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This thesis is a fenomenological approach to percieved pros and cons of a mature ISO14001-certificate. I've also investigated if my interviewees have expeerienced an influence from their environmental management work to their personal environmental awareness. I also sought to see if these Environmental Management Officers thought that their having the certificate influences the general environ
This thesis deals with the vital issue of empowerment in development work and development projects, a multimillion dollar enterprise which engages donors,governmental agencies and governments. More specifically the thesis deals with a development intervention in education as social policy in Uruguay, investigated as a case study. The methodological intention is to present the voices of the subject
This thesis aims to explore the impact of population policy on women’s reproductive rights. I use one child policy, which has far-reaching repercussions on all Chinese women at childbearing age, as the case for this research. The following questions are asked: What is one child policy? What kinds of measures are used to lower fertility rate? What is the impact on women’s reproductive rights? I emp
With around 3 million affected people, Colombia has the second highest number of internal displaced persons (IDPs) in the world after Sudan (ACNUR 2007). They are basically refugees inside their own country. One of the main problems of IDPs living in the cities is the difficulty to generate income that allows them to satisfy their basic needs. Looking to solve this problem, the government of Colom
Huruvida det existerar en prisbubbla eller inte på den svenska bostadsmarknaden är ett flitigt diskuterat ämne, inte minst i medierna. Syftet med vår uppsats är att besvara frågan med hjälp av en metod som är kallad imputed rent eller imputerad hyra. I den imputerade hyran vägs årskostnaden av att äga ett hus mot årskostnaden av att hyra en likvärdig bostad och om det finns en prisbubbla på markna
This paper examines the impacts of short-term changes in individual socioeconomic status on marital formation and dissolution by using data from Current Population Survey (CPS). Empirical results suggest that employment stability plays the most important role in conditioning the marriage entry and dramatic increase in relative earning power within family may impose greatest threat to marital stabi
The aim of the current study was to examine the relation between self-efficacy, sense of coherence and general mental health in unemployed individuals. The study was based on Antonovsky’s concept sense of coherence and Bandura’s concept of self-efficacy. A questionnaire was constructed based on the SOC scale, the general self-efficacy scale and the general health questionnaire. The sample consiste
I dagens samhälle som präglas av ständig förändring och utveckling i arbetslivet har mycket kommit att handla om konkurrens, personlig utveckling och hållbarhet. För att företag ska kunna konkurrera på en alltmer dynamisk marknad har organisationer fått en större insikt om medarbetarnas betydelse och insats för verksamhetens utveckling. Performance Management är ett system organisationer använder
Basel II requires Value at Risk (VaR) as a standardized risk measure for calculating market risk. However, the validity of the risk measure has been questioned since it neglects the losses beyond the VaR level. Expected Shortfall (ES) is a response to this limitation, as it is defined as the average of the losses ignored by VaR. This study applies VaR and ES to three commodities; gold, oil and cor
Vid den aktuella studien har individens drivkraft i arbetssituationen diskuterats utifrån två perspektiv, inre och yttre motivation. Tidigare forskning har argumenterat för dessa som antingen distinkta faktorer, vilka båda kan ha sina för- och nackdelar, eller som sinsemellan kompletterande. Frågan som ställdes i studien var hur individernas motivation i bemanningsbranschen kunde kopplas till orga
Since 2006, President Calderón has used the army to combat organized crime. The object of this study is to investigate the effects of militarization, as a strategy to contain the war on drugs, on Ciudad Juárez. The paper will focus on violence, corruption, public denounce, economy, policy making and international cooperation as indicators to help evaluating the strategy chosen by the Mexican Gover
Our purpose was to examine the view and perspectives of the residential staff about the disabled individual’s sexuality. Our study was executed in three different group homes. Three questions evolved in our process and quest for insight: How does the residential staff construct the disabled sexuality in a group home? What is the staff´s perception of the disabled responsibility concerning their s
The purpose of this essay was to study what knowledge and understanding social workers think they have when it comes to honor-related problems and how they handle cases with these issues. We made a qualitative study and interviewed six social workers who work with young people and honor issues. We also did an interview with Maria Hagberg, who is a main figure and author in the field. To analyze th
Religionsfrihet är en grundläggande mänsklig rättighet. Artikel 9 i Europakonventionen reglerar religionsfriheten och dess begränsningar. Konventionen är inkorporerad i svensk lagstiftning och ska således tillämpas i Sverige. Med anledning av det så kallade handskakningsmålet ställs religionsfriheten i förhållande till arbetet mot ett könsjämlikt arbetsliv. Frågan väcks och diskuteras huruvida relFreedom of religion is a fundamental human right. Article 9 of the European Convention regulates religious freedom and its limits. The Convention is incorporated in Swedish law and has to be applied in Sweden. On account of the so-called handshake-case, the freedom of religion is put in relation to work towards a gender-balanced working life. The question is raised and discussed whether freedom of
This thesis is endeavoring to compare the competitiveness of the wind power industry from two very different countries China and Denmark, through the Porter Diamond Model as the methodological framework. The aim is to see why both countries seem to be so committed with wind energy, yet the outcome is so different up until now. Ultimately it is going to explain if there is any way that China could
Problem och syfte: Det blir allt svårare för företag att utmärka sig. För att bli mer effektiva i sitt varumärkesbyggande behöver företag förstå hur de kan utveckla en varumärkesidentitet. En trend att använda sig av fiktiva figurer har vuxit sig stark. Den framtida differentieringen kommer därför att fokusera mer på historier, symboler och känslor. Synlighet har också betydelse då konsumenter oft
Regarding the changes in today's generation we can see that a problem with the theories of internal and external marketing is the lacks of ideas about how companies can act when an employee leave the company. We believe that there is a need for other ideas on how to maintain relationships with former employees. The aim of this thesis is to describe and analyze if and how ideas about employer b
Byggbranschen står för 36 % av Sveriges totala energianvändning och det är av största vikt att förbrukningen i sektorn minskar. Lagar och regler genomgår ständiga förändringar och kraven på energiprestanda skärps för nybyggnation av bostäder. Det krävs trots det ett intresse för energieffektivisering hos byggherrar och entreprenörer vid nyuppförande av bostäder. Fastighetsförvaltaren Lunds Kommuns
