Dissertations / Theses: 'Maternal responsibility'

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Badham, Rachel. "The impact of inflated responsibility and maternal reassurance on child behaviour." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2012. https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/47882/.

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Background: Cognitive models of OCD propose that cognitions such as ‘inflated responsibility’ have a causal role in the persistence of OCD symptoms. Research is mounting to support the applicability of these models to children, although the models do not take into account family context. Parents are often involved in accommodating their child’s OCD through the provision of reassurance. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between maternal inflated responsibility and maternal reassurance and secondly, the relationship between maternal reassurance and child OCD-behaviours. Method: Sixty children and their mothers were recruited from schools and the children completed a sweet sorting task in which their responsibility was inflated. Maternal responsibility was manipulated across three conditions; ‘high inflation’, ‘low inflation’ and ‘control’ (where mothers were not present during the sorting task). Child and maternal behaviours were examined from video-recordings of the task. It was hypothesised that mothers whose responsibility was inflated would offer more reassurance to their children and furthermore, their children would seek more reassurance and engage in more OCD-type behaviours. Results: The findings did not support the hypotheses as the manipulation did not have a significant effect on maternal reassurance giving. Contrary to the hypothesis, there was a trend for mothers in the ‘low’ group to offer more reassurance to their child than mothers in the ‘high’ group. No differences were found between groups for child behaviours. Children in the control group took significantly longer to complete the task than the others. Conclusions: The study was not able to provide support for a causal role of maternal reassurance in relation to their child’s behaviour. Limitations of the manipulation that may account for these findings are identified and suggestions are made for methodological improvements. Successfully demonstrating causal mechanisms between parental behaviours and child OCD-behaviours would have significant implications for the prevention and treatment of childhood OCD.

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Wator, Jagoda. "Inflated responsibility and maternal reassurance : impact on child and mother behaviour." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2010. https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/24515/.

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Wicksteed, Amy. "A comparative study of maternal eating behaviour, perfectionism, and inflated responsibility in paediatric feeding problems." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.399847.

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Voorheis, Grace. "Dialogue education is effective as a method to teach maternal toddler feeding practices." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2015. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1431.

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Title: Dialogue education is effective as a method to teach maternal toddler feeding practices Objectives: 1) Measure the effectiveness of one or two workshops using dialogue education to teach healthy toddler feeding practices, specifically a) to allow child self-regulation of satiety, b) to maintain a schedule for meals and snacks and c) to role-model healthy eating when compared to a control group. 2) Measure the effectiveness of dialogue education to teach appropriate stages of growth in order to increase mothers’ ability to know when their children are at a healthy weight compared to a control group 3)Compare baseline maternal toddler feeding practices between low-income Latina mothers participating in Early Head Start (EHS) and Early Migrant/Seasonal Head Start (EMSHS). Methods: Sixty six mothers participating in EHS (n=25 and EMSHS (n=41) completed a 24 item Likert scale (1 to 5 with 1=Never/Not confident/Extremely unlikely, 5=Always/Very confident/Extremely likely) to assess behavior, self-efficacy and intent regarding 3 domains of toddler feeding practice: self-regulation of hunger and satiety, scheduling meals and snacks, and parental role modeling. Mean Likert scores for each question were analyzed by subgroup. A two-part educational intervention was developed to improve these three domains of healthy toddler feeding practices and knowledge of stages of growth. Participants were recruited primarily from EMSHS and were grouped based on level of participation (1 workshop, 2 workshops or control). Results: Objective one:One-way ANOVA analysis showed improvement from baseline to post-intervention for self-regulation (baseline x=3.130 0.499; post-intervention x=3.496 0.603; p=0.030) and role-modeling behavior (baseline x=3.757 ; post-intervention x=4.096 0.581, n=23, p=0.035) for those who participated in one or two workshops. Two-sample t-tests of post-intervention scores between control and a combined intervention group (Group 1 and Group 2) showed that the combined group scored significantly higher in allowing self-regulation behavior (control x=3.036 , n=11; combined intervention group x=3.496 0.603, n=23, p=0.016). Regression showed that intent (p=0.03) and self-efficacy (p Objective two: No significant changes in self-efficacy or knowledge of stages of growth were observed among the three treatment groups. Perceptions of healthy weight did not change significantly from baseline to post-intervention. Objective three: Mothers in EHS and EMSHS groups were similar for the most part in their parental feeding practices. The EMSHS mothers maintained a schedule for meals and snacks more than EHS mothers (EMSHS x=3.323 , n=41, EHS x=2.850 , n=25; p=0.004). The EHS mothers, however, limited sweets more frequently than EMSHS mothers (EMSHS x=3.28 , n=41, EHS x=2.66 , n=25; p=0.024). Levels of self-efficacy and intent were similar for both groups, with EHS mothers scoring higher for confidence in staying calm during stressful meal times (EHS x=3.24 , n=25; EMSHS x=2.56 , n=41; p-value=0.004) and intent to allow self-regulation (EHS x=4.125 , n=8; EMSHS x=3.532 , n=25; p-value=0.068). Early Head Start mothers also identified the importance of exercise in maintaining a healthy weight significantly more than EMSHS mothers (p=0.031). Conclusion: Dialogue education is effective as a method to improve some aspects of authoritative feeding behavior. One workshop was sufficient to observe improvements in self-regulation and role-modeling behavior. No improvements were observed in self-efficacy or knowledge of healthy weights. While similar for the most part, EHS mothers are more authoritative in their feeding practices compared to EMSHS. Keywords: Toddlers, Head Start, Division of Responsibility, Dialogue Education

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Nyawuyanga, Tafadzwa Maggie. "Corporate social responsibility as a tool to accelerate the achievement of development goals in Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4771.

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Magister Legum - LLM
The aim of this study is to critically analyse corporate social responsibility as a tool to accelerate the achievement of development goals in Zimbabwe. The main question is how CSR can be used to speed up the achievement of development goals? The paper will focus on how CSR can be used to achieve national development goals and MDGs that will soon be integrated into SDGs. Attention will be paid to MDG1 which goal is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; and MDG 5 which aims to improve maternal health and national development goals in Zimbabwe. The research is guided by the following objectives: 1. To examine international, regional and national legal frameworks that seek to promote corporate social responsibility in Zimbabwe. 2. To establish the connection between CSR and development goals in Zimbabwe, and explore how CSR can be used as a tool to fast-track the achievement of national development goals and UN development goals. The paper will investigate the efforts made by the Zimbabwean government to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger and to improve maternal health. The two MDGs are proving to be difficult to be achieved by the end of 2015. 3. To recommend measures that would facilitate the promotion of CSR into Zimbabwean companies and assist the government in achieving the developmental goals within the specified time frame.

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Vitale, Grace R. "Maternal responsibility at 9- and 15-months and subsequent language outcomes in a sample of Italian-Canadian mother-child dyads." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0005/NQ39315.pdf.

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Pinero, Pablo, Martin Bruckner, Hanspeter Wieland, Eva Pongrácz, and Stefan Giljum. "The raw material basis of global value chains: allocating environmental responsibility based on value generation." Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09535314.2018.1536038.

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A new approach to allocate environmental responsibility, the "value added-based responsibility" allocation, is presented in this article. This metric allocates total environmental pressures occurring along an international supply chain to the participating sectors and countries according to the share of value added they generate within that specific supply chain. We show that - due to their position in global value chains - certain sectors (e.g. services) and countries (e.g. Germany) receive significantly greater responsibility compared to other allocation approaches. This adds a new perspective to the discussions concerning a fair distribution of mitigation costs among nations, companies and consumers.

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Grigaitytė, Sigita. "Materialinės atsakomybės pagal darbo teisę sąlygos ir subjektai." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2009. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20090908_193916-16880.

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Šiame darbe aptariamos materialinės atsakomybės pagal darbo teisę sąlygos ir subjektai. Darbe lyginamuoju teisės aiškinimo metodu nagrinėjami naujai priimto Darbo kodekso ir Darbo įstatymų kodekso materialinės atsakomybės nuostatų skirtumai. Analizuojant teisinį reguliavimą, taip pat paliečiami materialinės atsakomybės taikymo praktikoje ypatumai- pateikiamos konkrečios Lietuvos Aukščiausiojo Teismo Civilinių bylų skyriaus teisėjų kolegijos nutartys bei nutarimai, taikantys ir aiškinantys materialinę atsakomybę reguliuojančias normas. Išskiriami atskiri darbo teisinių santykių šalių materialinės atsakomybės dėl neturtinės žalos padarymo atvejai, nurodoma, kaip suprantama neturtinė žala, padaryta darbuotojui ir darbdaviui (juridiniam asmeniui). Lyginamuoju metodu nagrinėjami užsienio šalių įstatymai, įtvirtinantys šios atsakomybės sąlygas ir subjektus. Darbo pabaigoje pateiktose išvadose atskleidžiamos teorinės bei praktinės problemos, kylančios taikant darbo teisinių santykių šalims materialinę atsakomybę.
Material responsibility under labour law has occured in order to provide the consensus of employee‘s and employer‘s interests. Since the former is recognized as weaker party of labour relationship, provisions of material responsibility protect his financial interests. On the other side, it is also an effective mean of securing the property of employer. Having this social importance in mind, thesis investigates two majour clauses of material responsibility under labour law, the conditions and subjects. Accordingly, the difference of legal provisions of newly issued Labour Code and the Code of Labour Laws is discussed under a comparative method of study. Pursuant to these provisions, the rulings of Judicial Board of Civil Cases Department of Supreme Court of the Republic of Lithuania dealing with material responsibility are provided. Separate cases of material responsibility due to non-material damage caused to a party of legal labour relationship are observed, refering to the meaning of this kind of damage, specifically, done to the employee and employer (corporation). Laws of foreign countries, relating the conditions and subjects of material responsibility are considered as well. There are conclusions made at the end of the thesis, revealing both theoretical and practical problems, arising when applying material responsibility to a party of legal labour relationship.

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Hage, Olle. "Evaluating the Swedish producer responsibility for packaging materials : policy design and outcome." Licentiate thesis, Luleå, 2004. http://epubl.luth.se/1402-1757/2004/71/index.html.

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Bustamante, Bryan, and Sarah Mowdy. "A cost analysis of forward positioning material in the Fifth Fleet Area of Responsibility." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/44529.

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The Navy has forward staged mission-critical material in Bahrain, Yokosuka, and Sigonella to meet immediate customer demand and lower equipment downtime. The aim of this research project is to determine the cost effectiveness of forward-positioning material in the Fifth Fleet Area of Responsibility and the impact to lead time before and after the standup of the Defense Logistics Agency commercially owned commercially operated (COCO) warehouse in Bahrain. The results indicate that the current forward-staging efforts are saving the Navy money and lowering customer wait time. The Navy’s share of the holding cost at the COCO warehouse is relatively small when compared to how much money is saved by shipping material via surface transportation instead of by expedited air. This is partially due to the heavy weight of some of the items listed on the planned stocking list. The lead time analysis shows substantial savings in lead time days and even greater improvement in lead time categories. We conclude that the 29 percent reduction in overall lead time is a direct result of the forward staging efforts in the Fifth Fleet at the COCO warehouse. We anticipate additional cost savings and even lower lead times as the warehouse becomes fully stocked.

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Горева, Євгенія Юріївна, Евгения Юрьевна Горевая, and Yevheniia Yuriivna Horeva. "Окремі питання щодо матеріальної відповідальності працівників." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2009. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16321.

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Sánchez, Velázquez Katia Cristina. "Responsabilidad solidaria de los representantes legales en materia tributaria." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Ricardo Palma, 2016. http://cybertesis.urp.edu.pe/handle/urp/1369.

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Desde la llegada de los españoles, se instituyó la obligación de pagar tributos por parte de la población en favor de los conquistadores. Esta obligación, podía ser en dinero, especie o trabajo y fue instaurada con la finalidad de que el Estado realice obras o brinde servicios para el bien común. En la actualidad, el Derecho Tributario es la rama del derecho público que estudia las normas jurídicas que tienen como fin regular la relación del Estado con el individuo, por lo que la Administración Tributaria haciendo uso de su potestad, exige a los particulares cumplir con la prestación pecuniaria (tributo) con el propósito de sostener los gastos que demanden el cumplimiento de sus fines (brindar servicios públicos). En el ámbito tributario, los individuos son denominados contribuyentes, y están en la obligación de cumplir con las prestaciones de tipo tributario, dada la posición vertical y subordinada en la que se encuentran frente a la Administración Tributaria. En esta relación, el Estado puede exigir el pago de la obligación de forma coactiva, pudiendo ser el contribuyente una persona natural o jurídica. El Código Tributario como cuerpo normativo, regula la relación tributaria entre el Estado y el contribuyente, estableciendo en ese sentido normas para garantizar el pago de la deuda tributaria. Por lo tanto, dentro de su normativa, establece supuestos en los que la obligación de realizar la prestación pecuniaria puede trasladarse a un tercero denominado responsable, quien originalmente no forma parte de la denominada relación jurídico-tributaria.

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Staudinger-Morgan, Katrin Ilka [Verfasser]. "Material Weight: The Performativity of Designed Things in the Space of Corporate Responsibility / Katrin Ilka Staudinger-Morgan." Wuppertal : Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1192844610/34.

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NILSSON, LISA, LI LINDSJÖ, and Sara Saand. ": Framtidens alternativ till bomull." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-17444.

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SAMMANFATTNINGUppsatsens titel: Framtidens alternativ till bomullSeminariedatum: 30 maj 2011Kurs: Projektbaserat textilt utvecklingsarbeteFörfattare: Li Lindsjö, Lisa Nilsson, Sara SaandHandledare: Olle HolmuddSyfte: Syftet med arbetet är att upplysa och undersöka vilka textila material som kan vara ett komplement tillbomullsfibern där faktorer som miljö, egenskaperoch pris beaktas.Metod: I steg ett byggdes en teoretisk förståelse med hjälp av faktalitteratur, hemsidor och tidningsartiklar. I steg två kompletteras den teoretiska analysen medempirisk fakta. Empirin inhämtas genom intervjueroch kundundersökningar.Teoretiskt ramverk: Kartläggning och sammanställning av bomull och andra textila materials miljöpåverkan, funktionella egenskaper och pris. Med utgångspunkt i detta kan alternativa användningsområden och materialanalyseras. Analyserade material är ekologiskbomull, bambu, hampa, lyocell och modal. Resultatetsammanställs i en tabell där alternativa material tillbomull kan jämföras.Empiri: Empirin sammanfattar intervju med Gunilla Ander samt sammanställning av kundundersökningar som utformats för närmare förståelse av kundensönskemål inom mer hållbar textil.Slutsats: Lyocell har presenterats som ett alternativt material till bomull. Lyocell är i dagsläget för dyrt för attersätta bomullen till 100 %. En tänkbar lösning är ettplagg innehållande hälften bomull, hälften lyocell.Genom en halvering av bomullsåtgången minskarStadium miljöpåverkan väsentligt. För att ge enbättre förståelse kring plaggets bakgrund föreslår vien kommunikaitonsmetod vi valt att kallaStorytelling. I denna Storytelling kan Stadiumförklara bomullens negativa miljöapsekter men ocksåvisa på sitt miljöansvar vilket kan vara bra imarknadsföringssyfte.
Program: Textil produktutveckling och entreprenörskap

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Grabish, Calla. "The preservation crisis and beyond, a recommendation to microfilm the textual records of the Historical Archives Responsibility Centre at the Provincial Archives of Manitoba." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0014/MQ32921.pdf.

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Bomfim, Juliana Campos. "A atividade portuária de transporte e armazenagem de granel no Porto de Santos, a poluição atmosférica por material particularizado e a responsabilização pelo dano." Universidade Católica de Santos, 2014. http://biblioteca.unisantos.br:8181/handle/tede/2382.

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This study discusses the interference of the port activities, specifically the transportation and solid bulk cargo storage vegetable origin, which has caused serious threats to the environment and quality of life of the local population to Porto. The city of Santos, home to the largest national port, which is also considered the largest port in extension and ability to export and storage of cargo in Latin America, has been feeling the environmental impacts of the activities a few years ago; the movement of dry bulk made in terminals installed in Ponta da Praia _ neighborhood region is largely responsible for the emission and dispersion of particulate matter in the atmosphere, causing bad smell and cardiorespiratory problems in the population. The particles dispersed in the atmosphere eventually being deposited on the ground, destroying public property and private due to corrosive chemical composition. According to studies by Cetesb, the picture is worrying in view have already been found exceeded the maximum levels of air quality standards. Given this situation, action was filed by the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil in the face of the Mayor of the city of Santos, which enacted a law prohibiting the installation of bulk terminals in the Ponta da Praia region. In the present work, said the question of the triple responsibility of polluters and the importance of preserving the environment for present and future generations, highlighting the importance of the good inherent in human life, which can not be relegated to the background in face of economic interests.
O presente trabalho discorre sobre a interferência das atividades portuárias, especificamente as de transporte e armazenagem de carga a granel sólido de origem vegetal, que tem causado graves ameaças ao meio ambiente e à qualidade de vida da população lindeira ao Porto. A cidade de Santos, sede do maior porto nacional, o qual também é considerado o maior porto em extensão e capacidade de exportação e armazenagem de carga da América Latina, vem sentindo os impactos ambientais decorrentes das atividades há alguns anos; a movimentação dos granéis sólidos efetuada nos terminais instalados na região do bairro da Ponta da Praia é o grande responsável pela emissão e dispersão de material particulado na atmosfera, causando mau cheiro e problemas cardiorrespiratórios na população. As partículas dispersas na atmosfera acabam por se depositar no solo, destruindo o patrimônio público e particular devido à sua composição química corrosiva. Segundo estudos da Cetesb, o quadro é preocupante, tendo em vista já terem sido constatadas ultrapassagens dos índices máximos dos padrões de qualidade do ar. Diante desse quadro, foi ajuizada ação pela União contra o Município de Santos, o qual editou lei proibindo a instalação dos terminais graneleiros na região da Ponta da Praia. Assim, no presente trabalho, frisou-se a questão da tríplice responsabilidade dos poluidores e a relevância da preservação do meio ambiente para as presentes e futuras gerações, ressaltando a importância desse bem inerente à vida humana, que não pode ser relegado a segundo plano em face de interesses econômicos.

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Bagdžiūtė, Rasa. "Įmonės, įstaigos, organizacijos vadovo teisinis statusas." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2011~D_20140625_205055-27007.

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Šiame darbe analizuojamas įmonės, įstaigos, organizacijos vadovo teisinis statusas. Siekiant apibrėžti, apie kokio teisės subjekto vadovą bus kalbama, taip pat atsižvelgiant į tai, kad skirtingų juridinių asmenų vadovų teisinis statusas skiriasi, darbe pateikiama juridinio asmens samprata, kilmė bei klasifikacija. Nagrinėjama privačių ir viešųjų juridinių asmenų vadovų teisinio statuso raida, lyginant, kaip keitėsi ir koks šiuo metu yra įstatymų leidėjo bei teismų praktikos požiūris į juridinių asmenų vadovus. Detaliau analizuota dažniausiai Lietuvoje pasitaikančių privačių juridinių asmenų – akcinių bendrovių – bei viešųjų juridinių asmenų – viešųjų įstaigų vadovų teisnio statuso raida. Vienas iš vadovo teisinio statuso elementų, jo teisės ir pareigos, lyginamos su paprasto darbuotojo teisėmis ir pareigomis, įtvirtintomis Darbo kodekse. Aprašoma juridinio asmens vadovo teisės, pareigos, garantijos darbo sutarties sudarymo, vykdymo ir nutraukimo metu. Analizuojant teisės aktus bei teismų praktiką, nagrinėjama akcinės bendrovės vadovui taikytina atsakomybė, siekiant nustatyti, kuriais atvejais jam taikoma civilinė t. y. visiška, o kada ribota materialinė atsakomybė pagal darbo teisę, taip pat kokios yra vadovo atsakomybės ribos. Juridinio asmens vadovo atsakomybė lyginama su darbuotojui taikoma atsakomybe. Trumpai aptariama drausminė, administracinė bei baudžiamoji vadovo atsakomybė bei viešųjų juridinių asmenų vadovų etinės atsakomybės problema.
Juridical Status of the Manager of Enterprise, Institution or Organization is analyzed in the Thesis. Aiming to define the Manager of which Legal Person will be discussed also based on the situation that juridical status of a Managers of different Juridical Persons differ, the conception, origin and classification of Juridical Persons is given in the Thesis. Development of juridical status of private and public Juridical Persons is analyzed while comparing the development and current status of the Mangers of Juridical Persons from the point of view of legislative establishments and juridical opinion. The development of juridical status of Managers of most common Private Juridical Persons – Joint Stock Companies and Public Juridical Persons – Public Entities was analyzed more precisely. One of the elements of juridical status of a Manager – his rights and obligations are compared to the rights and obligations of common employee as foreseen in the Labor Code. The rights, obligations, functions, guarantees of a Manager of Juridical Person at the moment the Labor Contract is signed, executed, and terminated are described. Based on the analysis of legislation of juridical practice the responsibility employed to the Manager of Joined Stock Company aiming to determine in which cases civil liability i.e. total responsibilities and in which cases limited material liability based on the Labor Legislation is to be employed is analyzed as well as the limits of liability of a Manager. The... [to full text]

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Gravert, Emmeli, and Jenny Mattsson. "Industrial symbiosis Canvas business model between a recysling company, an energy company and a real estate manager." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-189138.

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Industrial symbiosis involves cooperation by exchanges of resources between companies, and furthermore develops regional competitiveness and increase new business opportunities. To consider the definition of industrial symbiosis within a company, and allow innovations in circular economy and resource usage, creates opportunities for a company to grow businesses by reaching economic development and increased efficiency. The research questions investigate how a business model develops cooperation between a recycling company, an energy company and a real estate manager, in manner of connections between relevant businesses in industrial symbiosis. A case study with the three companies Ragn- Sells, E.ON and Väderholmen AB is accomplished, with divisions of six responsibility roles to maintain cooperation in development of industrial symbiosis between the three companies in Broporten, Upplands-Bro. Broporten is a projected area in Upplands-Bro and this report is made as a step to implement industrial symbiosis in the area. The result shows that cooperation between three main partners; recycling company, energy company and real estate company, leads to an effective implementation of industrial symbiosis since the individual core businesses have useful supplement. The industrial symbiosis in Broporten can be developed and maintained by the three cooperating companies Ragn-Sells, E.ON and Väderholmen AB by using a canvas business model supporting the cooperation. Different scenarios show how responsibility roles can be divided between the three key partners and depends on decision of chosen scenario. The most successful scenario is when Väderholmen AB is Park coordinator, because Park coordinator is close to Väderholmen AB’s core business. Network coordinator is suitable for both Ragn-Sells and E.ON since they already are involved in geopolitical framework. It results in following division; Ragn-Sells as Recycling company, Knowledge company and Network coordinator E.ON as Infrastructure company, Process industry company and Network coordinator Väderholmen AB as Park coordinator The role as network coordinator should only correspond to one Key Partner. Potential businesses for implementation of industrial symbiosis in Broporten are a cluster with greenhouse, slaughterhouse, dairy, bakery and brewery, beneficently located close to a combined heat and power plant (CHP plant). The total maximum margin of yearly output of district heating from the CHP plant to the five priority industries demand are 3.6%, and 11% for electricity. The total maximum margin of yearly output of organic fertilizer from the biogas plant to the five priority industries demand are 0.4%. The total maximum margin of yearly input of biological waste from the five priority industries to the biogas plant is 4.1%. It leads to questions regarding the relevance of E.ON’s biogas in Broporten. Potential dimensions suitable for Broporten are 5000 m2 for greenhouse, 5000 m2 for slaughterhouse, 40,000 m2 for dairy, 15,000 m2 for bakery and 10,000 m2 for brewery.
Begreppet industriell symbios innefattar flöden av resurser i form av energi och material mellan industrier, skapat genom fungerande samarbeten. Att applicera cirkulära resursflöden och cirkulär ekonomi inom en organisation ger möjlighet till regional konkurrenskraft med potential för effektivitet och ekonomisk tillväxt, tillsammans med hållbarhet inom sociala och ekologiska faktorer. Frågeställningen undersöker hur en affärsmodell kan utvecklas för att understödja ett samarbete mellan ett återvinningsföretag, ett energiföretag och en fastighetsägare rörande utvecklingen av industriell symbios. En fallstudie är gjord specifikt för de tre företagen Ragn-Sells, E.ON och Väderholmen AB. Sex olika ansvarsroller är specificerade och uppdelade mellan de tre samarbetspartners för att vidare skapa en effektiv implementering av industriell symbios i Broporten, Upplands-Bro. Broporten är en projekterad area i Upplands-Bro och denna rapport är avsedd att vägleda implementering av industriell symbios på området. Olika scenario beskriver hur ansvarsfördelningen kan utformas mellan de tre huvudparterna. Den mest effektiva uppdelningen uppkommer från scenario 1, eftersom parkkoordinator är snarlik Väderholmen ABs kärnverksamhet. Nätverkskoordinator är en passande roll för både Ragn-Sells och E.ON, eftersom de redan är involverade inom geopolitiska områden. Följande uppdelning är rekommenderad: Ragn-Sells som Återvinningsföretag, Kunskapsföretag och Nätverkskoordinator E.ON som Infrastrukturföretag, processindustriföretag och Nätverkskoordinator Väderholmen AB som Parkkoordinator Nätverkskoordinator ska endast tillfalla en av huvudparterna. Resultatet visar att ett samarbete mellan tre generella huvudparter; ett återvinningsföretag, ett energiföretag och en fastighetsägare, leder till en effektiv implementering av industriell symbios eftersom deras kärnverksamheter kompletterar varandra effektivt rörande industriell symbios. Industriell symbios i Broporten kan skapas genom ett samarbete mellan Ragn-Sells, E.ON och Väderholmen AB baserat på en gemensam affärsmodell Canvas. Industrier med potential att införas i Broporten är växthus, slakthus, mejeri, bageri och bryggeri, vilka med fördel placeras i närheten av ett kraftvärmeverk. Ju fler relevanta energi- och materialflöden mellan industrier, desto bättre anpassning för industriell symbios. Maximal mängd biologiskt avfall från de fem prioriterade industrierna och vidare använt i biogasanläggningen produktion är 4.1 %. De använder 0.4 % av producerat biogödsel från biogasanläggningen, 3.6 % av producerat fjärrvärme och 11 % av producerad elektricitet från kraftvärmeverket. Detta leder till frågetecken rörande huruvida E.ONs biogasanläggning är en relevant investering i Broporten. Beräkningar av massflöden mellan de prioriterade industrierna i Broporten påvisar en dimensionering av industrierna till 5000 m2 för växthus, 5000 m2 för slakthus, 40,000 m2 för mejeri, 15,000 m2 för bageri och 10,000 m2 för bryggeri.

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Katzenbach, Michael. "Individual Approaches in Rich Learning Situations Material-based Learning with Pinboards." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-80328.

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Active Approaches provide chances for individual, comprehension-oriented learning and can facilitate the acquirement of general mathematical competencies. Using the example of pinboards, which were developed for different areas of the secondary level, workshop participants experience, discuss and further develop learning tasks, which can be used for free activities, for material based concept formation, for coping with heterogeneity, for intelligent exercises, as tool for the presentation of students’ work and as basis for games. The material also allows some continuous movements and can thus prepare an insightful usage of dynamic geometry programs. Central Part of the workshop is a work-sharing group work with learning tasks for grades 5 to 8. The workshop will close with a discussion of general aspects of material-based learning.

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Benício, Danniely Alves. "Perfil energético do setor industrial de panificação: a percepção ambiental dos empresários frente à matriz energética na cidade de João Pessoa/PB." Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2014. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/4571.

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Energy sources have been used for both the subsistence of the population and the economy sector since more ancient times. The Bakery sector is currently amongst the greatest industrial segments of Brazil, becoming an important employment generator and income distribution. The research carried out had as a methodological procedure the conduction of semi structured interviews, with a qualitative approach. Based on the list provided by the Industry and Bakery Syndicate of the State of Paraíba, some bakery industrial establishments have been selected in the city of João Pessoa/PB, separated in territorial areas: North, South, East and West. Variations in the energy source patterns have been detected according the analyzed territorial area. The North area presented electricity as the main source of energy adopted. Fire wood and remaining wood from construction sites represent a more expressive source in the South region. Whereas in the East area there has been a well-balanced dispute among the sources. In the West area firewood and residual wood from construction sites were pointed out as favorites for the generation of energy in its establishments. The obtained energy panorama shows that, in more peripheral areas, a rather distinct profile is noticed comparing to other areas. The reasoning of choice of matrix indicates as most important elements: environmental inspection and cost of energy.Companies were evaluated on parameters: managing the impact on the environment, environmental education, waste sorting, participation in committees, managing the company's impact on the neighboring community, relationships with local organizations, destination of production losses for social programs and health of employees following levels of evolutionary stage, 1-4. As to why the choice of energy source, some points that led to decide what source to use in their establishment were revealed. The main points mentioned, overall, were the following: environmental, cost, quality, ease, efficiency and hygiene. Entrepreneurs revealed that lack the action of public policies geared to your activity, where government incentives to occur and innovative technological improvements and changes in the enterprises would be crucial for a paradigm shift and decision making point
Fontes energéticas são utilizadas tanto para subsistência da população como para o setor da economia desde tempos remotos. O Setor de Panificação atualmente está entre os maiores segmentos industrial do país, constituindo-se num importante gerador de emprego e distribuição de renda. A pesquisa realizada teve como procedimento metodológico a aplicação de entrevistas semiestruturadas, com abordagem de cunho qualitativo. Baseando-se na lista do Sindicato da Indústria e Panificação do Estado da Paraíba, foram selecionados estabelecimentos industriais de panificação na cidade de João Pessoa/PB, separadas por zonas territoriais: Norte, Sul, Leste e Oeste. Foram detectadas variações no padrão de fonte energética de acordo com a zona territorial analisada. A zona norte apresentou a energia elétrica como principal fonte utilizada. A lenha e a madeira de resto de construção representaram de forma expressiva a zona sul. Já na zona leste houve um equilíbrio entre as fontes. A zona oeste apresentou madeira de restos de construção e lenha como favoritas a geração de energia nos estabelecimentos. O panorama energético obtido revela que, as zonas mais periféricas apresentam um perfil diferente das demais zonas. O motivo da escolha da matriz aponta como principais fatores: a fiscalização ambiental e o custo da energia. As empresas foram avaliadas nos parâmetros: gerenciamento do impacto no meio ambiente, educação ambiental, coleta seletiva, participação em comitês, gerenciamento do impacto da empresa na comunidade vizinha, relações com organizações locais, destino das perdas de produção para programas sociais e saúde dos funcionários, seguindo níveis evolutivos de estágio, de 1 a 4. Quanto ao motivo da escolha da fonte energética, foram revelados alguns pontos que levaram a decidir que fonte utilizar em seu estabelecimento. Os principais pontos citados, no geral, foram os seguintes: ambiental, custo, qualidade, facilidade, eficiência e higiene. Os empresários revelaram que falta a ação de políticas públicas voltada para sua atividade, onde o incentivo do governo para que ocorram melhorias e mudanças tecnológicas e inovadoras nas empresas seria o ponto crucial para uma mudança de paradigmas e tomadas de decisões

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Säfström, Olivia, and Karl Söderbaum. "Huvudentreprenörens övertagande av underentreprenörers materialansvar : Effekter och förutsättningar." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-231599.

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Det finns stora förbättringsmöjligheter inom logistiken i byggbranschen då den idag är väldigt kostsam och innebär många störningar i produktionen. Den logistik som sköts av underentreprenörerna i ett byggprojekt är ofta ej synkroniserad med huvudentreprenörens logistik vilket innebär ytterligare svårigheter. Dålig kommunikationen mellan aktörerna och en relation som karaktäriseras av misstro försvårar en mer integrerad logistik. Denna studie syftar därmed till att undersöka en alternativ lösning där huvudentreprenören övertar underentreprenörens materialansvar. En sådan lösning innebär att huvudentreprenören är ansvarig för all logistik och att underentreprenören utför monteringen. Genom intervjuer med en huvudentreprenör samt flera underentreprenörer och leverantörer har denna studie försökt besvara både hur bygglogistiken och relationen mellan huvudentreprenör och underentreprenör påverkas. I och med ett övertagande av materialansvaret får huvudentreprenören ökad kontroll över logistiken vilket innebär ett större ansvar men även möjligheter att förbättra leveranssäkerheten och att huvudtidplanen följs. Då de hanterar all logistik kan de i högre grad nyttja resurser som t.ex. samlastning via mellanlager och en intern tredjepartlogistiker. Huvudentreprenören kan även ha en tidigare och tydligare kommunikation med leverantören. Underentreprenören får ett minskat ansvar i och med övertagandet och även en minskad kontroll över logistiken vilket leder till att de blir mer beroende av huvudentreprenören. Detta innebär ett ökat samarbete mellan aktörerna och därmed krävs en förbättrad kommunikation. Ett övertagande innebär vidare att huvudentreprenören blir mindre beroende av underentreprenören vilket ökar risken för att underentreprenören ersätts. Den främsta fördelen med ett förändrat materialansvar är enligt studien att byggplatslogistiken förbättras. Svårigheter i övertagandet ligger dels i kulturella normer då det innebär en förändring av underentreprenörens roll i bygglogistiken men även i huvudentreprenörens brist på kunskap om underentreprenörens material. Vidare visar studien att det finns en oro bland aktörerna kring vem som är ansvarig vid problem med materialet och att omorganiseringen kräver en utredningsprocess som avgör om byggnationsfel orsakats av materialfel eller monteringsfel. Sammanfattningsvis visar studien att det finns en stor potential i att huvudentreprenören övertar underentreprenörens materialansvar men för att en sådan omorganisering ska bli lyckad så bör underentreprenören vara involverad i utformandet. Vidare krävs en tydlig ansvarsfördelning, en förbättrad kommunikation och en förståelse för andra aktörers perspektiv. Lyckas aktörerna med detta kan omorganiseringen innebära en effektivare produktion.
In the area of building logistics there are great possibilities for improvement since it is today very costly and entails many disruptions in the production. The logistics handled by the subcontractors are often not synchronized with the logistics of the main contractor which leads to more difficulties. Bad communication between the actors and a relationship characterized by mistrust hinders more integrated logistics. The purpose of this study is to examine an alternative solution where the material responsibility is changed from the subcontractor to the main contractor. Such a solution entails that the main contractor is responsible for all the logistics and that the subcontractor will perform the assembly. Through interviews with a main contractor and several subcontractors and suppliers this study aims to answer both how the building logistics and the relationship between main contractor and subcontractor will be affected. As an effect of the change of material responsibility the main contractor will get a higher level of control over the logistics which results in a bigger responsibility but also the possibility to improve deliverance certainty and that the main time schedule is followed. As a consequence of them handling all the logistics they can to a greater extent utilize resources such as joint loading via storage facilities or an internal third-party logistics provider. The main contractor can have an earlier and more direct communication with the supplier. The subcontractor will have less responsibility as a result of the change but also a lowered control over the logistics which leads to a stronger dependence on the main contractor. This implies an increased cooperation between the actors and thus a demand for an improved communication. The main contractor will become less dependent on the subcontractor and therefore the risk for the subcontractor to be replaced will increase. The main benefit with the change of material responsibility is according to the study that the on-site logistics will improve. Difficulties with the reorganization are partly in cultural norms as it will change the subcontractor’s role in the construction logistics and partly in the main contractor’s lack of knowledge about the subcontractor’s material. The study also shows that there is a worry among the actors about who is responsible when a material problem occurs and the change demands an investigation process to determine whether a construction error is caused by a material or assembly error. To conclude; this study shows a big potential in the material responsibility changing from the subcontractor to the main contractor but for such a reorganization to be successful the subcontractor should be included in the process of developing the reorganization. Furthermore, this demand a clear division of responsibilities, an improved communication and an understanding for the other actors’ perspective. If the actors succeed with this change of material responsibility it can lead to a more effective production.

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Costa, Ana Paula Correia de Albuquerque da. "Direitos humanos e vida extrauterina: risco versus responsabilidade na manipulação de matéria biológica humana nos tratamentos de reprodução medicamente assistida." Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2016. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/9644.

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Improvements in science and reproductive technology reached levels never before imagined. With real possibilities of genetic manipulation, extrauterine pregnancy and consequent economic fallout attached to them, It must be questioned the risks involved in procedures which emerged once just to help people achieve family planning. Moreover, these technologies have brought to the world elements whose concepts originally known by the law apparently presented as insufficient to cover, which are the gametes and embryos in vitro, still in need of specific regulation in Brazil. From the reality that is announced, the present thesis proposed to solve the following problem: in the absence of law about in Brazil, how to deal with ethical, legal, economic and social impact on the assisted human reproduction techniques, more specifically with regard to the use of gametes and embryos? How conceptualize them and what their Staff Regulations to be followed? In order to make a critical analysis of AHR procedures from the Resolution No. 2,121 / 2015 of the Federal Medical Council in the light of the principles of civil and constitutional law. To do so, it followed the deductive method of approach, starting from a set of ideas and rules relating to civil law institutes to analyze specific aspects of the legal protection of AHR techniques, production of gametes and embryos, concluding following a decreasing order of reasoning. In what regards the methods of procedure, reconciled to the historical method, in view of the concept of the evolution of the study and methods of AHR and legal standards, particularly of civil law, relevant affiliation and family entities; the interpretative method, from the deepening of doctrinal interpretation of the concepts mentioned above associated with the rules of public and private law applicable to the species, and the comparative method, through analysis of the rules applicable to foreign law. In the end, we came to the conclusion as to the most appropriate legal status to gametes and embryos, and established guidelines for proper protection, based on an ethic of responsibility.
Os avanços da ciência e da tecnologia reprodutiva chegaram a patamares nunca antes imaginados. Com possibilidades reais de manipulação genética, gestação extrauterina e consequentes consequências econômicas que lhes são inerentes, há de se questionar os riscos envolvidos em procedimentos que surgiram outrora tão somente para auxiliar pessoas a realizarem o planejamento familiar. Além disto, estas tecnologias trouxeram ao mundo elementos cujos conceitos originariamente conhecidos pelo direito se apresentaram aparentemente como insuficientes para abarcar, que são os gametas e embriões in vitro, ainda carentes de normatização específica no Brasil. A partir da realidade que se anuncia, a presente tese tem o objetivo de resolver o seguinte problema: diante da ausência de lei a respeito no Brasil, como lidar com as repercussões éticas, jurídicas, econômicas e sociais acerca das técnicas de reprodução humana assistida, mais especificamente no que diz respeito ao uso de gametas e embriões humanos? Como conceitua-los e qual o respectivo estatuto a ser seguido? Pretendeu-se fazer uma análise crítica dos procedimentos de RHA a partir da Resolução nº 2.121/2015 do Conselho Federal de Medicina, sob a luz dos princípios de direito civil-constitucional. Para tanto, seguiu-se o método de abordagem dedutivo, partindo de um conjunto de ideias e normas relativas a institutos de direito civil para a análise de aspectos específicos relativos a tutela jurídica das técnicas de RHA, produção de gametas e embriões, chegando à conclusão seguindo uma ordem de raciocínio decrescente. No que diz respeito aos métodos de procedimento, conciliou-se o método histórico, em face do estudo da evolução do conceito e métodos de RHA e das normas jurídicas, notadamente de direito civil, pertinentes filiação e entidades familiares; o método interpretativo, a partir do aprofundamento da interpretação doutrinária dos conceitos citados anteriormente, associada às normas de direito público e privado aplicáveis à espécie, e o método comparativo, por meio de análise das normas aplicáveis na legislação estrangeira. Ao final, chegou-se à conclusão quanto a condição jurídica mais adequada aos gametas e embriões humanos, sendo estabelecidas diretrizes para uma tutela adequada, pautada em uma ética de responsabilidade.

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Lantz, Elin. "Hållbarhetsfrågor vid produktion av An old friend." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-16815.

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Jag har under detta arbete undersökt hur företaget MAD ELF ART kan arbeta med miljö och sociala aspekter i produktionen. Min uppgift har varit att lokalisera en materialleverantör och producent som kan arbeta med detta på bästa sätt.Under arbetets gång har jag kontaktat flera materialleverantörer och producenter och undersökt hur de jobbar med dessa aspekter. Samtidigt har jag även fördjupat mig i hur man kan ta hänsyn till miljö och sociala aspekter i produktionen, för att undersöka hur vi bäst kan arbeta med det.Vad jag kommit fram till är att materialvalet är det viktigaste och det som skiljer en produkt från att vara en miljöbov och en fara för människor till miljövänlig. Därför har jag i bilagan presenterat en leverantör och producent av materialet 100% silke som är ekologiskt färgad och handvävd. Silke lämnar inget energi-fotavtryck och går att återvinna. Jag tror och hoppas att framtiden kommer handla om att producera alltmer ekologiskt och samtidigt ta vara på det vi har istället för att producera nytt, detta genom ett återvinningssystem för textilier. Utvecklingen hos stora företag pekar även på att det i framtiden kommer att vara en självklarhet att ha uppförandekoder på fabriker och jobba med CSR. Därför är även det viktigt för MAD ELF ART.I have looked into how MAD ELF ART can work with environmental and social aspects during production. My assignment has been to find a materialsupplier and manufacturer who can work with this in the best way possible.During this work I have contacted several materialsuppliers and manufacturers and examined how they work with these aspects. At the same time I have also looked into how we can deal with social and environmental aspects to find the best way for us to work with this.I have come to the conclusion that the choice of material is the most important and what differs a product from being a danger for the environment and human beings to a environmental friend. Because of that I will present a materialsupplier and manufacturer who can provide the material 100% silk wich is organically dyed and handwoven. Silk leaves no energy-footprint and is recycable. I believe that the future will have more focus on the environment and that we will work with more ecologic materials and instead of producing new products, we will recycle what we have through a recyclingsystem for textiles. The development of big companies also points in the direcetion that it will be natural for all companies to have a Code of conduct and work with Corporal Social Responsility.
Program: Textil produktutveckling med entreprenörs- och affärsinriktning

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Bergvall, Pernilla, and Jenny Ruona. "Reklambyråers strategier och attityder kring ansvarstaganden i miljöfrågor och hållbar utveckling : En djupintervjuundersökning." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Grafisk teknologi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-17233.

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Ružbacký, Bohumil. "Řízení průběhu zakázky organizací." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-223059.

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This master's thesis is focused on analyzing problems during the execution of contracts selected company, which deals with custom manufacturing thermoplastic injection molding. The thesis proposed possible solutions for identified problems.

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Junior, Oswaldo Gonçalves. "Iniciativa privada na educação pública: a Fiat e o Programa Moto Perpétuo." Universidade de São Paulo, 2004. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/48/48134/tde-07112007-114334/.

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Este trabalho tem como meta confrontar estudos teóricos sobre a problemática das ações sociais de empresas com os resultados de um estudo de caso sobre o Programa Moto Perpétuo da Fiat Automóveis S.A. que, durante cinco anos (1997 a 2001), voltou-se à doação de kits de materiais paradidáticos para milhares de escolas de diferentes regiões do Brasil. Apesar do amplo alcance do Programa, base na qual seus promotores se apoiaram para afirmar tratar-se da maior parceria da iniciativa privada com o governo federal dentro do Acorda Brasil! Está na hora da Escola - programa do Ministério da Educação dedicado a estimular a participação da iniciativa privada através de ações em prol da educação -, não havia, até o momento, nenhum estudo que demonstrasse os efeitos práticos dessa ação, seja na melhoria da educação (propósito declarado como motivação principal para sua existência), seja nas implicações de um redimensionamento das esferas pública e privada, assunto que acalora muitos debates na atualidade. Diante dessas constatações, optou-se pela realização de levantamento e leitura de diferentes fontes que tratam, de maneira direta ou não, da chamada responsabilidade social de empresas. Além de passo fundamental para uma adequada abordagem do objeto estudado, em última instância, esta etapa possibilitou subsidiar inferências mais amplas sobre este tema que condensa interesses conflitantes, na maioria das vezes expressos por discursos de promoção e de crítica mais afeitos às ideologias que espelhados no significado concreto de muitas dessas ações sociais. Numa outra parte, mediante informações obtidas com a realização de entrevistas e pelo levantamento e exame de diversos documentos, se analisou o Programa Moto Perpétuo. Como um exemplo da atuação privada junto ao setor público, pôde-se verificar que as correntes expectativas da eficiência de gestão e transferência de recursos em quantidade e qualidade suficientes não se concretizaram. Não obstante, os números sobre o Programa que foram divulgados (alunos e escolas beneficiadas e montante de recursos investidos), comparativamente altos diante de outras iniciativas deste tipo, foram componentes do êxito na construção de uma imagem positiva por parte dos promotores dessa ação junto a setores da opinião pública. Na somatória dessas constatações e de outros aspectos analisados, foi possível demonstrar que prevaleceram interesses de ordem comercial em detrimento das motivações declaradas da iniciativa de ajuda à educação. Apesar de não se poder afirmar que a iniciativa tenha resultado num avanço privado redefinidor do caráter público dos sistemas estadual e municipal de ensino atingidos pelo Programa, há indícios de que a implementação do Moto Perpétuo esteve condicionada pelas relações público (governo federal) - privado (empresa do setor automobilístico), representando um inédito capítulo centrado na educação, frente a um panorama no qual sobressaem historicamente acordos de ajuda mútua de caráter político-econômico.
The aim of this research is to confront theoretical studies about the problematic of social actions promoted by private companies with the results of a case study focusing the Moto Perpétuo Program sponsored by Fiat automobiles S.A. which, for five years (1997 a 2001), donated kits of educational materials to thousands of schools from different regions of Brazil. Despite the ample reach of the Program, in which its promoters based themselves to assert that it was the biggest partnership of a private institution with the Brazilian Federal Government Program of Education Acorda Brasil! Está na hora da escola (Wake up Brazil! It´s time of school) destined to encourage private institutions to act for the education there wasn t, up to now, any study that could demonstrate the practical effects of this action, whether it was for the educational improvement (declared purpose as the main motivation for its existence), or in the implications to reassess the extent of the public and private spheres, a question that heats many debates nowadays. In the face of these observations, it was opted to do a reading and research from different sources that deal, directly or not, with the business social responsibility. More than a fundamental step for an appropriated approach of the studied object, this stage permitted to subsidise broader inferences about this subject, which condenses conflicting interests, frequently expressed by speeches of promotion and criticism more accustomed to ideologies than mirrored in the concrete meaning of many of these social actions. In another part, the Moto Perpétuo Program was analysed by the information obtained from interviews and researches. As an example of the private acting in the public sector, it was verified that the current expectations of management efficiency and transfer of resources, in quantity and quality, didn t come true. Nevertheless, the data published about the Program (resources invested, students and schools benefited) comparatively high in the face of other initiatives like that, were components of success in the construction of a positive image made by the promoters of this action for the public opinion. In the sum of these observations and other aspects analysed, it was possible to demonstrate that commercial interests prevailed over the declared motivations to assist the education. Although it was not possible to assert that the initiative has resulted in a private advancement redefining the public nature of the State and Municipal system of teaching reached by the Program, there are evidences that the implementation of the Moto Perpétuo was conditioned by the relationship between the public (Federal Government) and the private (automobiles company), representing an unheard-of chapter centred on the education, facing a survey that stands out agreements of mutual help of political-economical nature.

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Lagoutte, Julien. "Les conditions de la responsabilité en droit privé : éléments pour une théorie générale de la responsabilité juridique." Thesis, Bordeaux 4, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012BOR40032.

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Alors que l’on enseigne classiquement la distinction radicale du droit pénal et de la responsabilité civile, une étude approfondie du droit positif révèle une tendance générale et profonde à la confusion des deux disciplines. Face à ce paradoxe, le juriste s’interroge : comment articuler le droit civil et le droit pénal de la responsabilité ? Pour y répondre, cette thèse suggère d’abandonner l’approche traditionnelle de la matière, consistant à la tenir pour une simple catégorie de classement des différentes branches, civile et pénale, du droit de la responsabilité. La responsabilité juridique est présentée comme une institution autonome et générale organisant la réaction du système à la perturbation anormale de l’équilibre social. Quant au droit de la responsabilité civile et au droit criminel, ils ne sont plus conçus que comme les applications techniques de cette institution en droit positif.Sur le fondement de cette approche renouvelée et par le prisme de l’étude des conditions de la responsabilité en droit privé, la thèse propose un ordonnancement technique et rationnel du droit pénal et de la responsabilité civile susceptible de fournir les principes directeurs d’une véritable théorie générale de la responsabilité juridique. En tant qu’institution générale, celle-ci engendre à la fois un concept de responsabilité, composé des exigences de dégradation d’un intérêt juridiquement protégé, d’anormalité et de causalité juridique et qui fonde la convergence du droit pénal et du droit civil, et un système de responsabilité, qui en commande les divergences et pousse le premier vers la protection de l’intérêt général et le second vers celle des victimes
While the radical distinction between criminal law and civil liability is classically taught, a thorough survey of positive law reveals a general and profound trend towards a confusion of these two disciplines. Faced with this paradox, the jurist wonders : how to articulate the civil and criminal laws of responsibility ? To answer this question, the thesis suggests abandoning the traditional approach of the subject, which consists in treating it as a mere category of classification of the different branches, civil and criminal, of responsibility/liability. Legal responsibility is presented as an autonomous and general institution organizing the response from the system to abnormal disturbance of social equilibrium. Civil liability law and criminal law are, as far as they are concerned, henceforth conceived as the mere technical applications of this institution in positive law.On the basis of this new approach and through the prism of the study of liability conditions in private law, the thesis proposes a technical and rational organization of criminal law and civil liability that may provide the guiding principles of a real general theory of legal responsibility. As a general institution, it gives not only a concept of responsibility, requiring degradation of a legally protected interest, abnormality and legal causation, and establishing the convergence of criminal law and civil law, but also a system of responsibility, determining the divergences of them and steering the first towards the protection of general interest and the second towards the protection of victims

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Duffourc, Marie. "La participation a l'infraction internationale." Thesis, Bordeaux 4, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013BOR40057.

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Qu’elle soit extranationale, transnationale ou internationale par nature, l’infraction internationale est toujours construite de la même manière : elle naît de la réunion d’un élément matériel et d’un élément moral, incluant parfois un élément contextuel. Cette constance structurelle dominant la diversité définitionnelle milite en faveur d’une unification des formes de la participation associées à ces infractions internationales : la spécificité de la participation à l’infraction internationale résiderait donc dans la spécificité, non des formes de la première, mais de la définition de la seconde. D’ailleurs, il n’existe que deux grands systèmes de participation applicables à l’infraction internationale : celui des juridictions pénales nationales et celui des juridictions pénales internationales. De leur comparaison, pourrait naître un système unique de participation à l’infraction internationale, permettant de mieux appréhender la criminalité collective en attribuant aux participants intellectuels une place plus juste au sein de la participation. En effet, après quelques adaptations nécessaires, il pourrait être fait appel au critère mixte du contrôle sur l’infraction internationale, développé récemment par la Cour pénale internationale, pour distinguer les formes principales des formes secondaires de la participation à l’infraction internationale. Ainsi, seraient des participants principaux les agents qui, avec l’état d’esprit idoine, prennent le contrôle de l’infraction internationale (coauteurs et auteurs intellectuels), tandis que seraient des participants secondaires les agents qui ne prennent pas un tel contrôle (complices par aide ou assistance et subordonnants)
Can it be extranational, transnational or international by nature, the international crime is always the same : it needs the reunion of a material element and a moral element, sometimes including a contextual element. This structural constancy, which dominates the definitional diversity, inclines us to campaign for the unification of the participation forms associated to the whole international crimes. In other words, the specifity of the participation in the international crime would be less due to the specifity of the first one’s forms than to the specifity of the second one’s definition. Now, there are only two grand systems of participation in the international crime : the one applied by the national criminal jurisdictions and the one applied by the international criminal jurisdictions. From the comparison of these two systems, it is possible to imagine a unique system of participation in the international crime, permitting a better understanding of the collective criminality by attributing a righter role to the intellectual participants within the participation. More precisely, and after a few necessary adaptations, control over the international crime, which is a mixed criterion recently developed by the International Criminal Court, could be used to distinguish the main forms from the secondary forms of participation in the international crime. Thus, main participants might be those who, with the suitable state of mind, take control over the international crime (co-perpetrators and intellectual perpetrators) while secondary participants might be those who don’t take such a control (accomplices by aid and assistance and “subordinators”)

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Roberts, Anthea Elizabeth. "Is International Law International?" Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/124611.

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International lawyers are familiar with the question: “Is international law law?” But this thesis instead asks the question: “Is international law international?” Using a variety of methods, this work sheds light on some of the ways in which international law as a transnational legal field is constructed by international law academics, and is conceptualized in international law textbooks, in the five permanent members of the Security Council: the People’s Republic of China, the French Republic, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America. It explores how different national communities of international lawyers construct and pass on their understandings of “international law” in ways that belie the field’s claim to universality, perpetuating certain forms of difference and dominance. By adopting a comparative approach, it aims to make international lawyers more aware of the frames that shape their own understandings of and approaches to the field, as well as how these might be similar to or different from the frames adopted by those coming from other states, regions or geopolitical groupings. It also examines how some of these patterns might be disrupted as a result of shifts in geopolitical power, such as the movement from unipolar power toward greater multipolarity and the growing confrontations between Western liberal democratic states (like the United States, the United Kingdom, and France) and non-Western authoritarian states (like China and Russia).

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Blake, Greyory. "Good Game." VCU Scholars Compass, 2018. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5377.

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This thesis and its corresponding art installation, Lessons from Ziggy, attempts to deconstruct the variables prevalent within several complex systems, analyze their transformations, and propose a methodology for reasserting the soap box within the display pedestal. In this text, there are several key and specific examples of the transformation of various signifiers (i.e. media-bred fear’s transformation into a political tactic of surveillance, contemporary freneticism’s transformation into complacency, and community’s transformation into nationalism as a state weapon). In this essay, all of these concepts are contextualized within the exponential growth of new technologies. That is to say, all of these semiotic developments must be framed within the post-Internet sphere.

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Kinuthia, Wanyee. "“Accumulation by Dispossession” by the Global Extractive Industry: The Case of Canada." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30170.

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This thesis draws on David Harvey’s concept of “accumulation by dispossession” and an international political economy (IPE) approach centred on the institutional arrangements and power structures that privilege certain actors and values, in order to critique current capitalist practices of primitive accumulation by the global corporate extractive industry. The thesis examines how accumulation by dispossession by the global extractive industry is facilitated by the “free entry” or “free mining” principle. It does so by focusing on Canada as a leader in the global extractive industry and the spread of this country’s mining laws to other countries – in other words, the transnationalisation of norms in the global extractive industry – so as to maintain a consistent and familiar operating environment for Canadian extractive companies. The transnationalisation of norms is further promoted by key international institutions such as the World Bank, which is also the world’s largest development lender and also plays a key role in shaping the regulations that govern natural resource extraction. The thesis briefly investigates some Canadian examples of resource extraction projects, in order to demonstrate the weaknesses of Canadian mining laws, particularly the lack of protection of landowners’ rights under the free entry system and the subsequent need for “free, prior and informed consent” (FPIC). The thesis also considers some of the challenges to the adoption and implementation of the right to FPIC. These challenges include embedded institutional structures like the free entry mining system, international political economy (IPE) as shaped by international institutions and powerful corporations, as well as concerns regarding ‘local’ power structures or the legitimacy of representatives of communities affected by extractive projects. The thesis concludes that in order for Canada to be truly recognized as a leader in the global extractive industry, it must establish legal norms domestically to ensure that Canadian mining companies and residents can be held accountable when there is evidence of environmental and/or human rights violations associated with the activities of Canadian mining companies abroad. The thesis also concludes that Canada needs to address underlying structural issues such as the free entry mining system and implement FPIC, in order to curb “accumulation by dispossession” by the extractive industry, both domestically and abroad.

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HUI, LIN MEI, and 林美慧. "Filial responsibility and perceived maternal filial expectations: From married daughters’ point of view." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/23889382021737230560.

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the filial responsibility and perceived maternal filial expectations from married daughters’ point of view. The study investigated 550 married daughters in Taipei City, New Taipei City, and Kueishan of Taoyuan County. The instruments used in the study were the “Filial responsibility Scale”. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistic, CFA, t-test, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. Filial responsibility examined included “Economic provision”, “Companionship and care”, “Living assistance”, “Knowledge updating”, and “Independence and worry-free”. After analyzing data, the findings were as follows: 1. Perceived filial responsibility was above middle degree and perceived maternal filial expectations were in the middle degree. 2. There was significant positive correlation between filial responsibility and perceived maternal filial expectations. 3. The degree of filial responsibility is significantly higher than the degree of perceived maternal filial expectation. 4. For the filial responsibility, the degree of “Companionship and care” was different in terms of the living distance between daughter and mother and the status of mother’s health. “Knowledge updating” was different in terms of the age of daughter, the age of mother, the status of mother’s economic and health. 5. For the perceived maternal filial expectations,”Economic provision” was different in terms of the mother’s economic status. “Companionship and care” was different in terms of the age of mother. ” Knowledge updating” was different in terms of the age of daughter, the age of mother, the living distance between daughter and mother, and the status of mother’s health. “Independence and worry-free “ was different in terms of the age of mother. Based on above findings, some suggestions were offered as references for family educators, the schools and further studies. Key word: married daughter, filial responsibility, perceived maternal filial expectations

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Delany, Toni. "To entrap and empower: maternal responsibility in an age of neo-liberal health." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/66094.

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This thesis explores the ways in which maternal responsibility for child health is constructed and perpetuated through medical and public health discourses in Australia. The main aim of the research is to examine the micro-dynamics through which pervasive social understandings about the responsibilities of women for their children’s health are created. An extensive literature exists which investigates ‘mother blame’, however this thesis extends existing literature by exploring how women come to be held responsible for their children’s health, particularly within the current context of neo-liberalism. The findings also contribute knowledge about the potential for public health and medical discourses to reproduce gender inequality, including maternal responsibility. In order to explore how maternal responsibility is constructed through public health and medical discourses I apply the research lens of congenital health problems. Using this lens allows me to illuminate discourses of maternal responsibility through a study of the ways that responsibility becomes attributed and negotiated in the event of a ‘less than desirable’ child health outcome. Given the contextual location of the research, the micro-dynamics under analysis pertain specifically to the current neo-liberal social context, where individuals are continuously educated about the power of personal choice in determining life events and about the positive role of health advice in helping people to make health enhancing choices. My use of this particular research lens, therefore, offers insight into what happens when, for the most part, women have complied with what they understand to be the regimen of advice surrounding pregnancy and yet still experience a ‘less than desirable’ outcome. This highlights a perceived failure of technologies of the self, which has remained previously unexamined in the literature on pregnancy and maternal responsibility. The data that inform the research include narratives from open-ended interviews with women who have a young child with a congenital health problem and with medical professionals. In conjunction with the interview data I analyse health education resources for pregnant couples and medical literature about the cause and prevention of congenital health problems. The research methodology is underpinned by an understanding of discourse as the means through which social processes and social identities are constituted, performed and transformed. Therefore, my focus throughout the analysis is on eliciting the underlying meanings and social implications that arise from information and experiences related to child health. I utilise a critical post-structuralist feminist epistemological paradigm which allows for an analysis of the operations of power and marginalisation in influencing the construction of maternal responsibility. The theoretical underpinnings of this thesis are informed by Foucault’s theories of governmentality and bio-power, Beck’s concepts of individualisation and risk and Butler’s work on performativity. The findings reveal that, consistent with neo-liberal ideology, women are represented as having the ability, and responsibility, to control child health outcomes, regardless of social, biological or environmental constraints. Within this individualising discourse, reproduction is constructed as a process that primarily (or solely) involves the bodies and behaviours of women. This ignores the relational nature of reproduction and obscures the complex intersections of social and biological factors that influence child health. The absence of relational and environmental considerations lays a foundation for women to be held ‘legitimately’ responsible for the (eventual) health status of their children. Contributing to the power of the constructions that emerge from public health and medical discourses is the underlying representation of reproduction as a ‘natural’ process which is, therefore, unaffected by social context and best understood through ‘objective’ science. The findings suggest that women give resonance to the discourse of maternal responsibility by regulating their bodies and behaviours before, during and after pregnancy. The findings also demonstrate, however, that women express agency and actively negotiate the dominant discourses to establish their own understandings of maternal responsibility. Overall, the research reveals that public health and medical discourses provide a powerful framework for shaping women’s responsibility for child health within the current neo-liberal social context. Through their engagement with this framework, women replicate, oscillate between and, in some cases, resist dominant discourses as they rationalise and embody personal responsibility for their children’s health.
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Schaaf, Marta L. "Social Accountability and Legal Empowerment for Quality Maternal Health Care." Thesis, 2018. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8612GRN.

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Unacceptably high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality affect the Global North and the Global South. Among many challenges, policy-makers and researchers cite concerns about quality of care, respectful maternity care, and implementation of evidence-based strategies and national guidelines at the frontlines of the health system. Informal payments are one concern that cut across these three challenges; they represent poor quality care; they are often experienced as disrespect by patients; and, health care worker demands for such payments by definition conflict with national policy. Social accountability and legal empowerment are two approaches that are increasingly used to address quality of care concerns in maternal health and poor implementation at the frontlines of the health system. This dissertation is comprised of three chapters (papers), all of which focus on these challenges in maternal health in low and middle income countries (LMICs). They apply concepts and methods from health policy and systems research (HPSR) to undertake theoretically-informed analyses that straddle two fields: (1) accountability, and, (2) global maternal health. The first chapter is a critical interpretive synthesis that summarizes the evidence base on the prevalence, drivers, and impact of informal payments in maternal health care; critically interrogates the paradigms that are used to describe informal payments; and, finally, synthesizes the policy and funding debates directly related to informal payments. The paper finds that though assessing the true prevalence of informal payments is difficult given measurement challenges, quantitative and qualitative studies have identified widespread informal payments in health care in many low and middle income countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Studies and conceptual papers identified both proximate, immediate drivers of informal payments, as well as broader systemic causes. These causes include norms of gift giving, health workforce scarcity, inadequate health systems financing, the extent of formal user fees, structural adjustment and the marketization of health care, and patient willingness to pay for better care. Similarly, there are both proximate and distal impacts, including on household finances, patient satisfaction and demand for health care, and provider morale. Despite the ground level relevance of informal payments, they are generally not adequately addressed in global policy frameworks and strategies, or in standard metrics of health system performance. Though this absence does not necessarily imply lack of financial or other attention to informal payments, it makes inattention more likely, and regardless, represents a notable silence. Informal payments have been studied and addressed from a variety of different perspectives, including anti-corruption, ethnographic and other in-depth qualitative approaches, and econometric modeling. Synthesizing data from these and other paradigms illustrates the value of an inter-disciplinary approach. Each lens adds value and has blind spots. These attributes in turn affect the solutions proposed. The paper concludes that the same tacit, hidden attributes that make informal payments hard to measure also make them hard to discuss and address. A multi-disciplinary health systems approach that leverages and integrates positivist, interpretivist, and constructivist tools of social science research can lead to better insight and policy critiques. The second chapter is a descriptive case study of a social accountability project seeking to decrease health provider demands that women make informal payments in Uttar Pradesh (UP), India. Women in UP are often asked to make informal payments for maternal health care services that the central or state government has mandated to be free. The chapter is a descriptive, contextualized case study of a social accountability project undertaken by SAHAYOG, an NGO based in UP. The study methods included document review; interviews and focus group discussions of program implementers, governmental stakeholders, and community activists; and participant observation in health facilities. The study found that SAHAYOG adapted their strategy over time to engender greater empowerment and satisfaction among program participants, as well as greater impact on the health system. Participants gained resources and agency; they learned about their entitlements, had access to mechanisms for complaints, and, despite risk of retaliation, many felt capable of demanding their rights in a variety of fora. However, only program participants seemed able to avoid making informal payments to the health sector; they largely were unable to effect this change for women in the community at large. Several features of the micro and macro context shaped the trajectory of SAHAYOG’s efforts, including caste dynamics, provider commitment to ending informal payments, the embeddedness of informal payments in the health system, human resource scarcity, the overlapping private interests of pharmaceutical companies and providers, and the level of regional development. Though changes were manifest in certain health facilities, as a group, providers did not necessarily embraced the notion of low caste, tribal, or Muslim women as citizens with entitlements, especially in the context of free government services for childbirth. SAHAYOG assumed a supremely difficult task. Project strategy changes may have made the task somewhat less difficult, but given the population making the rights claims and the rights they were claiming, widespread changes in demands for informal payments may require a much larger and stronger coalition. The third paper is an explanatory case study of a hybrid legal empowerment and social accountability effort led by the Mozambican NGO, Namati Moçambique. Established in 2013, Namati Moçambique runs a multi—pronged health paralegal and policy advocacy program that employs community paralegals as Health Advocates and trains Village Health Committees (VHCs). The study sought to uncover how the program affected the relationship between citizens and the health sector, how the health sector and citizens responded, and what role contextual factors played. The case study had two components: 1) a retrospective review of 24 cases 2) qualitative investigation of the Namati program and program context. The cases came from a total of 6 sites in 3 districts. Program implementers, clients, Village Health Committee (VHC) members, and health providers were interviewed or participated in focus groups as part of the research. The study found that though they are unable to address some deeply embedded national challenges, Health Advocates successfully solved a variety of cases affecting poor Mozambicans in both urban and rural areas. Health Advocates took a variety of steps to resolve these cases, some of which entailed interactions with multiple levels of the government. We identified three key mechanisms, or underlying processes of change that Namati’s work engendered, including: bolstered administrative capacity within the health sector, reduced transaction and political costs for health providers, and provider fear of administrative sanction. In addition to case resolution, stakeholders highlighted individual satisfaction at having one’s complaint remedied and individual empowerment among clients and Health Advocates as stemming from the project. Health Advocates and VHCs developed functional working relationships with providers, in part because they addressed issues that providers felt were important, and engendered community satisfaction with the Health Advocate, and ultimately, trust in the health system. The case resolution focus of legal empowerment brought procedural teeth, helping to ensure that new relationships result in immediate improvements, thus instigating a circle of relationship building and health system improvements.

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Schellenberg, Carolyn. "The social organization of mothers' work: managing the risk and the responsibility for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/4207.

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This institutional ethnography relies on observations, interviews, and textual analyses to explore the experiences of mothers and children who attend a women-centered agency in Vancouver, Canada where a hot lunch, child care in the emergency daycare, and participation in group activities are vital forms of support. Mothers who come to the centre have many concerns related to their need for safe housing, a sustainable income, adequate food, child care, and support. And like mothers anywhere, they have concerns about their children. While many of the children, the majority of them First Nations, have never had a diagnostic assessment for fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) or for the relatively new umbrella category, ‘fetal alcohol spectrum disorder’ (FASD), a number of the mothers were concerned or even knew that their children had FAS. This thesis asks – how does it happen that mothers have come to know their children in this way? The study critically examines how FASD knowledge and practices actually work in the setting and what they accomplish. My analysis traces how ruling practices for constructing and managing ‘problem’ mothers and children coordinate work activities for identifying children deemed to be ‘at risk’ for FASD. In their efforts to help their children and improve their opportunities for a better life, mothers become willing participants in group activities where they learn how to attach the relevancies of the FASD discourse to their children’s bodies or behaviours. They also gain instruction which helps them to confess their responsibility for children’s problems. While maternal alcohol use as the cause of FASD is contested in literature and in some work sites it is, in this setting, taken as a fact. This study discovers how institutional work processes involving government, medicine, and education actually shape and re-write women’s and children’s experiences into forms of knowledge that make mothers and children institutionally actionable. It is only by exposing the relations of power organizing mothers’ work that it may be possible to re-direct attention to mothers’ and children’s embodied concerns and relieve mothers of the overwhelming responsibility for which they are held and hold themselves to be accountable.
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Hiebert, Luann E. "Encountering maternal silence: writing strategies for negotiating margins of mother/ing in contemporary Canadian prairie women's poetry." 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/31201.

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Contemporary Canadian prairie women poets write about the mother figure to counter maternal suppression and the homogenization of maternal representations in literature. Critics, like Marianne Hirsch and Andrea O’Reilly, insist that mothers tell their own stories, yet many mothers are unable to. Daughter and mother stories, Jo Malin argues, overlap. The mother “becomes a subject, or rather an ‘intersubject’” in the text (2). Literary depictions of daughter-mother or mother-child intersubjectivities, however, are not confined to auto/biographical or fictional narratives. As a genre and potential site for representing maternal subjectivities, poetry continues to reside on the margins of motherhood studies and literary criticism. In the following chapters, I examine the writing strategies of selected poets and their representations of mothers specific to three transformative occasions: mourning mother-loss, becoming a mother, and reclaiming a maternal lineage. Several daughter-poets adapt the elegy to remember their deceased mothers and to maintain a connection with them. In accord with Tanis MacDonald and Priscila Uppal, these poets resist closure and interrogate the past. Moreover, they counter maternal absence and preserve her subjectivity in their texts. Similarly, a number of mother-poets begin constructing their mother-child (self-other) relationship prior to childbirth. Drawing on Lisa Guenther’s notions of “birth as a gift of the feminine other” and welcoming the stranger (49), as well as Emily Jeremiah’s link between “‘maternal’ mutuality” and writing and reading practices (“Trouble” 13), I investigate poetic strategies for negotiating and engaging with the “other,” the unborn/newborn and the reader. Other poets explore and interweave bits of stories, memories, dreams and inklings into their own motherlines, an identification with their matrilineage. Poetic discourse(s) reveal the limits of language, but also attest to the benefits of extra-linguistic qualities that poetry provides. The poets I study here make room for the interplay of language and what lies beyond language, engaging the reader and augmenting perceptions of the maternal subject. They offer new ways of signifying maternal subjectivities and relationships, and therefore contribute to the ongoing research into the ever-changing relations among maternal and cultural ideologies, mothering and feminisms, and regional women’s literatures.
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吳沛容. "A Theme Pavilion of Green Building Material based on Corporate Social Responsibility." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02830381435036294063.

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Lin, Tso-yi, and 林作逸. "The Research on Foundations of Democracy：Authority, Privacy, Responsibility, and Justice teaching material utilization at Elementary School- A Case of the "Responsibility"." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/74747468193322348537.

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博士
國立臺灣師範大學
公民教育與活動領導學系
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As the modern democratic society, the citizens who should have rational thinking, independent judgment, and responsibility. The purposes of law-related education not only to teaching students to obey the law but also enhance their human right concept, to let them understand civic rights and obligations, in the process of fostering their ideas of rule of law and attitude, skill of law, rather then to understand the life and attitude under rule of law. By the students’ concrete live experience center law-related education, through the experience would give students the chance to practice thinking and develop qualified future citizen with critical thinking ability. The learner’s center law-related education will cultivate students critical thinking ability, in addition to make students have the spirit of world citizenship: reflecting autonomy, communication, to distinguish right and wrong, sharing, justice and harmony, more better to ensure their own good and society towards excellence. The aims of the research are below: 1. To inquiry the theory detail of law-related education. 2. To study the implement situation of law-related education in elementary school under Grade 1-9 Curriculum. 3. To study the effect of teaching with Foundations of Democracy：Responsibility. 4. To explore the role of law-related education for students critical thinking. The research method including: literacy review, teaching observation, informal interview. And comprehension and separate information, reflecting the relation with evidences, dialacting and conversation, reflecting with judgement and conversation, strategy analyzing and action, discussion and analyzing of conflict values, compared with the value established, all these strategy will using to analysis the performance of critical thinking skills of students in the teaching process. The conclusions are: law-related education should not let students scared by the rule of law, the aim of law-related education is to implement rule of law, the purpose of law-related education is to build an ideal civic society, the relationship with law-related education and the social field under Grade 1-9 Curriculum is very closer, one topic long term teaching help for establish core concept with rule of law, Foundations of Democracy：Responsibility material including the law system information with law-related education, responsibility topic teaching fostering democracy literacy and citizen Participation, experience learning approach responsibility topic teaching good for students’ cognitive learning about concept, experience learning approach responsibility topic teaching can let students applying on live situation, Foundations of Democracy：Responsibility material diversity and richable, responsibility topic teaching fostering critical thinking and problem solving ability, student center responsibility topic teaching could let students practice rational dialogue and fostering their citizen literacy.

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Staudinger-Morgan, Katrin Ilka. "Material weight : the performativity of designed things in the space of corporate responsibility." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10453/134134.

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University of Technology Sydney. Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building.
This thesis is about designed things acting in the context of corporate responsibility (CR). It explores how designed things are mobilised by corporations to address CR issues. This research project was conducted by a designer through an interdisciplinary research project bringing together design, business and the social sciences. Previous research has explored design in the space of CR. This work predominantly focused on the potential of design to make CR more effective. My project has a different focus. It does not advocate for design in the space of CR but, rather, is interested in how designed things participate in CR activities; it examines the different roles performed by designed things on behalf of the corporation. The theoretical lens through which questions were framed and data interpreted in this project is Actor-Network Theory (ANT). This interpretive lens allows designed things to be recognised as actors with agency and effects. ANT concepts help to unpack how designed things shape CR activities, and how they are used to address issues of public concern. Equally, designed things operating in this space are shaped by corporate ends. They might be mobilised to smooth relations between the corporation and other actors or to mitigate risk for the corporation. This is complex territory and needs to be considered when looking at designed things acting in this space. CR reports from Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL), an internationally operating mail and logistics company, were used as data material. Qualitative data analysis was performed on this material using a combination of discourse analysis and visual methods. Out of this process understandings of how designed things are mobilised in the context of CR emerged. The data also revealed the corporate ends that drive CR. [German] Die vorliegende Arbeit beinhaltet die Untersuchung gestalteter Dinge die im Kontext von Corporate Responsibility (CR) agieren. Es wird erforscht, wie Unternehmen gestaltete Dinge mobilisieren, um CR-Aufgaben anzugehen. Dieses Forschungsprojekt wurde von einer Designerin in einem interdisziplinären Forschungsprojekt durchgeführt, das Design, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften zusammenführt. Forschung, die sich mit Design im Bereich CR befasst, konzentriert sich häufig darauf, CR-Aktivitäten durch Design effektiver zu machen. Das vorliegende Projekt hat einen anderen Schwerpunkt. Es befasst sich nicht mit vorbenannter Problematik, sondern beleuchtet, wie Design CR mitgestaltet; es untersucht die verschiedenen Rollen von gestalteten Dingen, welche vom Unternehmen initiiert wurden. Der theoretische Ansatz dieses Projektes ist Akteur-Netzwerk Theorie (ANT). Dieser Ansatz hat sowohl die Forschungsfragen, als auch die Dateninterpretation beeinflusst. In ANT werden gestaltete Dinge als Akteure mit Handlungsfähigkeit und Effekten verstanden. Dieser interpretative Ansatz ist hilfreich, um aufzuzeigen wie gestaltete Dinge innerhalb von CR-Aktivitäten agieren, und um besser zu verstehen wie sie mobilisiert werden, um Probleme von öffentlichem Interesse anzugehen. Gleichermaßen werden entworfene Dinge in CR-Aktivitäten im Interesse des Unternehmens genutzt, zum Beispiel, um die Beziehung zwischen Unternehmen und Öffentlichkeit zu verbessern. Darüberhinaus warden sie eingesetzt, um potentielle Risiken für das Unternehmen zu reduzieren. Dieses Spektrum an Einsatzmöglichkeiten macht CR zu einem komplexen Konstrukt, welches berücksichtigt werden muss, wenn man entworfenen Dinge, die in diesem Zusammenhang agieren, analysiert. Das Datenmaterial für dieses qualitative Forschungsprojekt waren CRBerichte von Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL), einem international tätigen Post- und Logistikunternehmen. Dieses Datenmaterial wurde mit einer Kombination aus Diskursanalyse und visuellen Methoden analysiert. Das Resultat dieser Analyse sind Erkenntnisse darüber, wie gestaltete Dinge im Kontext von CR mobilisiert werden. Ein weiteres Ergebnis dieser Analyse ist, dass die Unternehmensziele den Umgang mit CR mitformen.

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WANG, PEI-CHUAN, and 王佩絹. "The Legal Responsibility of the Financial Reports with False Statements or Omission－Focus on Identification of Material." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/se2387.

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Hume, Miles Grey. "Extended producer responsibility as a management practice for waste mattresses in British Columbia." 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10170/683.

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Development of stewardship programs for management of end-of-life mattresses (ELM) is a global challenge for governments. Metro Vancouver is the first Canadian regional government to ban mattresses at local landfills. The next step is for manufacturers and retailers to work with local governments in developing stewardship programs that successfully divert and recycle mattresses across British Columbia (BC). This thesis examines how mattress industry stakeholders in BC could effectively implement province wide mattress stewardship policy that will ensure maximum public participation and will be environmentally sound as well as cost effective. Research was conducted by way of a literature review, a case study approach of Metro Vancouver's mattress recycling bylaw and model, and exploratory interviews with BC stewardship program leaders, Sleep Country Canada, government waste management planners, and mattress recyclers.

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Coelho, Maria Daniela Caetano Ferreira Pinto. "Densificação Material do Direito à Liberdade de Expressão." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/83996.

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Dissertação de Mestrado em Direito apresentada à Faculdade de Direito
O presente trabalho visa investigar o direito a liberdade de expressão e a sua conexão com outros direitos de personalidade. A relevância do assunto se traduz na manifesta consideração e reconhecimento do indivíduo como pessoa. A liberdade de expressão é consagrada como um direito fundamental na Constituição da República Portuguesa e também como direito de personalidade no Código Civil, contudo, este direito assegurado igualmente a todos não pode ser exercido de forma que venha atingir e ofender outros direitos igualmente protegidos, nomeadamente o direito à reserva sobre a intimidade da vida privada, à honra e à imagem. Com a evolução e a proliferação de novas tecnologias surge a emergência da proteção dos bens inerentes à pessoa. Assim, faremos a analise da proteção dos direitos de personalidade pelo direito civil e a eventual lesão desses direitos através do exercício da liberdade de expressão e informação, verificando as possíveis formas de colisão e as formas de responsabilização civil decorrente da sua violação. Desse modo, estudaremos no primeiro capítulo o estudo da proteção dos direitos de personalidade; no segundo capítulo abordaremos a liberdade de expressão e informação, fundamentando-o como um direito subjetivo pautado na sua função social; no terceiro capítulo analisaremos alguns direitos de personalidade, em especial o direito a reserva sobre a intimidade da vida privada, o direito a honra e o direito a imagem; e no quarto e último capítulo abordaremos a questão da responsabilização civil perante a violação dos direitos de personalidade.
The present dissertation aims to investigate the right to freedom of expression and its connection with other rights of personality. The relevance of the subject translates into the consideration and recognition of the individual as a person. Freedom of expression is enshrined as a fundamental right in the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic and also as a right of personality in the Civil Code, however, this right guaranteed equally to all can´t be exercised in a way that will reach and offend other equally protected rights: right to reserve the privacy of life, honour and image. With the evolution and proliferation of new technology, emerges the need to protect all things inherent to the person. Thus, we will analyse the protection of personality rights by civil law and the possible damage of these rights through the exercise of freedom of expression and information, checking the possible forms of collision and civil liability on their violation. In this way, we will study in the first chapter the study of the protection of personality rights; In the second chapter we will address freedom of expression and information, basing it as a subjective right based on its social function; In the third chapter we will analyze some personality rights, in particular the right to reservation on the privacy of private life, the right to honor and the right to image; And in the fourth and final chapter we will address the issue of civil accountability for violation of personality rights.

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Hsiao, Jih-Sheng, and 蕭日勝. "How to Build Unique Position and Create Value Based on Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility？A Case Study of Chih Kang Material Company Ltd." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/69e3fb.

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國立臺南大學
經營與管理學系科技管理碩士在職專班
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In recent years，the issue of the corporate social responsibility has been drawing a wide research and discussion. In 2016, the Financial Supervisory Commission R.O.C imposed an extension on the scale of the corporate social responsibility report produced by all listed companies, causing the corporation to pay more attention on this issue. However, most companies fulfill their social responsibilities by responding passively or making donations. Compared with large corporations, small and medium enterprises subject to limited resources find it hard to develop multiple corporate social responsibilities. Only by associating company resources with social issues could they have substantial and essential influences. This thesis aims at exploring how small and medium enterprises take the advantage of their strengths and specialties to trigger motivation dedicated to the corporate social responsibility and how they incorporate the corporate social responsibility with their operational goals to develop the corporate position and create economic and social values. The reason I choose Chih Kang Metal Company is because it employs disability people and takes the lead in funding Haun Kang Technology Company-Taiwan’s first exceptional subsidiary company. With the focus on disability people, it fulfills their social responsibility by combining company resources with the social issue of taking care of disability people. The research finds that Chih Kang Metal Company enables disability people to create productivities and values through making revisions to work and improving working environments after establishing Haun Kang Technology Company. It outsources work which is done by exceptional subsidiary company- Haun Kang Technology Company and employs disability people as the core of fulfilling the corporate social responsibility. Simultaneously it sets up Taiwan Metal Creative Workshop which is run as Taiwan’s first panel-beating tourism factory to drive the revitalization of panel-beating culture. Apart from raising the corporate image and awareness, it also positions itself as a manufacturing service company to create economic and social values. The research suggests that if small and medium enterprises incorporated the social responsibility into daily operations and continuously invested sourceses on specific social agendas, they could take full social responsibility with limited resources.

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Jørgensen, Helle Bank. "Exchanging the inalienable the politics and practice of repatriating human remains from Museum and Maori tribal perspectives /." 2005. http://www.anthrobase.com/Txt/J/Joergensen_H_01.htm.

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Thesis (Kandidatspeciale / MA)--Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen.
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MacLeod, Suzanne. "From the "rising tide" to solidarity: disrupting dominant crisis discourses in dementia social policy in neoliberal times." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5213.

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As a social worker practising in long-term residential care for people living with dementia, I am alarmed by discourses in the media and health policy that construct persons living with dementia and their health care needs as a threatening “rising tide” or crisis. I am particularly concerned about the material effects such dominant discourses, and the values they uphold, might have on the collective provision of care and support for our elderly citizens in the present neoliberal economic and political context of health care. To better understand how dominant discourses about dementia work at this time when Canada’s population is aging and the number of persons living with dementia is anticipated to increase, I have rooted my thesis in poststructural methodology. My research method is a discourse analysis, which draws on Foucault’s archaeological and genealogical concepts, to examine two contemporary health policy documents related to dementia care – one national and one provincial. I also incorporate some poetic representation – or found poetry – to write up my findings. While deconstructing and disrupting taken for granted dominant crisis discourses on dementia in health policy, my research also makes space for alternative constructions to support discursive and health policy possibilities in solidarity with persons living with dementia so that they may thrive.
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