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Many of the Programs, Funds and Specialized Agencies of the United Nations were founded in the aftermath of the Second World War. The purpose of the creation of these organizations has long since been replaced by new ones. This thesis addresses the challenges experienced today by three of the most prominent UN Specialized Agencies, Funds and Programs, FAO, UNICEF and WFP. The thesis' research
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to add to the understanding of how national humanitarian workers in northern Burkina Faso experience workplace motivation. The study followed an abductive logic in which the national workers’ perceptions served as the empirical grounding of a reflection on workplace motivation and its impacts through Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory. The methods u
Is the Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University a gender aware faculty from a student representative perspective? In this Bachelor thesis, based on a survey, the Faculty of Social Sciences can be interpreted as being gender aware. To include a gender perspective at all levels at Lund University has been an area of focus since the later part of the last decade, though it has been considered to
During the late 20th century, large parts of the contributions to management theory consisted of concepts on management control systems. The purposes of these were often focused on manual labor and they directed the effort to control employees in order to get competitive advantage, typically through increased productivity (Simons, 1990). Today, however, the focus has shifted from control in labor-
When working with district heating production, you often encounter problems with unbalanced energy consumption from the consumers during the 24 hours of a day. High energy consumption when it is morning and evening whiles it is low energy consumption on midday and during the night. This leads to higher wear and tear and an uneven production rate at the boilers. To solve this problem you can instal
Det har i doktrin hävdats att underrätters rättstillämpning i mål rörande beskattning av oredovisade intäkter inte uppfyller de krav på rättssäkerhet som ställs i skatteprocessen. I denna uppsats utreds huruvida så är fallet. De frågeställningar som uppsatsen bygger på är vilka krav som ställs på rättssäkerhet i skatteprocessen, hur beskattning av oredovisade intäkter sker, vilken bevisbörda och vIt has been claimed in literature that the application of the rules about taxation of unreported income by Swedish administrative courts is insufficient from a legal certainty perspective. This essay considers whether this is the case. The essay is centered around the following questions: What are the requirements regarding legal certainty in the tax procedure? How is unreported income taxed? Who
Arbetsdomstolens dom AD 2017 nr 23 rörde en kristen barnmorska som hade villkorat en förfrågan om anställning vid tre kvinnokliniker med att hon inte kunde utföra aborter. Därvid gjorde hon gällande att samvetsfriheten skulle ses skild från religionsfriheten. Arbetsdomstolen besvarade denna fråga nekande. Målet föranledde en stor debatt rörande samvetsfrihetens betydelse i Sverige. FramställningenThe judgment of the Swedish Labour Court AD 2017 no 32 concerned a Christian midwife who wanted employment at three women’s clinics on the condition that she could not participate in abortion activities. In that regard, she claimed that the freedom of conscience should be distinguished from the freedom of religion under Article 9 in the European Convention on Human Rights. The Court denied her cla
Miljöanpassad offentlig upphandling betraktas idag som en viktig del i främjandet av en positiv miljö- och samhällsutveckling. Detta beror dels på den offentliga upphandlingens stora ekonomiska betydelse, dels på att miljöhänsyn är en aspekt av offentlig upphandling som tillmäts allt större betydelse. Genom att ställa miljökrav i offentlig upphandling kan upphandlande myndigheter påverka utbudet aToday, green public procurement is considered an important part of a positive environmental and social development. This is partly because of the large economic importance of public procurement and partly because environmental considerations constitute an aspect of public procurement with increased significance. By imposing environmental requirements, contracting authorities can affect the supply
Meddelarfriheten är en viktig del av yttrandefriheten och offentlighetsprincipen. Den skapar förutsättningar för allmän granskning och allmän debatt om vad som sker i den offentliga verksamheten. Det finns dock en naturlig intressekonflikt mellan insyn och sekretess. Gällande avvägningen mellan insyn och sekretess i förundersökningar har det uppstått debatt om i vilken utsträckning regleringen är The freedom to communicate information is an essential part of the freedom of speech. Together with the principle of public access to official records, it seeks to ensure a public and open debate on the work of the governmental and municipal authorities. But, there is a natural conflict of interest between transparency and confidentiality. The legislation regarding transparency and confidentiality
Author: Alida Karlman and Emma Jonerud Title: Young Children's Opportunities towards Development and Attachment at an Orphanage in Uganda Supervisor: Bodil Rasmusson Assesor: Malin Arvidson This study was performed at the orphanage Sanyu Babies Home in the capital city Kampala of Uganda and became possible with the financial support through the Minor Field Study (MFS) scholarship from SIDA. T
Following study seeks to categorize reform suggestions made by the Swedish Agency for Public Management in accordance to how they relate to two different models of public administration – one influenced by New Public Management and the other by neoweberian thought and perspectives. The study takes the form of a qualitative text analysis, where six reports authored by the agency in question are ana
Facebook is a global phenomenon with only a few previous studies. This study has therefore with the help from Robert A. Dahl’s five criterions for democracy studied if Facebook is violating the Swedish democratic standards. A sixth criteria has also been created for this purpose. Some of the previous studies about Facebook and technique based websites have been the main source for information. How
3D printing of metal components is a growing industry where the demand of highly precise and complicated geometrical metal structures are met. Höganäs is with its Digital Metal department one of the few companies that do 3D-printing by powder bed ink-jet technique. In this technique a binding material is needed in order to retain the designated structure until sintering. In this project a 316 L g
This study aims to investigate what possibilities policymaking have, specifically the design of parental leave policies, to reach a more gender equal division of unpaid housework. The investigation poses the question, how the design of the Swedish and Danish parental leave policies, in respect of reserved ”daddy quotas”, have effected the long-term gender division of unpaid housework. There is no
ILO 169 – Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention - is an international treaty that deals exclusively with the rights of indigenous peoples. Sweden is a country that normally commits to human rights and international treaties. However, it is still one of the countries that has not ratified ILO 169. By conducting a critical discourse analysis with a postcolonial approach, this study problematizes
The turnout for the European Parliament elections has steadily increased in Sweden. Most recently, it was 51 % of the entitled voters that voted, but it is still a low figure compared to how many people that vote in the parliament election. Some interesting questions are raised in relation to the turnout. Are there differences in access to information and knowledge depending on where you live in S
