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  1. 1. Too Big to be Passive

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Jonny Jin; Cornelia Rathsman; [2022]
    Keywords : Institutional investors; Passive investments; Corporate Governance; Shareholder Value; Incentives;

    Abstract : This thesis draws upon 12 in-depth interviews, with senior managers and investment professionals from 7 leading institutional investors in Sweden, to explore how they reason and work with corporate governance in their passive investments. Using Foucault's theory of disciplinary power as a theoretical framework, we found that institutional self-discipline complements earlier research in the area, mainly as a tool for explaining their incentives to engage in ownership. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Role of Human Rights and Agroecology at the UN Food Systems Summit : A Study of Food Security Discourse in Global Food Governance

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Erica Karlsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Food Security; UN Food Systems Summit; Human Rights; Agroecology;

    Abstract : The UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), held in September 2021, brought great expectations of a sustainable food systems transition in accordance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It was, however, almost instantly criticised for failing to be transparent, implementing a Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) and agroecological principles, and for not including the UN Committee of Food Security (CFS). READ MORE

  4. 3. The Role of Controllers in State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in developing countries. : An exploratory qualitative study of the role of Controllers in a State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in developing countries, in Gambia and Rwanda.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Camara Bafoday; Uwizeyimana Samuel Cousin; [2021]
    Keywords : Controllers; control systems; state-owned enterprises; developing countries;

    Abstract : Purpose: The main purpose of this research is to do an exploratory study on the role of controllers in state-owned enterprises in developing countries, specifically in Gambia and Rwanda. The study aims also at identifying challenges that controllers are facing and how they manage them and also showing the key differences between controllers in State-owned enterprises (SOEs) and private enterprises. READ MORE

  5. 4. The influence of corporate governance on CSR : a multiple case study of the Swedish insurance sector

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Alexander Sommensjö; [2020]
    Keywords : corporate governance; CSR; empowerment; insurance sector; management control systems; sustainability; sustainable development; triple bottom line;

    Abstract : This study responds to the theoretical gap in the academic literature regarding mechanisms of corporate governance and how it affects companies’ corporate social responsibility-efforts. The study also aims to deepen the understanding of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility-efforts in the insurance sector. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Power of Words: Sustainability Reporting as a Hegemonic Practice

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Douglas Kressner; Sorosh Sang; [2020]
    Keywords : Social Accounting; Discourse; Hegemony; Identity Construction; Supply Chain Sustainability;

    Abstract : This paper investigates how H&M have represented itself as sustainable in relation to worker challenges in its transnational supply chain in 21 publicly available corporate reports from 1998 and 2018. This period captures the emergence of sustainability disclosures and the development of corporate reporting on worker-challenges in the supply chain within the context of the study, the fast-fashion industry. READ MORE