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The current age of AIDS has seen the emergence of a body of literature whose goal it is to make AIDS, its multifarious meanings and overwhelmingly devastating effects, not only visible, but also somehow comprehensible to as many people as possible. Much of this literature is produced by gay men and women, who are among the most intimate witnesses to the AIDS crisis. This thesis explores three AIDS narratives as manifestations of the writers' responsibilities as witnesses to and of HIV and AIDS. The first chapter examines Amy Hoffman's Hospital Time as an act of mourning through which she seeks to shape the reader as a mourner. Mourning is a responsibility, I argue, that Hoffman does not allow the reader to refuse. Reading Derek Jarman's diary Modern Nature through Jacques Derrida's reading of Friedrich Nietzsche's Ecce Homo in The Ear of the Other, Chapter Two theorizes the activist potential of the "signature." Through his garden, Jarman demonstrates how he produces a signature for his dead friends, enabling them to "live" eternally. With this signature Jarman sculpts the reader's own signature, the signature through which he intends for the reader to grant him "life" after death. It is the exposition of the possibility of life through the signature that Jarman understands as his responsibility as a witness to AIDS. And finally, Chapter Three examines Dale Peck's Martin and John as a theorization of the "middle ground" between dominant culture's representations of HIV and AIDS and AIDS activist representations. As a metafictional text, the structure of the novel requests the reader to interpret and negotiate recursively these representations. It is this very request that Peck illustrates as his responsibility. Thus, the writers' foremost responsibility, I propose, is to reproduce in the reader what the writer understands as his or her own responsibilities in witnessing AIDS. The reader must become the witness. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

This study investigated the potential role of differential processing of internals and externals when making an attribution of responsibility about another for an automobile accident. Of the total subjects (96) half were defined as internals and the other half as externals. All subjects read an account of the accident with half the subjects reading a version that had relevant pause units (environmental and personal) underlined with spaces provided for these subjects to make importance ratings about the underlined units. All subjects filled out a questionnaire designed to assess attribution of responsibility and were required to recall the account. Results showed that the attempt to replicate previous research (Sosis, 1974) was not successful. This outcome severely limited any conclusions that could be made about the results from the underlining condition, which indicated no differences between internals and externals in terms of mean weightings for personal and environmental pause units. Also there were no observed differences between internals and externals for recall of personal and environmental units recalled to total units recalled, with the exception that externals recalled significantly more units than internals when recall followed the questionnaire. This difference was primarily due to the number of nonrelevant units recalled. Externals recalled significantly more nonrelevant units than internals when recall followed the questionnaire. Further attempts (Experiments I and II) to replicate the effect reported by Sosis were unsuccessful. Three possible explanations for not replicating the effect were advanced which included problems with (1) methodology, (2) the account of the accident, and (3) the sample of externals used. / Master of Science

In this paper I raise a puzzle that I call 'the puzzle of victim-anger' that is parallel to Bernard William's puzzle of agent-regret. Suppose a truck driver is driving down the street when a child happens to walk in front of them. Through no fault of their own, the driver hits and kills the child. It is well understood that the driver will, and probably should, have some sort of guilt-like response, called agent-regret. However, it would also be unsurprising to find out that the child's parents were angry at the driver for killing their child, and this observation has been largely overlooked in the literature on agent-regret. This anger is totally intelligible—we might even feel deeply alienated by a parent who didn't feel it in the wake of their child's avoidable death. Nevertheless, it's hard to see how this anger could be rationally defensible: aren't the parents just lashing out at an innocent party? In this paper, I show how the traditional philosophical account of anger fails to yield a satisfactory solution to this puzzle. As a result, I reject the traditional account and offer my own positive account of anger in its place. According to my positive account, anger functions to shift the conversational dynamic in order to call attention to the target's obligations to repair the harm they caused. / Master of Arts / In this paper I raise a puzzle that I call 'the puzzle of victim-anger' that is parallel to Bernard William's puzzle of agent-regret. William's puzzle starts like this: suppose a truck driver is driving down the street when a child happens to walk in front of them. Through no fault of their own, the driver hits and kills the child. It is well understood that the driver will, and probably should, have some sort of guilt-like response, called agent-regret even though the accident wasn't their fault. However, it would also be unsurprising to find out that the child's parents were angry at the driver for killing their child, and this observation has been largely overlooked in the literature on agent-regret. This anger is totally intelligible—we might even feel deeply alienated by a parent who didn't feel it in the wake of their child's avoidable death. Nevertheless, it's hard to see how this anger could be rationally defensible: aren't the parents just lashing out at an innocent party? In this paper, I show how the traditional philosophical account of anger fails to yield a satisfactory solution to this puzzle. As a result, I reject the traditional account and offer my own positive account of anger in its place. According to my positive account, anger functions to shift the conversational dynamic in order to call attention to the target's obligations to repair the harm they caused.

This effort is comprised of three interwoven tasks: Decipher an evolving urban place, across a range of scales, to establish an informed point of departure for proposing a change. Attend to the particular imperative purpose of accommodating those among us who are most at risk, and who make their way through life without adequate resources. Design an individual cumulative form wherein the new architecture incorporates a rejuvenated existing structure, and the entire ensemble contributes something worthwhile to the neighborhood. / Master of Architecture / This is an attempt to understand one street corner, think about how architecture can assist people who really need help, and design a building which asserts its identity even as it fits into its surroundings. It's one approach to making individual, incremental changes that can accumulate to our collective benefit as we carry on with the transformation of our city.

Civic responsibility is comprised of actions and attitudes associated with democratic governance and social participation. Students enrolled at institutions of higher education have the opportunity to transform their social interests into advocacy through personal connections with the community. Service learning is an effective method of increasing citizenship participation and civic responsibility by incorporating community service activities with academic coursework. This study used survey research to examine the civic attitude scores of service learning students at a large, public, mid-Atlantic state university. The research questions attained information on the associations among students who perform written and discussion reflection activities (outside of class and in-class) regarding civic attitude by gender, class year, and grade point average. The associations between interest in future service participation and civic attitude were also examined. The data were collected using surveys. Crosstabulation procedures and chi-square tests were used to analyze the data. It was found that students who performed discussion reflection activities and reflected outside of class had higher civic attitude levels and more interest in future service participation. / Master of Arts

ProblembakgrundStora mängder av jordens resurser används för att tillverka varor och tjänster för att mötakonsumenters behov. Företag kan avhjälpa en del av problemet genom att göra hållbarainvesteringar i sina verksamheter. Att sträva efter hållbarhet har idag blivit ett krav och enförväntning från företagens intressenter, för att kunna vara konkurrenskraftiga. Begreppet CSR(Corporate Social Responsibility) är svårdefinierat och ingen tydlig definition finns gällande dessomfattning. Ett CSR-arbete innebär att företag ska ta ett frivilligt ansvar, utöver det som ärlagstiftat, vilket medför att de blir vinstdrivande samtidigt som de bidrar till ett hållbart och bättresamhälle. SyfteSyftet med denna studie är att skapa en större förståelse kring begreppet CSR och granska vilkadrivkrafter som kan ligga bakom företagens CSR-arbete, samt att beskriva hur svenska klädföretag, kan ta hänsyn till begreppet vid investeringar. MetodGenom en kvalitativ och deduktiv ansats genomfördes denna fallstudie för att besvara de uppsattafrågeställningarna. Detta har gjorts med hjälp av en skrivbordsundersökning genom att studerafem klädföretags hållbarhetsredovisningar, vilka var Björn Borg, Gina Tricot, KappAhl, MQsamt Polarn O. Pyret. SlutsatsSlutsatsen som denna studie resulterat i är att svenska klädföretags CSR-arbete drivs utifrån deförväntningar och krav som företagets intressenter ställer på dem. Vid investeringar tar företagenhänsyn till CSR genom att ställa höga krav på leverantörerna och utbildar även dessa. Hänsyn tasäven genom att investera i hållbara material och kontrollera att företagen uppfyller kraven somställs. / BackgroundLarge amounts of the earth's resources are used to produce goods and services to meet consumer needs. Companies can remedy part of the problem by making sustainable investments in their businesses. Today, in order to be competitive, companies must strive for sustainability in order tomeet the expectations of corporate stakeholders. The concept of CSR (Corporate SocialResponsibility) is difficult to define, and no clear definition exists regarding its scope. Working with CSR means that companies take voluntary responsibility beyond what is legislated, whichmeans that they will profit while contributing to a sustainable and better society. PurposeThe purpose of this report is to create a greater understanding of the concept of CSR, examine the driving forces that may be behind corporate work with CSR, and describe how Swedish clothing companies can take into account the concept of investments. MethodIn this report, a qualitative and deductive approach was used to answer a set question. This was done with a desk-based review by studying five clothing company’s sustainability reports. The companies included Björn Borg, Gina Tricot, KappAhl, MQ and Polarn O. Pyret. ConclusionThe report concludes that the discussed Swedish clothing company’s incorporation of CSR isdriven by the expectations and demands of its stakeholders. When making investments, companies take into account CSR by setting high standards for suppliers, for example, consideration of investment in sustainable materials, educate them and verify that the companies meet the demands.

This thesis discusses environmental partnerships, in which an NGO and corporation collaborate to address mutual goals. I begin by discussing the goals of environmental partnerships before reviewing a brief history of these partnerships, the current state of the partnerships landscape, and partnership trends across industries and within NGOs. Next, I examine the potential benefits and drawbacks to partnering for both public and private participants. Finally, strategies for corporations, NGOs, research institutes, academia, and government to enable the creation and maintenance of successful partnerships are proposed to address critical environmental issues in the absence of effective regulation.

This thesis discusses environmental partnerships, in which an NGO and corporation collaborate to address mutual goals. I begin by discussing the goals of environmental partnerships before reviewing a brief history of these partnerships, the current state of the partnerships landscape, and partnership trends across industries and within NGOs. Next, I examine the potential benefits and drawbacks to partnering for both public and private participants. Finally, strategies for corporations, NGOs, research institutes, academia, and government to enable the creation and maintenance of successful partnerships are proposed to address critical environmental issues in the absence of effective regulation.

Background Svenska Spel is a regulated company run by the state and government, where CSR, community and social responsibility is in focus. The highly regulated Swedish gaming market has in recent years become more exposed to competition by foreign unregulated betting companies thru Internet. Problem discussion There are two views regarding CSR and how they are affecting competitive advantage and profitability. On one hand, it suggests that companies foremost shall focus profits and act in the best interest of the shareholders. On the other hand, it connects CSR to be a contributor to competitive advantage that increases the company’s profitability. Problem formulation Svenska Spel is competing with other betting companies who doesn´t act under the same conditions, betting companies that don´t have a responsibility to the state. Svenska Spel has legal obligations to adopt CSR into their business. The other companies choose themselves how they want to act with CSR on the gaming market, they have greater opportunities to choose a strategy that they think is the best. Problem definition Which approach has the unregulated gaming companies on CSR compared with Svenska Spel and their social responsibility in the gaming market? Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare Svenska Spel with unregulated gambling companies based on how they present and use CSR in the gaming market. Method The scientific method in this study adopted a qualitative, deductive approach with a descriptive touch. The study was based upon the theoretical concepts of CSR and competition, and applied to the empirical study, consisting of data from interviews and secondary sources. The empirical data were the basis for the authors' interpretations through the theoretical frame to complete analyzes and conclusions. Conclusion Svenska Spel´s CSR is deeply implemented in their business and strategies and is the basis for how they operate. The unregulated companies see CSR as a sideline with a relatively strong focus on player responsibility, which also is Svenska Spel´s most important part. Every company in this study upholds an 18-year-old limit for games and the biggest difference between Svenska Spel and the unregulated gaming companies is the player’s budget limit, at Svenska Spel it is mandatory to define your playing budget limit in order to access the games, at the unregulated companies it is optional.