The paper is a discourse analysis of the liberal environmental discourse in Sweden today. It is based on articles in two of the main liberal Swedish newspapers, Dagens Nyheter and Sydsvenska Dagbladet, and a liberal periodical, Neo.The purpose of this study is to analyze how the environmental problems that have been produced by the industrialised society, especially global warming, are seen upon in the liberal discourse in Sweden today. The theoretical point of departure is a discourse analysis that as a method seeks to analyze the material to reveal what assumptions the discussion departs from, and what assumptions the discussions reject.The thesis concludes that the main trends in the discussions are to position the environment against the financial system and state that the capitalist system is the only system that can solve the environmental issues. The existing environmental problems are not denied, but constantly belittled and only considered to be a problem if it poses a direct threat to humans. The solution for these environmental problems is believed to be the strengthening of the financial system and the development of new technologies..

Financial exploitation of children worldwide is a global problem, causing consequences for both the national economy and labor market, as well as the working child who is deprived of its rights of education and normal development. Pakistan has several national laws in order to work against and to regulate the existence of child labour. Another important mechanism to fight the financial exploitation of the children is the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This Convention was ratified by Pakistan in 1990. As a result, new national laws have been admitted, already existing laws have been amended, educational projects have been established and the common knowledge on the problems regarding the subject have attracted a lot of attention.

The first purpose of this thesis is to investigate if, how, and why the perceived collective identity in the town of Karlskrona has changed. Collective identities can due to their socially constructed nature change rapidly in light of new collective experiences. The reason for suspecting such a change in Karlskrona is the immense impact that the change in the global economy, according to Saskia Sassen, has on cities. By interviewing politicians and media representatives from Karlskrona the perceived identity is drawn. The second purpose of this thesis will then be to test if the identity as it is perceived by Karlskronas habitants differ from the one that town officials present through city marketing.

Bakgrund: Av den globala befolkningen, 2005, var 1,6 miljarder vuxna överviktiga och minst 400 miljoner vuxna led av fetma. Sjuksköterskor ska ha förmågan att uppfatta och förebygga hälsorisker och motivera till förändrad livsstil som till exempel viktminskning. Syfte: Att få förståelse för patienter med övervikt samt att belysa sjuksköterskans pedagogiska funktion vid viktnedgång hos dessa patienter. Metod: Litteraturstudie med 18 klassificerade och värderade vetenskapliga artiklar som analyserats och bearbetats. Resultat: Analysen gav två kategorier och fem subkategorier; den överviktige patientens upplevelser ? beslut, försvarsmekanismer och hinder, motivation samt sjuksköterskans pedagogiska funktion ? kommunikation och relation, stöd.

Forskning visar att internationella organisationer har bristande insikt om hur repatriaters internationella kunskap bör överföras till organisationen vid återvändandet. Om repatriaterna lämnar organisationen vid återvändandet riskerar organisationen att förlora värdefull kunskap och global konkurrenskraft. Det är därför viktigt för internationella organisationer att de är mottaliga för kunskapen och att de motiverar repatriaterna att stanna kvar inom organisationen och att dela med sig av den internationella kunskapen.Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur kunskapsöverföring vid repatriering ser ut inom SEB. Nio kvalitativa intervjuer har genomförts med anställda inom SEB. Intervjuresultaten har sedan analyserats med hjälp av en analysmodell innehållandes uppsatsens teoretiska ramverk.

Purpose/Aim: The purpose is to describe, analyze and compare the two communication campaigns Världens Chans and Utrota Fattigdomen Nu, and discuss how and to what extent communication campaigns in Sweden can be used to reduce global poverty. The theoretical framework is mainly based on communications strategies and other relevant aspects of the planning process of campaigns.Material/Method: Within the qualitative case study as an overall method, the main material to the two cases is obtained through five qualitative interviews with the premier representatives of the campaigns.Main results: Världens Chans can be seen as an information campaign by the government which purpose is to contribute to the fulfilment of the millennium goals by drawing the attention of the public to their existence. Utrota Fattigdomen Nu, on the other hand, is an influence campaign by the civil society which purpose is to exterminate poverty by putting a pressure on power holders and to change the attitudes and the behaviours among the public. Both campaigns are based on a network with lots of different actors, functioning as opinion makers. Furthermore, communication campaigns are important tools in the fight against poverty..

The rainforests of the world are important not only to the countries in which they grow but to the world as a whole. They influence oxygen and water circulation as well as carbon sequestration which in turn affect global radiation and global warming. The forest also have great value and in Malaysia as in many other tropical countries large volumes are harvested which leaves great areas of degraded forest with little growth and biological diversity. Due to their low financial value these forests are often transformed and used for other purposes than forestry such as oil palm plantations. The trees are often transported out of the forest using large bulldozers. They are heavy which causes compaction of the forest floor and during transport the top soil layers are moved to improve mobility.

Idag finns det inga regler i Sverige fo?r hur ha?llbarhetsarbete ska redovisas vilket har resulterat i att redovisningen av ha?llbarhetsarbete ser olika ut fo?r olika fo?retag. Den ha?r studien har underso?kt vilka delar av ha?llbarhet svenska fo?retag redovisar och till vilken grad samt hur redovisningen har fo?ra?ndrats o?ver tiden. Vidare har den underso?kt vilka fo?rklaringar som kan ligga till grund fo?r resultatet.

How is the identity of Swedish diplomats affected by living a very international life, regularly moving from one place to another, while their main task is to represent Sweden at all times? How does the national identity relate to the professional and the international identity and what role does the context play in this process? These are the questions asked in this thesis. By interviewing 39 Swedish diplomats and by comparing the responses of the interviews and the theories applied, this thesis will show that it is the context, rather than the time spent abroad that changes their identities and not the least their perspectives of the world. The theories concern intersectional identities, nationalism, context and globalisation. It is from the point of view that identities are constructed and therefore changeable.The diplomats gain a greater awareness of their Swedish identity, wider and deeper perspectives of what it means to be Swedish, but also the advantages that other cultures have to offer.

Det här arbetet är en generell forskning om transnationella informationssystem. Det är viktigt att informationsflöden inom en organisation kan överföras utan något hinder. För att lyckas med det bör organisationer lägga en del av sina resurser på arbetet med IT lösningar. Informationsflöden som skrider över ett lands gränser bör särskilt beaktas. Multinationella företag bör tänka på att problematiken med byggandet av IS arkitekturen ökas kraftigt på en internationell nivå.

Med ekonomiskt stöd från Stiftelsen för kunskaps- och kompetensutveckling skall ett lövträprojekt bedrivas under två års tid vid Institutionen för teknik och design på Växjö Universitet. Detta examensarbete ingår som en del av lövträprojektet, där böjhållfasthetsvärden och elasticitetsmoduler för asp tagits fram.Virket har hållfasthetssorterats visuellt dels efter nordiska T-virkesstandarden INSTA 142, men även efter den brittiska standarden BS 4978-1996. Dessutom har en maskinell hållfasthetssortering av provkropparna genomförts i en böjprovningsmaskin av fabrikatet Cook-Bolinder. För vidare analyser av provkropparna har de körts i en WoodEye skanner som är en maskinell sorterings- och bildinläsningsapparat för sågat och hyvlat virke.För att bestämma aspens elasticitetsmoduler och böjhållfasthet användes en böjprovningsmaskin av fabrikatet Alwetron. Global och lokal elasticitetsmodul har beräknats utifrån uppmätt nedböjning enligt den Europeiska standarden prEN 408:2003, därefter belastades provkroppen till brott för att få fram böjhållfastheten.

Bakgrund: Det har inte alltid varit en given förutsättning att företag antas fundera kring etiska, miljömässiga och moraliska åtagande. Företeelsen har i allt större utsträckning vuxit fram under de senaste decennierna, samtidigt som en oundviklig medvetenhet om att både privatpersoner och företag måste börja förhålla sig till jordens begränsningar blivit allt starkare. Ett verktyg som delvis uppkommit till följd av ovanstående omständigheter är hållbarhetsredovisning, som i grunden är kompletterande redovisningsinformation rörande etik, miljö och samhällsengagemang. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att upplysa kring hållbarhetsområdet, med fokus på hållbarhetsredovisning enligt GRI. Samtidigt ska studien mer ingående undersöka hur och varför företag är benägna att upprätthålla och vidareutveckla sin hållbarhetsredovisning enligt GRI:s ramverk.

EC and WTO have been prosecuting collaboration for some time, which purpose is to liberalize the global market for commerce. There have been some alterations under the last decades. Establishing in other countries than their own is far easier, nevertheless it is getting more difficult. The enterprises demand equal treatment and the countries want to have the most favourable legislation. This has resulted in conflicts between different countries and even between the companies.

International conventions signifies international trade, which in itself would be ineffective if there were no dispute settlement mechanisms. This essay intends to examine how dispute settlement mechanisms between states have developed over the years and a large emphasis is placed on the World Trade Organizations (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body since it?s had great significance for the efficiency of international law. In order to show the need for dispute settlement mechanisms, a background to the conventions that have called for the development of the DSB is in order. This essay focuses on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), and the agreement that currently regulate intellectual property rights, Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), but also its connection to the DSB.

Because of the large economic growth in China there are many companies who have economic interests in the Chinese market. Also in the forest market companies have started to invest in China and the interest for the market is growing. The question is how the Chinese forest market will develop in the years to come? How will China?s entry on the market of forest products affect the global forest market? The purposes of this study are to describe production, consumption and trade of forest products, and China?s possible competitive advantage in the forest industry. The purpose of this study is also to describe how China?s entry on the forest market affects the world market of forest products.