RELIGIOUS REFERENCE GROUPS AND THE PERSISTENCE OF NORMATIVE BEHAVIOR: AN EMPIRICAL TEST
In: Sociological spectrum: the official Journal of the Mid-South Sociological Association, Band 21, Heft 1, S. 81-98
ISSN: 1521-0707
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In: Sociological spectrum: the official Journal of the Mid-South Sociological Association, Band 21, Heft 1, S. 81-98
ISSN: 1521-0707
In: Deviant behavior: an interdisciplinary journal, Band 24, Heft 3, S. 281-305
ISSN: 1521-0456
In: Pacific affairs: an international review of Asia and the Pacific, Band 31, Heft 2, S. 206
ISSN: 1715-3379
In: Pacific affairs: an international review of Asia and the Pacific, Band 24, Heft 2, S. 213
ISSN: 1715-3379
In: Pacific affairs: an international review of Asia and the Pacific, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 97
ISSN: 1715-3379
In: Minimally invasive neurosurgery, Band 45, Heft 3, S. 158-163
ISSN: 1439-2291
In: Deviant behavior: an interdisciplinary journal, Band 25, Heft 2, S. 109-131
ISSN: 1521-0456
In: Alcoholism treatment quarterly: the practitioner's quarterly for individual, group, and family therapy, Band 15, Heft 4, S. 33-46
ISSN: 1544-4538
In: Minimally invasive neurosurgery, Band 44, Heft 4, S. 197-201
ISSN: 1439-2291
In recent years, there have been substantial efforts to combat corporate tax avoidance. These efforts have been propelled in part by mediatized case studies, conducted by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other groups, on the tax avoidance practices of multinational enterprises. These case studies have been criticized because they allegedly lack quality, but this criticism has not been assessed academically. This research seeks to address that gap. It proposes a new methodology to analyze the quality of these case studies systematically. We construct ten indicators related to alleged weaknesses and use these to assess 14 case studies involving Dutch corporate entities. We find that the quality of these case studies is affected negatively by a lack of adequate data. Thus, if companies and governments enhance transparency, this could increase the quality of case studies by NGOs and other groups. In addition to this, we find that the NGOs and other groups themselves can sometimes increase the quality of their case studies by investing in technical expertise and adopting practices that foster objectivity. The methodology developed for this study could also be of use for other topical debates, such as disclosure requirements and corporate social responsibility reporting. Whereas we were able to address challenges related to internal validity, the external validity of the findings could still be improved by extending the selection of case studies.
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In: Alcohol and alcoholism: the international journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism (MCA) and the journal of the European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ESBRA), Band 44, Heft 5, S. 464-467
ISSN: 1464-3502
The 2015-2017 global migratory crisis saw unprecedented numbers of people on the move and tremendous diversity in terms of age, gender and medical requirements. This article focuses on key emerging public health issues around migrant populations and their interactions with host populations. Basic needs and rights of migrants and refugees are not always respected in regard to article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 23 of the Refugee Convention. These are populations with varying degrees of vulnerability and needs in terms of protection, security, rights, and access to healthcare. Their health status, initially conditioned by the situation at the point of origin, is often jeopardised by adverse conditions along migratory paths and in intermediate and final destination countries. Due to their condition, forcibly displaced migrants and refugees face a triple burden of non-communicable diseases, infectious diseases, and mental health issues. There are specific challenges regarding chronic infectious and neglected tropical diseases, for which awareness in host countries is imperative. Health risks in terms of susceptibility to, and dissemination of, infectious diseases are not unidirectional. The response, including the humanitarian effort, whose aim is to guarantee access to basic needs (food, water and sanitation, healthcare), is gripped with numerous challenges. Evaluation of current policy shows insufficiency regarding the provision of basic needs to migrant populations, even in the countries that do the most. Governments around the world need to rise to the occasion and adopt policies that guarantee universal health coverage, for migrants and refugees, as well as host populations, in accordance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. An expert consultation was carried out in the form of a pre-conference workshop during the 4th International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC) in Geneva, Switzerland, on 20 June 2017, the United Nations World Refugee Day.
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