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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The Social City : Middle-way approaches to housing and sub-urban golvernmentality in southern Stockholm, 1900-1945

Deland, Mats January 2001 (has links)
This dissertation deals with the period bridging the era of extreme housing shortages in Stockholm on the eve of industrialisation and the much admired programmes of housing provision that followed after the second world war, when Stockholm district Vällingby became an example for underground railway-serviced ”new towns”. It is argued that important changes were made in the housing and town planning policy in Stockholm in this period that paved the way for the successful ensuing period. Foremost among these changes was the uniquely developed practice of municipal leaseholding with the help of site leasehold rights (Erbbaurecht). The study is informed by recent developments in Foucauldian social research, which go under the heading ’governmentality’. Developments within urban planning are understood as different solutions to the problem of urban order. To a large extent, urban and housing policies changed during the period from direct interventions into the lives of inhabitants connected to a liberal understanding of housing provision, to the building of a disciplinary city, and the conduct of ’governmental’ power, building on increased activity on behalf of the local state to provide housing and the integration and co-operation of large collectives. Municipal leaseholding was a fundamental means for the implementation of this policy. When the new policies were introduced, they were limited to the outer parts of the city and administered by special administrative bodies. This administrative and spatial separation was largely upheld throughout the period, and represented as the parallel building of a ’social’ outer city, while things in the inner ’mercantile’ city proceeded more or less as before. This separation was founded in a radical difference in land holding policy: while sites in the inner city were privatised and sold at market values, land in the outer city was mostly leasehold land, distributed according to administrative – and thus politically decided – priorities. These differences were also understood and acknowledged by the inhabitants. Thorough studies of the local press and the organisational life of the southern parts of the outer city reveals that the local identity was tightly connected with the representations connected to the different land holding systems. Inhabitants in the south-western parts of the city, which in this period was still largely built on private sites, displayed a spatial understanding built on the contradictions between centre and periphery. The inhabitants living on leaseholding sites, however, showed a clear understanding of their position as members of model communities, tightly connected to the policy of the municipal administration. The organisations on leaseholding sites also displayed a deep co-operation with the administration. As the analyses of election results show, the inhabitants also seemed to have felt a greater degree of integration with the society at large, than people living in other parts of the city. The leaseholding system in Stockholm has persisted until today and has been one of the strongest in the world, although the local neo-liberal politicians are currently disposing it off.
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Crossroads of Enlightenment 1685-1850 : exploring education, science, and industry across the Delessert network

2015 March 1900 (has links)
The Enlightenment did not end with the French Revolution but extended into the nineteenth century, effecting a transformation to modernity. By 1850, science became increasingly institutionalized and technology hastened transmission of cultural exchange. Restricting Enlightenment to solitary movements, philosophic text, or national contexts ultimately creates insular interpretations. The Enlightenment was instead a transnational phenomenon, of interconnected communities, from diverse geographical and cultural spaces. A revealing example is the Delessert family. Their British-Franco-Swiss network demonstrates the uniqueness, extent, and duration of the Enlightenment. This network’s origins lie in the 1680s. French and British desires for stability resulted in contrasting policies. Toleration, through partial rights, let British Dissenters become leading educators, manufacturers, and natural philosophers by 1760. Conversely, Huguenots were stripped of rights. Thousands fled persecution, and France’s rivals profited by welcoming waves of industrious Huguenots. French refugee communities became vital printing centres, specializing in Enlightenment attacks on the Ancien régime, and facilitated the expansion of the Delessert network. The Delessert banking family made a generational progression from Geneva to Lyon to Paris, linking them to Jean-Jacques Rousseau. His friendship fostered passions for botany and education. The Delesserts parlayed this into participation in Enlightenment science and industry, connecting them to the Lunar Society, Genevan radicals, and British reformers. By 1780, a transition toward modernity began. Grand Tours shifted from places of erudition to practical sites of production. Lunar men sent sons to the Continent for practical education, as Franco-Swiss visited English manufactories and Scottish universities to expand knowledge. Moderates greeted the French Revolution with enthusiasm. In the early 1790s this changed significantly. Royalist mobs threatened Lunar men, destroying property, in Birmingham. In France, moderates tried to defend the monarchy from republican mobs. Even so, the network, fragmented both by revolution and war, continued espousing reform and assisting members who were jailed, endangered, or escaping to America. The Delessert network reconnected in 1801. Franco-Swiss toured Britain as Britons visited Paris, gathering at the hôtel Delessert, a crossroads of the Enlightenment. New societies encouraged science, industry, and philanthropy. Enlightenment exchange continued, despite warfare, into the nineteenth century. Industrial partnerships and scientific collaborations, formed during the peace, circumvented trade barriers. Over three generations (1760-1850) cosmopolitanism helped usher in a transition to modernity. Ultimately, the Delessert network’s endurance challenges traditional interpretations of the Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution.
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Responsabilidade social empresarial: incorporação de práticas a organizações baianas

Ávila, Patrícia Brito de 26 December 2006 (has links)
Submitted by Tatiana Lima (tatianasl@ufba.br) on 2016-07-05T20:01:17Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Ávila, Patrícia Brito de.pdf: 4596211 bytes, checksum: 932b6ab67ee3034448b00173edc32bfc (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Tatiana Lima (tatianasl@ufba.br) on 2016-07-05T20:27:56Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Ávila, Patrícia Brito de.pdf: 4596211 bytes, checksum: 932b6ab67ee3034448b00173edc32bfc (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-05T20:27:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ávila, Patrícia Brito de.pdf: 4596211 bytes, checksum: 932b6ab67ee3034448b00173edc32bfc (MD5) / A atualidade e relevância da discussão sobre o papel da empresa privada na sociedade, mais especificamente no contexto brasileiro e baiano, revela sua importância como atora na gestão social do desenvolvimento. Esta importância está diretamente relacionada à capacidade de formulação e implementação de políticas compensatórias, com possíveis intervenções no desenvolvimento do espaço em que opera e atua. Dentro deste cenário, destaca-se o papel do Instituto Ethos enquanto instituição associativa que, em nível nacional e regional, discute, fomenta e divulga aspectos relativos ao investimento social das empresas. Para o Ethos, a responsabilidade social pode ser traduzida como atuação ética nas ações e relações com os seus stakeholders, proposta que permite uma diversidade de interpretações, evidenciada por práticas que vão do mero associativismo a ações e parcerias caracterizadas como responsabilidade social empresarial. O perfil das organizações e as formas como elas se estruturam para responder às demandas de responsabilidade social empresarial condicionam formas institucionais, que por sua vez geram ações sociais e parcerias indicativas do nível de engajamento das empresas com a proposta do Instituto Ethos. Esta dissertação mapeia os perfis organizacionais e das formas de gestão das empresas associadas ao Instituto Ethos na Bahia e as características de suas ações, projetos e programas de responsabilidade social, bem como as parcerias que estabelece na ação social e os mecanismos de avaliação e transparência utilizados. Em seguida, classifica-se estas ações em filantrópicas e de responsabilidade social, com base no conceito de responsabilidade social empresarial do Ethos, de acordo com a seguinte escala: (0) empresa associada ao Ethos, (1) empresa associada ao Ethos e que realiza filantropia, e (2) empresa associada e que realiza filantropia ou atua dentro do que o Instituto Ethos considera responsabilidade social empresarial. Finalmente, contrasta-se e compara-se as ações das empresas no campo da responsabilidade social empresarial, e discute-se o grau de aderência das práticas implementadas com a proposta de responsabilidade social empresarial do Instituto Ethos. Conclui-se que as práticas de responsabilidade social das organizações associadas ao Instituto Ethos na Bahia caracterizam-se pelo hibridismo. Organizações de diversos setores e escalas incorporam ações que variam do cumprimento mínimo das obrigações legais, até doações de cunho filantrópico e práticas de responsabilidade social propriamente ditas, indicando que a atuação do Ethos como regulador é muito mais prescritiva, o que abre um hiato entre o que idealmente propõe em seu discurso e o que realmente as empresas fazem. The actuality and relevance of the discussion about the role of private companies in society, more specifically in the Brazilian context, reveal their importance as actors that can contribute to the management of social development. This importance is directly related to their capacities of formulating and implementing compensatory policies, with concrete possibilities of developing interventions on the territory they operate. Within this scenario, the role of associating institutions, such as Ethos Institute, that discusses, foments and communicates, both in regional and national level, aspects related to the social investment of firms, emerges. To this institute, a company is social responsible when it establishes practices, relationships and partnerships with its stakeholders within ethic values, proposal that allows multiples interpretations and is evidenced by practices that vary from mere associations to practices and partnerships characterized as corporate social responsibility. The profiles of the organizations and the ways they are structured to answer to the demands of corporate social responsibility create institutional forms, which generate partnerships and social actions that indicate the level of engagement to Ethos‟s proposal. This thesis maps the organizational profiles and managerial models of the companies associated with Ethos Institute in Bahia, and the features of their practices, projects and programs of social responsibility, as well as their partnerships on social actions and the mechanisms of evaluation and transparency they use. It also classifies these actions in philanthropic and of social responsibility, based on Ethos Institute‟s concept of corporate social responsibility, according to the following scale: (0) company associated with Ethos, (1) company associated with Ethos that performs philanthropy, and (2) company associated with Ethos that performs philanthropy or acts within what Ethos Institute considers corporate social responsibility. Finally, it compares the pratices of socialresponsibility of the companies studied and discusses the degree of compliance of what they implement with Ethos Institute‟s concept of corporate social responsibility. We conclude that the social responsibility practices of organizations associated with the Ethos Institute in Bahia are characterized by hybridity. Organizations from different sectors and scales incorporate actions ranging from the minimum compliance with legal obligations to philanthropic donations and social responsibility practices, indicating that the performance of Ethos as a regulator is more prescriptive and revealing a gap between what the institute ideally proposes in its speech and what the companies really implement.
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Governing 'Poor Whites' : race, philanthropy and transnational governmentality between the United States and South Africa

Bottomley, Edward-John January 2017 (has links)
Throughout the twentieth century so-called Poor Whites caused anxiety in countries where racial domination was crucial, such as South Africa, the colonies of European empire and the United States. The Poor Whites were troubling for a number of reasons, not least because they threatened white prestige and the entire system of racial control. The efforts of various governments, organisations and experts to discipline, control and uplift the group necessarily disadvantaged other races. These controls, such as colour bars and Jim Crow laws, had an enormous effect on the countries where the Poor Whites were seen as a problem. The results can still be seen in the profoundly unequal contemporary racial landscape, and which is given expression by protest groups such as Black Lives Matter. Yet the efforts to manage the Poor Whites have thus far been examined on a national basis — as a problem of the United States, or of South Africa, to name just the most significant locales and regimes. This dissertation attempts to expand our understanding of the geography of the Poor Whites by arguing that the ‘Poor White Problem’ was a transnational concern rooted in racial interests that transcended national concerns. The racial solidarity displayed by so-called ‘white men’s countries’ was also extended to the Poor Whites. Efforts to control and discipline the population were thus in service of the white race as a whole, and ignored national interests and national borders. The transnational management of the Poor Whites was done through a network of transnational organisations such as the League of Nations and the Rockefeller Foundation, as well as the careering experts they employed. The dissertation argues that these attempts constituted a transnational ‘governmentality’ according to which these organisations and their experts attempted to discipline a Poor White population that they viewed as transnational in order to uphold white prestige and tacitly maintain both global and local racial systems. This dissertation examines some of the ways in which Poor Whites were disciplined and racially rehabilitated. It examines health and sanitation, education and training, housing standards and the management of urban space, and finally photographic representation.
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The role of public libraries in promoting corporate social responsibility by small and medium enterprises

Kazingizi, Sebenzile 09 1900 (has links)
The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has been significantly drawing global attention for the past decade. The solving of social, political and economic problems now fully requires the involvement of both the public and private sectors, particularly in the context of developing countries. In Zimbabwe, CSR has mainly been the responsibility of large firms, NGOs and the government. Little has been done to encourage SMEs to take initiative and responsibility on CSR matters, although these SMEs constitute about ninety percent of all economic activities in Zimbabwe. For CSR to be implemented, there is need for access to information. Public libraries are one of the major focal points in the provision of information. These public libraries have vast potential to support CSR initiatives and are capable of partnering with various organisations from different sectors as well. However, when it comes to visibility on CSR, public libraries in Zimbabwe and in other developing countries are almost non-existent. The aim of this study was to investigate the role that public libraries play in promoting CSR to SMEs in Zimbabwe as a means of contributing in shaping policies which ensure that public libraries are more relevant in society through their support of, as well as their involvement in sustainable developmental issues. In order to attain this, the study adopted the interpretive paradigm and the qualitative approach. In addition, the case study design was used, allowing the researcher to obtain detailed information about the Harare City Library in relation to the promotion of CSR to SMEs. The target population for this study included librarians at public libraries in Zimbabwe and the owners or managers of formally registered SMEs in the country. The study revealed that a great number of SMEs have limited knowledge about CSR and do not engage in it. SMEs consider CSR to be mainly philanthropic in nature, as their knowledge does not extend to include other important aspects of the concept. In addition, public libraries are not the major source of CSR information provision to SMEs, although a fair number of SMEs believe that they should be at the forefront. The study recommends that public libraries should reach out to SMEs to promote CSR to them, in addition to marketing the library’s own information resources and services. Public libraries need also to establish strategic alliances with relevant stakeholders as a means of encouraging SMEs to engage in CSR initiatives. / Information Science / M. Inf. (Information Science)
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Les scolarités des fortunes internationales entre refuge et placement : socio-histoire des pensionnats privés suisses / Refuge or placement ? Educating the wealthy in Swiss international boarding schools

Bertron, Caroline 02 December 2016 (has links)
La thèse étudie, à partir du cas des pensionnats privés internationaux de Suisse romande, les mécanismes de l’acquisition d’un pouvoir social sur l’espace et d’une gestion spatiale des ressources, notamment économiques, pour les établissements et pour les élèves. La thèse porte sur les mécanismes par lesquels les pensionnats produisent des ancrages sur le territoire suisse pour les élèves et les anciens élèves. Cette recherche repose sur des entretiens semi-directifs auprès de plusieurs établissements privés, avec directeurs et managers, anciens élèves, enseignants et tuteurs d’internat et sur un travail socio-historique et quantitatif. La première partie étudie au XXe siècle la genèse progressive du secteur du secondaire privé des « pensionnats pour étrangers » et des « écoles internationales » de la région lémanique. L’attraction des grandes fortunes, notamment européennes et états-uniennes, dans ces écoles privées et l’organisation locale de ce secteur éducatif se sont appuyées sur des discours et des pratiques liées aux ressources du territoire suisse. Si les pensionnats suisses occupent aujourd’hui une place périphérique dans le monde international des certifications d’une éducation « d’élite », récemment, de nouveaux processus d’intégration financière mondiale et de défense de la place éducative suisse permettent de redéfinir leur mise en concurrence dans un espace international « d’écoles d’élites ». La deuxième partie porte sur le rôle que joue l’espace suisse dans des stratégies de placement multidimensionnelles en pension par les familles fortunées et sur les rapports à l’espace suisse des élèves et anciens élèves. La notion d’école « refuge » prend un triple sens, celui d’éducation « familiale » et affective de la vie à l’internat, celui d’un évitement des institutions très sélectives sur le plan scolaire et celui lié à un envoi en pension sur le territoire suisse. Les origines nationales des élèves se sont progressivement transformées depuis les années 1950 pour accueillir des nouvelles fortunes non européennes et non américaines, mais les anciens élèves continuent de revenir ou de rester en Suisse. Les forces de rappel des anciens élèves sur le territoire suisse sont le fruit d’une tension : manifestation d’une centralité suisse de leurs carrières financières, espace protecteur face à des incertitudes familiales, politiques et nationales. / The thesis examines how international boarding schools in Switzerland have been producing spatial resources for their students and alumni. The research is based on socio-historical analysis, quantitative analysis, and on semi-directive interviews with headmasters and managers, alumni, teachers and boarding staff at a diversity of international private schools in the Lake Geneva region. The first part of the thesis focuses on the emergence of the private educational sector progressively uniting « boarding schools for foreigners » and « international schools ». Since the beginning of the 20th c., schools have promoted their territorial resources for attracting the very rich, notably from Europe and the United States, and organized sectorial interests accordingly. Swiss boarding schools now have a peripheral part to play in the international spheres of certification and accreditation that govern elite education on a global scale. Nevertheless, recent processes of financialization of the educational sector and ways of protecting the Swiss educational sector contribute to redefine their place within internationalizing governance schemes of elite schools. The second part of the thesis examines the role played by spatial resources in wealthy families’ educational strategies in Switzerland and the spatial relations to Switzerland that students and alumni develop. The notion of « refuge school » or « recovery school » encompasses three dimensions : the « family » education that the boarding schools promote, parental strategies of avoiding selective national educational systems, socio-political determinations. Under the rise of non-European and non-American wealthy clienteles, students’ national origins have changed since the 1950s, but alumni continue to stay or come back to Switzerland. This results from a tension : Swiss centrality for financial careers and protection against family, political and national uncertainties.
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Filantropia ou cidadania: um estudo da participação de entidades religiosas de atendimento na política para a infância e a adolescência em Juiz de Fora pós anos 90

Siqueira, Mirella Loterio 23 November 2007 (has links)
Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-10-18T12:41:00Z No. of bitstreams: 1 mirellaloteriosiqueira.pdf: 1095485 bytes, checksum: 141e74e6db7f6995121748dbd35a6048 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-10-25T12:08:17Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 mirellaloteriosiqueira.pdf: 1095485 bytes, checksum: 141e74e6db7f6995121748dbd35a6048 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-25T12:08:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 mirellaloteriosiqueira.pdf: 1095485 bytes, checksum: 141e74e6db7f6995121748dbd35a6048 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-11-23 / A presente dissertação aborda a participação das entidades religiosas na política pública destinada a infância e adolescência em Juiz de Fora no período posterior ao Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente. Trata-se de compreender os desafios que se colocam na atualidade em relação à implementação do Estatuto num cenário em que muita experiência com a tradição conservadora do assistencialismo, do paternalismo e do clientelismo ainda permanece como mecanismo para o enfrentamento da questão social. Além disso, as mudanças do Estado na condução das políticas sociais têm recolocado na agenda a relevância das ações filantrópicas e revalorizado a atuação religiosa neste campo. A intervenção deste tipo de instituição na área social em nosso país não é recente, pelo contrário, marcou a origem do atendimento neste campo atuando pelo viés da caridade, da benemerência, do “amor ao próximo”. No entanto, a existência de experiências locais de inserção de grupos religiosos nas ações sociais de enfrentamento a pobreza contrasta com o que efetivamente sabemos sobre eles, suas práticas e contribuição efetiva. Este trabalho buscou analisar a relação das entidades religiosas com a política de atendimento destinada a crianças e adolescentes no município através da adequação das mesmas aos princípios e diretrizes desta política, em consonância ao Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente, e também da relação estabelecida com o Conselho Municipal dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente – CMDCA/JF, com o Poder Público Municipal no seu órgão gestor e “executor”, e com o próprio Estatuto. Para tanto, realizamos dezesseis entrevistas com dirigentes das entidades de atendimento e três entrevistas com conselheiros de direito. Entrevistamos também a coordenadora da Equipe de Monitoramento e Avaliação da Secretaria de Política Social, órgão responsável pelo monitoramento das entidades registradas no CMDCA. Optamos ainda pela observação participante no Conselho num período de quatro meses, buscando apreender a dinâmica de funcionamento do mesmo e o jogo de correlação de forças nesse espaço, que supúnhamos ter um peso significativo nas discussões e encaminhamentos à política. Além da participação nas reuniões plenárias quinzenais, participamos também de dois eventos promovidos pelo Conselho. O procedimento metodológico foi complementado com o levantamento e análise documental referente à política municipal de atendimento a infância e adolescência em Juiz de Fora, às entidades de atendimento e ao Conselho Municipal dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente. Pretendeu-se contribuir com o debate dos direitos de cidadania e da democracia e com a apreensão dos desafios da Política para a infância e adolescência na escala municipal, arena onde o embate entre filantropia e cidadania acontece. / This dissertation deals with the participation of religious organizations in public policy for the children and adolescents in Juiz de Fora, in the period after the Statute for Children and Adolescents. It is about understanding the challenges faced at the present time in relation to the implementation of the Statute, in a scene of great experience with the conservative tradition of welfarism, paternalism and patronage still remains as a mechanism for the confrontation of the social issue. Moreover, changes of State in the conduct of social policies are back on the agenda the relevance of the shares philanthropic and revalued the religious activity in this field. The intervention of this kind of institution in the social area in our country is not recent, however, marked the origin of the attendance in this area acting by the charity, the benevolent act, the love of each other. However, the existence of local experiments of insertion of religious groups in social actions to confront poverty contrasts with that, actually, we know about them, their practices and effective contribution. This work searched for analyze the relationship of religious organizations with the policy of attendance for children and adolescents in the town, through the adequacy of them to the principles and guidelines of this policy, according to the Statute of the Child and Adolescent, and also the relationship established with the City Council on the Rights of the Child and Adolescent - CMDCA/JF, with the Municipal Public Power in its manager and “executor” institution, and with its own Statute. Then we performed sixteen interviews with the leaders of the organizations of attendance and three interviews with advisors of law. We also interviewed the coordinator of the Monitoring and Evaluation Team of the Department of Social Policy, the institution responsible for monitoring the organizations registered in the CMDCA. We still decided for the participated observation in the Council, in a period of four months, seeking to apprehend the dynamics of its operation and the game of correlation of forces in this area, that we supposed to have a significant weight in the discussions and referrals to the policy. In addition to the participation in the plenary sessions fortnightly, we also participated in two events promoted by the Council. The methodological procedure was complemented with the survey and the documentary analysis with reference to the municipal policy of attendance for children and adolescents in Juiz de Fora, to the organizations of attendance and to the City Council on the Rights of Children and Adolescents. The intention of this work is to contribute with the discussion of the rights of citizenship and democracy and the apprehension of the challenges of policy for children and adolescents in the municipal scale, arena where the collision between philanthropy and citizenship happen.
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Art.internet : musées, entreprises et œuvres en ligne dans le passage vers le nouveau millénaire (1996-2002)

Léonard Brouillet, Karine 12 1900 (has links)
Cette thèse a été menée à bien grâce au soutien financier du Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (FRQSC), de la Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales de l’Université de Montréal (FESP) et du Département d’histoire de l’art de l’Université de Montréal. / À la fin des années 1990 et au début des années 2000, les musées cherchent à renouveler leur image de marque afin d’attirer des publics plus diversifiés. Dans la foulée d’un utopisme généralisé qui caractérise Internet comme une force démocratisante pour les sociétés occidentales, les musées voient une occasion de fidéliser de nouvelles clientèles sur la base d’une participation supposée dialogique et émancipatrice. Les institutions muséales font alors l’acquisition d’œuvres d’art internet et certaines, pionnières, en font même la commande. Pour quelles raisons ? Les cas analysés dans cette recherche permettent d’élucider cette question par l’analyse culturelle des œuvres inaugurales de cette pratique artistique et muséale : Ding an sich (The Canon Series) de Piotr Szyhalski, commandée par le Walker Art Center ; Uncomfortable Proximity de Graham Harwood acquise par la Tate ; IdeaLine de Martin Wattenberg présentée par le Whitney Museum of American Art. Nous constatons que, arrimées à des infrastructures en ligne développées en étroite collaboration avec et par l’industrie technologique, ces œuvres se situent à la rencontre d’intérêts convergents des mondes institutionnel et entrepreneurial. L’industrie technologique trouve dans l’espace muséal internet une opportunité de déployer son offre de service à des clientèles favorables – les œuvres sont un attrait ; l’institution discerne dans l’entreprise un partenaire d’affaires expert à même de raffiner son image en ligne auprès de spectateurs à conquérir – les œuvres sont un atout. Les productions qui en découlent s’immiscent dans des espaces hybrides : entre espace expositionnel et page informationnelle ; entre fonction artistique et discours démocratisant autour de l’œuvre ; entre objet de collection et distinction philanthropique. Au carrefour des relations entre institution et industrie, ces œuvres portent un regard acéré sur leurs conditions d’émergence et mettent au jour les dynamiques muséo-entrepreneuriales qui sous-tendent leur arrivée. Face à des ensembles discursifs connotés, elles sont à même de conceptualiser l’industrie technologique non pas comme une autorité commerciale hégémonique, mais comme un appareillage théorique riche de stratégies thématiques et de modes opératoires à même d’être démantelés, détournés, renversés, critiqués. / At the end of the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s, museums sought to revitalise their image with the aim to attract increasingly diversified audiences. The general view of the Internet as a democratic force in western societies lead institutions to consider it as an opportunity to acquire new audiences through participation which was thought to foster emancipation and dialogue. Enthused, museums thus acquire internet artworks and some even commission them in order to inaugurate newly developed media arts programs. For what reasons? Our case studies provide an answer to this question, along with a cultural analysis of artworks, annual reports, press releases and other pertinent documents: Ding an sich (The Canon Series) by Piotr Szyhalski acquired by the Walker Art Center; Uncomfortable Proximity by Graham Harwood commissioned by the Tate; IdeaLine by Martin Wattenberg presented by the Whitney Museum of American Art. We found that these artworks are at the intersection of converging interests on the part of the institutional and business worlds as they are presented in online infrastructure developed in close collaboration with the technological industry. To this industry artworks are enticing as they offer an opportunity to expose a favourable clientele to its products; to the institution artworks are an asset to attract expert business partners able to enhance the online museum brand in the eyes of audiences. As such, artworks are located in hybrid spaces: between exhibition and information spaces, between artistic purpose and democratising discourse, between collection and philanthropy. At these crossroads, artworks take a sharp look at the conditions and dynamics that underlie their arrival. In the face of connoted discourses, they conceptualise the technological industry not as hegemonic commercial authority but as theoretical apparatus, rich with thematic strategies and operating modes ripe for dismantling, diverting, reversing, and criticising.
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Corporate Social Responsibility and its Impact on Purchasing Behavior / Corporate Social Responsibility and its Impact on Consumers' Behaviour

Grigoryan, Lusine January 2015 (has links)
The awareness and concern regarding social and environmental issues is growing among representatives of the business sector and they cannot eliminate the impact that they have. Corporate Social Responsibility is a complex strategy to govern the whole process of doing business. The objective of the Diploma Thesis is to prepare comprehensive analysis of current CSR practices in the Czech Republic and find out what type of impact the socially responsible practices of a company can have on a customers behaviour. The used literature represents pervious findings in the field, mainly researches done among Czech customers. In the practical part personal interviews with the company representative will be held in order to examine practical implications of CSR practices for the biggest brewery; Anheusher-Busch InBev.
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Modern Charity: Morality, Politics, and Mid-Twentieth Century US Writing

Bryant Cheney, Matt 01 January 2019 (has links)
Scholars over the past two decades (Denning, Szalay, Edmunds, Robbins) have theorized the different ways literature of the Mid-Twentieth Century reflects the dawn of the liberal US welfare state. While these studies elaborate on the effect rapidly expanding public aid had on literary production of the period, many have tended to undervalue the lingering influence on midcentury storytelling of private charity and philanthropy, those traditional aid institutions fundamentally challenged by the Great Depression and historically championed by conservatives. If the welfare state had an indelible impact on US literatures, so did the moral complexity of the systems of charity and philanthropy it purportedly replaced. In my dissertation, I theorize modern charity as a cultural narrative that found expression in a number of different writers from the start of the Great Depression and into the early 1960s, including Harold Gray, Ralph Ellison, W.E.B. Du Bois, Flannery O'Connor, and Dorothy Day.

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