Search for dissertations about: "law and corporate social responsibility"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words law and corporate social responsibility.

  1. 1. Corporate Human Rights Responsibility : A Continuous Quest for an Effective Regulatory Framework

    Author : Patricia Rinwigati Waagstein; Maja Kirilova Eriksson; Pär Hallström; Per Sevastik; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International Law; Corporate Social Responsibility; Business; Human Rights; Economic; social and Cultural Rights; Multinational Transnational Corporation; International law; Folkrätt; Private International Law; Internationell privaträtt;

    Abstract : This study is build by a premise that there is a need to include regulatory approach in the discourse of business and human rights particularly of economic, social, and cultural rights which often neglected. The study is not expecting to produce exhausted set of rules which can directly or effectively applicable to all global corporation nor a set of global treaty which can cover the whole aspects of corporation and human rights. READ MORE

  2. 2. Hardened Responsibility? : Contestations and Contradictions in the Regulation of Corporations

    Author : Elin Jönsson; Magnus Hörnqvist; Janne Flyghed; David Whyte; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate Harm; Corporate Social Responsibility; Critical Theory; Regulation; kriminologi; Criminology;

    Abstract : Throughout the last decades, the social responsibility of corporations has undergone significant changes. From revolving around self-regulation, voluntariness, and soft law, the regulatory landscape has expanded to involve harder demands on corporations, such as mandatory sustainability due diligence. READ MORE

  3. 3. Institutionalisation of corporate social responsibilities: synergies between the practices of leading multinational enterprises and human rights law/policy

    Author : Radu Mares; Juridiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Allmän rättslära; Jurisprudence; Mänskliga rättigheter; Human rights; regime; partnerships; regulatory theory; stakeholder; disclosure; corporate governance; accountability; Industrial and commercial law; Associationsrätt; handelsrätt;

    Abstract : The study accounts for recent developments in corporate voluntarism and assesses the evolving corporate social responsibility (CSR) regime. CSR proposes a new norm for how large businesses should approach complexity in a modern economy. The first chapter anchors the CSR discussion in a company law and corporate governance context. READ MORE

  4. 4. Global Framework Agreements : A Response to Urgent Global Labour Concerns

    Author : Fabiana Avelar Pereira; Institutionen för handelsrätt; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; collective agreement; corporate discourse; corporate social responsibility; empirical work in law; global collective agreements; global framework agreements; international labour law; legitimacy theory; stakeholder theory;

    Abstract : This dissertation is developed against the background of globalisation and the rise of a new type of instrument used to deal with the accompanying developments. These instruments are designated by the present dissertation as global framework agreements (GFAs). READ MORE

  5. 5. Three Faces of Diversity Rhetoric : Managerialization, marketing and ambiguity

    Author : Alejandro Leiva; Jens Rydgren; Ellen Berrey; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Diversity; diversity rhetoric; consultants; law; managerialization; ambiguity; marketing; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : Over the past decades, the language of diversity management has spread from the US to many parts of the world, including Sweden, where it emerged in the mid 1990’s. Consisting of three papers, this thesis contributes to the field of critical diversity studies by examining the multifaceted character of diversity rhetoric among Swedish diversity consultants. READ MORE