Certain prominent environmental theorists have accounted for and/or addressed our unmitigated environmentally damaging behavior in cognitive terms, related to a common (misplaced) belief that economic development and technological advancement, among other contemporary processes, will solve our environmental problems. However, I argue that they have not given due consideration to the complex (predominantly non-cognitive/non-conscious) discursive constitution of the individual, and thus seem to adhere to a Kantian notion of autonomy that overlooks such non-cognitive factors. Focusing on this non-cognitive aspect of discursive constitution, I ascribe our ecological apathy mainly to the fact that we have been discursively constituted as docile bodies and prostrate subjects. Further, I argue that, because this process of discursive constitution is primarily non-cognitive, any attempts to remedy our ecological apathy at a cognitive level alone will not be completely effective. Consequently, I propose that a more effective way of fostering pro-environmental dispositions may be for individuals to engage in an ethic/culture of the self that is not exclusively conceptual in orientation, and which is centered on the practice of a counter-discourse that does not constitute the individual as docile and prostrate nor negate the individual’s dependence on the environment. Alternatively, in order to engender pro-environmental civilizational change, it may be necessary to operate within the discursive parameters of dominant/popular institutions, in order to incrementally alter the discourses employed within, and disseminated through, these institutions, in a manner that would lead to the problematization, rather than the endorsement, of the ecologically deleterious technological, political and economic trajectories of our time.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 74-78).

Orientador: Iris Barbieri / Resumo: Levando-se em conta a multiplicidade de organizações sociais que compõem a sociedade, diante de um quadro amplificado da diversidade cultural, do pluralismo de idéias que nela está presente e considerando o processo de transformações sofridas pelas organizações que compõem o Estado e o Mercado, este trabalho objetiva investigar a escola, as organizações sociais e as parcerias educativas no Município de Votuporanga. Para realizá-lo, fez-se um estudo sobre a função social da escola, cuja atuação não se restringe somente ao seu ambiente interno, mas que, diante de um cenário mais sistêmico, a escola precisa manter uma inter-relação com as demais organizações sociais e, juntamente com elas, compor, quando se tratam de objetivos comuns, novas formas de colaboração, entre elas, as parcerias educativas. Foram aprofundados os conceitos de educação e suas variáveis, de organizações sociais, sua tipologia e classificação, e dando destaque às organizações que compõem o terceiro setor. O tema parcerias foi estudado, focalizando as parcerias públicas, as individuais e as realizadas por Organizações do Terceiro Setor. Para reforçar a importância das parcerias educativas, procurou-se conhecer algumas organizações sociais comunitárias que prestam trabalho educativo. Para completar, fez-se uma pesquisa numa das escolas estaduais, conhecendo a sua história e analisando os resultados de um questionário, aplicado nos alunos, quanto a dados pessoais e o envolvimento e aproveitamento nas atividades escolares, sobre o relacionamento do pessoal da escola, e dados sobre a família na instituição. No final, foram extraídas as conclusões sobre o assunto estudado. / Abstract: Taking in account the multiplicity of social organizations that compose the society, ahead of an amplified picture of the cultural diversity, the pluralism of ideas that is present and considering the process of transformations suffered for the organizations that they compose the State and the Market, the objective of this work is to investigate the school, the social organizations and the educative partnerships in the City of Votuporanga. To develop this function was made a study on social school, whose performance does not restrict only in the environment of its internal, but that ahead of a systemic scene, the necessary of school to keep an interrelation with several social organizations and, together with them, to compose, when they are about common objectives, new forms of contribution, between them the educative partnerships. The concepts of education and its variable had been deepened, of social organizations, its typology and classification, and giving it has detached to the organizations that compose the third sector. The subject partnerships was studied, focusing the public partnerships, individual and the carried through ones for Organizations of the Third Sector. To strengthen the importance of the educative partnerships it was looked to know some communitarian social organizations that give educative work. To complete, a research in one of the state schools was made, knowing its history and analyzing the results of a questionnaire that was applied in the pupils, how much the personal data and the involvement and exploitation in the pertaining to school activities, on the relationship of the staff of the school and data on the family in the institution. In the end, the conclusions on the studied subject had been extracted. / Doutor

A major challenge for supply chain managers is how to manage sourcing relationships to ensure reliable and predictable actions of existing suppliers. The extant research into sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) has suggested the transactional (e.g. monitoring and auditing) and collaboration (e.g. supplier development) as the main two approaches by which buyers can sustain an acceptable level of suppliers' internal social performance. A successful implementation of such approaches, and hence improving suppliers' social performance, often requires a level of cooperation that can be difficult to establish, particularly on the part of suppliers. Despite the recent proliferation of SSCM research, little efforts have been devoted to exploring the factors that increase the effectiveness of the two approaches. This research aims to examine the individual and combined effect of socially sustainable transactional practices (SSTPs) and socially sustainable collaboration practices (SSCPs) on supplier's internal social performance and buyer's operational performance. The study also sets out to examine the moderating effects of social capital dimensions (i.e. relational, cognitive and structural) on the relationships among SSTPs, SSCPs and supplier's internal social performance. A mail survey was administered to 1,250 stratified randomly selected large manufacturing companies operating in the UK. An analysis of 119 responses using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation modelling (PLS-SEM) revealed that SSTPs are ineffective in driving supplier's internal social performance, whilst SSCPs are more effective. Moreover, although the interaction effect of SSTPs and SSCPs is non-significant, the data suggested that the simultaneous implementation can be detrimental to supplier's internal social performance. Furthermore, social capital dimensions were found to play different roles on the implementation of SSTPs and SSCPs. Relational capital plays a unique role by increasing the effectiveness of both SSTPs and SSCPs, while cognitive capital is critical for SSCPs, and structural capital is vital for SSTPs. This study contributes to SSCM literature by exclusively focusing on the social dimension of sustainability, examining the joint implementation of SSTPs and SSCPs and featuring the centrality of social capital in the implementation of SSCM practices. The study sets a foundation for new research avenues in the SSCM context and provides a set of managerial implications that support informed decision-making by supply chain managers.

Thesis (B.Sc.(Hons.)) - University of Queensland, 2006. / Includes bibliography.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2009. / "A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Economics and Finance, College of Business, University of Western Sydney." Includes bibliographies.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 179-191).

Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Hong Kong, 1975. / Typewritten.

<p><b>Background</b>: Participation in college athletics comes with inherent risks. Many of these risks relate to the psychosocial safety and well-being of college athletes. These risks include depression, suicide, alcohol abuse, substance abuse, and the development of an eating disorder. This study specifically examined the current state of psychosocial needs amongst college athletes, the availability of services that address psychosocial needs, the comfort level college athletes have with seeking services, and the identification of barriers that influence whether or not a college athlete seeks necessary help. </p><p> <b>Methods</b>: This study used a web-based survey to gather information from a proportionate stratified random sample of both college athletic directors (<i>N</i> = 132) and college athletes (<i>N</i> = 349) across all NCAA division levels. Descriptive statistics, parametric tests, and multivariate tests were used to analyze the research questions. This study used NCAA division level and the profile of a college athlete&rsquo;s sport as independent variables. The researcher created composite scores for athletic, academic, and psychosocial services to serve as dependent variables. The researcher also created a composite score for perceived barriers. </p><p> <b>Results</b>: There were multiple significant findings for this research study. One key finding was that Division I and Division II college athletes had significantly higher psychosocial needs than Division III college athletes. Another key finding was that Division I college athletes experienced significantly lower levels of comfort in seeking psychosocial services than Division II and Division III college athletes. Furthermore, Division I college athletes reported significantly higher levels of barriers to seeking necessary services than Division II and Division III college athletes. </p><p> <b>Implications</b>: These significant findings point clearly to the fact that more must be done to ensure the psychosocial safety and well-being of college athletes. This includes athletic departments more clearly understanding the needs of their college athletes, having services more readily available, finding ways to promote a college athlete&rsquo;s disclosure of a psychosocial risk, and working to address current barriers that prevent college athletes from seeking help. One idea for improving the current state of services explored in this research is the interprofessional collaboration of social workers with college athletic departments. </p>

Thesis (Ph. D.) -- Lincoln University, 2008. / "Based on case analysis of 23 environmentally responsive organizations in India and New Zealand"--Abstract. Also available via the World Wide Web.