Essays about: "ethical theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 261 essays containing the words ethical theory.

  1. 1. Indigenous Collections at the Museum of World Culture : Digitisation, Decolonisation and Other Stories

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Silvia Sánchez Membrilla; [2024]
    Keywords : decolonial computing; decolonisation; digital cultural heritage; digital humanities; digitisation; postcolonialism; computación decolonial; decolonización; digitación; digitalización; humanidades digitales; patrimonio cultural digital; postcolonialismo;

    Abstract : Introduction. This thesis investigates the digitisation of Indigenous collections at the Museum of World Culture (Gothenburg, Sweden), with particular attention to Carlotta’s role in shaping the digital collections. READ MORE

  3. 2. Tabooing Dirty Hands?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Henning Bollmark; [2024]
    Keywords : Dirty Hands; torture; crisis; utilitarianism; weak rule utilitarianism; Sartre; moral fictionalism; political theory; unspeakable; taboo; Smutsiga händer; tortyr; kris; utilitarism; svag regelutilitarism; Sartre; moralisk fiktion; politisk teori; onämnbar; tabu;

    Abstract : The normative political theory problem of dirty hands (DH) concerns the troubling possibility that political leaders, from a (mostly) consequentialist perspective, might sometimes be morally required to make exceptions from sensitive rules like prohibitions of extremely harmful practices (e.g. READ MORE

  4. 3. Does CSR Performance Impact a Firms' Engagement in Earnings Management?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Tashfia Khan Latif; Maria Makhoul; [2024]
    Keywords : corporate social responsibility; earnings management; discretionary accruals; opportunistic perspective; integrative theory;

    Abstract : This study examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and earnings management (EM). Specifically, we question whether firms investing in CSR also behave in an ethical manner to constrain EM, or if they engage in CSR as a way to hide corporate misconduct. READ MORE

  5. 4. FEEDBACK IN THE ERA OF GENERATIVE AI

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande

    Author : Bunichi Otaki; [2023-07-03]
    Keywords : AI-generated Feedback; ; Dialogism Feedback in Higher Education; ; Focus Group Interviews Human Feedback; ; Qualitative Research; ; Thematic analysis; ChatGPT; ; Dialogic Feedback; ;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the perception of students and educators in higher education towards feedback provided by large-language model AI, with feedback and interaction with human educators. Theory: Drawing on the dialogism framework and considering the emotional and relational aspects of feedback, this study examines the role of dialogue and interaction in feedback processes and the implications of integrating AI-generated feedback with human feedback. READ MORE

  6. 5. Breaking the Status Quo? - An Analysis of Sustainability Managers' Change Efforts

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Lucas Rennkamp; Alicia Schmidt; [2023-06-29]
    Keywords : Sustainability Managers; Institutional Entrepreneurship; Sustainability Logic; Sustainable Business Development; Institutional Theory; Institutional Logic; Qualitative Research;

    Abstract : Societal expectations towards corporations to include social, environmental and ethical considerations have grown in importance, and corporations largely depend on so-called sustainability managers to help them meet these expectations. This thesis provides one of the first studies into how sustainability managers work and asks: how do sustainability managers work to change their organisation for a more sustainable future? Through interviews with 18 senior sustainability managers and an analysis of the empirical findings through institutional entrepreneurship and institutional logics theory, this study identifies sustainability managers as individual actors who adopt strategic approaches and work practices similar to institutional entrepreneurs and shows their efforts to institutionalise sustainability by hybridising it with the perceived dominant market logic and by establishing legitimacy. READ MORE