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Does Sustainability Auditing Lead to Enhanced Corporate Governance, Environmental Performance, and Financial Outcomes? Empirical Evidence From High‐Impact Industries

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs hierarchical regression modelling on a survey of 550 firms from Nigeria and Ghana to examine the impact of sustainability auditing on corporate governance, environmental performance, and financial outcomes of high‐impact industries.
Mandella Osei‐Assibey Bonsu, Ying Wang, Grace Eghe‐Ikhurhe, Katie Hyslop   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proceedings of the Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference (SPARC) 2011 [PDF]

, 2012
These proceedings bring together a selection of papers from the 2011 Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference(SPARC). It includes papers from PhD students in the arts and social sciences, business, computing, science and engineering, education ...
Al Azawi, W, Al Ghazali, FAM, Al Jameel, H, Al Rawahi, M, Aljunaidy, MM, Berlin, J, Darlington, J, Demetriou, K, Demir, ST, Doran, C, Egbu, JU, Elagili, GY, Elferjani, M, Elmagri, MI, Elmsallati, NA, Griffiths, L, Hamlyn, CP, Hardman, M, Khashkhush, AS, Kiddy, PA, Lord, JD, Masrilayanti, M, Mohamed, MII, Morrison, SA, Mwenesongole, E, Opoku, A, Ozmen, ES, Rigby, MJ, ur Rehman, S, Yates, MT, Yusufu, AS   +30 more
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Metaphor and criticism [PDF]

, 2011
The prevalence of colourful metaphors and figurative language in critics' descriptions of artworks has long attracted attention. Talk of ‘liquid melodies,’ ‘purple prose,’ ‘soaring arches,’ and the use of still more elaborate figurative descriptions, is ...
Grant, James
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Broad support for lethal control of wild deer among subscribers of nature organisations in England and Wales

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild deer populations are increasing across the northern hemisphere, posing challenges to the environment and people. Deer impacts can be managed using lethal and non‐lethal practices, but research suggests lethal control receives mixed support.
Elena Cini, Rebecca Spake, Louise McMillan, Amy Gresham, Graeme Shannon, Felix Eigenbrod, Christopher P. Nichols, Paul Orsi, Alastair I. Ward, Freya A. V. St John   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

M. E. Grant Duff, Philosophic Liberalism and the Global Liberal Cause

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Historians disagree about how best to conceptualize nineteenth‐century British Liberalism in relation to its international contexts. This article argues that we can better understand the patterns involved by interrogating individuals who bridged the worlds of partisan politics and elaborated thought.
Alex Middleton
wiley   +1 more source

John Ruskin and Climate

English Literature
The essay offers an analysis of John Ruskin’s 1884 lectures on The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century, focusing on his notions about the phenomenon of the storm-cloud, his careful recording of its occurrence in various parts of England since the ...
Orestano, Francesca
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The Very Idea of Seriousness

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract What norms govern aesthetic conversations? In Hansen and Adams (2024), we argue for a norm we call, following Stanley Cavell, “the hope of agreement”, along with a requirement of “seriousness”, the “discipline of accounting for one's judgments”.
Nat Hansen, Zed Adams
wiley   +1 more source

Tradição e inovação na pena de John Ruskin e Alexandre Herculano [PDF]

, 2002
Alexandre Herculano (1810-1877) e John Ruskin (1819-1900) conferiram uma nova vitalidade ao passado, entretecendo-o de ficções e realidades que cativaram os leitores do seu tempo e lhes abriram novos horizontes.
Melão, Dulce
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Happiness, environmental protection and market economy [PDF]

, 2011
The manufacturing sector is leaving the West for Asia’s low wages and good working culture. Europe would be better off keeping these manufacturing activities, slowing down wage inflation and what is more, letting a young, cheaper workforce from the East ...
Craig D. M., Fromm E., Hummels D., Kiss K., Kocsis T., Liska T., Malthus T. R., Neumann J., Polanyi K., Porter M. E., SÁndor Kerekes   +10 more
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Standards for Hospital Falls Prevention and Management: An International Comparative Analysis

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Hospital falls and associated injuries are a global issue associated with harm and significant costs to individuals and society, especially for older adults. Hospital standards specify the minimum level of care required to optimise patient safety, quality and outcomes. Standards are often used during hospital accreditation.
Jonathan P. McKercher, Casey L. Peiris, Claire Thwaites, Hazel Heng, Deborah Gleeson, Gillian Janes, Meg E. Morris   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source