The moral muteness of managers: an Anglo-American phenomenon? German and British managers and their moral reasoning about environmental sustainability in business [PDF]
Several studies in the Anglo-American context have indicated that managers present themselves as morally neutral employees who act only in the best interest of the company by employing objective skills.
Bryman A +21 more
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The second generation of ecological economics: How far has the apple fallen from the tree? [PDF]
International audienceThis paper examines the discourse produced in the academic journal Ecological Economics from its inception in 1989, and compares this discourse with that of the field of environmental economics. I used methods for discourse analysis
Plumecocq, Gaël
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“Green neology” and its role in environmental education (a media discourse approach) [PDF]
The article covers the problem of ecological neologisms which mostly appear in the present-day media discourse space and actively function there by making a significant impact on people’s environmental worldview.
Guslyakova Alla +2 more
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Making the business case? Intercultural differences in framing economic rationality related to environmental issues [PDF]
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to challenge the assumptions prominent in the Anglo-American context that the objective of a business is to increase its profits or/and that managers have to make 'the business case' in order to implement ...
Molthan-Hill, P
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Ecological discourse analysis of Russian educational texts based on the transitivity system
Ecological discourse within educational contexts serves as an externalized manifestation for scholars and educators in ecolinguistics to embrace ecological responsibilities and convey positive ecological philosophies.
Luan Luan, Dong Zhang
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This study aims to interpret the ecological meaning of discourse from system-functional linguistics perspective and analyses the ecological diplomacy ideas embedded in reporting, and to guide people to develop an ecological consciousness of living in harmony with nature through the analysis of ecological orientations.
Gaowei Li +5 more
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A socioecological discourse of care or an economistic discourse: which fits better with transition?
Objective: To analyse a ‘socioecological’ health promotion discourse and its relationship to orthodox ‘economistic’ discourse in Australia. Method: In research on health promotion addressing equity and environmental sustainability, we identified a ...
Valerie Kay, Charles Livingstone
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Sustainability appraisal: Jack of all trades, master of none? [PDF]
Sustainable development is a commonly quoted goal for decision making and supports a large number of other discourses. Sustainability appraisal has a stated goal of supporting decision making for sustainable development.
Alan J. Bond +49 more
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Time after time – circadian clocks through the lens of oscillator theory
Oscillator theory bridges physics and circadian biology. Damped oscillators require external drivers, while limit cycles emerge from delayed feedback and nonlinearities. Coupling enables tissue‐level coherence, and entrainment aligns internal clocks with environmental cues.
Marta del Olmo +2 more
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Semantic Change within «Ecology» Lexeme and its Derivatives in the English Language Media Discourse
The following article is devoted to the issue of semantic change of «ecology» lexeme in media discourse. Being a new type of a discourse media discourse obtains all its peculiarities while acquiring some distinctive features due to the development of ...
Mariya A. Chepurnaya
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