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There has been a dangerous gap between American and Chinese perceptions of Chinese foreign policy, a gap contributing to acceptance of the Thucydides Trap. With the help of a theoretical framework and empirical evidence, this paper aims to summarize and understand the differences, in an effort to help overcome them and prevent a self-fulfilling prophecy. The author identifies five variables that shape perceptions and then categorizes Chinese foreign policy along several dimensions. Using the South China Sea and the Belt and Road Initiative as case studies, the author finds that US and Chinese interpretations of Chinese behavior along these dimensions are influenced by different variables. While the Chinese views are more affected by history, American perceptions are driven by considerations of power. The two countries understand both identity and norms differently, as well. By showing where the two countries' perceptions diverge, the author hopes to help reduce misunderstandings. The paper concludes with some practical recommendations along these lines.

This thesis is based on the interviews I've done with both teachers and students, as I analyzeand evaluate from a historical educational perspective. I present research on the topic and how the image of the teaching may look differently. Pupils' learning process can vary, and in a society where image is a big part of their life is according to me a pity not to use more pictures in the school, especially in the teaching of history. It is not enough that teachers begin to use more image in his teaching, but they use the images in the right way, where students get the chance to learn how to analyze and interpret the image's meaning and history than just tell you what they see.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), doing business while keeping the environment and society in mind, has grown in importance to businesses. Companies, and especially multinationals, are communicating their CSR efforts in the hopes to get a positive commercial effect. The way in which audiences perceive these communications is crucial. There is a connection between culture and communication; communication and CSR; and CSR and culture. This thesis studies the influence of culture on the specific type of communication: CSR communication. Two culturally diverse countries, Sweden and Spain, are compared in this exploratory study. Using cross-national comparative surveys and in-depth interviews with people from both countries and placing this into context using cultural background, the relation between culture and CSR communication has been explored. The results support the assumption that the perception of CSR and CSR communication is different between the two groups of respondents. This suggests that the effectiveness of CSR communication can be increased by tailoring it to the specific audience. While the statements cannot be made for the entire ‘next generation of working professionals’, the exploratory study is valuable in making strong indications and suggestions for further research.

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Introduction. This study is about examining bullying of nurses in the Swedish health care system. Bullying is a negative behaviour that has been going on for a longer period of time (Arbetsmiljöverket, 2023a). The negative behaviour in healthcare can have consequences for not just the nurses, but also for the society as a whole. When nurses experience negative behaviour they are more likely to leave (Bambi, et al., 2018) and when nurses leave there is a greater shortage. Since the focus on previous research has mostly been on individuals and not the social interactions between co-workers, is why this studie has chosen to examen these social factors closer using Social perception theory. Framwork. Social perception theory is the processes by which people perceive other people. Especially how people interpret, categorize and form impressions of others. There are three major influences on social perception, which will form the three hypothesis. H1: There is a strong positive relationship between the characteristic of the situation on bullying which can triggers resignations. H2: There is a strong positive relationship between the characteristic of the person perceived on bullying which can triggers resignation. H3: There is a strong positive relationship between the characteristic of the perceiver on bullying which can triggers resignation. Method. Since the interest of the study was to investigate perceived bullying, a quantitative method was chosen. The lack of quantitative studies in the field also contributed to the choice of a quantitative approach. The data collection to answer the research question was done through a quantitative method, specifically a survey. The collected data was compiled and analysed through descriptive statistics and regression analyses. Reliability and Validity tests were performed to ensure high research quality. Results. There were 106 people who responded to the3 (79)survey, only 61 fit the requirement. There were a significant correlation between Internal competition (p<0,05), Support from co-workers (p<0,01) and H3 (p<0,01). However H1 is very close to the significant value (0,065). Conclusion. Only hypothesis 3 was accepted since it showed a positive effect of resigning. Hypothesis H2 was rejected, whereas H1 was rejected with hesitation.

Cette étude réexamine la théorie aristotélicienne du plaisir en analysant les textes qui s’approchent au plus près d’une définition du concept, et en mesurant les présupposés et les enjeux de leur contenu doctrinal dans l’ensemble de la philosophie d’Aristote. Elle est organisée autour d’un commentaire suivi de Ethique à Nicomaque X 3-4, où le statut du plaisir se trouve précisément déterminé : au sein d’un unique acte cognitif pensé comme une activité continuellement parfaite, le plaisir est à la fois la satisfaction avérée de notre bon exercice, et l’incitation à le continuer tel quel. Cette étude exige une élucidation de l’opposition entre « activité » (energeia) et mouvement, mais aussi un examen préalable de certains présupposés : nous reconsidérons, notamment à partir des traités de psychologie, les caractéristiques formelles de la sensation, paradigme de l’activité plaisante, et montrons que les plaisirs n’obéissant pas au même paradigme, et d’abord les satisfactions des appétits corporels, ne sont pas pour Aristote des plaisirs effectifs. Le dernier moment de notre étude est consacré à évaluer la théorie par rapport à sa destination, le savoir dont doit disposer l’éducateur pour produire les vertus et le bonheur : à partir des éléments fournis par Aristote, il s’avère difficile, bien que nécessaire, de distinguer le plaisir du bien auquel on doit tendre ; il est également malaisé de penser et d’évaluer les plaisirs que l’éducation doit réguler, mais aussi ceux qu’elle doit atteindre (celui de la meilleure pratique et celui de la meilleure contemplation). / I scrutinize Aristotle’s theory of pleasure by analysing the texts that define the concept as closely as can be, and by assessing the presuppositions and the stakes of this definition within Aristotle’s philosophy as a whole. My study is centred upon a commentary of Nicomachean Ethics X, 3-4 where the status of pleasure is enlightened with precision: located within a unique act of cognition (which is essentially a perfect and perpetual activity), pleasure is both an aspect that reveals our good functioning, and an incentive for us to keep it working in the exact same way. I explore the elements presupposed by this account, elucidating the opposition between “activity” (energeia) and process, and before, giving a new light to the formal features of the paradigm of a pleasant activity, i. e. perception, as it is conceived in the psychological treatises. I also explain how pleasures that do not follow this paradigm, i. e. bodily pleasures, are not seen by Aristotle as some effective pleasures at all. The last phase in this work is devoted to an assessment of the discourse on pleasure according to its aim: delivering to a teacher the knowledge he needs in order to produce virtues and happiness. I underline that, from the elements given by Aristotle, it is difficult, but necessary, to make a distinction between the pleasure one can feel at goodness and this very same goodness towards which one must strive. It is quite as difficult to conceive and evaluate all the forms of pleasure education has to regulate, as well as those that it must lead one to feel (pleasure deriving from the best practice, or from the best contemplation).

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T18:16:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Eduardo Cardoso Braga.pdf: 858668 bytes, checksum: cd7a6a6073973445abbcddc1f7c2a5f4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-10-19 / There are different ways of conceiving the image in the digital communication. When investigating some discourses regarding the digital image, we came across some constant: the prevalence of the vision (ocularcentrism) and the absence of body reference (disembodiment). The digital image is conceived as simulacrum (Baudrillard), as disembodiment (Kittler), or phenomenon without reference (Mitchell). Moreover, in many of the discourses about communication, one conceives a homogeneous space of absolute transparency, in which obstacles do not exist, either conflicts, or differences (Vattimo). In our thesis we assert that the reasons of those conceptual marks are the slight knowledge of simulacrum, deriving from the Platonism; of representation, deriving from the Cartesianism; of transparency, deriving of the Neoplatonism. We mainly investigate those conceptual traditions with respect to the concept of image and the epistemic statute of the perception. We established a connection between some visual experiences of the past and the new possibilities disposed by the digital technologies. We then looked for new philosophical bases that could set the image free from inferior epistemic condition. The Bergson s phenomenology fed the thinking of the digital image and the perception as embodiment phenomenon, in which the body has a fundamental role in the significance and in the construction of the subjectivity. Thus, new corporal and subjective dimensions announce themselves and show new ways of man being. Body and subjectivity together in the relation to digital medium open new horizons to think the communication and the epistemic statute of the digital image as a knowledge possibility / Existem diferentes modos de conceber a imagem na comunicação digital. Ao investigar alguns discursos referentes à imagem digital, nos deparamos com algumas constantes: o predomínio da visão (ocularcentrismo) e a ausência de referencial corporal (desincorporação). A imagem digital é concebida como simulacro (Baudrillard), como desincorporada (Kittler), ou fenômeno sem referência (Mitchell). Além disso, em muitos dos discursos sobre a comunicação, se concebe um espaço homogêneo de absoluta transparência, no qual não existem obstáculos, nem conflitos, nem diferenças (Vattimo). Em nossa tese defendemos que as razões dessas marcas conceituais são as noções de simulacro, oriundas do platonismo; de representação, oriundas do cartesianismo; de transparência, oriundas do neoplatonismo. Investigamos essas tradições conceituais principalmente no que concerne ao conceito de imagem e ao estatuto epistemológico da percepção. Estabelecemos um nexo entre algumas experiências visuais do passado e as novas possibilidades disponibilizadas pelas tecnologias digitais. Procuramos então novas bases filosóficas que libertassem a imagem de sua condição epistemológica inferior. A fenomenologia bergsoniana forneceu os fundamentos para pensar a imagem digital e a percepção como fenômeno incorporado, no qual o corpo tem um papel fundamental na significação e na construção da subjetividade. Assim, novas dimensões corpóreas e subjetivas se anunciam e apontam para novos modos de ser do homem. Corpo e subjetividade se relacionam nas mídias digitais abrindo novos horizontes para se pensar a comunicação e o estatuto epistemológico da imagem digital como possibilidade de conhecimento

Failures in networks that reside in business environments cause harm to organizations depending on them. Every minute of inoperativety is hurtful and as a network adminstrator you want to minimize the rates of failures as well as the time of inoperation. Therefore, a fruitful network monitoring system is of great interest for such organizations. This bachelor’s thesis is the outcome of a pre-study performed on behalf of MIC Nordic and sought to advice them in the implementation of a new monitoring system. The aim of this study was to investigate how a Network Operation Center (NOC) can be implemented in an existing monitoring environment, to integrate current monitoring systems to a central point for monitoring. This study takes an holitstic approach to network management and the research can be divided into two main categories: Communication between network components and Presentation of information. Our process involves an analysis of the environment of MIC Nordic and an in depth inquiry on the current state of network monitoring and interface design. The study then culminates in the implementation of a prototype. The prototype serves in first hand as a research tool to collect experience and empirical evidence to increase the crediblity of our conclusions. It is also an attempt of demonstrating the complete process behind developing a NOC, that we believe can fill a gap among the previous research in the field. From our results you can expect a prototype with functionality for monitoring network components and a graphical user interface (GUI) for displaying information. The results are designed towards solving the specific network management problem that was given and the environment that it concerns. This pre-study suggests that the best solution for implementing a NOC in the given environment is to use SNMP for communication. From an investigation on how to present network management information in a effective way we propose to follow a user-centered approach and to utilize human perception theory in the design process. The authors recommend further research that maintain the holistic approach but applies more quantitative methods to broaden the scope. / Störningar i nätverk som används i företagsmiljöer skapar problem för organisationer som är beroende av dess funktion. Varje minut som nätverket är verkningslöst är ofördelaktigt och som nätverksadministratör så vill du minimera antal störningar och tiden då nätverket är verkningslöst. Ett effektivt nätverksövervaknings system är därf ör av stort intresse f ör organisationer beroende av ett funktionerande nätverk. Den här rapporten är resultatet av en förundersökning som utfördes på uppdrag av MIC Nordic, för att ge en rekommendation om hur ett nytt övervakningssystem för deras nätverk kan implementeras. Målet med studien var att undersöka hur ett Network Operation Center (NOC) kan implementeras i en existerande miljö för att integrera nuvarande övervakningssystem till en central punkt för övervakning. Den här studien tar ett holistiskt grepp om nätverksövervakning och undersökningen kan delas in i två primära kategorier: Kommunikation mellan nätverkskomponenter och Presentation av information. Vår process involverar en analys av MIC Nordics miljö och en djupgående utredning om nätverksövervakning samt gränssnitts design. Studien kulminerar i en implementaion av en prototyp. Prototypen är i f örsta hand ett undersökningsverktyg för att samla på oss erfarenhet och empiriska belägg för att öka trovärdigheten i våra slutsatser. Prototypen utgör även ett försök av författarna att demonstrera den kompletta proceduren av att utveckla en NOC, avsikten är att det kan fylla ett behov bland tidigare avhandligar i ämnet. Resultatet innehåller en prototyp med funktionalitet för att övervaka nätverkskomponenter samt ett grafiskt gränssnitt för att visa informationen. Resultaten är designade mot en lösning som är specifik för problemet som gavs av MIC Nordic och deras miljö. Denna förstudie proponerar att den bästa lösningen för att implementera en NOC i den givna miljön är att använda SNMP för kommunikation. Efter en granskning av hur man kan presentera information som rör nätverksövervakning på ett effektivt sätt så lanserar författarna en användarcentrerad metod som utnyttjar läran om hur människor uppfattar saker och ting. Författarna uppmuntrar vidare undersökningar som bibehåller det holistiska greppet men som applicerar mer kvantitativa metoder för att utöka undersökningens omfattning.

This thesis explores consumer perceptions of corporate sustainability, particularly how the removal of product accessories for environmental reasons is perceived. It highlights the importance of concrete evidence like eco-labeling to support sustainability claims. The study delves into the balance consumers strike between eco-friendly intentions and practical needs like price and functionality, revealing a conflict between idealism and pragmatism. Additionally, it examines how social and cultural factors, including reference groups and family upbringing, shape attitudes towards sustainability. The research emphasizes that companies need to connect with consumers' deeper values to promote sustainable consumption effectively. In conclusion, it underscores the need for genuine transparency and the alignment of corporate actions with consumers' personal values and social contexts to encourage more responsible and sustainable consumption.