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Politicians’ Role in Foreign Policy Making in Japan before the Central Government Reform [PDF]

, 2017
The monograph provides knowledge on the complex nature of both external and internal determinants influencing foreign policies of East Asian countries.
Żakowski, Karol
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The impact of the current student loans regime on Muslim student engagement and retention in English higher education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall, Yusraa Maryam, Sumeya Loonat   +2 more
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Reconsidering power and distance [PDF]

, 1996
A wide range of studies indicate that power and distance affect the production and interpretation of language. However, this paper argues that greater consideration needs to be given to the conceptual nature of these dimensions, and to terminological ...
Adamopoulos, Baxter, Beebe, Benjamin, Berscheid, Berscheid, Blum-Kulka, Blum-Kulka, Blumstein, Boxer, Brown, Brown, Brown, Brown, Cansler, Fiske, Foa, French, Hays, Helen Spencer-Oatey, Holmes, Holtgraves, Holtgraves, Holtgraves, Kelley, Kelly, Leary, Leech, Leichty, Lim, Longabaugh, Lonner, Olshtain, Schaefer, Slugoski, Spencer-Oatey, Stiles, Triandis, Triandis, Triandis, Triandis, Trosborg, Vollmer, Wetzel, Wierzbicka, Wish, Wood   +46 more
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Sailing From Penalties to Accountability: Business Strategies and Governance for Firms to Innovate After Environmental Misconduct

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms' continuous pursuit of making a profit in the competitive market may ignore the actions related to environmental responsibilities. This set of actions for financial gains constitutes environmental misconduct, which not only harms ecosystems and communities but also brings reputational damage. Negative press and social media amplification
Ashutosh Singh, Salwa Saleh Almasabi, Ajay Kumar Patel, Priyanka Malik   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Speech act attenuation in the history of English: The case of apologies

Glossa, 2019
This paper develops a new theoretical framework to describe the long diachrony of speech acts. Such an undertaking requires a careful reconsideration of some of the basic properties of the nature of speech acts.
Andreas H. Jucker
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Apologies as illocutionary and social acts [PDF]

, 2011
The present paper proposes to provide a framework in which both theoretical and empirical studies of apologizing are reanalyzed, while different aspects of the act of apologizing are clarified.
Etsuko Oishi
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Correction to “Altered splicing of ATG16‐L1 mediates acquired resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors of EGFR by blocking autophagy in non‐small cell lung cancer”

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
wiley   +1 more source

Apologies in Mitigation of Damages for Negligence: Incentive or Weapon?

Laws
Apologies can offer solace and compensate for intangible and emotional harm in social and legal contexts. In some areas of law, an apology offered by a defendant will be factored into the assessment of damages awarded to vindicate the plaintiff’s rights ...
Jessica Kerr, Robyn Carroll
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L2 Spanish apologies development during short-term study abroad

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
The present study examined the apologies of 18 study abroad (SA) students during a short-term SA experience in Madrid, Spain. Apologies were assessed with a discourse completion task (DCT) consisting of five vignettes that varied across three variables ...
Todd A. Hernández
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Ethical Leadership in the Age of Apology

, 2014
The growing importance of public apology makes forgiveness seeking a critical responsibility for ethical leaders. Leaders must offer apologies on behalf of themselves (in their roles as moral people) and on behalf of the organizations they lead (in their
Johnson, Craig E., Shelton, Paul
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