Sökning: "normative regulation"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 53 avhandlingar innehållade orden normative regulation.
1. Norm-Regulation of Agent Systems : Instrumentalizing an algebraic approach to agent system norms
Sammanfattning : An architecture for norm-regulated multi-agent systems based on an algebraic approach to normative systems is instrumentalized and further developed. The core of the instrumentalization is a Prolog module, which together with a Java library can be used for creating client/server-based runtime systems. LÄS MER
2. From Green Image to Green Practice : Normative action and self-regulation
Sammanfattning : Ever since environmental issues appeared on the agenda of modern industrial society, through the work of whistle blowers such as Rachel Carson, Georg Borgström, Björn Gillberg and Hans Palmstierna, the Swedish state has exerted itself to project a green image. In practice this image has merely functioned as a defence for the legitimacy of industrial development. LÄS MER
3. Hardened Responsibility? : Contestations and Contradictions in the Regulation of Corporations
Sammanfattning : Throughout the last decades, the social responsibility of corporations has undergone significant changes. From revolving around self-regulation, voluntariness, and soft law, the regulatory landscape has expanded to involve harder demands on corporations, such as mandatory sustainability due diligence. LÄS MER
4. Efficiency, Risk and Regulation Compliance: Applications to Lake Victoria fisheries
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with artisanal fishers in Lake Victoria fisheries. The thesis consists of an introductory chapter and three self-contained papers, which make up the rest of the thesis chapters. LÄS MER
5. Explaining Early Adoption : National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights
Sammanfattning : Diffusion of innovations theory concerns the process by which innovations are communicated through the members of a social system. Previous research has shed significant light on how public policies diffuse across governments over time, but there is little understanding of why they diffuse. The answer may lie in the motivations of early adopters. LÄS MER