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Visionaries around the world are advocating for a shorter working week, and there is a reason behind it. Long working hours have been shown to impede productivity while a reduction in working hours increases work-life balance. Future generations’ economic and environmental sustainability may furthermore benefit from a shorter working week. Through a redistribution of working hours, equality and em
There are a number of existing and new biofuels on the Swedish market. These operate differently and need to be managed in different ways. In order to solve problems associated with the transport sector's large and unsustainable energy consumption and emissions of CO2, it is important to study how biofuels can work in practice and gain a broad knowledge of prerequisites for their mainstream ma
Syftet med uppsatsen är att utreda om det finns motsättningar mellan den aktiebolagsrättsliga vinstmaximeringsprincipen och de krav som ställs på vårdgivare utifrån lagstiftning som ska skydda patienters och vårdtagares intressen. Vidare är syftet att undersöka vilken utformning av lagstiftningen som är lämplig och diskutera detta ur ett rättsekonomiskt perspektiv. Vinster i välfärden är en kontrThe purpose of this paper is to investigate whether there are conflicts between the principle of profit maximization in company law and the demands placed on caregivers based on legislation that protects patients and care receivers' interests. Furthermore, the purpose is to examine the design of the legislation and discuss this from a law and economics perspective. Profits that originate from
Uppsatsen ämnar besvara hur företag arbetar för och rapporterar om verksamhetens jämställdhetsarbete, samt varför de väljer att offentliggöra verksamhetsarbetet genom hållbarhetsrapporter. För att besvara frågorna har såväl primär som sekundär data använts. En kvalitativ undersökning har genomförts av författarna, där information från 10 privatägda företag från olika branscher samlats in och sammaThe purpose of this essay is to examine how enterprises work towards greater gender equality and how they report about their work. It also aims to analyze why enterprises choose to compile these activities and measurements into official reports. In order to answer the questions asked in the essay, both primary and secondary data has been used. A qualitative survey has been conducted, where the aut
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate motivational factors of auditors as well as inter-group differences. In addition, our study aims to answer whether the auditors' motivations match the incentives provided by the firms. Methodology: For this study, we chose a quantitative research method in form of surveys to auditors from eight multinational audit firms in Sweden as well as
The aim of this paper is to investigate the exposure of Fair Trade (FT) importers in Germany, operating based on the principles of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO), to foreign exchange (FX) rate risk in the light of the current depreciation of the Euro. The ongoing high volatility of the Euro exchange rate strongly affects Fair Trade companies that import products mostly from developing co
There is no answer to the question “Are sustainability challenges solvable within capitalism?” which is not already taking sides in a debate about values, perceptions and motivations. There are several different approaches to sustainability, based on assumed feasibilities and expected agents of change. By disclosing one’s own stand in the debate while being aware and acknowledging other possible a
Urban agriculture is promoted as a tool to meet goals of social sustainability. Although urban agriculture as a whole is a large sector of gardening and farming activities within and near urban areas and social sustainability is most affiliated with how the urban environment has been built to foster opportunities to pursue a “good life” for citizens. This thesis contributes to the application of t
The rise of Social Network Sites (SNS) has had a huge impact on the field of public relations in that brands must now consider online branding as part of their strategy. This is a growing area of interest in both academia and practice as we strive to learn more about how to use the new platforms most effectively. In particular, SNS have encouraged the social role of brands and allow consumers enga
Many Latin American economies benefited greatly from increasing international trade and an unprecedented commodity boom in the dawn of the 21st century. At the same time the region successfully reduced the prevailing income inequality, apparently without compromising economic growth. These events seem to challenge the common belief of economists, who proclaim the mutual exclusiveness of growth pro
This master’s dissertation has been performed in cooperation with Tyréns and the Dept. of Construction Sciences, LTH. We have investigated if it is possible to increase the total stability for excavations with retaining structures and if each side of an excavation could be treated as a separate 2D-case with additional theories to approximate its 3D-effects. End-surface theories from the Commissio
En stor del av våldsbrotten i Sverige begås av gärningsmän som handlat under självförvållat rus. Hur man straffrättsligt ska behandla den här kategorin av lagöverträdare är ett ämne som givit upphov till debatter kring vad som är den lämpligaste lösningen. Skuldbedömningen för personer som begått brott under inverkan av rusningsmedel har förändrats ett flertal gånger genom svensk rättshistoria, trA large number of the violent crimes that are committed in Sweden involve an intoxicated offender. How these offenders should be treated is a subject that has raised several debates regarding the most appropriate solution. The assessment of guilt for people committing crimes under the influence of alcohol has changed several times through Swedish legal history. Nonetheless there is still disagreem
Syftet med detta examensarbete är att undersöka de straffskärpningar som har genomförts på 2000-talet ur ett straffrättsideologiskt perspektiv. Undersökningen utgår från frågeställningen om straffskärpningarna ger uttryck för ett straffrättsideologiskt trendbrott, och om det går att tala om en avideologisering av straffrätten. Historiskt sett har svensk straffrätt präglats av både absoluta och relThe purpose of this paper is to examine the 21st century reforms that have been aimed at increasing the criminal penalties in Swedish criminal law from a penal theoretical perspective. The study examines two main issues: are the reforms a manifestation of a changed penal theory, and could the phenomena furthermore be explained as a ‘de-ideologized’ criminal law? Historically, the Swedish criminal
I denna uppsats beskrivs och analyseras bestämmelsen om panoramafrihet. Först och främst behandlas svensk rätt men utblickar görs även till övriga nordiska länder. En utblick görs även till EU:s arbete avseende upphovsrättsliga bestämmelser om panoramafrihet och dess effekt på den digitala marknaden. En viktig inskränkning i upphovsrätten är rätten att fritt avbilda byggnader och konstverk som är This essay describes and analyses the ”freedom of panorama” exception. First of all the essay takes it’s starting point in Swedish law but comparisons are also made with other Nordic countries implementation of the panorama exception. An outlook is also made to the work of the EU regarding the panorama exception and it’s effect on the digital market. An important limitation of the swedish copyrigh
Företagens minutiösa och komplicerade skatteupplägg innebär ofta att företag erhåller en av lagstiftaren icke avsedd skatteförmån. Den uppfinningsrikedom företag uppvisar när det kommer till kringgående av skattelag är i princip gränslös. Samtidigt kan inte lagstiftningen i samma utsträckning täppa igen luckorna i lagen. Detta medför att det finns ett behov av effektiv och omfattande skattelagstifAggressive use of tax avoidance by multinational companies results in a reduced tax burden unintended by the legislator. The creativity with which companies circumvent tax law is virtually boundless. At the same time the legislation struggles to correct the loopholes, resulting in the need for effective and extensive anti-tax law. The essay will first study the different methods of preventing tax
In today’s global economy it is common that multinational clothing brands are organizing their production through complex global supply chains. The downside is that severe human rights violations take place throughout the supply chain. Considering this problematic, this thesis examines the concept of human rights due diligence (HRDD) in the context of global supply chains with specific attention t
This thesis has investigated the potential benefits of using transfer learning when training convolu- tional neural networks for the task of autonomously driving a car. Three transfer learning networks were trained and compared with a conventionally trained convolutional neural network. The first conclusion is that training, as expected, is considerably quicker when using transfer learning. More s
