Essays about: "Institutional Care"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 65 essays containing the words Institutional Care.

1. 16. Circular Economy Practice Applied to Reverse Logistics : A Multiple Case Study from Fashion Retailers Perspective

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Anna Nilson Törnqvist; [2020]
   Keywords : Circular Economy; Reverse Logistics; Fashion Industry; Organizational Change; Institutional Theory;

   Abstract : The fashion industry has been criticized due to environmental issues, such as the causation of increased scarcity of landfills, hazardous emissions, and exhaustion of non-renewable resources. At the same time, customers, and governments require organizations within the industry to be transparent, offer sustainable consumption, and take responsibility for textile waste. READ MORE

3. 17. Abuse of Domestic Workers in Hong Kong

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Caroline Älmeby; [2020]
   Keywords : Hong Kong; Foreign Domestic Worker; Filipino; Caregiving; Abuse; Exploitation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Today, an increasing portion of the world's population is moving from one country to another every year to work. In recent years there has been a feminisation of labour migration where women from developing countries respond to shortages in care work in developed countries, as domestic workers. READ MORE

4. 18. Encouraging Mothers : The effect of German regional childcare policies on maternal employment between 2006 and 2018

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Henrik-Alexander Schubert; [2020]
   Keywords : Family policies; maternal employment; German childcare reform; piecewise-constant exponential model; life-course studies;

   Abstract : Childbearing is often associated with employment interruptions in women’s careers. Since 2005, the German federal government has implemented childcare reforms aiming at expanding the suitable infrastructure for children under the age of three, which should facilitate and accelerate the return to employment. READ MORE

5. 19. The relationship between institutional and interpersonal trust and health information seeking behaviour in Sweden – a quantitative analysis

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Gabriella Stuart; [2020]
   Keywords : Medical sociology; health information seeking behaviour; interpersonal trust; institutional trust; health information; health behaviour;

   Abstract : Trust for health care professionals (interpersonal trust) and the health care system (institutional trust) is imperative for the performance of health care systems. However, at the same time, contemporary societies today are characterised by decreasing levels of trust and citizens today are increasingly inclined to seek health information from sources beyond health care professionals. READ MORE

6. 20. Social Sustainability Assessment of Alternative Care Policies for Children in Kenya

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

   Author : Susan Otuoma; Julia Martinez Barbero; Omer Mohammed; [2020]
   Keywords : Alternative Childcare; Alternative Care; Social Sustainability; Social Sustainability Principles; Policies; Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development FSSD ;

   Abstract : The social phenomenon of children without parental care and those at risk of separation from their parents has gained considerable global attention in recent years. A key concern is the over-reliance on institutional care mainly in Africa, Asia and Latin America as the default form of alternative care for such children. READ MORE