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Joining the un global compact in spain : an institutional Aproach

open access: yesRevista de Contabilidad: Spanish Accounting Review, 2019
The aim of this study is to analyse the incentives for Spanish organisations that have adopted a voluntary code of conduct such as the United Nations Global Compact – GC.
Ainhoa Garayar, José Antonio Calvo
doaj   +1 more source

L’Engagement des femmes dans le monde associatif (1928-1951), un volontariat politique au service du Parti conservateur ?

open access: yesRevue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2017
The First World War saw the emergence of a variety of non-party organisations to aid the war effort, in which women played a crucial role. Social action, in its broadest sense, developed in the 1920s and 1930s through the advent of a multiplicity of ...
Clarisse Berthezène
doaj   +1 more source

The innovative capacity of voluntary organisations and the provision of public services: A longitudinal approach

open access: yes, 2008
The prior history of voluntary and community organisations (VCOs) as pioneers of public services during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century has lead to reification of the innovativeness of these organisations.
Chew, Celine   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Contradictions of students’ motivation for participation in the activities of voluntary organisations

open access: yesОбразование и наука, 2020
Introduction. Volunteering is an effective tool for the development of society and a powerful personal development resource. However, ignoring the value content of volunteering in the mass organisation of volunteer youth associations reduces its ability ...
A. V. Starshinova
doaj   +1 more source

S’éduquer aux droits de l’homme et s’engager au Maroc

open access: yesRevue Internationale d’Éducation de Sèvres, 2021
This article examines the role of voluntary groups, social networks and schools in citizenship and human rights education for young people in Morocco.
Chafik Hbila
doaj   +1 more source

The skills required for transition to university and study in biological sciences: A student perspective

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Bioscience students were asked for their opinions on the value and teaching of skills. 204 responded that teamwork, time management and study skills are necessary to reach University, that scientific writing, research, laboratory and presentation skills are taught effectively during their studies, while other skills are gained inherently through study ...
Janella Borrell, Susan Crennell
wiley   +1 more source

Influencers of effective partnership working between voluntary community sector organisations in Liverpool [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
With the election of a Coalition Government in May 2010, the concept of “partnership” has never been so prominent in public policy. This builds on a foundation of partnership working playing an increasing role in the policy arena following on from ‘New ...
Wallace, Kathleen
core  

How donors choose charities: the role of personal taste and experiences in giving decisions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The question of how donors decide which charities to support, as opposed to questions about whether to give and how much to give, has been under-researched.
Breeze, Beth
core   +1 more source

Molecular characterization of covRS mutations in M1UK Streptococcus pyogenes

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Group A Streptococcus (GAS) acquires covRS mutations driving a hypervirulent bacterial state, frequently associated with invasive disease‐like necrotizing fasciitis. We demonstrate that the newly emerged M1UK GAS lineage can also acquire these mutations.
Jarrad Pritchard   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Giving Miss Marple a makeover : graduate recruitment, systems failure and the Scottish voluntary sector

open access: yes, 2010
The voluntary sector in Scotland, as across the globe, is becoming increasingly business like. Resultantly, there is an increasing demand for graduates to work in business and support functions. In Scotland, however, despite an oversupply of graduates in
Hurrell, Scott A.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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