Made available in DSpace on 2019-03-29T23:13:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-08-31 / This dissertative study intended to investigate the Corporative Social Responsibility implementation concepts and pratical from Ceará companies, and its consequence in the competitiveness, at the same time that it intended to show these concepts, to argue on the implementation process base, to discourse regarding its regulate normative order, presenting the instruments used to certify and to evidence the Corporative Social Responsibility, and to investigate the foundations that guide the practical implementation of its in the organizational scope. The methodology used in order to reach for the objectives considered consisted of a research bibliographical in the theoreticians and institutions scientific production about the subject object of this study, followed by an explorative research, of qualitative nature, that adopted a case study in sex pertaining to Ceará companies who had received the Delmiro Gouveia Award for their social performance in 2005, as technique, and the semi-structured interview, elaborated on the categories defined in the literature review, as instrument of data collect, being the content analysis the technique of option for the interviews results treatment. As results, all the estimated ones had been validated and were verified, still, that the companies had assumed the social responsibility as form to perceive competitive advantages, even so not of the form as it was idealized, as an end in same itself, but as plus a strategy come back toward the magnifying of the financial results of these organizations. / Este estudo dissertativo teve como proposta investigativa realizar uma análise acerca da implementação dos conceitos e práticas de Responsabilidade Social Corporativa pelas empresas cearenses e o seu reflexo na competitividade, ao mesmo tempo em que intentou apresentar esses conceitos, discutir sobre a base que norteia o processo de implementação, discorrer a respeito do arcabouço normativo que a regulamenta, apresentando os instrumentos utilizados para certificar e evidenciar a Responsabilidade Social Corporativa, e investigar os alicerces que orientam a implementação de suas práticas no âmbito organizacional. A metodologia empregada para o alcance dos objetivos propostos consistiu em uma pesquisa bibliográfica entre a produção científica de teóricos e instituições sobre o tema objeto deste estudo, seguida da elaboração de uma pesquisa exploratória, de natureza qualitativa, que adotou o estudo de caso em seis empresas cearenses que receberam o Prêmio Delmiro Gouveia pelo desempenho social obtido no ano de 2005, como técnica, e a entrevista semiestruturada, elaborada com base nas categorias definidas na revisão de literatura, como instrumento de coleta de dados, sendo a análise de conteúdo a técnica de opção para o tratamento dos resultados das entrevistas. Como resultados, foram validados todos os pressupostos e verificou-se, ainda, que as empresas assumiram a responsabilidade social como forma de perceber vantagens competitivas, embora não da forma como foi idealizada, como um fim em si mesma, mas como mais uma estratégia voltada para a ampliação dos resultados financeiros dessas organizações.

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Recent scholarship has challenged the long-held assumption in the social sciences that Conservatives were more biased than Liberals, contending that the predominance of Liberals in the social sciences might have caused social scientists to ignore liberal bias. Here, we argue that victims’ groups are one potent source of liberal bias. We contend that many Liberals are cosmic egalitarians, that is, they believe that demographic groups do not differ (genetically) on socially valued traits (e.g., math ability, IQ). This, coupled with a sacred narrative about protecting victims’ groups (e.g., Blacks, Muslims, women), leads to bias against any challenge to cosmic egalitarianism that portrays a perceived privileged group more favorably than a perceived victims’ group (Equalitarianism bias). Eight studies support this theory. Liberalism was associated with perceiving certain groups as victims (Studies 1a-1b). In Studies 2-7, Liberals evaluated the same study as less credible when the results concluded that a privileged group (men and Whites) had a superior quality relative to a victims’ group (women and Blacks) than vice versa. To rule out alternative explanations of Bayesian (or some other normative) reasoning, we used within-subjects designs in Studies 6 and 7. Significant order effects for Liberals suggest that Liberals think that they should not evaluate identical information differently depending on which group is said to have a superior quality, yet do so. In all studies, higher equalitarianism mediated the relationship between more liberal ideology and lower credibility ratings when privileged groups were said to score higher on a socially valuable trait. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester 2018. / June 18, 2018. / egalitarianism, liberal bias, motivated cognition, political psychology / Includes bibliographical references. / Roy F. Baumeister, Professor Directing Dissertation; Kevin Beaver, University Representative; James K. McNulty, Committee Member; Jesse Cougle, Committee Member; Ashby Plant, Committee Member.

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This thesis offers a new approach to understanding contemporary slavery by focusing on the root causes rather than on the end result of the enslavement. Adopting this approach allows for a move away from the current tendency of homogenising victims of contemporary slavery as having been 'vulnerable in some way' prior to their exploitation and identifies precisely what those vulnerabilities are and from where they derive. The first-hand accounts of victims of contemporary slavery used in this research highlight the failings of current understandings of the 'ideal victim' which generate ideas of weak and passive individuals who find themselves caught in this crime. The notion of the 'ideal victim' does not reflect the experiences of a 'real victim', and this research explores how a person's agency interacts with overarching structures to lead them towards their exploitation. The research compares the stories gathered via in-depth interviews with individuals who have experienced conflict to those of individuals who have experienced both conflict and contemporary slavery. By giving voice to those whose stories are rarely heard, this thesis identifies the point at which those who flee conflict become vulnerable to contemporary slavery. It finds that it is rare that victims of contemporary slavery experience a complete removal of agency in the lead up to their exploitation. Instead, they experience a limiting of their agency as a result of the impact of large scale structures, such as conflict. It is this restriction of agency in the face of inherently risky options that puts them at risk of contemporary slavery. These findings have policy implications in requiring action to identify and tackle the issues most likely to limit a person's agency and lead them into making active, but not entirely autonomous, choices.

Made available in DSpace on 2019-04-05T23:07:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2006-07-18 / The social responsibility (RS) has been practised for diverse types of organization, in the world, but, over all, special attention is given in this research to that they have the duty of the formation of the man, as the come back ones toward the education: the Institutions of Education Superior (IES). These are obliged by ethics to the practical one of the RS, what it constitutes object of gradual debates and focus of research in these institutions. The general objective of this work is to trace the profile of RS of the public and private IES of Salvador - Ba, for in such a way, this research is of the exploratorie type having been adopted the qualitative methodology. For analysis of the data it was applied technique of analysis of content applied to the halfstructuralized interview. Six IES in Salvador - Ba had been studied, respecting themselves the criteria instituted for constitution of the studied sample, beyond the criterion of accessibility of its managers to the research. To answer to the research objectives, the model of Carrol was applied (1991) that it encloses the dimensions of the RS. The identities, as also the localization of the IES, had been preserved by means of fictitious names. The joined results had demonstrated that the managers of the IES understand the RS as a social duty, separated, therefore, of a marketing conception. Amongst its practical external (pragmatic dimension), it was verified that in the public IES the work of the RS, besides being more intense, is also more including of the one than in the private IES. Relative to the learning in the private IES, its insertion in not - governmental organizations was observed, as chance it pupil to get experience in the social area, however the insertion of these in communities is still very incipient, therefore it does not enclose all the courses. Thus, in the external scope, when exerting the RS, the IES Sunflower (private) and Orquídea (public) are distinguished respecting the communitarian cultures and values for adequacy of the projects to the specific necessities of the community. Relative to the model of the dimensions of Carrol (1991), one concludes that the managers of the IES of Salvador still have incipient positions how much ace ethical and legal dimensions of the RS. Another data of the research are that none of the IES elaborates social rocking, only reports for the MEC. / Os Arranjos Produtivos Locais - Apls - têm atualmente atraído a atenção de estudiosos por apresentar uma estrutura diferenciada que privilegia a flexibilização organizacional, o desenvolvimento local e sustentável e a participação ativa da comunidade em busca de objetivos comuns para a melhoria da qualidade de vida dos moradores desses locais. Sendo assim, este trabalho trata de um Apl de Rede de Dormir, localizado no Município de São Bento/PB, mais conhecido como a capital mundial da rede , que vem passando por dificuldades para sua manutenção no mercado competitivo. O objetivo geral deste estudo foi verificar como acontece a dinâmica de grupo dos micros, pequenos e médios empresários e a gestão organizacional vigente no Apl de São Bento/PB. A metodologia aplicada foi de natureza quantitativa e fenomenológica. A coleta de dados compreendeu pesquisa fenomenológica, a observação participante e a entrevista semi-estruturada. A amostra foi constituída por oito membros do consórcio de exportação de redes de dormir e oito membros exógenos ao consórcio. A partir da análise dos resultados, verificou-se que, dentre os membros do consórcio de exportação, persistiu algumas características subjetivas relacionadas à dinâmica grupal e à gestão organizacional, como desunião e desestímulo, bloqueios na comunicação, desconfiança, descompromisso com o grupo do Consórcio e acomodação diante dos objetivos comuns propostos. Diante dessa realidade, constatou-se que a existência dessas características organizacionais interferiram na manutenção da estagnação e o insucesso do Apl de redes de dormir, objeto do tema enfocado.

This study examined the relationship between exposures to a traumatic event and play behaviors of child witnesses to the World Trade Center terrorist attacks in 2001, using a subsample of 71 children from the NYC Young Children's Project (NYCYCP) interviewed 9-12 months after the event. Child Behavior Checklist broadband scales revealed little disturbance in the total sample. As expected, a larger percentage of children met alternative PTSD diagnostic criteria than DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. Through level of change in observed play behaviors in the exposed children, this study explored impact of a traumatic event. Analysis of the change in child play behavior in Pre-WTC mention and Post-WTC mention segments of the videotaped interviews revealed common themes in the play behaviors seen in other studies of trauma exposed children, such as aggression, anxiety, generalized fears, and event specific fears. This study describes strategies of self-soothing and self-regulation used by the children as they recounted their experience. The findings suggest that through play behaviors, young children are able to supplement verbal report and provide self-reported complex internalized affective experiences when impacted by traumatic experiences. Additionally, the study reveals that the children were impacted by their experience of the event 9-12 months later.

Decision-making in the field of child protection has been the subject of focused study for decades, propelled by repeated reports of its questionable reliability. Although researchers have examined the extent to which caseworker characteristics influence child protection decision-making, studies into the influence of caseworker motivation on decision-making is scarce. This initial study into the regulatory focus of child protection investigators adds to the nascent body of knowledge on the impact of caseworker motivation on the specific decision of whether to place a child in out-of-home care. Drawing from Higgins' (1997) regulatory focus theory this study seeks to explain, at least in part, why caseworkers make the kinds of decisions they do. It was hypothesized that child protection investigators' placement recommendations would be related to their regulatory focus generally speaking, and in more pronounced ways for investigators with a strong prevention focus. A sample of 100 child protection investigators employed by a large urban public child welfare agency participated in the study, in which workplace regulatory focus was measured using the Work Regulatory Focus scale. Participants were asked to read and react to two vignettes adapted from actual child protection cases. Following each vignette were questions regarding placement recommendations, assessments of risk, and emotional reactions to reading the vignettes. Socio-demographic information was also collected. Findings suggest a relationship between regulatory focus and placement recommendations, although test statistics at the margin of statistical significance and low power preclude definitive statements as to whether the null hypotheses can truly be rejected. Interpretation is made more difficult given the duality that characterized the regulatory focus of this sample of child protection investigators, with more than half of the sample scoring high on both the prevention and promotion subscales of the WRF scale. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

While Muslim Americans are one of the fastest growing communities in the United States, very little is known about their mental health needs or concerns. In an effort to better understand their mental health needs, this study explores the attitudes towards the diagnosis and treatment of depression among South Asian Muslim Americans, specifically examining how acculturation shapes these attitudes. A sample of 427 South Asian Muslim Americans (mean age 30.67 years, 73.8% female) completed an anonymous survey on the internet. Participants answered questions about how strongly they agreed with certain diagnostic and treatment recommendations after reading two clinical vignettes, and completed the Attitudes towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale and the Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican-Americans II. Participants were also asked about their personal experiences with depression, religious identity; and demographic information. Results indicated that educated participants were more accepting of a clinical diagnosis of depression, while females and educated participants had more positive attitudes towards seeking professional psychological help for depression. Acculturation predicted more positive attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help for depression, but did not predict acceptance of a clinical diagnosis of depression, comfort level talking to people outside the family, likelihood of seeking professional help, or importance of ethnic match with mental health provider. Exploratory analyses were conducted to determine how personal history of depression shapes attitudes; however, this variable was not particularly salient in shaping attitudes in this sample. While the results suggest that acculturation did not play as strong a role in predicting attitudes as initially anticipated, several limitations, including the fact that the instrument used to measure acculturation and enculturation in this study has not been validated in this sample and that the sample may be more acculturated than the general South Asian Muslim American population, must be taken into consideration. The results of this study begin to shed light on the attitudes towards depression and its treatment in this community. Future studies should further explore the roles of acculturation and enculturation, while also collecting more personal qualitative information to more fully understand the experiences and needs of South Asian Muslim Americans.

This research explores factors associated with psychological well-being (happiness, depressive symptomatology, and anxiety) among three groups of older adults living in the community: the soon-to-be-old (ages 50-64), the young-old (ages 65-74), and the old-old (ages 75 and over). The study is framed within the conceptual framework of the stress and coping model and informed by socio-emotional selectivity theory, the life course perspective, and critical theory. Using a national U.S. sample of adults over age 50 (the Aging, Status, and Sense of Control data), this construct allows for analysis of respondents' subjective factors for promoting or maintaining their psychological well-being. Data analysis explores age group differences on psychological well-being outcomes among the three age groups. Major findings demonstrate that average levels of psychological well-being vary only slightly by age cohort with age group having no significant unique effect on explaining any dimension of happiness, depressive symptomatology, or anxiety. Factors associated with these outcomes vary among age groups with only two common predictors for two outcomes. The most powerful predictors for all age groups are the 1995 psychological well-being covariates; other predictors are distinct by age group. The results show that factors associated with psychological well-being fall in multiple areas suggesting a need for multi-component interventions unique to each age group to maintain and promote psychological well-being among older adults. Findings endorse the positive aspect of aging demonstrating that individuals can maintain and promote positive psychological well-being in later life. Insights into policy, program, and social work practice to promote well-being among the rapidly growing and aging segment of the American population are discussed. Study limitations and implications for future research are presented.