The purpose of this study is to investigate and identify underlying problems in newspaper representation of integration and labor market. My media analysis includes articles published in 2018-2022. The purpose of this is to get as nuanced picture as possible. This thesis uses theories that individually or jointly help define and answer problems in medial narratives of integration and labor market. Social constructivism is applied as theoretical and conceptual lens by which to analyze and critically study social constructions shaped by language. Conceptually, the notion of stigma is utilized together with empirical work in order to understand the structural discrimination that occurs in the news texts. Established and outsiders brings out the dichotomy between different groups in society. I have found that the explored debate articles show complexity of a divided society. Integration and the labor market produces immigrants as a societal problem. Immigrants become synonymous with criminals and threats to the economy. My media analysis shows that the debate is used as a political instrument, used to blame others for its failed reforms and efforts. Since most articles use this type of representation, this contributes and is reproduced as knowledge to the reader.

This master’s thesis presents a study which proposes that debate and conflict in any planning process highlight a separation between actors and their interests. This is examined through the concept of them/us. Existing theory of urban and regional planning describes a recurrent misunderstanding in planning practice where debate and conflict are interpreted as destructive. Through governing, actors with power have a tendency to suggest that all involved actors should reach a consensus in order to overcome expressed differences. However, this kind of governing does not encourage dissent and therefore leads to unfair planning processes. The aim of the study is to develop an understanding of them/us and to study how the acknowledgement of this concept can contribute to planning processes by addressing the following research question; How can the concept of them/us contribute to the planning process? The interdisciplinary study is conducted with support from a literature review and a case study, and the conclusion highlights that them/us contribute to the planning process by acknowledging the richness of diversity. / Detta examensarbete presenterar en studie som föreslår att debatt och konflikt i planeringsprocessen belyser en separation mellan aktörer och deras intressen. Detta studeras genom konceptet dom/oss. Befintlig teori om samhällsplanering beskriver ett återkommande missförstånd i planeringspraktiken där debatt och konflikt tolkas som destruktivt. Genom styrning tenderar aktörer med makt föreslå att samtliga berörda aktörer ska nå samförstånd i syfte att övervinna uttryckta skillnader. Denna form av styrning uppmuntrar dock inte oliktänkande och leder därmed till orättvisa planeringsprocesser. Syftet med studien är att utveckla en förståelse för dom/oss samt att studera hur erkännandet av detta koncept kan bidra till planeringsprocessen genom att undersöka följande frågeställning; Hur kan konceptet dom/oss bidra till planeringsprocessen? Den tvärvetenskapliga studien genomförs med stöd från en litteraturstudie och en fallstudie, och slutsatsen belyser att dom/oss bidrar till planeringsprocessen genom att erkänna mångfaldens rikedom. / Urban Form and Social Behavior

Die zugrundeliegende Kommunikationsform bei Online-Debatten wie Chats und Forendiskussionen ist die computervermittelte Kommunikation. Der Begriff bezeichnet vielfältige Kommunikationsformen, denen gemein ist, dass jeweils ein Computer als medialer Bedeutungsvermittler in die Kommunikation eingebunden ist. Die Informationsvermittlung durch computervermittelte Kommunikation ist damit im Vergleich zu anderen Kommunikationsformen wie der persönlichen Kommunikation stark eingeschränkt (Taddicken, 2008, 30ff.). Dies hat den Effekt, dass Online-Diskussionen im Vergleich zu persönlichen Diskussionen mit etlichen Schwierigkeiten zu kämpfen haben: Online-Diskussionen werden schnell unübersichtlich, sie drehen sich im Kreis, Argumente wiederholen sich, man redet aneinander vorbei, und gemeinsame Entscheidungen oder Kompromisse werden selten ausgehandelt. Soziale Normen rücken in den Hintergrund, Beleidigungen in den Vordergrund – vor allem bei Teilnehmern, die sich nicht persönlich kennen. Diese Schwierigkeiten und die vom Gesetzgeber auferlegte Haftung für Betreiber von Websites haben dazu geführt, dass viele Kommentarfunktionen auf Seiten wie z. B. der Tagesschau, der Deutsche Welle oder des Sterns ganz oder teilweise abgeschaltet wurden (u. a. Pohl, 2018). [... aus Punkt 1]

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Since the Trump election, the subject of extra-territorial application of national law – in particular U.S. law – has received considerable attention. This is so because the U.S. administration increasingly uses this legal tool to enforce its foreign policy interests. A legal area with a particularly strong reach of extra-territoriality is U.S. export controls as this allows the U.S. to control foreign states’ business. A very recent and vivid example is the Huawei trade ban by the U.S. The purpose of this article is to show the (harsh) legal and economic effects, which the extra-territorial application of U.S. export-related laws have on international trade. The article will focus on the approach taken by the U.S. to impose its export controls outside the U.S. It will analyze the legal framework of extra-territorial U.S. export controls and explore to which extent the U.S. laws apply to foreign business, i.e., business outside the U.S. The article will define the cases in which foreign companies are subject to U.S. export controls and therefore must comply with U.S. regulations. It will show that the applicability of U.S. export controls to foreign companies and their business is considerably broad. It rigorously controls the destiny of U.S. origin products and components once they have been exported from U.S. territory and also regulates the worldwide export of products that have been manufactured by using U.S. technology. In addition, U.S. export controls impose economic sanctions on countries (e.g., Iran) or companies (e.g., Huawei) and prohibit foreign companies from doing business with these sanctioned parties. Understanding U.S. export controls and its extra-territorial reach are a challenge for foreign companies. It is a rather complex legal system that requires deeper knowledge of the underlying concept. However, foreign companies are well advised to comply with U.S. export controls, as the penalties for violations can be severe, including millions of dollars in fines and even imprisonment. In addition, the U.S. may blacklist foreign companies with the effect that business with the U.S. or elsewhere is no longer possible. Therefore, understanding U.S. export controls and its extra-territorial reach is vital to foreign companies.

Coming to terms with discrimination in the workspace (including sexual harassment and racism) as an integral part of compliance in Germany and Switzerland in recent years, profit-oriented companies and non-profit organizations have increasingly had to deal with discrimination, especially sexual assault and racist behavior. This article deals with how these risks can be addressed in compliance management systems, which preventive measures are recommended and which special features should be taken into account when investigating and dealing with such incidents internally.

With the rise of digitalization, myriad new technologies are currently revolutionizing most, if not all, markets. One such technology that is receiving particular attention from businesses, private market participants, the financial sector, and governments alike is the blockchain. Despite its increasing popularity, most jurisdictions currently fail to adequately regulate it, meaning that businesses cannot exploit the full potential of blockchain technology and its various applications. This article explains how blockchains function and delineates their associated compliance risks. Here, particular attention will be paid to both decentralized cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. How decentralized cryptocurrencies could potentially be abused for money laundering, terrorism financing, and corruption purposes will be illustrated, and different legislation and international approaches to dealing with blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies will be highlighted. Lastly, the impact of blockchain technology and its implications for actors in the digitalized economy will be discussed.

In this issue we focus on the transfer of problems and ideas from the USA in connection with compliance, in particular from a European perspective (German-speaking countries).

The Austrian Act of Corporate Criminal Liability came into force on January 1, 2006. Since then, associations can be penalized for judicially criminal acts of their decisionmakers and / or employees. A criminal liability of the association presupposes that the offense was committed in favor of the association and, that the criminal offense violates the duties determined by the association (association duties). In the case of a violation against the VbVG, the court will impose an association fine, which depends on the annual yield of the association. In addition, an instruction can be issued for compensation for damage. In 2018 there were counted 341 preliminary investigations against associations, of which only 28 resulted in an indictment. Only in five cases, there was a conviction, and an association fine was imposed.

With the aim of contributing to the recent debate on the fate of the liberal international order, this thesis has examined how prominent advocates of the liberal international order explain its contemporary state of crisis. Taking a point of departure in John Mearsheimer’s critical argument of three essential flaws in the liberal order, I have expanded these flaws into three theoretical areas. These theoretical areas highlight fundamental components in the liberal international order that, according to Mearsheimer, endogenously undermine the liberal international order which will eventually lead to its demise. These theoretical areas are the expansion of the liberal order, resistance in liberal democracies and the threat of China. Analyzing the ideas of liberal advocates within these theoretical areas, I have found that they have offered strong arguments on why the liberal international order will not perish. Although the liberal advocates see a crisis of governance and legitimacy in the liberal order, they believe that the order’s beneficial and robustious architecture constrain states from abandoning the international institutions of the liberal international order. However, drawing on previous research, I have discussed the plausible possibility and consequences of an increasingly powerful China rising within the order. I have concluded that the liberal advocates have not satisfactorily explained this threat of China to the contemporary U.S-led liberal order.