Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T20:20:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Antonio Marcos Vargas de Oliveira.pdf: 948948 bytes, checksum: c069e0ce0b4c4f9f460eaf5f59b47365 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-06-02 / The United Nations - UN established the first year of this millennium as the year of volunteering. During that year, this form of unpaid work, the volunteer work, was carried out by millions of people in Brazil, as the result of the extraordinary growth in number of social organizations and volunteer workers in the second half of the twentieth century. Our study seeks to identify, trough the understanding of the relationship between structural changes and individual motivations related to social causes, the reasons for the growth in number of people developing volunteer activities. This work identifies the main social, political and economic changes during the said period in Brazil and the world which influenced that process and, based on the theory of Marx Weber about social action, the reasons which have led people to act voluntarily in social organizations and to create new such organizations / A Organização das Nações Unidas ONU definiu o primeiro ano deste milênio como o ano do voluntariado. Nesse ano, essa forma de trabalho sem remuneração, o trabalho voluntário, era desenvolvido por milhões de pessoas no Brasil, fruto do extraordinário crescimento do número de organizações sociais e de trabalhadores voluntários na segunda metade do século XX. O nosso estudo procura identificar os motivos do crescimento do número de pessoas desenvolvendo atividades voluntárias, por meio da compreensão das relações entre as alterações estruturais e das motivações individuais relacionadas às causas sociais. Assim, este trabalho identifica as principais mudanças sociais, políticas e econômicas ocorridas nesse período, no Brasil e no mundo, que influíram nesse processo e, com base no referencial teórico de Marx Weber sobre a ação social, as motivações que têm levado as pessoas a atuarem voluntariamente em organizações sociais e a criarem novas dessas organizações

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T14:53:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Antonio Marcos Vargas de Oliveira.pdf: 948948 bytes, checksum: c069e0ce0b4c4f9f460eaf5f59b47365 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-06-02 / The United Nations - UN established the first year of this millennium as the year of volunteering. During that year, this form of unpaid work, the volunteer work, was carried out by millions of people in Brazil, as the result of the extraordinary growth in number of social organizations and volunteer workers in the second half of the twentieth century. Our study seeks to identify, trough the understanding of the relationship between structural changes and individual motivations related to social causes, the reasons for the growth in number of people developing volunteer activities. This work identifies the main social, political and economic changes during the said period in Brazil and the world which influenced that process and, based on the theory of Marx Weber about social action, the reasons which have led people to act voluntarily in social organizations and to create new such organizations / A Organização das Nações Unidas ONU definiu o primeiro ano deste milênio como o ano do voluntariado. Nesse ano, essa forma de trabalho sem remuneração, o trabalho voluntário, era desenvolvido por milhões de pessoas no Brasil, fruto do extraordinário crescimento do número de organizações sociais e de trabalhadores voluntários na segunda metade do século XX. O nosso estudo procura identificar os motivos do crescimento do número de pessoas desenvolvendo atividades voluntárias, por meio da compreensão das relações entre as alterações estruturais e das motivações individuais relacionadas às causas sociais. Assim, este trabalho identifica as principais mudanças sociais, políticas e econômicas ocorridas nesse período, no Brasil e no mundo, que influíram nesse processo e, com base no referencial teórico de Marx Weber sobre a ação social, as motivações que têm levado as pessoas a atuarem voluntariamente em organizações sociais e a criarem novas dessas organizações

This study aims to identify the quality of knowledge management practices and success factors of non-governmental organisations in Malawi, and their influence on the knowledge management process. A questionnaire-based survey is used to establish the knowledge management practices being implemented and the extent to which they are being followed through on. A statistical-based analysis enabled the researcher to determine the influence of these practices on knowledge management processes. Results suggest an unbalanced pursuit of knowledge management practices in Malawian non-governmental organisations, which are oriented towards the knowledge generation process but fall short in knowledge application activities. This study contributes to strategy formulation and decision making in respect of adopting and investing in knowledge management initiatives in the non-profit sector. More importantly, it joins the debate on identification of appropriate practices which effectively address organisational needs. Data is limited to non-governmental organisations in Malawi; therefore, findings may be tied to a specific geographical location / School of Computing / M.Sc. (Computing)

At present, human trafficking is a very lucrative business. It is the third largest illegal market after the trade in arms and drugs, even some authors suggest that in the near future it could get in the first place "in the ranking." For what reason is the trafficking in human beeings so profitable and how states are trying to tackle this phenomenon? What does actually human trafficking involve and what are its impact on the current global world? Although there is a wide range of initiatives and programs, a deeper analysis of the actual situation in the States shows that neither the process of implementation of international standards nor the law enforcement is going smoothly. The aim of my work is to illuminate the phenomenon of human trafficking in regions of Africa and Europe with regard to the operation of international and non-governmental organizations. Firstly to point out that there are some shortcomings in the implementation and compliance with laws on trafficking in persons by States, and secondly that human trafficking is not only the problem of developing world, but it is a growing global problem involving currently also the developed states. The fight against trafficking in human beings requires global action and cooperation of various actors of international relations. It would be more desirable to have a clooser cooperation of international organizations and States particularly in the field of implementation and law compliance.

A research report submitted to the faculty of Commerce, Law and Management University of the Witwatersrand in partial fufilment of the requirements for the Degree Masters in Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation Johannesburg, 2017 / This research report seeks to explore the organised behaviour of faith-based enterprises as a sub-function of social entrepreneurship. By assessing the moral intricacies which form the building blocks of social enterprises, the research report will use literature based on social entrepreneurship to draw parallels between social enterprises and faith-based ventures to suggest that the core of faith-based ventures (FBVs) is to make a social impact not just through disseminating faith, but acting as social agents. Therefore, this research will attempt to explore the extent of faith-based enterprises as a function of social entrepreneurship, identifying the opportunities and capabilities which are seen to be generated by faith, but that have a social impact that goes beyond the faith-based organisation. Using the qualitative research approach, data was collected from six faith-based entrepreneurs in Yeoville, through face-to-face semi-structured interviews, which were conducted over a period of three months to understand the role of the faith-based venture and its social impact. By conducting a qualitative inquiry to facilitate the meaning-making process, face-to-face interviews were conducted to create a naturalistic understanding of the study, particularly assessing their role and their function in society. Biases, feelings and thoughts were recorded in order to understand the participants’ motives, purposes and the causes that underlie these actions. The findings of the study suggest that the role of FBVs acting as social agents are dependent on the reach of their audience, including the extent of their scalability which they have developed which would provide insights into the degree that the faith-based venture can have social impact. This research will conclude having suggested that the “new-age” faith-based ventures have transitioned from only providing the basic faith, to now mimicking a social enterprise, therefore implying that FBVs are another dimension of social entrepreneurship. / MT2017

This paper is characterized as a critical case study aimed to scrutinize the continuous situation regarding Syrian refugees in Lebanon from an ethical theoretical approach. Mainly, two specific theoretical models regarding ethics in migration and a theoretical standpoint regarding ethics in migration are presented as the theoretical and scientific framework. Arash Abizadeh’s two models, known as the state sovereignty model and the liberal model are implemented in order to understand and to pinpoint the course of the Lebanese situation. Additional, Joseph Carens’ theory concerning ethics in migration is implemented parallel with the two models, to enhance the analytical tools and to introduce a normative perspective. Regarding the empirical result, three distinct perspectives are utilized in order to cope with the situation on a fair and nuanced ground. The Syrian refugees themselves, international involvement and the Lebanese government are presented as the empirical pathways throughout this paper. Concluding results of this paper tends to pinpoint uncertainty and unawareness to be the key factors in explaining the actions of the Lebanese government. Based on the theoretical framework presented in this paper, there is an established tendency to conclude that Syrian refugees has not been treated accordingly to ethical concepts. Because of the distinct ideal differences between the two theoretical models, the results tend to be more evident. The Lebanese government has initially tended to affiliate itself with the liberal model. However, as time has progressed the government has acted accordingly to the state sovereignty model, with not acknowledging ethical limitations in its decision making. While remaining in the grasp of the state sovereignty model, the government and the civil society has begun lighting sparks in actions that have been taken. These actions tend to recognize ethical limitations, thus moving Lebanon towards the liberal model, but far from being completely implemented. In summary, Lebanon’s situation has brought it to a tendency to conduct temporary policies in an increasingly permanent situation.

過去十年間南亞—尤其是尼泊爾—販運婦女與兒童議題不論在國家或國際領域，都受到詳盡的討論。貧窮、識字率、失業率和對婦女與兒童歧視等問題皆被提出為可能的原因，部份國家反販運計畫方案也在政府和NGO部門之下發展與實施，且已達到可觀的進展。由政府和NGO部門所採取的舉措促進釐清許多此議題的相關概念。這亦有助於將聚焦在婦女及其移動性、性工作的反販運行動轉移至更臻成熟的觀點，包括販運男性與兒童以及各種目的的販運行為。持續的倡議導致形成對抗商業性剝削販運婦女與兒童的區域性公約，最為人所知的乃南亞區域合作聯盟販運公約（South Asian Alliance for Regional Cooperation Convention against Trafficking）。幾乎所有南亞國家皆漸漸認可此議題應受到關注，尼泊爾和孟加拉甚至發展出一套打擊「性剝削目的的婦女與兒童販運」的國家計畫。 雖然人口販運在尼泊爾並不是一個新現象，但是1990年之後才被提出討論。婦女團體提出在性產業中遭販運婦女的議題，爾後才得到人權團體的支持。 儘管國家針對反販運行動實施配套計畫，但過去六年，政府並未成功地為販運婦女的形態帶來任何重大改變或對遭販運者提供援助。因此非政府組織成為主要行為者：本文將討論尼泊爾販運婦女的問題與現況，以及非政府組織是如何以一個非國家行為者的角色著手販運議題。 / International and national trafficking in women and children in southern Asia, especially in Nepal has been discussed explicitly during last ten years. Poverty, literacy, rate of unemployment, and discrimination against women and children are all possible factors. The anti trafficking programmes of some countries are conducted under the governments and NGO sectors, and reach to some extent of progress. The government and NGO leading action help forward rectifying many related concepts of this issue. This is also helpful to focus on the shift from women and the anti trafficking action of their mobility and sex work to mature viewpoint of trafficking including trafficking in men and children. Sustaining advocacy leads to a regional convention against exploiting and trafficking in women and children, the most well-known one is “South Asian Alliance for Regional Cooperation Convention against Trafficking”, which gradually made almost all southern Asia countries approve of the importance of the issue. Nepal and Bangladesh even develop a programme against “exploitative trafficking in women and children.” Trafficking in human is not a new phenomenon in Nepal, but it was addressed and discussed after 1990s. Women groups addressed the problem of trafficking women in sex industry and then the issue were supported by human rights organizations. The states implement sets of programmes against anti trafficking, in the last six years, governments did not bring any important change to the forms of trafficking women and did not offer supports to trafficked ones, so the NGOs became the primary actor. This article will discuss the problem and present status of trafficking in women in Nepal, and how NGOs as a non-state actor do with the trafficking issue.

University of Macau / Faculty of Law

I och med att globalisering ökar i världen, kan det vara av vikt för företag att se över sitt ar-bete med frågor som går under begrepp så som Global Compact och Corporate Social Re-sponsibility (CSR) samt att ha kunskap i hur samarbete kan ske på olika nivåer i företaget med hjälp av Non Governmental Organizations (NGO). Denna uppsats har valt att tolka be-greppet CSR utifrån de tio principerna i FN:s Global Compact. När ett företag arbetar enligt dessa principer ställs krav på rapportering av hur principerna tillämpas och vilka effekterna blir, vilket skapar goda normer för hur andra företag bör arbeta med dessa frågor. Det finns olika sätt att mäta detta arbete på.Syftet med denna uppsats har varit att ta reda på hur företag i Sydafrika arbetar och agerar vad gäller frågor relaterade till CSR. För att uppfylla syftet ställdes följande frågor; på vilket sätt arbetar företag i Sydafrika med frågor som omfattas av begreppet CSR samt vilka är de främs-ta hindren för att Sydafrikanska företag skall kunna fortsätta implementera CSR i sin verk-samhet? En kvantitativ studie med kvalitativa inslag har genomförts. Fem företag svarade på ett frågeformulär med dels frågor med fasta svarsalternativ men också öppna frågor där re-spondenterna hade en möjlighet att utveckla sina åsikter. Frågeformuläret som delades ut till företagen är av deskriptivt karaktär vilket innebär att frågorna är utformade för att kunna ge en beskrivande bild av företaget.Den genomförda studien visar att de tio punkterna i Global Compact är viktiga principer. Dock var inte alla företag i studien eniga om vilka principer som var viktigast, men de var mer eller mindre överrens om att principen som omfattar mänskliga rättigheter är en princip som är ytterst värdefull. En anledning till detta kan vara att Sydafrika nyligen kommit ut ur en era då apartheid rådde i landet och det skulle även kunna vara en anledning till att responden-terna i studiens undersökning har valt att svara fåordigt på frågan om vad de anser om Black Economic Empowerment (BEE).Två av studiens företag försöker arbeta med frågor relaterade till CSR genom att fokusera på barnen i Kapstaden, genom att ge dem en mer uthärdlig tillvaro. Alla fem företag i studien arbetar med olika sociala frågor som relateras till CSR och Global Compact men ingen av studiens tillfrågade företagen har ett direkt samarbete med NGO:er när det gäller dessa frågor, vilket kan bero på att kunskapen om vilka fördelarna är om ett samarbete inleds med en eller flera NGO:er. saknas. Endast ett av företagen i studien berörde de ekonomiska och miljömäs-siga dimensionerna av CSR.De svårigheter som kan identifieras i denna studie är främst att fokus i CSR ligger på sociala frågor samt att miljö och ekonomifrågor får mindre uppmärksamhet. / With the increasing globalization of the world, it might be good for companies to review their work with issues that go over concepts such as the Global Compact, CSR and also have knowledge of how cooperation can occur at different levels within the company with the help of NGOs. This study has chosen to interpret the concept of CSR from the UN Global Com-pact, the ten principles. The purpose of this study was to find out how companies in South Africa acts and works on issues related to CSR. To be able to fulfill this purpose following question was asked: how do companies located in South Africa work with the matters covered by the concept of CSR? Which problems can be identified as barriers to meet the require-ments of CSR in South African companies? To fulfill the purpose a quantitative survey with qualitative elements was conducted, data were collected through a semi structured question-naire. Five companies represent data collected in this study. The questionnaire that was distri-buted to the companies is of descriptive nature, which means that the questions are designed to provide a descriptive picture of the company.

Tez (Yüksek Lisans) - Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Kamu Yönetimi Anabilim Dalı, 2008. / Kaynakça var.