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Agonism and the Possibilities of Ethics for HRM
Rhodes, Carl; Harvey, Geraint - In: Journal of Business Ethics 111 (2012) 1, pp. 49-59
This paper provides a critique and re-evaluation of the way that ethics is understood and promoted within mainstream Human Resource Management (HRM) discourse. We argue that the ethics located within this discourse focuses on bolstering the relevance of HRM as a key contributor to organizational...
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Absorbing the agony of agonism? The limits of cultural questioning and alternative variations of intercultural civility
Leeuwen, Bart van - In: Urban Studies 52 (2015) 4, pp. 793-808
Recently the political philosophy of agonism has been applied by urban theorists to model intercultural urban … encounters in so-called ‘micro-publics’, such as the workplace or the classroom. The paper examines to what extent agonism … these lower-level social contexts, agonism takes the vulnerability of citizens with regard to their ethnic, cultural or …
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The limits of John Rawls’s pluralism
Mouffe, Chantal - In: Politics, Philosophy & Economics 4 (2005) 2, pp. 221-231
This article brings to the fore the shortcomings of the type of pluralism advocated by John Rawls both in Political Liberalism and in The Law of Peoples. It is argued that by postulating that the discrimination between what is and what is not legitimate is dictated by rationality and morality,...
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Financial Analysis of Incentive Mechanisms to Promote Energy Efficiency: Case Study of a Prototypical Southwest Utility
Cappers, Peter; Goldman, Charles; Chait, Michele; … - 2009
, including the corresponding utility financial budgets required in each case. If a decoupling and/or a shareholder incentive … resources, decoupling and/or a shareholder incentive mechanism impacts utility shareholders (e.g. overall earnings, return on …
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Revisiting Supplier Compliance with MNC Codes of Conduct: Recoupling Policy and Practice at Chinese Toy Suppliers
Egels-Zandén, Niklas - In: Journal of Business Ethics 119 (2014) 1, pp. 59-75
Does private regulation of workers’ rights in global value chains improve working conditions on the factory floor? Drawing on one of the first systematic longitudinal studies of supplier compliance with multinational corporation (MNC) codes of conduct, this paper finds—in contrast to...
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Asia’s decoupling: fact, forecast or fiction?
Lam, Lillie; Yetman, James - Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - 2013
follow a downward trend, leading some commentators to suggest that the region was decoupling. However, this process reversed … international links continue to strengthen in future, co-movement will strengthen in tandem. Decoupling is more a fiction than a …
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Regional Environmental Impacts of Coal Industry and Development Prospects according to a Decoupling Model
Akulov, A.O. - In: Journal "Region: Economics and Sociology" 1 (2014)
the atmosphere is not so unambiguous. There is also no effect of decoupling observed in the region. We obtain the … economic tools to reduce ecologic impacts which would contribute to transition to a decoupling model of the development by the …
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Modeling the Emissions-Income Relationship Using Long-Run Growth Rates
Burke, Paul J.; Gerlagh, Reyer; Stern, David I.; Anjum, Zeba - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014
We adopt a new representation of the relationship between emissions and income using long-run growth rates. Our approach allows us to test multiple hypotheses about the drivers of per capita emissions in a single framework and avoid several of the econometric issues that have plagued previous...
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If the Unites States sneezes, does the world need paracetamol?
Herrerias, M. J.; Ordóñez, Javier Ordoñez - Departament d'Economia, Universitat Jaume I - 2011
There is an old saying that states that “If the United States sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold”. Against this background, it is argued that some countries, especifically China, can “decouple” from the US economy and sustain strong growth in the face of a US slowdown. In this...
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The effects of decoupling on the COP sector in Italy: an ex-post performance analysis
Cisilino, Federica; De Vivo, Carmela; Henke, Roberto; … - In: Politica Agricola Internazionale - International …, 2
effects of decoupling on the COP sector in Italy, by comparing some structural and economic indicators, based on ISTAT and … decoupling farm support from production has contributed to a more efficient and market-oriented COP sector in Italy. …
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