neural systems. Nevertheless, to date, there have been no studies on anatomical ‘connectivity’ in CD. Also there are few studies of how prenatal environment modulates the development of human limbic ‘social brain’ regions that are implicated in CD, and other abnormalities in social development. For example, prior studies reported behaviour problems in babies and children of mothers with elevated levels of stress or anxiety during pregnancy. Preliminary evidence suggests that these maternal emotional factors modulate intrauterine environment (e.g. through the stress hormone cortisol); and so may alter the development of limbic brain structures (such as the amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex) that are crucial to emotion processing and social cognition. However, to date, only one human study has examined the association between prenatal maternal mood and altered development of neural systems in children.
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Sundin, Scott C. "First Timothy proper church conduct a shield against heresy /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Jones, Karen. "Early parent-based intervention for conduct problems and ADHD." Thesis, Bangor University, 2008. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/early-parentbased-intervention-for-conduct-problems-and-adhd(2ca1d62a-f878-4598-b059-70f3010dc00d).html.
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Growing numbers of preschool children are being referred to mental health services with symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADIID), and medication is increasingly being used to treat them (Zito, Safer, dosReis et al., 2000). However, there is limited evidence for the short- and long- term efficacy of medication (Greenhill, Kollins. Abikoff et al., 2006), concerns over adverse effects (Wigal, Greenhill, Chuang, et al., 2006) as well as ethical objections to medical intervention at such an early stage in development (Perring, 1997). Consequently, there is a need to provide effective psychosocial interventions for this population (Conners, March, Frances, Wells, & Ross, 2001). A literature review of preschool ADHD (Chapter 2) identified three parent-training (PT) programmes that have demonstrated effectiveness in reducing ADHD symptoms, and concluded that PT may provide an effective first-line intervention for preschoolers with ADHD symptoms. The three empirical studies (Chapters 3,4, and 5) evaluated the efficacy of one of these programmes - the Incredible Years (I Y) BASIC PT programme - within a community sample of preschool children with signs of early emerging conduct problems and ADHD. Study one (Chapter 3) examined the short-term efficacy of the lY intervention, using a randomised controlled group design. Following the delivery of the programme, the intervention group was associated with significantly lower levels of parent-reported ADHD symptoms, compared to a wait-list control group. The second empirical study (Chapter 4) examined the longitudinal stability of intervention-Mated gains. Results demonstrated that improvements were maintained at 12- and 18- month follow-ups. Early Intervention for Preschool ADI ID and Conduct Problems xv The third study (Chapter 5) explored potential predictors, moderators, and mediators of outcome within this sample. Moderator analyses failed to uncover significant associations between risk factors and outcome, suggesting that the intervention was effective even for the most disadvantaged families. Predictor analysis suggested that those with the most severe levels of ADHD at baseline were most likely to benefit from intervention. Maternal depression was associated with poorer long-term outcome at 18-month follow-up, although it was not associated with initial treatment response. Mediator analyses indicated that enhanced positive parenting skill was a significant partial mediator of outcome, suggesting that positive parenting is one of the key mechanisms contributing to intervention success. The short-term efficacy, longitudinal stability, and lack of outcome moderators suggest that the lY is a valuable and stable intervention when delivered as a preventive intervention for preschool children presenting with ADHD symptoms, even for families traditionally considered to be 'hard to treat'.