theories; legitimacy‚ resource based view and information provided the theoretical underpinnings of the study. A content analysis of the annual report of 164 companies in the environmentally sensitive industries (ESI) was undertaken. Disclosure quality was measured using a self-developed index adapted from prior studies. The findings revealed a significant positive association between firm size and leverage with the quality of environmental reporting‚ thus providing the support for legitimacy theory
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The Milleonnial Reckonings Purpose of Globalization project The globalization project is about market integration‚ legitimacy management and resistance The Globalization Project in Crisis While the globalization project still shapes development initiatives and policies‚ there are signs that its claim (and ability ) to represent the most rational development path is eroding. The arrival of structural adjustment policy in the global north in the twenty first century raises some key
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3.2.2 Quantitative Methodology Quantitative procedures involves the information arrangement strategies for self-directed surveys‚ check records and overviews that are abused to introduce factual information for an obvious and exact examination. As per Martin (2002) subjective examination is an accumulation of essential data from a colossal number of people which is proposed to arrange deciding results to a far reaching populace which in a general sense suggests that quantitative exploration is best
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CPA Program—professional level Ethics and Governance Workshop 3—Corporate social responsibility (Module 5) Presentation Slides 2-slide view Semester 1 2012 Author: Craig Deegan Published by Deakin University on behalf of CPA Australia Ltd‚ ABN 64 008 392 452 © CPA Australia Ltd 2012 The contents and any information contained in this document (Information) are for general information only. They are not intended as professional advice. For any professional advice‚ please consult
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of these challenges will be discussed in this essay. The first challenge is the dilemma of international legitimacy versus the local legitimacy (Verkoren & van Leeuwen‚ 2013; Belloni‚ 2001). The international community has set two criteria that discussed above which are often quite contradictory. When taking into account the existing local structures‚ strongman of that area will get legitimacy. These strongmen are often warlords whom do not reject the use of violence (Verkoren & van Leeuwen‚ 2013
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Strategic Lenses: Strategic lenses are a concept of strategic management. They are the four angles from which strategy can be viewed and implemented on a corporate level. There are 4 strategic lenses: Strategy as Design Strategy as Experience Strategy as Variety (Ideas) Strategy as Discourse Strategy as Design: Is the view that strategy development can be a logical process in which economic forces and constraints on the organization are weighed carefully through analytic and evaluative
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challenged the legitimacy of a King’s rule‚ such as those by John Locke and presented in the Magna Carta‚ to seemingly simpler ideas such as equal rights for all‚ the Constitution allowed colonist to develop a country that was united through oppressive acts‚ such as the Stamp Act‚ and ready to stand on its own. John Locke‚ an English philosopher‚ is known as one of the most influential enlightenment thinkers. His work‚ “Two Treatises of Government”‚ not only challenged the authority and legitimacy of a King’s
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qualifications. If I were part of the selection committee for the River Woods plant manager position and was considering hiring candidates’ bases on personal power‚ I would consider individuals who demonstrate expertise‚ attraction‚ effort‚ and legitimacy. The above kind of qualities are essential as a source of personal power for the following reasons. First‚ in considering a candidate with expertise for the new decentralized operations plans‚ I would look at the candidates’ formal education‚ self-directed
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Executive summary: Sustainability reporting‚ alternatively known as CSR reporting‚ is the annual process whereby companies - public‚ private; large and small - report on their sustainability performance. Reports typically cover social‚ environmental‚ economic and ethical performance and incorporate information on a company ’s environmental impact or carbon footprint‚ staff satisfaction‚ community investment etc. Sustainability reporting is becoming increasingly important as a tool companies can
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that they place political decision making in the hands of the general public‚ who do not have the specialist knowledge‚ experience‚ education or time to reflect meaningfully upon them to make sensible decisions in the public interest. Referendums legitimacy is also low‚ as the number of members of the electorate who turnout to vote are regularly less than 50%. An example of this low turnout was demonstrated by the 2011 ‘AV for Westminister’ referendum‚ in which only 42% of the population took part
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