The primary purpose of this study has been to investigate the Swedish timber industry?s perception of compression wood. A secondary aim has been to describe particular areas within the production process where compression wood is likely to cause problems. This study has mainly been carried out as a questionnaire. In order to connect the findings to current research, additional information has also been collected by means of a literature review. The questionnaire has been intended for sawmills and wood-manufacturing companies from various production classes and owner categories, as well as from different parts of the country.

Title: The life is too soft to accord in to tariffs: an essay about youth and families with children who are recipients of economic support, their experience of their financial situation and the reception towards the social welfare.Author: Ana Becovic & Kerstin Olsson         Supervisor: Erik WesserInstitution: Humanvetenskapliga institutionen, Högskolan i KalmarType of Essay: Degree project, 15 ECTS                     Date: December 2008The aim for our study has been to examine how youth and families who are recipients of economic support on long term basis experience their contact with social welfare. The starting point for the question at issue has been the client's experience of their financial situation the reception and expectations towards the social welfare.In our B-level study we carried out qualitative interviews with social welfare officers to find out how they applied the "child perspective" in granting financial support and to what extent they felt that they succeeded in meeting the need of the client. The conclusion was that there is still room for improvement in this field and particularly a wish to focus more on the child's situation and development. The officers told us that they tried to pay closer attention to the child's situation through asking about the children and by visiting the families at home.They expressed awareness of the importance to a child's well being the financial situation of their family. They also expressed the need for the child to be able to take part in leisure time activities and having an active social life.In this study our research method is based on qualitative interviews.

The Civil Engineering office in Skellefteå needs to develop the users' participation in the planning of parks and playgrounds. In order to get such a procedure to work one have to find a method that can work in the daily activity. My work aims to find such a method and to implement it in practice. Apart from helping the Parks departement to find an functional method I will also develop a deepened knowledge about users?participation wich can be very useful i my future profession. This work can be divided in three stages.

Title: Crisis communication strategy and brand ? A case study of Swedish Red Crossthrough dialog analysisAuthor: Anneli SaarelaPresented: 01.06.2010Purpose: The study addresses the subjects of crisis communication and organisational brand, in relation to stakeholders and brand reputation. The purpose of this essay is to study the dialog regarding the crisis of remunerations with the Swedish Red Cross and how the organisation responds to the criticism. An identification and analysis of the discourse regarding the brand are also included in the study. Part of the empirical material will also be used in relation to Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT).

Motivation: The aim of this study has been to conduct a comparative study concerning how race, ethnicity and class is represented in American contrary to Swedish daily press and from there on to explore and explain similarities and differences that have been found in the material.Problem statement:? How is race, ethnicity and class represented in American contrary Swedish daily press?? What are the similarities and differences between the countries? daily news flow?? What causes the similiarities and differences to achieve their current form?Material: The material which has been the subject of this study consists of eight articles ? four American articles (USA Today) and four Swedish articles (Dagens Nyheter). The material has been elected to meet certain criterias and mainly discusses the effects the health care reform will have on the American population.Approach: The material has been approached by using theories concerned with race, ethnicity, class and framing. The method used to analyze the material was Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA).Results: The results shows significant similarities, although mainly differences, between the countries? daily news flow.

According to the basic values of the Swedish Trotting Association the horse and its welfare should always be held in highest consideration. One part of the animal welfare work in the organization is to ensure good horse management practices by controlling all active trainers through the local licensing committees situated at the Swedish racetracks. The Swedish Board of Agriculture stated that high quality animal welfare assurance programs used by the industry organizations can be used in the risk assessment of the official animal welfare control to make the official control work more effective and the ambition of the Swedish Trotting Association is to establish an animal welfare assurance program which may be approved by the Swedish Board of Agriculture. Racehorses are exposed to welfare hazards both in their management as well as during training and racing and factors like handling, training, feedstuff, stable environment, medication and the possibility to express natural behavior all affect the welfare of the horses. The aim of the project is to investigate and evaluate the animal welfare work performed by the licensing committees and to give advice on how to improve the industry?s animal welfare control.

During recent years the use of TMR (total mixed rations) has increased in Swedish lamb production. For many years TMR has been used for cattle and hence the information and knowledge is vast, while the knowledge concerning sheep and TMR is more limited. The aim of this thesis is to present an overview of the scientific knowledge on the subject, and also to compile practical experience from sheep farmers using TMR. The thesis begins with a literature review where different aspects relevant to the usage of TMR are dealt with. It is concluded that there are differences between sheep and cattle that must be taken into account.

This article presents a survey of male dogs treated with the gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist deslorelin (Suprelorin®, Virbac) at three animal clinics in central Sweden. Filled-in questionnaires from 110 dogs were received. The paper also includes a review of existing litterature concerning reproduction in male dogs, focusing on endocrinology, the effects of gonadectomy and the GnRH agonist deslorelin. Continuous treatment with deslorelin produces infertility in male dogs. The pituitary is initially stimulated by deslorelin leading to a rise in luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) secretion. As a consequence the testosterone levels also increase temporarily.

?En utveckling som tillfredsställer dagens behov utan att äventyra kommande generationers möjligheter att tillfredsställa sina behov?. Detta är definitionen av hållbar utveckling vilket organisationer på senare år har börjat beakta genom intresse för dess sociala och miljömässiga påverkan. Ett sätt att införa hållbar utveckling i en organisation är att anamma Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Inom CSR finns tre aspekter; den ekonomiska, sociala och miljömässiga aspekten.

Change is a natural state for both people and institutions, but as the surrounding world moves faster it becomes important to quickly be able to adjust to new conditions. Customers? force of negotiation increases as the global competition grows. One factor that becomes more vital to customers is the amount of quality standard a company can offer them. Several factors are essential if a work of change will be considered a successful investment, where the change can be perceived in both a positive and negative way for an employee.

Bakgrunden till detta ämne handlar om att vi människor blir allt mer medvetna om miljön och de faktorer som påverkar samhället vi lever i. Vi får i allt större utsträckning information om hur vi ska ta vårt ansvar för miljön. Men hur fungerar det för de stora företagen? Problemet är att utan hjälp från dessa stora företag är frågan om ett hållbart samhälle svårt att lösa. Så utifrån detta, vad är det som motiverar dem att ta sitt ansvar? Varför väljer företag att upprätta en frivillig hållbarhetsredovisning? Har avståndet till den privata kunden någon betydelse och vilka skillnader kan identifieras? Mitt syfte med studien är därför att ta reda på om hållbarhetsredovisningen skiljer sig åt mellan de företag som säljer till privatkunder och de företag som säljer till företag.

Diskussionerna om ?granskning? av miljö- och hållbarhetsredovisningar har i Sverige funnits sedan mitten av 1990-talet. Specialistrevisorn Lars-Olle Larsson menar att efterfrågan ökar angående bestyrkta hållbarhetsredovisningar. Detta på grund av de ökade kraven från organisationer som Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Förenta Nationerna (FN) och Amnesty International. Med andra ord har uppmärksamheten riktas mot såväl företagens samhällsansvar som den enskilda revisorn och revisorsprofessionen.Det finns en pågående forskningsdebatt som grundar sig på struktur kontra bedömning i revisionsprocessen.

Sedan årsskiftet 2007/2008 är hållbarhetsredovisning i enlighet med GRI:s riktlinjer obligatoriskt för statligt hel- och delägda bolag. Denna studie syftar till att undersöka utveckling och incitament till hållbarhetsredovisning i dessa organisationer som, enligt de etiska fondbolagen, verkar i oetiska branscher. Problemformuleringarna för studien är således:Hur har hållbarhetsredovisningen förändrats i vinstreglerande offentliga organisationer sedan införandet av obligatorisk hållbarhetsredovisning 2008?Vilka incitament finns för dessa organisationer att arbeta med hållbarhetsredovisning?Till studien har de två enda statligt helägda och vinstreglerande organisationerna som är verksamma i oetiska branscher valts ut. För att uppfylla studiens syfte har intervjuer samt dokumentstudier genomförts av fallstudieobjektens årsredovisningar, hållbarhetsredovisningar samt GRI-profiler.

Sverige och världen har under de senaste åren fått uppleva en fantastisk högkonjunktur. Det har varit lätt att låna pengar och företagen har gjort fina vinster. I spåren av god tillgång på kapital är företagsförvärv alltid aktuella. En relevant fråga för varje köpare är dock hur ett förvärv skall redovisas. Hur företagsförvärv skall redovisas har avseende noterade bolag genomgått genomgripande förändringar de senaste åren.

I november 2007 beslutade den svenska regeringen att samtliga offentligt finansierade organisationer, oberoende bransch, ska upprätta hållbarhetsredovisningar i enlighet med GRI:s riktlinjer. Hållbarhetsredovisningen ska fungera som ett komplement till den finansiella redovisningen och i dessa ska organisationerna redovisa miljömässiga, sociala och ekonomiska faktorer. Samhällets påtryckningar på att organisationer ska ta sitt ansvar för sina handlingar på ett hållbart sätt har ökat med tiden, med andra ord, strävan efter en hållbar utveckling behövs för att tillfredsställa dagens behov utan att äventyra kommande generationers möjligheter. Corporate Social Responsibility,, vilket syftar till att spegla organisationers miljömässiga sociala och ekonomiska påverkan, har således blivit ett betydelsefullt verktyg att integrera i organisationskulturen. Genom detta koncept har en icke vinstdrivande organisation, Global Reporting Initiative tagit fram ett ramverk (G4) för att möjliggöra harmonisering mellan organisationers hållbarhetsredovisningar, samt för att öka hållbarheten genom hållbara styreffekter.