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Global Insecurity,Transparency and Sustainable Development:African Challenges
NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
, new threats such as organized crime, trafficking, civil unrest and terrorism have supplemented continued pre … arising from international organized crime and global economic instability. Thus, a fundamental rethink is needed on the … institutions and governance to provide citizen security, justice and jobs is crucial to break cycles of violence while stimulating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112282
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Optimizarea procedurilor pentru certificarea sistemului de management de mediu al unui agent economic
Grigore, Florian; Rojanschi, Vladimir; Duduman, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
At present, it is known that an effective control of pollution at organization level can’t be realized just on technological solutions, but it must be made according to an Environmental Management System incorporated to General Management. In many countries, Environmental Management System...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025701
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Judicial Discretion and Sentencing Behavior
Freeborn, Beth; Hartmann, Monica - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This research studies the impact of changes to federal judicial discretion on criminal sentencing outcomes. The Feeney Amendment to the 2003 PROTECT Act restricted federal judges’ ability to impose sentences outside of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and required appellate courts to review...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837535
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Critical Analysis of Acquitted Conduct Sentencing in the U.S.: "Kafka-esque," "Repugnant," "Uniquely Malevolent" and "Pernicious"?
Yalincak, Orhun hakan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
In federal court and many state courts across the United States, once a defendant is convicted, judges are routinely permitted, and in fact, sometimes required to increase a defendant’s sentence based on relevant conduct, of which he was acquitted at trial, or conduct for which he was never...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110532
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An anti corruption mechansim
Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Using the principal-agent- supervisor paradigm, this paper examines the occurrence of collusion in a setting where the principal has no information about the supervisor and the agent does not necesarily know the supervisor’s preferences.We formally prove the occurrence of collusion is more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259731
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NCAA Athletic Departments: An Empirical Investigation of the Effects of Revenue and Conference Changes
Pincin, Jared; Hoffer, Adam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The paper uses a panel of athletic department revenue and expenditure data of 227 public colleges and universities to empirically investigate the behavior of NCAA Division I athletic departments over the period 2006 – 2011. Four primary hypotheses were tested: (1) the effect of revenue changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260960
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Organization of Indian Health Bureaucracy and its Delivery System
K., Srinivasan; Raka, Sharan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The aim of this paper is to probe into the structure and functioning of health bureaucracy in India with specific … reference to rural health bureaucracy of Tamil Nadu State. bureaucracy is defined as "a hierarchical division of staff who act … on formal assignments" - Gouldner(1954). This definition suggests five specific dimensions of bureaucracy namely (i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260082
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THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS’ LENDING TO PAKISTAN
Anwar, Mumtaz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper analyzes the determinants of multilateral aid from international financial institutions (IFIs) to Pakistan, focusing on the world three major IFIs, the World Bank, the IMF and the ADB. Political economic factors, notably bureaucratic interests and major shareholders economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836381
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Meritocratic Aspects Concerning Performance Evaluation in the Public Sector - A Case Study for Romania
Matei, Ani; Matei, Lucica - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
performance for a public organisation, which represents by excellence a bureaucracy. Therefore, the evaluation of the "distance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008533696
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Darke Side of Social Capital Social Preferences and Corruption
Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Using the principal-agent- supervisor paradigm, this paper examines the occurrence of collusion in a setting where the principal has no information about the supervisor and the agent does not necessarily know the supervisor’s preferences. We formally prove the occurrence of collusion is more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005027124