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1	The pursuit of sustainability in the oil industry : A case study in an international company Seinelä, Visa, Galouk, Yara January 2020 (has links) Abstract Background: The oil industry is experiencing tremendous challenges due to the shifts in global markets and decreasing profits from oil. These challenges have steered companies to select more profitable investments and disregarding different matters of sustainability. However, the oil companies aim to be seen as more sustainable, since the demands of the public and governments increased toward sustainability. Thus, improving sustainability capabilities in the oil industry has become more critical than ever. In this study, the triple bottom line framework is used, which covers the social, environmental, and economical dimensions of sustainability. This study focuses on reactive and proactive practices that can overcome the barriers to achieving sustainability. Furthermore, the focus is on the oil industry’s pursuit of sustainability is facilitated by connecting reactive and proactive practices to improve the sustainability capabilities of a company. Purpose: The purpose of this study is first to identify the barriers to achieving sustainability in the oil industry and understand how companies can overcome these barriers by conducting reactive and proactive practices. Furthermore, the purpose is to understand how reactive and proactive practices can improve companies' capabilities for sustainability performance. Method: This study follows the inductive approach, as the aim was to discover new insights and assumptions from the studied phenomenon. Furthermore, the study is conducted as exploratory and qualitative, in order to provide a rich understanding of the barriers of sustainability within the oil industry, and how reactive and proactive practices can facilitate the capabilities for improving sustainability in companies. For the data collection method, semi-structured interviews were conducted with experts working within a single company that operates in the oil industry. The collected empirical data was analyzed with grounded analysis. Conclusion: With the empirical findings and existing literature, the internal and external barriers to achieving sustainability are identified. Furthermore, the connection with identified barriers and reactive and proactive practices is introduced, as well as how the practices facilitate overcoming these barriers. Also, the study connects reactive and proactive practices that improve sustainability capabilities in companies. The study suggests that practitioners focus on developing a solid foundation of reactive practices, on which to build strategies with proactive practices. Primarily the focus on the oil industry should be in the creation of environmental capabilities, as this potential is disregarded with the current set of practices. Improving triple bottom line dimensions is identified as a win-win process, which argues for the potential of improvement in environmental sustainability would assist in matching the economic and social demands of the oil industry. Sustainability Triple bottom line supply chain management supplier selection supplier development reactive practices proactive practices sustainability barriers Business Administration Företagsekonomi
2	Disability Resource Specialists’ Capacity to Adopt Principles and Implement Practices that Qualify as Universal Design at a 4-Year Public Institution Grugan, Cecilia Spencer 23 May 2018 (has links) No description available. Communication Community College Education Community Colleges Curricula Curriculum Development Design Education Education Policy Educational Evaluation Educational Leadership Educational Theory Engineering English As A Second Language Experiments Instructional Design Transportation Teacher Education Systems Design Special Education Speech Therapy Secondary Education School Administration Robotics Robots Rehabilitation Reading Instruction Recreation Public Policy Public Health Education Public Health Public Administration Personal Relationships Occupational Therapy Occupational Health Multicultural Education Minority and Ethnic Groups Mental Health Mass Communications Management Labor Relations Intellectual Property Universal Design Accommodations Accessibility Organizational Change Proactive Practices Disability Disability Resource Specialists Disability Services Higher Education Student Affairs

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The pursuit of sustainability in the oil industry : A case study in an international company

Disability Resource Specialists’ Capacity to Adopt Principles and Implement Practices that Qualify as Universal Design at a 4-Year Public Institution