Search for dissertations about: "Scientific misconduct"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words Scientific misconduct.

2. 1. Navigating a Network of Competing Demands : Accountability as Issue Formulation and Role Attribution across Organisational Boundaries

   Author : Eva Hagbjer; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Organisations are constantly called on to justify their actions to internal and external constituents. What happens if these constituents have divergent or conflicting opinions of what constitutes misconduct? This thesis uses the case of accountability for publicly financed elderly care performed by private providers to explore this question. READ MORE

4. 2. Disgraced : A study of narrative identity in organizations that suffer crises of confidence

   Author : Mathias Skrutkowski; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; disgrace; scandal; Corporate branding; identity; narrative theory;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the interface between external impressions of an organization, often referred to as its brand and image, and internal expressions, its culture and the identity of its employees, in organizations that have suffered crises of confidence. More specifically, the thesis seeks to problematize the alignment ideal in the corporate branding perspective (de Chernatony, 2001; Harris and de Chernatony, 2001; Hatch and Schultz, 2001 and Balmer and Sonen, 1999), which suggests that organizations should actively seek to realign external and internal impressions, in cases where they have become misaligned. READ MORE

5. 3. Politicizing crisis communication via social media : A contextual understanding of organizational crises in China

   Author : Hui Zhao; Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; strategic communication; crisis communication; Politics; social media; context; organizational crisis; China;

   Abstract : This dissertation aims to increase the knowledge about how societal contexts shape the social construction of crises in Chinese social media. It consists of four articles to advance current crisis communication research theoretically and empirically. READ MORE

6. 4. Moral (de)coupling : moral disengagement and supply chain management

   Author : David Eriksson; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; abduction; CSR; Corporate Social Responsibility; critical realism; ethics; moral decoupling point; moral disengagement; moral responsibility; supply chain management; sustainability; systematic combining; textile management; TBL; Triple bottom line; Textiles and Fashion General ; Textil och mode generell ;

   Abstract : This research aims to fill an important gap in focusing on why individuals are able to take part in and/or support activities that have effects on economic, environmental, and social dimensions that are not consistent with their sense of right and wrong. The research focuses on the relationship between supply chain management and moral disengagement, and how this relation affects social responsibility. READ MORE

7. 5. Brand Trust : Corporate communications and consumer-brand relationships

   Author : Clara Gustafsson; Per-Olof Berg; Janet L. Borgerson; Douglas B. Holt; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Brand; Trust; Consumer; Corporate Brand; Relationship; Communication; Asymmetrical Reciprocity; Faithful Shielding; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : In the wake of well-known instances of corporate misconduct – for example Enron in the U.S., and Skandia in Sweden – consumers ask for more transparent corporate brand practices to make corporate brands trustworthy. READ MORE