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Human dignity in the learning environment : testing a sociological paradigm for a diversity-positive milieu with school starters

2004

"En mä halua et mun pomo seuraa mua" : mitkä tekijät estävät työntekijää omaksumasta organisaation sisäistä sosiaalista viestintävälinettä?

2017

Tämän päivän alati muuttuvassa maailmassa yritykset etsivät yhä uusia tapoja säilyttääkseen kilpailuaseman liiketoiminnassaan. Yritysten sosiaaliset kollaboraatio-ohjelmistot, kuten Yammer, ovat tarkoitettu työyhteisölliseen viestintään. Niillä pyritään edistämään työntekijöiden välistä vuorovaikutusta, tiedon jakamista ja työssäsuoriutumiskykyä sekä parantamaan yrityksen tuottavuutta. Yritykset kohtaavat kuitenkin haasteita työntekijöiden sosiaalisen viestintävälineen omaksumisessa. Tietojärjestelmätieteessä teknologian hyväksyntään liittyvä tutkimus on keskittynyt teknologian omaksumisen ja käytön mahdollistajiin. Vähemmälle huomiolle on jäänyt teknologian omaksumisen estäjät, koska niide…

Seitsemäsluokkalaisten kokemuksia vastuutehtävistä kahdella luontoretkellä

2000

Social Accountancy (Accountability): Social Balance as a (no) Instrument of Ethic Corporative Action

2004

Communicating Corporate Social Responsibility – Brand management

2007

Corporate action is subject to more scrutiny than ever. An attempt to legitimize the corporate role is seen in corporate social responsibility as a part of a triple bottom line framework. Corporate principles are communicated in various forms to a wide set of stakeholders. Ideally, what is communicated in terms of principles is also seen in business practice. In cases where the principles and actions differ, the platform for creating a brand territory is limited. The communication platform is affected by, for example, corporate documents, actions and media perceptions. The studied cases, from the construction industry, illustrate how media portrays business conduct. It shows that the corpor…

Attitudes toward CSR : the attitudes of Finnish trade unions' representatives toward corporate social responsibility practices

2015

The aim of this study was to investigate the attitudes of trade union representatives toward companies’ CSR practices. The research participants were representatives of altogether nine Finnish trade unions and one Finnish solidarity centre representing the trade unions. The data had been collected as part of a bigger research project concerning trade unions and CSR but this study is an independent research using the same data. Altogether 206 pages of transcribed data gathered through interviews were analysed. The data was analysed with content analysis, and the aim was to be objective and code the data in a quantitative as well as qualitative form. The theoretical framework for this study f…

Sport clubs' health promotion activities for the surrounging communities : a comparative case study of Columbus Blue Jackets, HJK and Sotkamon Jymy

2014

ABSTRACT The level of physical activity continues to decrease globally. Therefore it is important to explore new ways of promoting physical activity and healthy life style. Sport clubs are an excellent setting for physical activity and health related programs targeted for the surrounding community due to their visibility, popularity and image. They offer also companies a possibility to conduct their health related corporate social responsibility activities by supporting and cooperating with the club. Despite its importance there are not many studies related to the role of sport clubs as health promoters. The aim of this research is to explore what kind of health promotion activities sport c…

Resources Affecting Banks' CSR in Sultanate of Oman: A Stakeholders' Perspective

2012

Corporate social responsibility is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into the business model. CSR functions as a built-in, self-regulating mechanism whereby business ensures its active compliance with the spirit of the law, ethical standards and international practices. This paper aims to study the resources affecting the CSR initiatives of the banks in Sultanate of Oman from the perspective of major stakeholders. This research is based on the survey conducted among the major stakeholders. The selection of the banking sector is rational as it can be considered to the representative of the financial institutions in Oman due to its majority stake. This paper contributes to the ex…

Evaluation of Social Reporting Practices of Islamic Banks in Saudi Arabia

2012

Islamic banks are said to possess ethical identity (Haniffa and Hudaib, 2007) because their social goals are just as important if not more important than financial goals because of the fact that they are based on religious foundations, i.e. the Islamic Shari'ah which has as its ultimate goal, the betterment of society. Islamic banks are thus expected to portray a high level of corporate social responsibility which would be evident in their social reporting practices as evidenced in their annual reports. However, two prominent studies of the social reporting practices of Islamic banks have shown otherwise (Maali et.al, 2003; Haniffa and Hudaib, 2007). This study replicated the Haniffa and Hu…

Positioning Stakeholder Theory within the Debate on Corporate Social Responsibility

2007

Companies engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) mainly because they can reap some kind of benefits from such engagement. It is thus necessary to have a CSR notion which is able to address this important feature. The differing views regarding the role of business in society are often presented as being placed within the stakeholder-shareholder debate. This article tries to show that a useful notion of CSR should be based on a stakeholder view and should be capable of addressing both its normative and instrumental aspects. Companies are seen as having an obligation to consider society’s long-run needs and wants, which implies that they engage in activities that promote benefits for …