Ökad medvetenhet bland företagens intressenter och attitydförändringar i näringslivet har haft betydelse för långsiktigt värdeskapande. Företag kan upprätta en så kallad hållbarhetsredovisning för att rapportera om dess hållbarhetsarbete och långsiktiga värdeskapande. GRI (Global Report Initiative) har tagit fram en standard som företag kan använda sig av när de ska upprätta en hållbarhetsredovisning. I standarden finns en princip om väsentlighet som beskriver vilka områden och indikatorer som är av väsentlig grad för verksamhetens hållbarhetsredovisning.Uppsatsens syfte är dels att undersöka vad som är väsentligt för SCA och Boliden AB att inkludera i deras hållbarhetsredovisningar utifrån GRI:s riktlinjer. Dels att analysera vilka skillnader och likheter som förekommer mellan SCAs och Bolidens hållbarhetsredovisningar.Utifrån uppsatsens studie har vi kommit fram till att SCAs och Bolidens intressentdialoger ligger till grund för väsentlighetens gränsdragning och att det till största del är intressenternas åsikter som avgör vad som är väsentligt.

Syfte: Att undersöka hur hållbarhetsrapportering fungerar som strategisk kommunikation. Att granska hur 20 svenska börsnoterade bolags hållbarhetsrapportering struktureras.Teoretisk ram: Intressentmodellen. Systemteoretisk kommunikationsmodell.Metod och material: Samtalsintervjuer med nyckelpersoner verksamma inom CSR-kommunikation. Kvantitativ innehållsanalys av 20 börsnoterade bolags hållbarhetsrapporter.Problemställningar: Hur används hållbarhetsrapportering som strategisk kommunikation bland svenska börsnoterade företag? Hur påverkar hållbarhetsrapportering bolagens varumärken? Hur präglar branschtillhörighet och rapportering enligt det internationella ramverket Global reporting initiative, GRI, hållbarhetsrapporteringen?Slutsatser: De studerade bolagen använder hållbarhetsrapportering som strategisk kommunikation för att berätta för aktörer inom och utom organisationen om sitt CSR-arbete.

Over the past decade, the fashion industry has experienced a relatively high rate of consumption with material and clothing becoming increasingly subject to waste and disposal. As a result of the increased awareness within the industry the interest in CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) amongst retailers has increased substantially in an attempt to shy away from the critically amplified media attention. In addition the underlying demand from external stakeholders has forced companies to ensure they focus and act upon each stage of the product life cycle.This study provides a further in depth analysis of the fashion industry and conveys the key messages and steps that firms are taking in response to the external pressures and requirements based on four different merged process areas. This research paper examines the impact of CSR on two Swedish fashion retailers Åhléns and JC and shows how accountability relates to the external expectations and norms that prevail in society. The result shows that the firms do meet the demands within each sub category as a response to market demands.

The employer is obligated to call for negotiation on his own initiative, before he makes decisions in questions, which constitute important changes of the employer?s business or of the worker?s working conditions and terms of employment. The obligation to negotiate is reserved to the organisations, which the employer has collective agreements with. But what does the concept of important changes mean? What areas are included in the concept of important changes, according to legal framework and case law? How extensive is in fact the employer?s obligation to negotiate? The purpose of this report has been to seek answers to the above-mentioned questions, through partly describing how the employer?s obligation to negotiate has developed, and partly describing how the codes of negotiations in the Employment (Co-Determination in the Workplace) Act of 1976 are raised and applied.

In 2014-2015 a large-scale Ebola epidemic occurred in West Africa. The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency was given the order to conduct the Swedish response. The purpose of this case study was to investigate the impact on project planning of the three factors: the nature of the crisis, political initiative and developing countries. In this case study the crisis was an epidemic, and the project was initiated by the Swedish Government and conducted in two developing countries. The results were intended to contribute to developed understanding and recommendations for future project managers in similar projects.

The governance and control of healthcare organizations has traditionally been run byprofessions inside the organization (Fölster et al., 2003). During the last decades Swedishhealthcare has undergone an institutional transformation where the governance has changedfrom professional governance to a more market like one (Sahlin-Andersson, 2006). Governingof healthcare can however be problematic as professional work is characterized by a highlevel of autonomy and tacit knowledge (cf. Tsoukas, 1997, Freidson, 2001). An expression ofthe new kind of governance is the annually published report ?Öppna jämförelser av hälso- ochsjukvårdens kvalitet och effektivitet?.

Rett syndrome is a congenital neurological syndrome, which in the classic phenotype only affects girls. The symptoms include lack of speech, stereotypic movements of hands, dyspraxia and mental retardation, and these symptoms lead to communicative impairments. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the intervention method Intensive Imitation affected interaction/communication and initiative in a girl with Rett syndrome. The design of the study was a Single Subject Experimental Design with a three-week long intervention period where the girl participated daily in 30- minute sessions of Intensive Imitation together with the test conductor. Interaction, communication and initiatives were observed and analyzed before (Baseline A), during and after (Baseline B) the intervention period.

Few issues raise such an engagement as parking areas, both by the municipality, property- and car owners. For car owners, it is of great importance where to park his car. Parking is not simply about availability but also about safety, security and how it affects the urban environment.When the land will be utilized for building development, there are regulations in Chapter 8, § 9 PBL how parking will be provided. Property owners have an obligation to provide parking space and it shall be arranged in an equitable manner, on the site or near it, which gives an opportunity for shared parking facilities. The guidelines for parking that the municipality has adopted should be the starting point for the extent of that space for parking is required when a building permit review.The first thing you should look at, is if the property owner has ability to provide parking space at his own property, but this is not always the best solution in areas such as inner cities.

Företagens ansvarstagande i samhället är ett uttryck som behandlar företagens samhällsengagemang inom det ekonomiska, miljömässiga och sociala områdena. På senare år har företagen blivit mer medvetna om vikten av att engagera sig inom samhällets alla områden för att vinna konkurrensfördelar. Detta samhällsengagemang kan de välja att redovisa i en så kallad hållbarhetsredovisning. Vid utformningen av denna kan företagen välja att följa Global Reporting Initiative´s riktlinjer, vilket bland annat innebär redovisning av indikatorer som behandlar olika samhällsfrågor. Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka på vilket sätt de svenska företag som utger sig för att använda GRI implementerar GRI´s indikatorer i sina hållbarhetsredovisningar.

Företagens ansvarstagande i samhället är ett uttryck som behandlar företagens samhällsengagemang inom det ekonomiska, miljömässiga och sociala områdena. På senare år har företagen blivit mer medvetna om vikten av att engagera sig inom samhällets alla områden för att vinna konkurrensfördelar. Detta samhällsengagemang kan de välja att redovisa i en så kallad hållbarhetsredovisning. Vid utformningen av denna kan företagen välja att följa Global Reporting Initiative´s riktlinjer, vilket bland annat innebär redovisning av indikatorer som behandlar olika samhällsfrågor. Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka på vilket sätt de svenska företag som utger sig för att använda GRI implementerar GRI´s indikatorer i sina hållbarhetsredovisningar.

The business world of today is characterized by the fact that knowledge plays a far greater role than it did before in the companies? production. In many companies, the human resources constitute the main part of the total assets. It can for example be the employees? knowledge, competence or power of initiative.

BackgroundThe lifeworld describes the experience of being a humanbeing, how we experience life and how we live our lifes. When a disease, such as depression occurs, the whole lifeworld can be filled with suffering. Depression is an affective disease, which means it involves the emotions. The patient gets dejected and the emotional devotion abates. Broken sleep, anxiety, pain, concentrations difficulties, fatigue and reduced appetite is some of the symptoms.

The wide spread of the Internet and new information technologies in recent years has come to effect how libraries manage and disseminate information. Search engines like Google are widely used by people who often find the information retrieval systems of libraries to be too complicated. In 2004 Google announced plans to digitise five major library collections. Organisations representing the publishing industry and authors have since then filed lawsuits against Google claiming that Googles scanning of library books infringe the rights holders copyright. Due to Googles potential impact on libraries this thesis aims to examine how Googles digitisation project, Google Book Search, has been received in the library community.

Backround: Many studies indicate that people with mental illness often suffer from physical illness. Many people with mental illness do not exercise even though they often have knowledge about the benefits of physical activity. Studies suggest that psychiatric patients have the desire to have an everyday life with more content. It is apparent in studies that healthcare professionals believe that it is the patients' own responsibility to keep themselves physically active.Aim: The primary objective with this study is to examine motivation and possible obstacles to exercise for persons with self-perceived mental illness and experience of psychiatric care. The secondary objective is to investigate how psychiatric care may be of importance to people with mental illness when it comes to exercise.Methods: Semi-structured interviews.

In 2014-2015 a large-scale Ebola epidemic occurred in West Africa. The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency was given the order to conduct the Swedish response. The purpose of this case study was to investigate the impact on project planning of the three factors: the nature of the crisis, political initiative and developing countries. In this case study the crisis was an epidemic, and the project was initiated by the Swedish Government and conducted in two developing countries. The results were intended to contribute to developed understanding and recommendations for future project managers in similar projects.