Le discours sur le développement durable appelle une réinterprétation de l'idée de rendement soutenu en foresterie. Concept élaboré de longue date pour encadrer la gestion des forêts, le rendement soutenu formalise ce que "devrait être" une forêt humanisée. Il précise un processus décisionnel. Il procède donc d'une démarche politique. Mais, la manière dont les gestionnaires font intervenir le rendement soutenu dans les décisions d'aménagement de la forêt peut être plus ou moins sensible à la dynamique sociale. C'est ce que nous questionnons au moment où une foule d'analystes dissertent sur la façon de conjuguer économie et environnement. Traditionnellement, le concept de rendement soutenu autorise une récolte périodique de matière ligneuse qui est constante et s'aligne sur la croissance autonome de la forêt. Cependant, le progrès technologique et l'essor d'une économie d'échange relativisent l'importance d'obtenir d'un espace donné une production régulière de bois. La préoccupation de l'aménagiste forestier doit ainsi se porter sur la pérennité du couvert forestier. Ce faisant, le concept de rendement soutenu devient une ligne de force pour guider l'adaptation de la forêt aux besoins de la société sans diminuer les possibilités de celle-ci à satisfaire les attentes des générations futures. Afin de comprendre le changement dans la signification et la portée du concept de rendement soutenu, nous avons développé un modèle d'analyse socio-politique. Appliqué à l'étude de l'histoire de la gestion des forêts publiques des Etats-Unis et du Québec, il laisse voir que ce concept se prête à cinq interprétations différentes selon l'état de l'économie et les valeurs éthiques de la société. De plus, nous observons que l'hypothèse de la rareté engendre une cohérence entre ces interprétations. Cette hypothèse permet de faire un lien entre l'analyse économique et l'éco-viabilité des forêts dans la mesure où le domaine public est considéré comme une infrastructure et que la rareté économique prime sur la rareté physique dans l'interprétation du concept de rendement soutenu. L'hypothèse de rareté montre également comment le concept de rendement soutenu peut déborder la gestion des inventaires de matière ligneuse au profit d'objectifs plus globaux. Elle laisse voir que l'aménagement forestier est un outil de répartition de la richesse forestière autant que de perpétuation du capital forestier. Ainsi, le concept de rendement soutenu équivaut à une philosophie d'aménagement forestier permettant à des groupes sociaux une adaptation ordonnée face aux changements biologiques et économiques qui affectent la forêt.

This thesis is about so-­‐called consensual exploitative transactions: transactions to which all parties agree voluntarily, and which are beneficial for all parties, but which are still widely considered exploitative, and for that reason legally restricted in many countries. The thesis asks two main questions: 1. What is wrong with consensual exploitation? 2.What implications does the answer to this question have for the legal restriction of consensual transactions that are regarded exploitative in modern liberal societies? In answer to the first research question, the thesis starts by distinguishing and analysing five competing views of the wrong in consensual exploitation that exist in the present-­‐day philosophical debate on exploitation; and rejects all five answers. Next, the thesis offers an alternative answer, which is that the wrong in consensual exploitation can best be understood as a matter of greediness—a failure of the virtue of generosity. The thesis then turns to the second research question: what understanding exploitation as greediness implies for the legal restriction of exploitative transactions. It discusses and rejects the view that law ought only to be used to regulate ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ behaviour, and not to promote virtues or discourage vices, such as generosity and greediness. The thesis argues that legal restrictions on consensual exploitative transactions can be justified as a means to prevent greediness, and to promote a certain other-­‐regardingness, and illustrates this argument with two examples of laws that regulate consensual transactions which are widely regarded exploitative: minimum wage laws and payday loan laws.

Formulating consistent marketing strategies is a difficult task, but successfully implementing them is even more challenging. This is even more pertinent as marketing strategies quite often incorporate inherent conflicts between major breakthroughs and consolidation. Consequently, marketers need to balance exploratory and exploitative strategies. However, the literature lacks concrete insights for marketing managers as to how exploratory and exploitative strategies can be best combined. This paper addresses this issue by introducing a framework of multiple types of ambidexterity. Based on qualitative research, tools and procedures are identified to overcome marketing dilemmas and support strategy implementation by drawing on ambidextrous designs. (authors' abstract)

Organizational learning is a topic that has been widely studied under a number of different approaches. The common, essential themes that are present in any theory of organizational leaning reflect the necessity of balancing explorative and exploitative tendencies within organizations. Organizational learning is the key to organizational effectiveness and development, and involves a collective action and mindset that allows for the reflection of current processes and the reevaluation of the efficiency of these processes within organizational structures. In this way, knowledge is embedded into organizational systems so that continuous learning can be implemented on an organizational scale. As a result, a culture of continually restructuring the organization will be established, resulting in the maximizing of organizational growth and efficiency. Although the topic has been proven to be heavily theory-based, there have been numerous cases in which organizational learning was successfully implemented, resulting in organizational flourishing. All organizations are capable of becoming learning organizations, and should seek to practice organizational learning for the purpose of growth in both individuals and organizations.

The rise of commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) over the past several decades has caught the attention of activists and advocates around the world. Their work has contributed to a host of policies, initiatives, and legal doctrine that continues to shape public discussions of the issue as well policy responses to the problem at the international, national, and local level. According to a number of international monitoring organizations, Mexico stands as the prime destination for trafficked children and the country in the Western Hemisphere with the highest degree of CSEC. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted over the summer of 2010 in Mexico City, I explore the relationship between the work of civil society advocates campaigning against CSEC and the struggles, successes, and issues they face working in the context of Mexico City. My findings reveal important developments in the work of advocates as well as the revelation of critical areas in their work that deserve further investigation and research. At the same time, my research gives some insight into the way advocacy groups carry out their agendas in the face of a weak Mexican state, intensifying violence related to escalated war on drugs, and the inherent difficulties associated with working at the level of civil society. / text

Un ordinateur IBM 1800 a été installé au CERN pour assister l'opération du synchrotron à protons (PS). Par l'intermédiaire de systèmes d'acquisition cet ordinateur acquiert un certain nombre de données relatives à l'accélérateur et à ses faisceaux. Certains paramètres peuvent erre commandés par l'ordinateur.<br />Après un bref rappel des caractéristiques de l'accélérateur, de l'ordinateur et de son électronique associée, une analyse détaillée des programmes relatifs aux faisceaux éjectés est donnée. Ces programmes concernent un relevé de données, une surveillance de paramètres et les statistiques sur l'utilisation des protons par les systèmes d'éjection. Deux programmes de contrôle optimisent l'un la position du faisceau éjecté sur la cible externe, l'autre le flux de particules secondaires issues de cette cible.<br /><br />L'utilisation opérationnelle et l'aspect conversationnel de ces programmes sont expliqués.

My aim with this research has been to see how surrogate mothers' situation in Georgia looks like, and how different aspects affect the understanding of the process itself and create different prerequisites for surrogate mothers. I interviewed staffs who meet surrogate mothers in their work. I conducted five interviews. The theories I have chosen to use in the study is Maslow's hierarchy of needs and Goffman's labeling theory. I concluded that surrogacy is a controversial subject that is interesting to analyze, based on these theories. After I had interviewed people, it turned out that there are some hierarchical differences between surrogate mothers and biological mothers. The study shows those surrogate mothers' motives and perception is different in society, leading to stigma and categorized ring of the phenomenon. In the future it will be interesting to formulate, visualize, debate and discuss how surrogacy affects society and the professionals' assessments of the phenomenon. I hope that the study raises future interest in others and brings new perspectives which professionals can benefit from. / Mitt mål med denna uppsats har varit att se hur surrogatmödrars situation i Georgien ser ut, och hur olika aspekter påverkar förståelsen för själva processen och skapar olika förutsättningar för surrogatamödrar.  Jag gjorde detta genom att intervjua personal som träffar surrogatamödrar i sin verksamhet. Jag genomförde fem intervjuer. De teorier jag valt att använda i studien är Maslows behovstrappa och Goffmans stämplingsteori. Jag kom fram till att surrogatmödraskap är ett omdiskuterat ämne som är intressant att analysera utifrån dessa teorier. Efter att jag intervjuat personerna visade det sig att det förekommer en del hierarkiska skillnader mellan surrogatmödrar och biologiska mammor. Studien visar att surrogatmödrarnas motiv och uppfattning ser olika ut i samhället, vilket leder till stigmatisering och kategorisering av själva fenomenet. I framtiden kommer det bli intressant att formulera, synliggöra, problematisera och diskutera hur surrogatmödraskap påverkar samhället och professionellas bedömningar på fenomenet. Jag hoppas att studien väcker framtida intresse för andra och bidrar med nya perspektiv som professionella kan ha nytta av.

The thesis aims to provide an analysis of the legal limits imposed on brown coal exploitation in the Czech Republic, including an assessment of how these limits enter into particular stages of coal mining. The first chapter summarizes the applicable mining law legislation. The second chapter deals with restrictions set out by protection of the environment rules. Furthermore, the following chapter focuses on specific topic of so called ecological limits of exploitation. The fourth chapter points out the limits laid by the right of ownership. Finally, the thesis comprises a summary of contained conclusions.

This paper describes the experiences of exploitation and liberation for neo burlesque performers using feminist theory as the context for analysis. The project had the following goals: to identify using phenomenology, the essence of new burlesque participant experiences, to analyze those experiences using feminist theories of exploitation and liberation regarding sex work, to compare burlesque to stripping, and to compare new burlesque to classic burlesque for understanding how burlesque is different today. To obtain these goals, participant observations were done of neo burlesque shows and neo burlesque performers agreed to an interview in which questions were asked that highlight their perceptions. The phenomenological aspect of the studies emphasizes their experiences of exploitation and liberation. There were specific experiences regarding the structure of participation that allowed for differences between stripping and burlesque, as well as perceptions that burlesque is an empowering medium of self-expression.

This project examines the discursive-material construction of 'economic empowerment' at organizations serving survivors of commercial sexual exploitation (CSE). It uses multiple qualitative methods, including interviews, observations, and document analysis at 18 different organizations supporting CSE survivors.