This study examines Nestlé and their CSR engagement from an environmental aspect, focusing on deforestation and their use of palm oil. Being the world’s largest producer of food and beverages they are a target for public scrutiny when engaging in CSR initiatives. Using Archie B. Carroll’s pyramid of CSR and Lyon & Maxwell’s theory of corporate environmentalism will localise the predominant fac

The positive relationship between welfare states benefit generosity and acceptance of refugees are often proved through cross-sectional studies. However, cross-sectional studies rarely give an answer to why welfare states differ from expected levels of each variable. This essay delves into two divergent cases: Switzerland and Denmark, to find out how the relationship between the welfare state bene

This thesis aims to explore and provide answer to how local municipalities in Skåne mobilise towards EU opportunities following a reorganisation of the state which has shifted responsibilities closer to an empowered subnational level, honouring the EU principles of subsidiarity and partnership. Using a case study design and a method of semi-structured interviews the thesis identifies that internal

In this thesis we analyze the concepts of dependability and dependable systems. We investigate methods of designing and implementing dependable systems, in general, and on the Android operating system. A literature review was carried out with two main goals. Firstly, to gain and be able to spread knowledge of dependability according to both its qualitative and quantitative definitions. Secondly, t

Hur förhåller sig humanitära interventioner till ländernas suveränitet? Har säkerhetsrådets argumentation inför interventioner förändrats något över tiden? Denna uppsats behandlar de två humanitära interventionerna i Somalia och Libyen, där säkerhetsrådets mötesprotokoll och resolutioner ligger som grund för undersökningen. Där det tillämpas i analysen ett postkolonialt perspektiv på argumenten soHow does humanitarian interventions relate to state sovereignty? Has the Security Council argumentation towards interventions changed over time? This paper will deal with the two humanitarian interventions in Somalia and Libya, where the minutes of the Council and resolutions will form the basis of the analysis. Where a postcolonial perspective will be applied on the arguments with the help of uni

The topic of this thesis is public religion, and it is a study of the public debate on abortion and to what extent religious actors participate in it. The study is researched by analyzing debate articles that are debating abortion in four large Swedish newspapers. The theories of Habermas and Casanova concerning ideal models of religious participation in the public sphere is the foundation for the

Title: Do banks affect real estate prices when they change their terms and conditions? Seminar date: 08/26/2010 Course: Master thesis in business administration, major in finance, 15 University Credit Points (15 ECTS) Authors: Jakob Paulsson and Rickard Claeson Advisors: Jens Forssbaeck and Måns Kjellsson Five key words: Real estate prices, Credit standards, Commercial real estate, Real estate val

In the last couple of years there have been a lot of debate and discussion in the media and academia concerning Iran ́s nuclear program and the possibility that they want to develop nuclear weapons. This paper will seek to explain why a state may take the important decision to develop nuclear weapons and why some states never make that choice. By using Iran as an example the paper seeks to present

A receptor upregulated on regulatory T cells, in this work referred to as receptor X, is a candidate target for cancer treatment. An antibody targeting this receptor could potentially suppress and/or deplete regulatory T cells and hereby lead to activation of effector T cells and tumor regression. In this work fully human scFv fragments targeting receptor X were isolated from a phage display libra

The purpose of this thesis is to understand the importance of crisis preparation for disaster management in New Orleans before hurricane Katrina, and why New Orleans was so badly prepared despite knowing for several years that a disaster of Katrina’s magnitude was much likely to struck at this time. The study is based on secondary literature in the form of articles, web documentaries and investiga

This thesis is an attempt to identify possible changes in the operational code of the former Swedish minister for foreign affairs Carl Bildt following the Georgian war of August 2008. The analysis uses the VICS (Verbs In Context System) coding scheme developed by Stephen G. Walker, Mark Schafer and Michael D. Young to quantitively analyze public speeches made by Bildt from before and after the war

In Rio de Janeiro 1992 the first UN Conference on Environment and Development was held. Where governments and leaders from the private sector addressed guidelines for the environment and sustainable development. Since the media has a great power over how information is portrayed, the aim of this thesis is to examine how Swedish media portrayed the concept of sustainable development during the UN C

Democratic theory and research have lately been criticized in several fields. A classic and contested question is the role of the working class in democracy and democratization. Yet, it has been overshadowed by elite strategies that have been at the core of the most influential analytical framework in regard to late twentieth-century transitions. This is where some of the criticism has been laid.

This paper focuses on labor market policies across countries belonging to the social-democratic welfare state regime. Since 1980 Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden have undergone a number of reforms and modifications within labor market, which identify the shift from traditional politics of expansion towards what many refer to as welfare retrenchment or restructuring. This paper attempts to obser

The debate regarding grades and in what year they are given to children, is a hot topic in Sweden and has been especially for the last couple of years. Mass media and the opposition have steered the debate into mainly being about the need for politicians to show that their position is supported by experts. The main purpose of the paper is to understand the symbolic use of expert knowledge in this

The goal of this master thesis is to set up a low cost automated robotic test system which can later be reproduced to greatly increase test coverage. Mostly through experimental research this thesis will find good components to use and evaluate these from a performance and cost perspective. It will also develop computer vision algorithms needed and automation software for the final set up. The per

Otto Kirchheimer coined the theory about the catch-all party 1966 as he observed a transformation of the West European party system. The transformation initiated with declining economic class and religious gaps in the societies of advanced democracies. This resulted in the electorate becoming more difficult to place according to specific ideological partition. Without a firm electoral base, the po

The signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on the 4th of April 1949 became a watershed for the Nordic states and divided the normally very homogenous groupinto two separate camps. By examining this phenomenon from three different methodological approaches, this thesis aims to explain why the division occurred. The methodological approaches are sectioned into macro meso and micro levels in order to d

The concept of poverty as a development and a security issue has been fairly commonplace since the end of Cold War and poverty has been gaining importance in the security agenda of the EU throughout the years. Thus Lisbon Treaty has legally and instructionally enhanced the Union’s capacities to ensure policy coherence and has given poverty reduction utmost importance among its development cooperat

Top politicians are increasingly using social media to create perceptions of authenticity but social media challenges taken-for-granted notions of authenticity, as people cannot see who is the creator of the perceived authenticity. Applying a grounded theory approach, this study conducted in-depth interviews with communication advisors assigned to Danish top politicians and developed a theory of h