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UNANNOUNCED INTERIM INSPECTIONS: DO FALSE ALARMS MATTER?
Mathematical Modelling and Analysis, 2011 Unannounced Interim Inspections (UIIs) in nuclear facilities of the European Union have recently attracted major attention by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and by European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM)in the context of the IAEA/EURATOM Partnership Approach.
Avenhaus, Rudolf, Krieger, Thomas
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Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines how accounting and control practices constitute and distribute agency and responsibility for sustainability in global supply chains. Drawing on a field study in the fashion industry, we describe the sustainability control practices used by a major buyer firm vis‐à‐vis its suppliers and trace their evolution from a ...
Martin Messner +2 more
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Licence Loss: Revocations of Residential Care Licences in Four Nordic Countries
Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT With placement in residential care, society assumes overall responsibility for a child's daily care, well‐being and development. How public authorities respond to poor care quality is of crucial importance. To guarantee quality care and minimise risks, welfare states increasingly develop different mechanisms and systems to supervise out‐of ...
David Pålsson +5 more
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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Abusive and illegal practices in residential care are a recognised issue in child welfare internationally; thus, the question of how these institutions are supervised is important. However, children's residential care is complex by nature, making its supervision a challenging task.
Jenni Repo
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Children’s services assessment for 2010: arrangements and guidance for local authorities and their partners on Ofsted’s annual assessment of children’s services [PDF]
, 2010 In relation to the Children's services assessment, this guidance seeks to: set out the arrangements for 2010 in terms of the performance profile and the principles that will be applied in determining the assessment; reaffirm the scope of the assessment ...
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Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
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Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As transnational land investments continue to expand across the Global South, land governance in many settings is shifting from largely informal arrangements towards greater formalization. However, we know less about how entrepreneurs sustain and rework land control as host states tighten regulation and introduce new formal requirements and ...
Ben Fan, Xiaobo Hua, Yasuyuki Kono
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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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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper assesses what type of comments are most useful to what type of stakeholder in gaining influence during public consultations. Theoretically, the paper approaches stakeholders' consultation comments as reputational threats from key audiences that the agency needs to respond to.
Rik Joosen
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Responses to Ofsted's consultation on the inspection of local authority children's services : an evaluation report [PDF]
, 2012 "Between 27 July and 30 September 2011, Ofsted consulted on its proposed arrangements for the inspection of local authority children’s services.
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