Essays about: "power leads to corruption"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words power leads to corruption.

  1. 1. Undermining the Local: Power, Acceptance, and Confidence surrounding a Chilean Mining Operation : Social Impacts of the Mining Operation Los Pelambres on the Cuncumén Community

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling

    Author : Julia Schwab; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Ethnography; Social License to Operate; Mining; Power; Trust; Victim Mentality;

    Abstract : The present ethnographic research explores the socio-economic repercussions of a copper mining operation in Chile on its host community. By examining the development of the relationship between this local community and the mining company since the latter’s arrival, this thesis sheds light on the possible (secondary) impacts of corporate social responsibility (CSR) measures and participatory spaces on intracommunal dynamics. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Curse of Corruption - A quantitative analysis of the association between Administrative Capacity and Violence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jonathan Lövgren; [2019]
    Keywords : Administrative capacity; Corruption; Governmental effectiveness; Violence; Non-state actor violence; Marginalized groups; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : It is not uncommon that states repress and oppress its citizens by exerting violence upon them. Sometimes this violence leads to cases where states abuse their power. This abuse can lead to terrible consequences which several historical and contemporary cases shows. READ MORE

  4. 3. With some power comes great responsibility : Ethical dilemmas occurring during Swedish small and medium sized enterprises’ entry process in politically unstable markets

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

    Author : Hilda Eriksson; Jennifer Königsson; [2018]
    Keywords : International business; Ethical dilemmas; Entry strategies; CSR; SMEs; Internationalization; Business ethics;

    Abstract : Due to an increase of internationalization Swedish SMEs are faced with more issues regarding ethical dilemmas when entering foreign markets than they have been in the past. The ethical dilemmas, such as bribery and corruption, affect companies’ entry strategies in regards of moral standards and becomes an issue for markets that are characterised as being unstable. READ MORE

  5. 4. Guarding the gates : Reassessing the concept of borders in Tanzania

    University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

    Author : Sebastian Larsson; [2012]
    Keywords : sovereign power; biopolitics; security; discourse; Tanzania;

    Abstract : Using discourse analysis, this study will apply a critical theoretical framework and discuss how perceptions of the Tanzanian national borders compares to problematized understandings of the socially constructed concepts of borders, sovereignty, and power. For example, the Tanzanian borders will be reassessed into something creating a safe ‘inside’ opposing an unsafe ‘outside, and into something dividing territories, thus, giving birth to the identities of ‘nationality’. READ MORE

  6. 5. Aid, Development and Power: Perceptions and Relations in the Gulu Development Community

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Andreas Olsson; [2010]
    Keywords : Uganda; Gulu; Development; Agency; Power; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : International development aid is big business. A flow of funds reaches the Global South each year, creating aid clusters with concentrated implementing development organizations. READ MORE