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Perceiving Vegetation From Social Positions: Discourses on Plants in a Mediterranean Landscape
Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Understanding how vegetation is perceived, named and valued requires attention to the social positions from which these perceptions are produced. This article analyses vegetation perception from different social positions based on qualitative research conducted in the province of Jaén (Andalusia, Spain), a Mediterranean landscape characterized
Javier Jurado‐Pardeiro +3 more
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Compliance in Regulatory Gray Areas: The Case of the Organic Seed Standard
Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Adaptive regulations, designed to balance flexibility with accountability, can embed provisions that unintentionally leave room for firms to shirk on their responsibilities by exploiting flexibility. We call these provisions “regulatory gray areas,” and ask: how should we understand (non‐)compliance in adaptive regulatory settings?
Liza Wood +3 more
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Rights of Nature in the EU: A thought experiment to improve access to justice
Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.Abstract Against the backdrop of the growing need for legal innovation in environmental protection, this article explores the interplay between Rights of Nature (RoN)—a legal theory asserting that the inherent moral value of nature must be protected legally by granting rights and legal personality to nature itself—and the EU constitutional right of ...
Emma Sanvito, Mariolina Eliantonio
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“The Excuses We Make”: Defining Eight Corruption Rationalization Categories
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The rationalization of corruption allows individuals to detach from moral imperatives, enabling them to perceive unethical or unlawful actions as acceptable or justifiable. Closely linked to the concept of moral disengagement, rationalization involves cognitive distortions that frame inhumane or immoral behavior as neither wrong nor ...
Caio César Coelho Rodrigues
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PARÁMETROS DE DISEÑO ORGANIZACIONAL: INCIDENCIA EN LA PRODUCTIVIDAD Y EN LOS VÍNCULOS SOCIALES
Revista Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, 2011 Este artículo presenta ciertos efectos que algunos parámetros del diseño organizacional tienen sobre los vínculos sociales entre los trabajadores, impactando la cooperación y la productividad en la empresa.
DAIMER HIGUITA LÓPEZ
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT To address the shortcomings associated with state ownership, countries have implemented various legal strategies to curb political influence in state‐owned enterprises. This research studies whether these strategies constrain the government's ability to use their appointment powers for political considerations.
Pablo Torres
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Ágora de Heterodoxias, 2019 El siguiente artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación realizada bajo un enfoque de metodología cualitativa, donde se entrevistaron a 50 gerentes empleadores para la carrera de Administración de Empresas con énfasis en Dirección de Empresas y
Monserrat Espinach-Rueda
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how bureaucratic strategies for structuring the policy environment shape regulatory outcomes, focusing on the extent to which agencies achieve their original policy preferences. Drawing on resource dependence theory and bureaucratic politics, we conceptualize the policy environment in two dimensions: internal ...
João Pedro Haddad +1 more
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 21st century has witnessed a surge in the number of global corporate responsibility (GCR) frameworks issued by international organizations (IOs). Our study investigates whether and to what extent these frameworks shape businesses' Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) communications.
Adam William Chalmers +1 more
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime +2 more
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