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The impact of corporate social responsibility initiative on sustainable livelihood capitals of cocoa farmers in Ghana : a case study of cocoa livelih…

2015

The Cocoa Livelihood Programme (CLP), an initiative of corporate organizations in collaboration with the World Cocoa Foundation (WFC) in line with their corporate social responsibility (CSR), was introduced in Ghana by Solidaridad West Africa in the year 2009. This CSR initiative is to promote sustainable livelihoods of cocoa farmers. Qualitative research method of approach was used to examine the impact of the CLP on the livelihoods of participating cocoa farmers in the Ahafo Ano South District using the five capitals of the Sustainable Livelihood (SL) Framework. Two research questions were answered using thematic coding and analysis. The findings show that the cocoa livelihood programme (…

Values and sustainable food consumption - promoting sustainably produced food products to Finnish consumers

2018

Food consumption and food choices are a vital part of humans’ lifestyles. In addition, it is widely acknowledged that food is one of the key consumption contexts for environmental and social impacts around the world. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the discussion on promoting sustainable food consumption. More specifically, this study provides insights into the promotion of sustainably produced food to consumers as well as into the value orientations linked with sustainable food consumption. This dissertation contributes to the existing literature on sustainable food consumption by showing that such consumption may be motivated by a plethora of value orientations – and their c…

Uusi uljas ammatti- ja aikuiskasvatuksen hallinnan malli: alueelliset verkostot?

2004

Kirja-arvostelu teoksesta Governance and marketisation in vocational and continuing education / Rudolf Husemann & Anja Heikkinen (eds.). (Studien zur Erwachsenenbildung ; Bd. 21) Frankfurt am Main : Lang, 2004. 214 s. nonPeerReviewed

The sidelining of gender equality in a corporatist and knowledge-oriented regime : The case of failed family leave reform in Finland

2020

Reform of the family leave system has been on the Finnish political agenda for a long time but has proved to be a challenging task. The challenges relate to ideological differences between the political parties and to non-decision making in tripartite working groups, where the labour market parties participate in policy formulation. The article analyses the recent attempt to reform the Finnish family leave system under a right-conservative government (2015–2019) as an example of how diverging political ideologies and vested interests undermine adoption of government gender equality policy. The case also serves as an example of the growing influence of knowledge, and especially economic know…

Publiskas personas kapitālsabiedrības padomes institūcijas loma, uzdevumi, to izpratne un problemātika.

2022

Publiskas personas kapitālsabiedrības jeb visbiežāk valstij piederoši uzņēmumi veido ievērojamu daļu Latvijas tautsaimniecības aktīvu, kā arī nodrošina valstij būtisku funkciju veikšanu un infrastruktūras uzturēšanu. Šīm kapitālsabiedrībām ir liela atbildība, tādēļ nepieciešama arī rūpīga uzraudzība, ko īsteno kapitālsabiedrību padomes. Publiskas personas kapitāla daļu un kapitālsabiedrību pārvaldības likums, kas veidots, balstoties uz Ekonomiskās sadarbības un attīstības organizācijas Vadlīnijām valstij piederošu uzņēmumu korporatīvajai pārvaldībai, nosaka uzdevumus, kādi veicami kapitālsabiedrību padomēm. Tomēr ne visi šajā likumā aptvertie uzdevumi ir vienlīdz skaidri. Daļa no tiem ir at…

Korporatīvā sociālā atbildība uzņēmumu komunikācijā: AS "Cēsu alus" atbildīgas mārketinga komunikācijas piemēra analīze

2018

Korporatīvā sociālā atbildības jēdziens radies jau 20. gadsimta pusē, un mūsdienās arvien straujāk kļūst par plaši pielietotu stratēģisku biznesa instrumentu īpaši lielu uzņēmumu vidū. Balstoties jēdziena novitātē, tā attīstības potenciālā, kā arī Latvijas uzņēmumu Ilgtspējas indeksa novērtējumā, kā bakalaura darba tēma tiek izvēlēta “Korporatīvā sociālā atbildība uzņēmumu komunikācijā: AS “Cēsu alus” atbildīgas mārketinga komunikācijas piemēra analīze”. Darba mērķis ir analizēt viena no Latvijā atzītākā un sociāli atbildīgākā uzņēmuma – “Cēsu alus” – korporatīvās sociālās atbildības aktivitātes caur uzņēmuma komunikāciju, kā arī veikt uzņēmuma atbildīgas mārketinga komunikācijas analīzi un…

Foucault and the birth of psychopolitics : Towards a genealogy of crisis governance

2020

The article contributes to the genealogy of current tendencies in crisis governance by reconstructing Michel Foucault’s analysis of the application of the notion of crisis in 19th-century psychiatry. This analysis complements and corrects Reinhart Koselleck’s history that viewed crisis as originally a medical, judicial or theological concept that was transferred to the political domain in the 18th century. In contrast, Foucault highlights how the psychiatric application of the concept of crisis was itself political, conditioned by the disciplinary power of the psychiatrist. Unlike the ancient medical concept of crisis that emphasized the doctor’s judgement in observing the event of truth i…

Stakeholder expectations : conceptual foundations and empirical analysis

2015

Expectations are an inseparable part of interaction, whether in interpersonal, intragroup, or organization–stakeholder relations. As a concept, expectations appear frequently in the public relations literature, yet definitions are scarce or narrow. This thesis contributes to the conceptual and empirical understanding of expectations in the context of organization–stakeholder relations and, more specifically, studies how organizations translate their societal roles and how stakeholders form expectations of these roles. The theoretical framework is drawn from Scandinavian institutionalism and corporate responsibility as social connectedness that, first, places organization–stakeholder relatio…

Preminenza e distinzione in Italia tra XIV e XV secolo. Alcuni problemi

2014

Cultural Knowledge as A Resource in BELF Interactions: A Longitudinal Ethnographic Study of Two Managers in Global Business

2019

This paper contributes to the growing field of research on English as a business lingua franca (BELF) and extends discussion on the role of culture and cultural knowledge in business interactions. It aims to provide insights into the relationship between cultural knowledge and professionals’ management of BELF interactions. The paper is based on a longitudinal ethnographic study of two Finnish professionals’ trajectories of socialization into global working life and their work as managers. It draws on interview data in which the research participants orient to Finnish and Chinese professional and everyday practices and differences between them and thereby display their cultural knowledge. T…