Search for dissertations about: "environmental ethics"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 56 swedish dissertations containing the words environmental ethics.
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21. Gene technology at stake : Swedish governmental commissions on the border of science and politics
Abstract : This thesis examines the Swedish political response to the challenges posed by gene technology, seen through the prism of governmental commissions. It discerns and analyses continuities and changes in the Swedish political conception of gene technology, over the course of two decades, 1980–2000. READ MORE
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22. Improving the transparency and predictability of environmental risk assessments of pharmaceuticals
Abstract : The risk assessment process and the subsequent risk management measures need tobe constantly evaluated, updated and improved. This thesis contributes to that workby considering, and suggesting improvements, regarding aspects like userfriendliness,transparency, accuracy, consistency, data reporting, data selection anddata evaluation. READ MORE
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23. Epistemic Risk : Issues on the normative basis of risk analysis
Abstract : The articles included in this thesis centre on what can be called the normative basis of risk analysis. Since risk analyses are decision procedures, they should adhere to norms of rational decision-making, and this they do. READ MORE
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24. Not Just Any Water : Hinduism, Ecology and the Ganges Water Controversy
Abstract : Whether the Ganges river in Varanasi (India) is pristinely pure or heavily polluted depends on by whom it qualities are defined, the Brahmin religious specialists in the city or the science oriented environmentalists. While the controversy continues, some Hindu religious leaders are searching for ways to adjust their respective traditions to the environmental paradigms, an initiative that reflects a larger global religious trend. READ MORE
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25. Corporate Social Responsibility and Development : Case of the Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline Project
Abstract : As society today increasingly understands the impact of transnational corporate operations, an increasing recognition on the part of corporations of their responsibility for social and environmental well being of people in poor countries appears. The norm - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) grew out of such logic. READ MORE