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Reporting organizations' corporate social responsibility activities is difficult - a lack of regulation means that the communication of these activities varies significantly and there is a multitude of ways in which mistakes can be made. The author provides the tools and insights required to produce investor-friendly CSR reports and includes a chapter showing how the investors can integrate CSR in their quantified analysis of investment-opportunities. Features include formulas, conversion standards and CSR note tables which enable the book to be used as a practical handbook as well as in the classroom.Written by an experienced compliance officer with years of experience in reporting CSR, this book is an easy-to-follow guide for practitioners and students and will be required reading for students of accounting, financial reporting and auditing as well as those in industry who want to improve their organization's reporting standards.

This volume is intended as an introduction to innovative microcomputer application in developing countries with special attention to microcomputer policy development in Sri Lanka. The three major parts deal with: microcomputer and development needs; examples of sectoral applications; policy issues and the future. Microcomputer development makes it necessary for developing country governments to be aware of new technical proceedings, opportunities and constraints for microcomputer use in their countries. (DÜI-Sbt)

1. Problematizing personhood differently -- 2. Means to meaning -- 3. The semiotic robot hypothesis -- 4. The relationship machine -- 5. Voices in the field : the pragmatic engineer, technocentric visionary and inquisitive scientist -- 6. Rhetoric and right action ahead of robot nannies -- 7. Subversions of subjectivity -- 8. Chronotope shifts in the uncanny valley -- 9. Narrativity of the act and the new ontology -- 10. Futures in the present tense.

Em Homossexualismo masculino, publicado em 1953, Jorge Jaime apresenta um diário denominado Lady Hamilton. O livro é uma tese apresentada em 1947 para a cadeira de Medicina Legal na Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Brasil. Lady Hamilton, que o autor a rma não ser escrito por ele, é o diário de um personagem homoerótico. Nessa cção de ordem médico-legal se estabelece o modo como um sujeito homoerótico não pode ou não deve se comportar, tomando a literatura como espelho da sociedade. A partir de questões como "autobiogra a", de Philippe Lejeune e de "escritas de si", de Michel Foucault, pretende-se analisar Lady Hamilton em seu jogo de a rmar-se enquanto cção e ser produzido para o controle social do homossexualismo. Nesse jogo, o literário parece escapar à mera conformação a uma ideologia heteronormativa.

Assuming that every student of the Middle East ought to be at least passingly concerned with the attitudes of Middle Easterners towards him, the group he represents, and the results of their collective academic endeavors, the recent efflorescence of interest in Western "Orientalism" on the part of Iranian scholars and writers deserves the attention of all serious students of Middle Eastern culture and society. Insofar as this interest may be construed as an attempt to set the historical record straight by providing an eastern corrective to West-centered interpretations of Middle Eastern history, it may also be considered a natural and logical consequence of the changing nature of international political and social conditions, particularly as these have obtained since World War II. In this sense it can only be welcomed and applauded in the community of scholars at large.

Healthcare has evolved rapidly in Saudi Arabia, based upon a Western model of service which incorporates multi-disciplinary professional teams. Social work practice forms part of patient care. However, little is known about how social workers are integrated into the hospital setting. This study aims to investigate the involvement of hospital social workers with other professionals (e.g. physicians, nurses, psychiatrists, and psychologists). The study uses a qualitative approach to collect its data through a process of semi-structured interviews. The interviews' analysis indicated that medical social workers perceived limitations to effectively executing their tasks because of issues constraining the development of effective partnerships with other professional groups in the hospital.

En esta ponencia, donde mostramos nuestro proyecto de investigación en comunicación en el marco del proceso de Trabajo Integrador Final (TIF), se trabaja la reconfiguración de los sujetes políticos jóvenes a través de las redes sociales, haciendo hincapié en la complejidad de la dimensión del espacio público y sus debates donde intervienen distintos actores sociales. Este análisis se centra en identificar huellas identitarias en una selección determinada de movilizaciones políticas durante el período de 2015-2018, el rol de les jóvenes y su articulación con los distintos discursos políticos a través de las redes sociales. ; Facultad de Periodismo y Comunicación Social

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Boxes -- Preface -- 1 Developing European Social Policy -- The social dimension of European policy -- EU social policy for the twenty-first century -- 2 Towards a European Social Model -- Harmonizing national social policies -- Recognizing national diversity -- Consolidating the European social model -- 3 Education, Training and Employability -- The legal framework for education and training -- Community initiatives on education and training -- National trends in education and training -- The impact of EU policy on national systems -- 4 Improving Living and Working Conditions -- Community policy for improving living and working conditions -- Working conditions in member states -- Living conditions in member states -- From working to living conditions -- 5 Family Policy on the European Agenda -- European family policy in embryo -- Changing families and family policies -- The family dimension of European social policy -- 6 The Gender Dimension of Social Policy -- European legislation and women's social rights -- From EU law to national policy and practice -- The gender impact of equality policy -- 7 Policy for Older and Disabled People -- Developing policy for older and disabled people -- The demographic challenge for EU member states -- National provisions for older and disabled people -- Policy implications for generational solidarity -- 8 From Poverty to Social Inclusion -- Developing European policy to combat poverty and social exclusion -- Defining and measuring poverty and social ex/inclusion -- National policy responses to social exclusion -- Concerted action for social inclusion -- 9 Social Policy and Mobility -- European legislation on free movement of persons -- The impact of Union policy on mobility -- Obstacles to intra-European migration.

"Housing First is now dominating discussions about how best to respond to homelessness among people with high and complex needs throughout the EU and in several countries within the OECD. Whilst recognised internationally as an effective model in addressing homelessness, little attention has been given as to whether Housing First also assists previously homeless people become more socially integrated into their communities. This paper reviews the available research evidence (utilising a Rapid Evidence Assessment methodology) on the extent to which Housing First services are effective in promoting social integration. Existing evidence suggests Housing First is delivering varying results in respect of social integration, despite some evidence suggesting normalising effects of settled housing on ontological security. The paper argues that a lack of clarity around the mechanisms by which Housing First is designed to deliver 'social integration', coupled with poor measurement, helps explain the inconsistent and sometimes limited results for Housing First services in this area. It concludes that there is a need to look critically at the extent to which Housing First can deliver social integration, moving the debate beyond the successes in housing sustainment and identifying what is needed to enhance people's lives in the longer-term." (author's abstract)

Das International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) ist ein länderübergreifendes, fortlaufendes Umfrageprogramm, das jährlich Erhebungen zu Themen durchführt, die für die Sozialwissenschaften wichtig sind. Das Programm begann 1984 mit vier Gründungsmitgliedern - Australien, Deutschland, Großbritannien und den Vereinigten Staaten - und ist inzwischen auf fast 50 Mitgliedsländer aus aller Welt angewachsen. Da die Umfragen auf Replikationen ausgelegt sind, können die Daten sowohl für länder- als auch für zeitübergreifende Vergleiche genutzt werden. Jedes ISSP-Modul konzentriert sich auf ein bestimmtes Thema, das in regelmäßigen Zeitabständen wiederholt wird. Details zur Durchführung der nationalen ISSP-Umfragen entnehmen Sie bitte der Dokumentation. Die vorliegende Studie konzentriert sich auf Fragen zu politischen Einstellungen und der Rolle der Regierung.

This article attempts to highlight the potential danger in applying private-law principles to social-security law in deciding whether or not social grants should be deducted from awards for damages. Typically, this issue comes to the fore where a damage-causing event, such as death, sets into motion a system that provides for the payment of social benefits, damages or both. In social-security law, the receipt of more than one social benefit is called "double dipping", whereas in private law the problem of double compensation is addressed by applying the collateral-source rule. In some instances the applicable legislation clearly prescribes the deduction or not of the social benefit, but unfortunately our legislation is not always clear on this issue and this can best be illustrated by two recent conflicting decisions in Makhuvela (SGHC) and Timis (SCA). In Makhuvela the court held that a foster-care grant should be disregarded in calculating the award for damages, inter alia because the child will never have a claim to the grant. In Timis the SCA distinguished the facts from Makhuvela and held that the child-support grants received by the mother after the father's death are directly linked to the death of the father and should therefore be deducted from her claim for loss of support. It is submitted that although the outcome of the Timis decision is correct, the court should have incorporated the means test into the process of deciding if the grant should be deducted from the compensation. A two-phase approach is suggested: first determine if the receipt of the grant is directly linked to the death of the breadwinner, and secondly determine how the grant and the subsequent settlement paid by a wrongdoer will affect the circumstances of a particular individual or family. The objectives in social-security law differ from the objectives in the law of damages and therefore the principles applied in cases of double dipping cannot be equated with those applied in cases of collateral benefits.