Essays about: "Legal consciousness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words Legal consciousness.

  1. 1. Understanding The Motives Of Scandinavian Retail Companies CSR-efforts At Their Offshore Suppliers

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Vendela Axelsson; David Löfven; [2023-06-28]
    Keywords : Sustainability ⋅ Business ethics ⋅ Supply chain ⋅ CSR ⋅ Scandinavian Retail Industry;

    Abstract : Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has gained substantial significance in recent years, driven by the growing societal emphasis on sustainability. Businesses are now expected to contribute to social and environmental goals alongside economic performance. READ MORE

  2. 2. Necesitamos vivas a nuestras hijas [We need our daughters alive]: Tensions to the functioning of the human rights mechanism of AVGM - the role of civil society and impact of societal accountability in its activation - in the state of Ciudad de México

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Amanda Jäverfelt; [2022-01-21]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This study explores critical perspectives on the functioning of the mechanism of Alerta de Violencia de Género Contra Las Mujeres, a legal-institutional mechanism on the prevention and elimination of feminicidal violence in México. The study uses a case study of the Mexican state of Ciudad de México, and explores the functioning of the mechanism in relation to societal accountability, and rights consciousness as a means for participation. READ MORE

  3. 3. Closing the gap? An Analysis of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Business Operations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Sif Tani Nielsen-Lundberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Human Rights; Legal Consciousness; Law in books and Law in action; UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; UN Sustainable Development Goals; Supermarket chains; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : There is an increasing demand for responsible business conduct. Different mechanisms have been developed to promote and ensure such responsibility within corporate operations. Two of such mechanisms are the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). READ MORE

  4. 4. "We have so much power and still, we feel completely powerless almost all the time:"

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Jennie Jansson; [2022]
    Keywords : Legal Consciousness; Ewick Silbey; Before the Law; Social Workers; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study how social workers experience and understand the laws they are regulated by, and if they perceive that the laws give them the right conditions to fulfil their purpose(s). Social Services have the important task of protecting society’s vulnerable groups, one of them being children, which entails huge power over other people’s lives, which is why social workers are heavily regulated by law. READ MORE

  5. 5. "The House has Already Burned Down" - A Research Study Exploring Greenwashing in the Swedish Legal Practice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Amanda Rehm; [2022]
    Keywords : Greenwashing; deceptive environmental marketing; legal consciousness; sociology of law; environmental claims; green marketing; greenwashing in Sweden.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As the interest in greenwashing as a strategy for marketing increases, monitoring institutions in Sweden have not failed to acknowledge the tendency of unwarranted and exaggerated statements that has left the impression of products or services without any legitimate support. Even as institutions have voiced their active engagement in tackling this problem, critique has been raised arguing that greenwashing is only increasing with little resistance to deter its practice. READ MORE