Essays about: "hypocrisy"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 30 essays containing the word hypocrisy.

  1. 6. Secret sustainability: A case study of why a company might go silent with its green achievements

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Antonia Alan; Jenny Trolläng; [2022]
    Keywords : Greenhushing; Green Blushing; Green Communication; Green Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility;

    Abstract : Greenhushing is acknowledged as a growing concerning behavior referring to when companies deliberately avoid communicating their green achievements. Thus, while companies do substantial work within sustainability, these efforts are strategically or involuntarily not communicated, but why? The research field on greenhushing remains nascent, and scholars have inadequately explained why greenhushing occurs, particularly has previous literature overlooked the strategic perspective and company- specific circumstances. READ MORE

  3. 7. The Giving Up of Greer: The Hypocrisy at the Heart of the Janus-Faced Empire : Writing Back Against the British Imperial Discourse

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : David Woods; [2021]
    Keywords : postcolonialism; colonial discourse; mixed-race children; Caryl Phillips; Crossing the River;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to examine the tension at the heart of the British colonial discourse as it affects the relationship of Travis and Joyce in the chapter "Somewhere in England", in Caryl Phillips's 1993 novel, Crossing the River. The thesis of the essay is that the colonial discourse of the British insists on a racial signifier in the imagined community of the British, and thus resists the idea that a person can be both black and British. READ MORE

  4. 8. Licence to Talk : Sustainability Managers and their Managerial Realities within the Corporate Sustainability Paradox

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Mounia El hajjari Borg; Elin Sundberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Sustainability managers; sustainability-dedicated professionals; sustainable development; sustainable management; corporate sustainability; corporate paradox; CSR; stakeholders; governance; sustainability strategies; communication; strategic communication; sustainability reporting; non-financial disclosure; private sector in Sweden; paradox approach; paradox perspective; business case; social and environmental responsibility; organizations; multinationals; MNC; Nils Brunsson; organizational theory; organizational hypocrisy; neo-institutionalism; organizational individuals; organizational tension on the individual level; decision-making; action; business operations; isomorphism; institutional logics; market logics; reporting frameworks; GRI; global reporting initiative; walk the talk; change making; change agent; systemic change; behaviour and human resources; identity work; organizational sociology; legitimacy; organizational external and internal pressures.; Hållbarhetschefer; hållbarhetsrelaterade roller; hållbar utveckling; hållbar ledning; hållbarhet; paradox; CSR; intressenter; styrning; hållbarhetsstrategier; kommunikation; strategisk kommunikation; hållbarhetsrapportering; icke-finansiell information; privat sektor i Sverige; paradox perspektiv; affärsstrategi; socialt och miljöansvar; organisationer; multinationella företag; MNC; Nils Brunsson; organisationsteori; organizational hypocrisy; hyckleri; neo-institutionalism; organisatoriska individer; individnivå; beslutsfattande; affärsverksamhet; isomorfism; institutionell logik; marknadslogik; rapporteringsramverk; GRI; global reporting initiativ; walk the talk; förändringsarbete; förändringsagent; systemförändring; beteende och mänskliga resurser; identitetsarbete; organisatorisk sociologi; legitimitet; externa och interna påtryckningar.;

    Abstract : While sustainability-dedicated managers and related titles represent a profession that has hardly existed for more than a decade, it is not surprising that the field of research concentrating on these professionals is in itself relatively new. With an increasing demand for corporations to take their social and environmental responsibility, and a corporate sustainability characterized by tension and paradox, we found it of importance to explore the role and entanglements of these professionals. READ MORE

  5. 9. "Who writes the rules on the internet?" - The conversation about Facebook in German news media between 2012 and 2021

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Wencke de Vries; [2021]
    Keywords : Facebook; discourse analysis; strategic communication; corporate hypocrisy; perception; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Facebook is one of the most powerful internet companies worldwide with little to few alternatives on the market. With the power and size, scandals are part of the company’s history, and the public perception is ever-changing. READ MORE

  6. 10. Impediments for cycling infrastructure funding : The case of Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Emil Rensvala; [2020]
    Keywords : cycling; transport infrastructure; planning; policy; budgeting; national-level; Sweden;

    Abstract : Increasing cycling and making it safer has been a policy at the national level in Sweden for nearly two decades. However, the policy has yielded limited success. Insufficient funding for safe and attractive bicycle infrastructure have been singled out as a key factor. READ MORE