Bakgrund: Patientnämnden är en förtroendenämnd dit patienter och anhöriga kan vända sig för att lämna synpunkter och klagomål på den vård de mottagit. Patientnämnden arbetar bland annat med att sammanställa de inkomna ärendena och återkopplar tillbaka till hälso- och sjukvården för att främja patientsäkerheten. Hur patienter och anhöriga använder sig av Patientnämnden för att rapportera vårdskador är ett relativt outforskat område i dagens läge. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka ärenden som inkommit till Patientnämnden i ett landsting i Mellansverige under 2015 för att identifiera, analysera och beskriva andelen somatiska vårdskador som anmäls av patienter och anhöriga. Metod: Studien är en empirisk studie där data från redan befintliga ärenden granskats och studien har en kvantitativ, beskrivande design. Huvudresultat: 86 av 395 studerade ärenden handlade om somatisk vårdskada, av dessa var 59 allvarliga somatiska vårdskador. Det var fler kvinnor än män som anmält somatiska vårdskador, både vad gäller allvarliga och lätta somatiska vårdskador. Den vanligaste orsaken till vårdskada var kirurgirelaterade komplikationer. Slutsats: Endast en liten del av de inkomna ärendena handlade om somatiska vårdskador, och då oftast om allvarliga vårdskador. Det behövs mer information och vägledning från vårdpersonal till patient för att fånga upp och synliggöra både lätta och allvarliga vårdskador. Det behövs även mer forskning om varför kvinnor anmäler vårdskada i större utsträckning än män. / Background: The patients' advisory committee is an independent committee to which patients and relatives can file complaints and comments about their recieved care. The patients' advisory committee works with patient safety through reconnecting the patients' cases to their caregiver. Research regarding the patient useage of the Patients' advisory committee for reporting care injuries is currently quite uncharted. Study aim: The aim of the study was to investigate cases recieved at the Patients' advisory committee in a county in Sweden during 2015 to identify and describe the somatic care injuries reported by patients and relatives. Method:  This study examines existing cases from the Patients' advisory committee and uses a quantitative, descriptive design. Main results: 86 out of 395 cases regarded somatic care injuries, of which 59 were severe care injuries. Women reported both severe and non severe care injuries more often than men. The most often occuring resason for a care injury was surgery-related complications. Conclusion: Only a small fraction of the total amount of cases regarded somatic care injuries. Severe care injuries appeared more often than non severe care injuries. More guidance and information to the patients and relatives is required from the caregivers to enlighten the occurance of care injuries. More research is needed regarding why women report care injuries more often than men.

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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--Stellenbosch University, 2008. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Corporate governance presents the researcher and the theorist alike, with a rich vein of potential subject matter. This spans a massive scope of issues, ranging from feminist concerns to direct litigious anomalies during the multinational implementation of specific governance measures. Located towards the centre of this spectrum is the formulation of new governance policies, as informed by both theoretical foundations and real world experience. It is at this midway point that the South African governance debate currently finds itself, with the third edition of the King Report on Corporate Governance set for launch in the coming months. The report and the associated code will form the basis for all governance and related oversight mechanisms in South Africa for the foreseeable future. As such, the third report will have to organically grow out of the current structure, the lessons learnt from the current dispensation and the governing theoretical positions. All of these will also have to be done with reference to the new companies act. The research report is specifically targeted at assisting in the process of learning from the current dispensation, before it is replaced by the new. The learning process has as its central tool a formal questionnaire, which was developed and administered by the IOD and KPMG, with all analysis presented herein performed by the author of this research report. The analysis conducted aims to determine how respondents at different types of companies and in different functions, view corporate governance and specifically the current dispensation in South Africa. This is done by dividing respondents into 10 groupings and determining the percentage of respondents from each group, who responded in a certain manner to each question on the questionnaire. Thereafter a statistical analysis technique is employed to determine whether or not any differences found are meaningful and if so, what can be inferred from these differences. Finally, this study is intended to provide a baseline for future studies, which will then be in a position to more accurately measure shifts in attitude and implementation after the publication of the third King Report. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Korporatiewe bestuur, hetsy van ‘n suiwer teoreties of ‘n toepassingsoogpunt, bied aan die navorser ‘n magdom van moontlike onderwerpe. Dit sluit bykans enige denkbare invalshoek of fokus area in, van die feminisme tot regskwessies rondom die multinasionale implementering van ‘n enkele kode of beginsel. Midde in hierdie wye veld is daar ook areas wat na beide die teoretiese en praktiese verwys, waarvan die ontwikkeling en opdatering van korporatiewe bestuurskodes ‘n sprekende voorbeeld is. Dit is dan juis ook op hierdie punt waar die debat rondom korporatiewe bestuur in Suid-Afrika sigself tans bevind, met die derde King Verslag op Korporatiewe Bestuur wat binne die volgende paar maande verwag word. Die belang van hierdie verslag lê daarin dat dit, asook die meegaande riglyne, die basis sal vorm van korporatiewe bestuur in Suid-Afrika vir die afsienbare toekoms. Om volwaardig in hierdie kapasiteit te kan funksioneer, sal die nuwe verslag organies moet groei uit die huidige verslag, ervaring in die praktyk en ook die heersende teoretiese posisies. Die ontwikkeling moet dan ook verder tred hou met die nuwe maatskappye wet, wat tans ontwikkel word. Die navorsingsverslag wat hierin voorgelê word, is daarop geteiken om uit die huidige sisteem, spesifiek die tweede King Verslag en meegaande riglyne, te leer alvorens dit vervang word deur die derde King verslag. Die taak is moontlik gemaak deur die gebruik van ‘n vraelys saamgestel en gesirkuleer deur die IOD en KPMG, alhoewel al die analise hier voorgelê deur die outeur van hierdie verslag gedoen is. Die genoemde analise se sentrale fokus is om te bepaal hoe respondente uit verskillende maatskappye en beroepe, korporatiewe bestuur in Suid-Afrika sien, met spesifieke verwysing na die tweede King verslag. Verskille tussen die respondente, wat in 10 groepe ingedeel is, is dan ook statisties geanaliseer om te bepaal of enige verskille tussen die groepe statisties beduidend is en indien wel, wat daaruit afgelei kan word. Laastens is die studie ook opgestel om ‘n basis daar te stel vir toekomstige vergelykende studies, wat sal volg na die uitreiking en implementering van die derde King verslag en riglyne.

Thesis (MBA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. / The introduction of King III has resulted in many changes to corporate governance practices. The changes inevitably have implications and challenges for organisations. If the changes introduced by King III as well as the implications and challenges are not well understood, implementing King III could be a very challenging exercise. This research report outlines the key differences between King III and King II. The research report also highlights the major implications and challenges of implementing the King III principles. In addition, those aspects of King III that are covered in the new Companies Act have also been outlined. In analysing the changes between King II and King III, and the implications and challenges of King III‟s principles and recommendations, the author followed the layout of the chapters in King III, namely ethical leadership and corporate citizenship, boards and directors, audit committees, the governance of risk, the governance of information technology, compliance with laws, codes, rules and standards, internal audit, governing stakeholder relationships and integrated reporting. The differences between King III and King II were analysed through a study and comparison of the King III and King II Reports. The implications and challenges were analysed through reading literature on King III and corporate governance in general. Aspects of King III covered in the Companies Act were analysed through a study of King III and the Companies Act. The author analysed the differences, implications and challenges of both the principles and the recommended practice in the King Reports. No distinction was made between principles and recommended practices. The main changes introduced by King III relate to the composition and role of the board, the board committees and the new topic on IT governance and the need to publish an integrated report. Though discussed in different chapters, King III has emphasised the link and interplay between ethics, corporate social responsibility, governing stakeholder relationships and integrated reporting. In addition to the above, the most contentious change is probably the applicability of King III to all entities regardless of form of incorporation. King III has also attempted to bring about a physiological change in the way companies perceive King III by changing the “comply or explain” concept to the “apply or explain concept”. The direct implications and challenges brought about by King III relate to the time, efforts and costs needed to implement the various King III principles and recommendations. King III could also result in an increase in the size or diversity of the board, and companies are likely to find it challenging to get qualified people to fill directorship posts. Integrated reporting is going to change the way companies view corporate social responsibility and the way they report non-financial information to stakeholders. Despite the challenges, there is no doubt that King III goes a long way to ensure that South Africa‟s corporate governance system is at par with the rest of the world.

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The aim of this research is to examine the determinants of the level of corporate risk disclosure (CRD) in the interim reports of Swedish non-financial companies. A quantitative research approach is used, the sample data of which consist of 166 firms with 4,849 interim reports over a 10-year period. By utilizing the notion of risk and its definition, I have distinguished three categories of risk, namely risk as uncertainty, risk as threat and risk as opportunity. A systematic content analysis is conducted with the use of a software program, which is specifically designed for this purpose. The number of sentences that contain keywords related to the three risk categories is counted as the total CRD score, which is transformed to the disclosure index. I have examined the impact of firms’ characteristics and corporate governance mechanisms on the level of CRD based on agency theory. The ordinary least squares regression method with  control for fixed year effects is used to analyse the data, which show that firm size and audit committee have a positive relationship with the level of corporate risk disclosure. The result demonstrates also that there is a negative relationship between family ownership and the level of CRD, and an insignificant relationship between leverage and the level of CRD.

Despite significant gains in research and programming, domestic violence persists, with domestic homicides remaining a particular concern. Yet, very little has been written about the administrative and policy responses that exist to combat domestic homicide. In Canada, inquiries, inquests, Domestic Violence Death Review Committees, and other models are increasingly being recognized as important policy responses following an intimate partner death. To assess their potential for tertiary prevention, this thesis examines models of inquiry adopted in Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick, and British Columbia, using secondary data analysis of relevant literature and reports as well as qualitative interviews with 11 respondents with expertise in one or more of the models. After considering the strengths and limitations of each model of inquiry, the main conclusion drawn is that the models work in complementary fashion such that, in combination, they offer a path forward in combatting the serious problem of domestic homicide. / February 2017

This dissertation advances the literature on civil resistance by proposing an alternative way of thinking about action and organization, and by contributing a new case study of Palestinian struggle in the occupied West Bank. Civil resistance, also known as civil disobedience, nonviolent action, and people power, is about challenging unjust and oppressive regimes through the strategic use of nonviolent methods, including demonstrations, marches, boycotts, strikes, sit-ins, protest camps, and many others (Sharp 2005; Chenoweth and Stephan 2011; Schock 2015). This study employs an approach that minimizes analytical (as well as normative) expectations of perfectly nonviolent forms of struggle (Celikates 2015), and I link this modified pragmatic action model to an organizational principle that has generally been overlooked or discounted in the research literature. On the whole, civil-resistance studies has focused on forms of action to the detriment of exploring forms of organization, or has relegated organization to a subset of action. My research clarifies a participatory approach to organization that is community based, sometimes known as the committee or council system (Arendt 1963). It is radically democratic, yet not necessarily confined to purely horizontal forms of organization. Rather, the model allows, and requires with increasing scale, upward delegation to decision-making and other task-contingent bodies. I argue that without a theoretical framework for apprehending systems of networked and tiered popular governance, Palestinian civil resistance has been insufficiently understood. The dissertation examines Palestinian cases through this framework, linking the conjunction of unarmed action and participatory organization to highpoints of Palestinian struggle. Among the cases is a small civil-society movement in the West Bank that began around 2009 striving to launch a global popular resistance. My research suggests that civil-resistance theorists consider the non-dominative element of organization as they do the non-dominative element of action, that just as violent resistance strategies can counter the logic of people power, so too can centralized organization. This logic does not require that participatory organization be perfectly horizontal any more than civil resistance must be perfectly nonviolent. / Graduate / 0615 / 0626 / 0333 / mjcarpenter78@gmail.com

Bakgrund: Jämställdhet innebär att kvinnor och män ska ges samma rättigheter, skyldigheter och möjligheter inom livets samtliga områden (SCB, 2016). Sverige är världens fjärde mest jämställda land men trots detta är det endast 28,1 procent kvinnor i svenska börsbolagsstyrelser och 10 procent kvinnor i svenska valberedningar (WEF, 2016; AllBright, 2015). Detta även fast kvinnor utbildar sig i högre utsträckning än vad män gör (SCB, 2016). För att försöka lösa problemet med den ojämna könsfördelningen i svenska börsbolagsstyrelser har Regeringen flera gånger tagit fram ett förslag om kvotering, senast hösten 2016. Kvoteringsförslaget har inneburit att minst 40 procent av respektive kön ska representeras i svenska börsbolagsstyrelser men förslaget har aldrig haft tillräckligt med stöd för att röstas igenom (Regeringen, 2016).   Syfte: Uppsatsens syfte är att förklara om sammansättningen av valberedningen i bolag på Stockholmsbörsen påverkar könsfördelningen i styrelsen. Och i så fall vilka egenskaper hos individerna i valberedningen som påverkar könsfördelningen i styrelsen.   Forskningsfråga: Påverkar sammansättningen av valberedningen könsfördelningen i styrelsen? Och vilka är i så fall egenskaperna som påverkar könsfördelningen?   Metod: Uppsatsen har antagit en deduktiv forskningsansats där teorier ligger till grund för de hypoteser vi skapar och sedan testar (Bryman & Bell, 2013). De teorier som formulerat våra hypoteser är social kategoriseringsteori, homosocialitet, homosocial reproduktion, upper echelon samt institutionell teori. Hypoteserna testas i en kvantitativ metod och urvalet är samtliga bolag på Stockholmsbörsen som har en valberedning. Som forskningsstrategi har en kombination mellan tvärsnittsdesign och longitudinell design använts.   Resultat: Resultaten från testerna visar att fem av våra åtta hypoteser kan accepteras eftersom de visar ett signifikant samband. De som uppnår signifikans är andelen kvinnor i valberedningen, kritisk massa av kvinnor i valberedningen, utländska ledamöter i valberedningen, andelen med eftergymnasial utbildning, familj/sfär som kontrollägare samt institutionell kontrollägare representerade i valberedningen.     Slutsats: Svaret på vår forskningsfråga är ja, sammansättningen av valberedningen påverkar könsfördelningen i styrelsen. Och de egenskaper som påverkar är andelen kvinnor i valberedningen, kritisk massa av kvinnor i valberedningen, utländska ledamöter i valberedningen, andelen med eftergymnasial utbildning, familj/sfär som kontrollägare samt institutionell kontrollägare representerade i valberedningen. / Background: Equality means that women and men should be given the same rights, obligations and opportunities in all areas of life (SCB, 2016). Sweden is the world's fourth most equally-balanced country but despite this only 28,1 percent are women in Swedish Stock Exchange Boards and 10 percent women in Swedish Nomination Committees (WEF, 2016; AllBright, 2015). This even though women more often have a higher degree than men do (SCB, 2016). In order to try to solve the problem of the uneven gender distribution in Swedish Stock Exchange Companies, the Government has repeatedly developed a proposal for quotas, latest by autumn of 2016. The quota proposal has meant that at least 40 percent of each gender should be represented in Swedish Stock Exchange Companies, but the proposal has never had enough support so it was withdrawn (Regeringen, 2016).   Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explain whether the composition of the Nomination Committee in companies on the Stockholm Stock Exchange affects the gender distribution of the Board. And if so, what characteristics of the individuals in the Nomination Committee that affect the gender distribution in the Board.   Research question: Does the composition of the Nomination Committee affect the gender distribution in the Board? And if so, who are the characteristics that affect the gender distribution?   Method: This paper has assumed a deductive research where already existing theories was used to develop hypotheses which then was tested (Bryman & Bell, 2013). The theories that created our hypotheses are social categorization theory, homosociality, homosocial reproduction, upper echelon and institutional theory. Hypotheses are tested in a quantitative method and the selection is all companies on the Stockholm Stock Exchange which have a nomination committee. As a research strategy, a combination of cross-sectional design and longitudinal design has been used.   Results: The results from the tests show that five of our eight hypotheses can be accepted because they show a significant relationship. Those who achieve significance are the proportion of women in the Nomination Committee, the critical mass of women in the Nomination Committee, foreign members of the Nomination Committee, the proportion of post-secondary education, family/sphere as control owners and institutional control owners when represented in the Nomination Committee.   Conclusions: The answer to our research question is yes, the composition of the Nomination Committee affects the gender distribution in the Board. And the characteristics that affect are the proportion of women in the Nomination Committee, the critical mass of women in the Nomination Committee, foreign members of the Nomination Committee, the proportion of post-secondary education, family/sphere as control owners and institutional control owners when represented in the Nomination Committee.