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Impact of biotic and abiotic factors on bacterial virulence
2013
Immunoscore in Mismatch Repair-Proficient and -Deficient Colon Cancer
2017
Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate immune response and its prognostic significance in colon carcinomas using the previously described Immunoscore (IS). A population-based series of 779 colorectal cancers, operated on between 2000 and 2010, were classified according to tumour, node, metastasis (TNM) status, mismatch repair (MMR), and BRAF mutation status. Rectal cancer cases (n = 203) were excluded as a high proportion of these patients received preoperative neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Tissue microarray (TMA) samples collected from the tumour centre and invasive front were immunostained for CD3 and CD8. Lymphocytes were then digitally calculated to categorize IS from grade …
Responsible Investment: Taxes and Paradoxes
2017
Abstract Taxes have become an issue of corporate social responsibility (CSR), but the role of taxation is to some extent an ambiguous and controversial issue in the CSR framework. Similarly, another unclear question is what role investors who are committed to sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) see taxes as having on their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) agenda. Corporate taxes have an inverse relationship with the return of the investors: taxes paid directly affect what is left on the bottom line, reducing the return of investors. However, investors are now more aware of tax-related risks, which can include different forms of reputation risk. Corporate tax planning may…
Discarding the mirror : the importance of intangible social resources to responsibility in business in a Finnish context
2010
Corporate social responsibility and community development in a mining region in India:
2019
Yrittäjän innostus syttyi nopeasti
2011
CSR for financial stakeholders : frame analysis of sustainability reports
2017
Teollistumisesta lähtien, yritysten tärkein tehtävä on ollut vaurauden rakentaminen. Ajan kuluessa, vaatimukset yrityksiä kohtaan ovat muuttuneet. Ensin yritysten tuli täyttää valtion ja hallinnon sekä lain vaatimukset, mutta myöhemmin vaatimukset altruistisemmasta toiminnasta syntyivät eri sidosryhmillä. Nykyisin, yhteiskuntavastuu on yleisesti puhuttu aihe. Globalisaatio on kasvattanut yritysten sidosryhmien määrää ja kaikilla sidosryhmillä on omat vaatimuksensa ja odotuksensa yrityksen vastuullisuudesta. Yritykset pyrkivät toimimaan vastuullisesti pitääkseen sidosryhmänsä tyytyväisinä. Tämä tutkimus pohjaa yritysten taloudellisen suorituskyvyn sekä yhteiskuntavastuun yhteydestä. Tutkimuk…
The role of sustainability in online customer experiences : a qualitative study on female fashion shoppers
2022
This qualitative study aims to understand sustainability’s role in responsible consumers’ Online Customer Experiences (OCEs). In this study, we focus on female fashion shoppers, and study three dimensions of their OCE: cognitive, affective, and social. Although online shopping and responsible consumer behaviour have increased tremendously, sustainability’s role in OCE has not been studied before from the customer’s perspective. The data consists of nine semi-structural interviews of Finnish female self-proclaimed responsible consumers and is analyzed with qualitative content analysis. The findings show that sustainability issues are present in all OCE dimensions, which are also all intercon…
Freedom and responsibility in Avicenna
2022
It is still a matter of some debate whether Avicenna grounds moral responsibility in a robust notion of free will. In this contribution, I will first delve into Avicenna’s theory of voluntary agency, arguing that he holds voluntary agency to be responsive to reasons but also thoroughly determined by the agent’s beliefs concerning the relevant goals, instruments, and qualifying circumstances. Since these beliefs in turn are caused, it seems that there is little room for a causally undetermined will in Avicenna’s theory. I will conclude by considering the question of whether Avicenna is some kind of compatibilist concerning the relation between determinism and responsibility. peerReviewed