Search results for "vastuullisuus"
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Feasibility of a Responsibility-Based Leadership Training Program for Novice Physical Activity Instructors
2021
Most coaches and instructors would like to teach more than just sport skills to their athletes and children. However, to promote athletes' or children's holistic development and teach them to take responsibility and lead, requires the coaches and instructors to first master the skills themselves. Therefore, feasible, high quality leadership training programs where coaches and physical activity instructors are taught to teach and share leadership are needed. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the feasibility of a leadership training program to optimize it and to determine whether to proceed with its evaluation. In the leadership training program, eight Finnish novice physical activ…
Barriers to Responsible Consumption in e-Commerce : Evidence from Fashion Shoppers
2021
This qualitative study investigates the barriers to responsible consumption in e-commerce from the online shoppers’ viewpoint. The purpose of the study is to increase our understanding of what prevents young adults from making responsible purchases in online stores in the context of fashion retail. The data were collected by interviewing ten Finnish fashion shoppers aged 23-27 years. The findings show that responsible consumption is perceived as complex and challenging. The study identified barriers related to online stores and consumers themselves. Online store implementation (product availability, information and transparency, and pricing) is vital in facilitating online shoppers’ respons…
Implementing Ethics in AI: Initial Results of an Industrial Multiple Case Study
2019
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly widespread in system development endeavors. As AI systems affect various stakeholders due to their unique nature, the growing influence of these systems calls for ethical considerations. Academic discussion and practical examples of autonomous system failures have highlighted the need for implementing ethics in software development. However, research on methods and tools for implementing ethics into AI system design and development in practice is still lacking. This paper begins to address this focal problem by providing elements needed for producing a baseline for ethics in AI based software development. We do so by means of an industri…
Keskisuomalaiset yritykset ilmastokasvattajina
2017
Ilmastonmuutos vaikuttaa koko globaaliin yhteiskuntaan ja muuttaa ihmisten, yritysten ja valtioiden toimintaympäristöä. Uuteen perusopetuksen opetussuunnitelmaan sisältyvät oleellisesti kestävä kehitys, johon kuuluu ilmastokasvatus sekä koulun ulkopuolisten tahojen kanssa oppiminen. Yritysten on huomioitava ilmastonmuutos toiminnassaan ja ne voisivat hyötyä vastuullisesta osallistumisesta ilmastokasvatukseen sidosryhmissään. Suomen ilmastopaneelin hankkeen tutkimuksessa selvitettiin keskisuomalaisten yritysten suhtautumista ja toimia ilmastonmuutokseen suhteen sekä kiinnostusta ilmastokasvatushankkeisiin. Tutkimusaineisto kerättiin verkkokyselyllä Keski-Suomen Yrittäjien ja Kauppakamarin av…
How they walk the talk : Responsible management education in Finnish business schools
2022
Responsible management education (RME) has become a common initiative in the educational discourse of business schools worldwide. However, little is known about how (non-)engagement with RME in the past influenced the way RME is organised today. We examine this in one of the pioneering countries of RME, Finland, using extensive qualitative research materials. Our results suggest that RME has been embedded with authenticity-driven change (local context and research) since the 1990s. In the late 2000s after the legal educational reforms implemented in Finland, the prestige-driven change (accreditations) began to shape the embedding of RME. In the 2020s, both the authenticity- and prestige-dri…
The Art of Being Ethical and Responsible : Print Media Debate on Final Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Finland and Sweden
2022
AbstractAfter decades of preparation, the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel has reached the construction stage in Finland, and the neighboring Sweden is likely to soon follow in the footsteps. These Nordic countries rely on a similar technical concept based on passive safety, advocated as a means of minimizing the burden to future generations. The scholarly literature on the ethics of nuclear waste management has thus far paid little attention to the views of the broader publics on the associated ethical challenges. This article helps to fill the gap through a longitudinal and comparative analysis of ethical discussion of the final disposal of SNF in news articles and letters to the edit…
Lemmikin, kuluttajan ja ympäristön hyvinvointi
2014
Efficiency vs. values : Institutional logics, situated rationality, and performance measurement in a cooperative bank
2023
This qualitative case study explores how situated rationality is achieved and maintained between two coexisting institutional logics, ‘global’ financial efficiency and ‘local’ customer-owners, around a performance measurement system in a large cooperative bank. We focus especially on the relationship between financial performance measures and softer, cooperative and communal organisational values. The results highlight that communal values may be effectively used to smooth and manage managerial contradictions; thus, situated rationality for operations can be achieved and maintained. This may also explain the resilience and success of communal values and cooperatively formed organisations in…
Osuuskauppa Keskimaan asiakasomistajien käsityksiä vastuullisesta liiketoiminnasta
2012
This Master’s thesis considers corporate responsibility of co-op company Keskimaa and especially, how customer owners of Keskimaa understand two similar definitions: corporate responsibility and sustainable development. Literature part describes characteristics of corporate responsibility, ethical and moral basis and values. The value basis of co-op Keskimaa is briefly introduced and three bottom lines of corporate responsibility are discussed. The theoretical framework of the study is consisted of stakeholder theory and especial role of customer-owners is evaluated. Empirical part of the study contains 84 interviews of customer owners of Keskimaa done during the winter 2012 mainly in co-op…
Kuluttajaboikotit ja cancel-kulttuuri
2022
Organisaatiot, brändit ja yhteisöt ovat viime aikoina törmänneet yhä nopeampaan ja monikanavaisempaan kuluttajaboikotointiin ja sen aiheuttamiin viestinnällisiin haasteisiin. Tässä niin kutsutussa kansanomaisessa käänteessä, joka sosiaalisen median myötä on tuonut keskiöön tavallisten ihmisten vaikutusvallan ohi instituutioiden, piilee organisaatioilla aikaisempaa suurempi riski joutua boikotin kohteeksi. Boikotoinnin eri muodot: ostoboikotti, perinteinen boikotti ja epäsuora boikotti ovat kaikki vaikuttavia toimintatapoja tuotteiden ja palveluiden kysynnälle. Boikotoinnin uusina ilmentyminä ovat viime aikoina yleistyneet cancel- ja woke-aloitteet, jotka voidaan nähdä yksilöiden uudenlaisen…