Search for dissertations about: "norm world"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 swedish dissertations containing the words norm world.
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1. Making Corporate Social Responsibility an International Concern : Norm Construction in a Globalizing World
Abstract : Since the mid-1990s the issue of corporate social responsibility has become an interest of various actors in the international system and an important item on the international agenda. In spite of the absence of a common definition, the concept generally involves claims on transnational corporations to take responsibility for the promotion and protection of human and labour rights in countries where they operate or otherwise conduct business. READ MORE
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2. From Green Image to Green Practice : Normative action and self-regulation
Abstract : Ever since environmental issues appeared on the agenda of modern industrial society, through the work of whistle blowers such as Rachel Carson, Georg Borgström, Björn Gillberg and Hans Palmstierna, the Swedish state has exerted itself to project a green image. In practice this image has merely functioned as a defence for the legitimacy of industrial development. READ MORE
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3. On Nuclear Norm Minimization in System Identification
Abstract : In system identification we model dynamical systems from measured data. This data-driven approach to modelling is useful since many real-world systems are difficult to model with physical principles. Hence, a need for system identification arises in many applications involving simulation, prediction, and model-based control. READ MORE
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4. Bling & : Other Breaches in Design
Abstract : The overall theme of this thesis is norm deviations, i.e. breaches, as an approach to illuminating blindspots in the design field in order to handle potential friction that arises constructively. READ MORE
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5. Bioprospecting and deep-sea genetic resources in a fragmenting international law
Abstract : This thesis investigates if public international law manages to function as a coherent system in the case of deep-sea bioprospecting, where rules in three regimes provide seemingly inconsistent obligations for states. Based on an investigation of the development of bioprospecting and patenting of deep-sea genetic resources, the study explores how rules in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (WTO TRIPS) apply to such activities. READ MORE