Essays about: "Culpability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the word Culpability.

  1. 1. Reckoning with the Ghosts of Nationalism : Exploring the contributions and culpability of the Church of Sweden in its historical relationship with nationalism

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Adrian Smith; [2023]
    Keywords : Church of Sweden; Nationalism; Religious Nationalism; Culpability;

    Abstract : Previous research that tends to digress into accusations against or advocacy for the Church of Sweden ultimately misses the mark in assessing the overall culpability of the Church for its historical relationship with nationalism. At the core of this study is the pursuit of an investigation that addresses this concern by asking the following questions: how has the Church of Sweden historically lent itself to nationalism and to what extent is the Church culpable for nationalism in Sweden? What follows is a status quaestionis, which creates a comparative analysis that functions as a means to gauge the Church’s historical and thematic contributions to Swedish nationalism and the formation of Swedish identity. READ MORE

  2. 2. Business Operations in Armed Conflicts : An analysis of the criminal responsibilities of business executives operating in high-risk contexts

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Emuesiri Akpere; [2023]
    Keywords : International Criminal Law; Complicity; Business; Armed Conflicts; Internationell straffrätt; medverkan; affärer; väpnade konflikter;

    Abstract : The involvement of multinational corporations, international traders, transporters, processors, and retailers has a crucial significance in high-risk contexts there is a wide range of commercial activities that can make economic actors criminally responsible for gross violations of international humanitarian law and human rights: this includes the sale of weaponry, pillaging or commercial transactions unrelated to war. Allowing companies and their managers to shield themselves is harmful to the development of international law. READ MORE

  3. 3. "Beat the killer disease" : A corpus-driven discourse study on conceptual metaphors in British newspapers

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Pinja Vesen; [2021]
    Keywords : conceptual metaphor; corpus linguistics; coronavirus;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the dominant metaphors in corpora constructed of British online news publications. It uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis, consisting of corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, and agenda setting theory. READ MORE

  4. 4. The Other Amazon: Deconstructing Amazon's Climate Pledge and Sustainability Discourse

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Ebba Campbell; [2020]
    Keywords : amazon; amazon Inc.; amazon.com; sustainability; critical discourse analysis; the climate pledge; greenwashing; ecological modernization; eco-modernism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The techno-conglomerate Amazon has emerged as a corporate giant, branching out their operations to include many sectors of the global market. While previously concealing their carbon footprint, Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge together with two former architects of the Paris Agreement in 2019 with the goal of reaching net zero carbon by 2040, ten years earlier than the Paris agreement. READ MORE

  5. 5. Hezbollah's (un)just actions in the 2006 Lebanon War : A case study on Hezbollah's actions in the 2006 Lebanon War, to conclude how they waged the war including their culpability in it.

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Gabriella Mait; [2020]
    Keywords : Hezbollah; Israel; The 2006 Lebanon War; Just War; just actions; unjust actions;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to study how Hezbollah acted just or unjustly in the 2006 Lebanon War to conclude if their warfare was just or unjust. That leads to a better understanding of Hezbollah's warfare in the 2006 Lebanon War and if they thereby have culpability in the war. READ MORE