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Studies in Polish LinguisticsThis study explores how eco-influencers on YouTube use metapragmatic utterances to construct authenticity and expertise in their performance of eco-activism.
Małgorzata Sokół
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Fairness, NGO Activism and the Welfare of Less Developed Countries [PDF]
In a world where some consumers are not self-interested and the action of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) reveals information, the price of a good produced by a multinational enterprise and the latter's relocation and production decisions depend on
Giovanni Immordino
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Framing Modern Slavery: Do Stakeholders Talk Past Each Other?
Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Modern slavery literature has thus far mostly adopted a downstream perspective, in the sense that researchers investigated corporate actors' responses after the enactment of transparency legislation. The common finding is that corporate disclosure is poor and ineffective, contributing to a failure to eradicate modern slavery.
Sylvain Durocher +2 more
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Too fat to fly: A case study of unsuccessful fan mobilization
Transformative Works and Cultures, 2012 A seemingly invisible aspect of activism scholarship is the failure to act in the face of apparent suitability. Engaging with tropes of activist literature, such as the prevalence of computer-mediated communication and the factors of emotion and ...
Tom Phillips
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The Impact of Equity Engagement Evaluating the Impact of Shareholder Engagement in Public Equity Investing [PDF]
, 2014 Over the last decade, growing numbers of investors have become increasingly concerned with the environmental and social impact of their investments across asset classes.
Becky Johnson +4 more
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From ethical consumerism to political consumption
, 2008 This article reviews some of the recent literature in geography and related disciplines on ethical consumerism and political consumption. Many geographers began their engagement with questions of ethics, politics, consumption and consumerism inspired by ...
Clarke, Nick
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Motivated by the growing attention and concerns surrounding climate change and the potential role of institutional investors' ownership concentration (OC) in reducing corporations' greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, this article explores the relationship between various forms of institutional ownership and firms' GHG emission intensity. To do so,
Daniele Giordino +3 more
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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 2019 Are China’s fake-fighters (打假, dajia ) heroic consumer activists or morally dubious profit-seekers? Do they make the marketplace safer for ordinary consumers by using the law to “fight” fake, dangerous and falsely advertised goods, or benefit only ...
Erika Kuever
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Between compassion and conservatism: a genealogy of British humanitarian sensibilities [PDF]
, 2010 : The chapter explores continuities in modern British humanitarianism at its birth two hundred years ago and today. Modern British humanitarianism arose out of the contradictions between humanist ideals, expanding social sympathies, and fears of radical ...
Pupavac, Vanessa
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Ngos' Contributions to Innovation: Innovation Enablers or Lead Innovators?
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores how non‐governmental organisations (NGOs) engage with innovation processes. Drawing on a comparative case study of two NGOs working in water sustainability, the paper analyses NGO involvement across seven stages of the innovation process.
Maria Cristina Pietronudo +3 more
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