Essays about: "Corporate Political Influence"

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1. 21. Swedwatch’s reports 2011-2013: what happened next and why? An analysis of trends in outcomes of investigated cases by the Swedish NGO Swedwatch

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Denise Johnson; [2014]
   Keywords : Corporate Social Responsibility; Corporate Social Engagement; Swedwatch; Media attention; CSR Motivation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a term increasingly used in academic discussions, political debates, media, corporate reports, Non-Governmental Organizations’ (NGOs) reports, and even by civil society and the public. But what does CSR actually mean? What do CSR practices actually constitute? Another increasingly debated issue is the growing power of the business sector and its direct effect on peoples’ lives, especially in the global South. READ MORE

3. 22. Book Consumption in Convergence Culture : An Exploratory Audience Study of Media Repertoires of Book Consumption in the Tension between Participation and Corporate Control

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

   Author : Matthea Dörrich; [2014]
   Keywords : convergence culture; audience studies; media repertoires; book consumption; explicit participation; implicit participation; exploitation; free labor; personal information;

   Abstract : Book consumption is no longer only a solitary practice of one person sitting in an armchair with a bound volume of their favorite novel or the latest paperback bestseller. Books have become part of what Henry Jenkins has termed convergence culture. READ MORE

4. 23. A Rhetorical Criticism of Google´s European Identification Strategies

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för retorik

   Author : Kristoffer Nordman; [2014]
   Keywords : Rhetoric; Business Communication; Communication Science; Google; Lobbying; EU; European Union; Kenneth Burke; Burke; Identification; Eric Schmidt; Eric E. Schmidt; Innovation Policy; European Innovation Convention; Public Relations; Public Affairs; Government Outreach; Corporate Political Influence;

   Abstract : This thesis examines Google’s Executive Chairman Eric E. Schmidt’s speech at the European Innovation Convention 2011 from the perspectives of Kenneth Burke’s dramatism and identification theories. In the wider context it aims to contribute to the analyses of human progress traced through the history of our technologies and inventions. READ MORE

5. 24. The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Remedying Failing Water Policy: To What Extent Can Corporate Social Responsibility be Used as a Tool for Achieving the Objectives of the Water Framework Directive?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Linnéa Kallhed; [2013]
   Keywords : EU-rätt; EU-law; Environmental law; Miljörätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Tillgång till tillräckliga mängder vatten av god kvalitet är en väsentlig resurs för samhället. Det behövs för mänsklig konsumtion, för produktion i industrin, för fisket, etcetera. Det är därför mycket oroande att vattenkvaliteten i Europeiska unionen successivt försämras. READ MORE

6. 25. The Maritime Labour Convention 2006: A Frozen Revolution in the Realisation of Social Justice for Seafarers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Lloyd Cameron; [2013]
   Keywords : Law; Labour Law; Human Rights; Social Justice; Maritime Labour Convention.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Realising social justice has been one of the central goals of the International Labour Organisation since its inception. Yet today the unique environment and dangers associated with working at sea make the world’s 1. READ MORE