Essays about: "State Responsibility"
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1. Voices from Rwanda
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This thesis seeks to explore how the institutional environment in which an organization operates affects the work with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in developing countries. The study has been conducted as a case study in Rwanda, collecting data using a qualitative study with in-depth interviews with three core groups: local entrepreneurs, foreign investors, and government organizations. READ MORE
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2. Experiences and challenges of Collaboration between Civil Society Organizations and the United Nations
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbeteAbstract : Interorganizational collaboration is defined by Phillips, Lawrence and Hardy (2000) as “a co-operative relationship among organizations that relies on neither market nor hierarchical mechanisms of control” (pp. 24). READ MORE
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3. DOES SOLVIT SOLVE IT? A Study of Regulatory Compliance and Transgovernmental Networks in the EU
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Improving compliance with European law is important for a well-functioning Internal Market. Correct application of rules is the national executives’ responsibility, that makes European law vulnerable to distortion, due to the different administrative traditions in each member state. READ MORE
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4. GOVERNANCE BEYOND BORDERS The Extraterritorial Reach of OECD National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : As increasingly powerful actors in a globalised world, multinational corporations are often able to evade responsibility for human rights violations and other misconduct occurring in their own operations or supply chains. Since courts face limitations when attempting to exert jurisdiction outside of their state territories, state-based non-judicial mechanisms such as the OECD National Contact Points (NCPs) have been established to fill this gap by mediating between corporations and victims of corporate human rights abuses with the aim of providing remedy to the latter. READ MORE
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5. EXPLAINING THE EU MEMBER STATES' VARIED POSITIONS ON EUROPEAN INTEGRATION OF CIVIL PROTECTION. A Longitudinal Comparative Analysis of Sweden and Finland
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Protecting the citizens is a responsibility deeply embedded in the heart of the traditional Westphalian nation-state and far beyond the initial intentions of a European Community. Despite this, the EU has rapidly developed into a key actor in civil protection policies in later years, without explicit competence and with varied support from the member states. READ MORE
