Essays about: "lobbying european union"

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  1. 11. The French Attempt to Legalize Human Rights Due Diligence: Is France leading the European Union in Business and Human Rights?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Vanina Eckert; [2016]
    Keywords : human rights; business and human rights; human rights due diligence; extraterritoriality; global supply chains; access to remedies; France; duty of vigilance; parent companies; ordering companies; European Union; United Nations Guiding Principles; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis is a comprehensive analysis of the different regulatory designs and arguments shaping French law in order to hold French businesses liable for their human rights abuses occurring in global supply chains. It focuses on the innovative law proposal on the duty of vigilance for parent and ordering companies currently debated within the French Parliament, and France’s potential to make human rights due diligence mandatory at the domestic and at the European Union (EU) level. READ MORE

  2. 12. The Demand for Lobbying in the European Union - A Comparative Study On The European Commission’s and The European Parliament’s Institutional Demands For Lobbying Input

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Aida Uhac; [2015]
    Keywords : Institutional demands; Lobbying; European Commission; European Parliament; European Union; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Lobbying in the European Union (EU) is a highly discussed and disputed phenomena. The main focus on lobbying in the EU is concerned with how and why lobbyists interact with institutional actors, rather than exploring both sides of the occurrence. READ MORE

  3. 13. A Rhetorical Criticism of Google´s European Identification Strategies

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för retorik

    Author : Kristoffer Nordman; [2014]
    Keywords : Rhetoric; Business Communication; Communication Science; Google; Lobbying; EU; European Union; Kenneth Burke; Burke; Identification; Eric Schmidt; Eric E. Schmidt; Innovation Policy; European Innovation Convention; Public Relations; Public Affairs; Government Outreach; Corporate Political Influence;

    Abstract : This thesis examines Google’s Executive Chairman Eric E. Schmidt’s speech at the European Innovation Convention 2011 from the perspectives of Kenneth Burke’s dramatism and identification theories. In the wider context it aims to contribute to the analyses of human progress traced through the history of our technologies and inventions. READ MORE

  4. 14. The European Union's Trade Liberalization in the Textile and Clothing Sector (1995-2005) : Rhetoric or Reality?

    University essay from Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Haiting Wang; [2013]
    Keywords : free trade; trade protectionism; Agreement on Textiles and Clothing; ATC; China; European Union; EU; trade dispute;

    Abstract : A review on free trade principle in theory and practice suggests that trade liberalization is merely rhetoric under which industrialized countries can pursue specific interests of certain actors more deceptively. The purpose of this thesis is to testify whether this preliminary result on general trade issues is valid in the textile and clothing sector as well. READ MORE

  5. 15. Imports of footwear to the EU from China and Vietnam: “The impact of antidumping duties on Swedish importers/retailers"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Caroline Andersson; Vaia Karadimou; [2012-07-11]
    Keywords : Antidumping; Footwear; Lobbying; European Union; Import; China; Vietnam; International Trade;

    Abstract : This paper aims to study the European footwear industry, which in terms of multilateral trade policy was historically subject to the Multi Fiber Agreement, but became integrated within the World Trade Organization within the framework of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing. The imposition of antidumping duties by the EU on certain footwear originating from China and Vietnam from 2006 to 2011 was, until its removal in 2011, a much debated case. READ MORE