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This thesis addresses the topic of inclusive business by analyzing and comparing the strategy adoption process led by top managers, the level of cocreation, and challenges of Swedish organizations operating in low-income contexts within the water and sanitation and energy sectors. Inclusive business is a novel concept built upon Prahalad and Hart’s (2002) proposition of doing business with the Bas

Our intention of this research was to study how treatment assistants who is working in two different treatment houses for addicts are considering the way out of alcohol and narcotic substances addiction. The two different treatment houses are one motivation clinic and one support clinic. We have chosen a qualitative method with semistructured interviews in this research where six treatment assista

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (The Declaration) has gained increasing attention as a tool for promoting indigenous rights. This study contributes to the discussion about its effectiveness by analysing the Declaration’s role in advancing indigenous peoples’ self-determination. A qualitative case study is conducted with Māori activists in New Zealand, using a rig

Kränkande särbehandling är ett begrepp som innefattar bland annat vuxenmobbning, trakasserier och sexuella trakasserier. Kränkande särbehandling genom mobbning regleras i svensk rätt främst genom arbetsmiljörätten. Arbetsmiljön ska enligt arbetsmiljölagen vara tillfredsställande och arbetsgivaren ska vidta alla åtgärder som behövs för att förebygga att arbetstagare drabbas av ohälsa. Det finns äveVictimization is a concept that mainly contains adult bullying, harassment and sexual harassment. Victimization through bullying is regulated in Swedish law primarily through the work environment legislation, since it is considered to be an organizational issue. The work environment shall according to the Swedish Work Environment Act be satisfactory and the employer shall take all the precautions

This thesis investigates a new trend in political communication, self-controlled digital media platforms, and how they can be categorized in relation to digital media outlets. The analysis is carried out in a Danish setting in the age of the hybrid media system, where several political parties either produce their own podcasts or are associated with online news platforms. Comparing content from

Boende baserat på delningsekonomi har blivit ett allt vanligare inslag både internationellt och på den svenska bostadsmarknaden. Tidiga former av delningsekonomi på bostadsmarknaden är Couchsurfing och AirBnB som skapat möjligheter för privatpersoner att hyra ut sina boenden när de står tomma. Idag är två mer permanenta exempel co-living och co-housing där hyresgäster utan tidigare relation till vSharing economy in housing is becoming more and more common both internationally and on the Swedish housing market. Examples of sharing economy in housing include co-living and co-housing, where tenants with no previous relationship to each other have their private rooms or apartments but share large common areas. These concepts have likely emerged due to high rental prices in city centres, social

Title: Game on: under-promise and over-deliver - A qualitative case study of cultural significance of performance appraisals at “Company X” Seminar date: June 2nd, 2023. Course: FEKH49 - Bachelor’s degree thesis in Management and Organization, 15 credits. Authors: Marcus Hedebark, Emilia Makra and Freja Sahlin Supervisor: Emilie Hesselbo Purpose: The purpose of this study is to gain a greater

Thesis Purpose: This thesis aims to understand how a multitier private label portfolio is linked to the retailer brand image from a consumer perspective by using a case study of the Swedish grocery retailer ICA. Furthermore, we aim to comprehend the connection of the contained private labels in a multitier private label to the retailer brand image. Methodology: Based on an epistemological social c

This thesis focusses on three distinct unevenness’s seen within the Covid-19 pandemic. Geographical unevenness shows in an uneven spread in and between countries. Societal unevenness is seen as Covid-19 deaths mainly occur in the elderly population, or people with underlying conditions. Finally, governmental policy unevenness is seen between countries as some have imposed strict health measures, a

Assumptions about humankind’s separation from the rest of life on Earth have fuelled worldwide environmental destruction and a subsequent widespread loss of abundance and biodiversity amongst insects. As insects are vital to the health of the biosphere, a reconciliation of humans with the natural world is in due season. Drawing on eco-phenomenological ideas of the Flesh, embodied perception, and b

Denna uppsats har diskuterat hur man i ett socialt fält samlar in kulturellt kapital och framförallt hur vingårdar inom det svenska vinlandskapet använder sig av renhet, smak och exklusivitet för att samla kulturellt kapital. Uppsatsen visar att man kan generera status och respekt genom att ha högt fokus på socialt och ekologisk hållbarhet inom produktionen och i kommunikationen mot sina gäste

In Northern Swedish, personal proper names are traditionally introduced by a morphologically distinct definite article, most known as the preproprial article (PPA). The use of the article in contemporary Swedish dialects is obscure, as research on the topic is scarce and mainly based on antiquated data. For some dialects, PPAs are occasionally said to be restricted to names of people personally kn

Arbetet utreder faderskapspresumtionen och närliggande rättsområden. Syftet med detta är att granska presumtionen och utvärdera om denna är att anse fyll-ler sitt syfte. Detta görs genom att analysera såväl hur det sett ut historiskt som att konstatera hur den gällande rätten ser ut. Detta har även ställts emot de intressen som finns i samhället, hos föräldrarna samt principen om barnets bästa. HThe project audits the presumption of fatherhood in the Swedish legal system and related legal areas. This is done to evaluate if the presumption is fulfilling its purpose. To achieve this a thorough analysis of the subject is conducted. The history of the legal area is explored, and the applicable law is reviewed. The interests in of the different involved parties such as the parents and the publ

Purpose: The objective is to understand the impact of external cues and internal cognitive heuristics on fast-commerce websites and whether it affects consumers' perceived scarcity and purchase intentions. Specifically, this study aims to provide a deeper comprehension of the modern online consumer landscape, ever-evolving e-commerce websites, and persuasion tactics. Methodology: This study i

The cellphone footage of Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old white man in his twenties, choking the life out of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old Black man, in a New York City subway car during the summer of 2023 made headlines around the globe. The story took off in part because it was identified by the press as existing within the long history of American vigilantism, one that dates to the very founding of th

In the process of urbanization and growing cities the city´s limits are expanding, and as a result the industrial areas once located in the periphery of the city have now increased in interest. In recent decades there has been a change within cultural policy, which has altered the way in which we plan our cities and view the value of culture and creativity. This essay studies the culture within t

Beskattning av pokervinster har inte minst under 2011 varit ett ämne för många diskussioner i media. Vissa anser att det krävs stora inslag av skicklighet för att vara duktig på poker och att det inte borde anses vara ett lotteri. Denna skicklighetsaspekt var fall för prövning i HD under 2011 i den s.k. Grebbestadsdomen. Vissa ansåg att domen skulle direkt avgöra om pokervinster skulle komma att bTaxation on poker winnings have not the least in 2011 been a topic of discussion in the media. Some believe that it requires significant element of skill to be good at poker and that it should not be considered a lottery. This skill aspect was tried in the Supreme Court in 2011 in the so-called Grebbestad verdict. Some felt that the appeal would directly determine whether poker profits would be ta

This thesis explores the anti-media populist discourse of the current Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, with which he harshly targets Slovak mainstream media to delegitimize them and their critical reporting. This practice, which Fico has been engaging in for many years, was originally considered problematic mainly due to its potentially detrimental consequences for trust in the media among many

Studiens syfte var att undersöka hur individer tolkar villkorssatser för symptom och sjukdom, framförallt när dessa beskrivs som “Om sjukdom, så symptom”, och sekundärt vid det omvända: “Om symptom så sjukdom”. Även sambandet mellan need for cognition och korrektheten i dessa tolkningar undersöktes. En kvantitativ studie genomfördes, där 50 deltagare svarade på en enkät. Utifrån båda villkorsformeThe aim of this study was to investigate how individuals interpret conditional statements about symptoms and disease, primarily when these are phrased as “If disease, then symptoms”, secondarily also in the reversed form: “If symptoms, then disease”. Apart from this was the correlation between need for cognition and the accuracy of these interpretations, also examined. A quantitative study was con

Inom nuvarande könsnormer så ses kön främst som ett uttryck av biologiska könsgrupper som är binära och olika, men kompletterande. En performativ syn på kön analyserar i stället kön som något som uppstår under sociala interaktioner genom konstant repetition av handlingar som sker inom förhärskande könsdiskurser. Dessa hegemoniska könsdiskurser konstruerar kön som fundamentalt heterosexuellt. DärmeCurrent gender norms predominantly construct gender as an expression of binary sex categories that are different but complementary. A performative view of gender instead analyses gender as an emergent feature of social interactions that is created by the constant repetition of acts in relation to discourses of gender. Within these hegemonic discourses, gender is constructed as fundamentally hetero