In November 2006, SOMO published a report that criticised labour conditions in Nokia's factories in Asia. This report revealed conditions where workers work up to 72 hours a week with compulsory overtime, have insecure employment contracts and work in unsafe factories, where no or inadequate protection …

Women play critical roles in agriculture in many parts of the world. Yet, despite their contribution to global food security, women farmers are frequently underestimated and overlooked in development strategies. For this reason, women find it more difficult than men to gain access to valuable resources …

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) cannot be separated from today's business world. The ability for a business to reflect responsibility toward its stakeholders on its daily operation has becoming increasingly important in recent years as the pressure to implement is constantly higher. Consequently, …

These days, businesses and organizations pay wider attention to the environment, the impacts of their activities and the interests of society than in former years. Businesses all want to do well; more and more standards are being developed, as well as legislation. But what are the limits to the governments …

In The Guardian, Alan Rushbridger compared the future of newspapers to climate change. Five years ago, many climatologists were sceptical whether climate change was a real and serious issue. Today, most scientists agree that global warm ing is a fact of life. In the world of newspapers, at present, almost …

This work is designed in order to provide information for Project Aware on its internationalisation process. Project Aware is a human rights organisation based in the Netherlands. This thesis investigates facts with regard to the developments of corporate social responsibility and volunteerism in Europe. …

With the globalisation process and the accompanying loss of sovereignty of the nation states in mind, I take a closer look at Higher Education Policy in a European perspective. The theoretical framework is constructed by Hedmo, Sahlin-Andersson and Wedlin, researchers at Uppsala University. They state …

This book is about you. Are you, as a customer, as an entrepreneur, as an individual, ready for the Internet and e-business? Do you see the possibilities and do you actually use these? Do you have an idea of where it will end? Did you ever list how the Internet changes your life as an entrepreneur? And, …

Met genoegen presenteren wij hierbij ‘Succesvol in Den Haag’; de eerste Haagse Sociale en Culturele Verkenningen. De tweejaarlijkse Amsterdamse Sociale en Culturele Verkenningen van SISWO/Social Policy Research inspireerden de kenniskring van het Lectoraat Grootstedelijke Ontwikkeling tot het maken van …

Eind 1998 besloot de directie, aangestuurd door ir. Marike van Lier Lels, dat het tijd was voor een ingrijpende renovatie vanwege de structureel felle concurrentiestrijd in de transportbranche en de daarmee gepaard gaande steeds smallere marges. Daartoe werd een projectgroep in het leven geroepen die, …