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Hidden Costs of Ethical Fashion: Sustainable Development Goals and Garment Worker Exploitation in Bangladesh

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Across garment factories in the Global South, the promise of “ethical fashion” coexists with poverty wages and retaliation. This study examines why the global call for decent work has not improved labor conditions in Bangladesh's ready‐made garment industry.
Md. Rafiqul Islam Rana
wiley   +1 more source

Who Is the System? On the Externalisation and Depersonalisation of Responsibility for Abuse

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the externalisation and depersonalisation of responsibility in the institutional communication of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of sexualised violence. Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems is used to show how semantic constructions such as ‘systemic causes’ rhetorically blur responsibility and contribute ...
Thomas Kron
wiley   +1 more source

A legislação penal de drogas no Brasil e no México: análise comparada desde uma perspectiva crítica ao proibicionismo / Drug law in Brazil and Mexico: comparative analysis from a critical perspective to prohibitionism

open access: yes, 2020
DOI: 10.1590/2179-8966/2019/41801ResumoO texto aborda o impacto do proibicionismo na política criminal de drogas em perspectiva comparada, a partir da análise da legislação penal de dois Estados latino-americanos: o Brasil e o México. Ao fazê-lo, demonstra que o Estado mexicano trouxe progressos significativos, especialmente pela adoção de critérios ...
Devos, Bryan Alves   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Lifecycle‐Based Governance to Build Reliable Ethical AI Systems

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) systems represent a paradigm shift in technological capabilities, offering transformative potential across industries while introducing novel governance and implementation challenges. This paper presents a comprehensive framework for understanding AI systems through three critical dimensions: trustworthiness ...
Maikel Leon
wiley   +1 more source

Crime, Gender and Policing: The Role of Women Officers in Addressing Gender‐Based Violence in India

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether an increased presence of women in Indian police forces results in enhanced justice for victims of gender‐based crimes and improves the overall effectiveness and responsiveness of the police. It employs focus group discussions and qualitative system dynamics modelling to examine the dynamics of women in law ...
Kandaswamy Paramasivan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guanxi and Wasta: 20 Years of Evolution and Future Directions for Informal Network Research

open access: yesThunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article provides an examination of the evolution of networking in China and the Arab world over two decades and provides an update to, and new insights arising from, an article called Guanxi and Wasta; A Comparison, published in Thunderbird International Business Review in 2006.
Kate Hutchings   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drug policy in Australia: the supervised injecting facilities debate

open access: yes, 2005
Many theories have been developed to explain the influence of different groups in policy making. Some focus on public opinion, claiming that especially in issues of high salience, public opinion will play a decisive role in determining policy directions.
Gunaratnam, Praveena
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Finances, currency and taxation in the 14th and 15th centuries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The emergence of state taxation in the 14th century is intrinsically associated with monetary and financial development. In Catalonia, the crux of this joint evolution was the emergence of general taxes over the entire land, which required the towns to ...
Gaspar Feliu
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Chronic Wasting Disease management responses in North America: A public policy analysis

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
In this study we use the Multiple Streams Framework from public policy theory to assess the responses of wildlife management agencies in states and provinces with CWD‐positive cases in the United States and Canada to alleviate public concerns and manage the spread of this disease.
Kelly H. Dunning   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

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