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Employee Rhetoric in the Acceptance or Rejection of Corporate Environmentalism

2016

This study explores how employees in a Finnish financial company use rhetorical strategies to accept or reject corporate environmentalism. It is based on a qualitative study in which face-to-face interviews were conducted among 30 employees. The study shows how employees rejected corporate environmentalism by dissociating their employer from polluters or by dissociating environmental values from other values in the financial business. It also shows how they accepted corporate environmentalism by associating it with other business virtues and by associating the employer with polluters. The study identifies rhetorical strategies as a means for employees to construct an understanding of corpor…

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Managementrhetoricmedia_common.quotation_subjectCorporate environmentalismcorporate responsibilityyritysvastuu0502 economics and businesstyöntekijätrahoitusalaRhetorical questionympäristövastuuSociologyfinancial sectorta512General Environmental Sciencemedia_commonjustificationenvironmental responsibilityfinanssialabusiness.industryoikeutus05 social sciencesPublic relationsretoriikkaemployeesRhetoriccorporate environmentalism050211 marketingbusiness050203 business & managementQualitative research
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Fiscal consolidation and financial reforms

2015

We use data for a panel of 17 countries over the period 1980-2005 to investigate the impact of fiscal consolidation on the likelihood of financial reforms. We show that fiscal adjustments do not boost the implementation of financial reforms. However, tax-driven fiscal consolidation programs raise the likelihood of banking sector reforms. Moreover, we find that: (i) an increase in the degree of trade openness makes countries less likely to implement financial reforms; (ii) an increase in the interest rate spreads accelerates the path of financial reforms, especially, external capital account reforms; and (iii) an improvement in the quality of political institutions strongly enhances the prob…

macroeconomic determinantsEconomics and Econometricsrare events logit modelmedia_common.quotation_subjectfinancial reformsLogitSocial SciencesProbitRecessionfiscal consolidationConsolidation (business)0502 economics and businessOpenness to experienceEconomicsinstitutional quality050207 economicsmedia_commonFinance050208 financeeconomic factorsbusiness.industry05 social sciences1. No povertyCiências Sociais::Economia e GestãoFinancial conditionsmacroeconomic determinantfinancial reformAusterityFiscal consolidationrecessions8. Economic growth:Economia e Gestão [Ciências Sociais]businessFinancial sector
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Etyczny wymiar relacji w sektorze finansowym w świetle koncepcji personalistycznej

2018

Współcześnie zaznacza się potrzebę dogłębnej analizy problemów etycznych, które mają miejsce w świecie ekonomii i gospodarki. Rozdział porusza kwestie dotyczące relacji zachodzących między klientem, pracownikiem (sprzedawcą) a przedsiębiorcą na rynku finansowym. Punktem wyjścia dla analizy problemów etycznych jest personalistyczne rozumienie pracy oraz przedstawienie koncepcji dobra wspólnego wraz z podstawowymi założeniami personalizmu ekonomicznego. Zostały wskazane wybrane zagadnienia związane z konkretnymi relacjami w sektorze finansowym.

sprzedawcapersonalizmsalesmaneconomic personalismcustomerpersonalismfinancial sectorklientpersonalizm ekonomicznysektor finansowy
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