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Article
Publication date: 27 July 2010

Gemma Edgar and Frances Lockie

The purpose of this paper is to focus on compacts and their effectiveness in ensuring that non‐government organisations (NGOs) are able to remain independent, critical checks on…

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to focus on compacts and their effectiveness in ensuring that non‐government organisations (NGOs) are able to remain independent, critical checks on government.

Design/methodology/approach

The experiences of the English Compact and the Working Together for NSW agreement, created in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW). The analysis of Working Together relies upon interviews conducted with key informants involved in its negotiation. Using these cases the effectiveness of compacts in supporting NGOs, particularly in their role as advocates is examined.

Findings

The paper finds that, despite the similarities between the English Compact and Working Together, the NSW government has not produced similar supporting structures or mechanisms and that no champion exists to drive it within government. As a result, awareness of Working Together is low in both the NSW government and among NGOs, and, unlike the English Compact, it has had little effect on the ability of NGOs to advocate independently. As such, it is suggested that compacts do not offer long‐term solutions to the difficulties in the relationship between governments and NGOs. This is because their efficacy is reliant upon the support of government.

Research limitations/implications

The list of interviewees is by no means exhaustive. Despite numerous attempts, the authors were unable to obtain interviews from a number of figures approached from middle‐level departments within the NSW state government.

Originality/value

The interviews are original and new to the literature on compacts. This interview material is especially useful as little literature exists that analyses the Working Together for NSW agreement.

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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, vol. 30 no. 7/8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-333X

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Article
Publication date: 1 October 1996

Peter Nixon

Examines reasons for Britain’s economic decline and sets the context for a partnership between education and industry. Examines the benefits of a work‐invested curriculum with…

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Examines reasons for Britain’s economic decline and sets the context for a partnership between education and industry. Examines the benefits of a work‐invested curriculum with particular reference to the primary sector. Seeks reasons for and the consequences of the haphazard approaches that have characterized some of these links. Against this backcloth undertakes a case study to determine the content and economic concepts which might characterize a curriculum to include economic awareness. The models proposed were devised as part of the curriculum development in the author’s school explaining the process and planning of its implementation within a preconceived curriculum framework. Concludes with an appraisal of the benefits of the initiative and the wider implications of links between education and industry.

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Education + Training, vol. 38 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Book part
Publication date: 28 January 2015

Arzu Özsözgün Çalişkan

The United Nations Global Compact initiative is presented for businesses and nonbusiness as a universally accepted set of principles. The aim of the 10 principles in the areas of…

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Purpose

The United Nations Global Compact initiative is presented for businesses and nonbusiness as a universally accepted set of principles. The aim of the 10 principles in the areas of Human Rights, Labor, Environment, and Anticorruption is to encourage businesses to align their operations and strategies with committed values. The Global Compact network involves not only companies but also governments, labor, and civil society organizations. Corporations, community, and environment are integral parts of a system that correlate to each other. In light of the assumption that business operations have increasingly observable effects on the environment, economy, and social life on a global scale, it is necessary to have accountable and sustainable firms. The Global Compact is a voluntary strategic policy initiative, and it has become more important in where interactions between organizations and stakeholders to be more dynamic. On the other hand, sustainability has economic, social, and environmental dimensions, and in accordance with these dimensions, it is necessary for firms to take into account the influence of their operations on their stakeholders. Thereby, from theoretical perspectives, the primary objective of this chapter is to illustrate the role of Global Compact in corporate accountability and sustainability.

Design/methodology/approach

An extensive literature research is conducted in order to understand the relationship between Global Compact principles and corporate accountability and sustainability.

Findings

From a theoretical point of view, there are some conditions for the advancement of the corporate accountability and sustainability. For instance, there is need for stakeholders’ insistence about incorporating social and environmental values into the business economic decisions. Thus firms could contribute to not only worlds’ economic but also social as well as environmental future.

Research limitations/implications

The research is a theoretical study, but for further studies, empirical studies can be conducted to understand the interactions between Global Compact principles and corporate accountability and sustainability.

Practical implications

This study may be useful for managers to realize the role of Global Compact principles on corporate accountability and its contribution to being a sustainable firm.

Originality/value

There is a lack of studies that analyze the role of Global Compact principles on corporate accountability and sustainability. Examining the principles in light of corporate accountability and sustainability will add a value to the literature in this area.

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The UN Global Compact: Fair Competition and Environmental and Labour Justice in International Markets
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78441-295-1

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Article
Publication date: 1 January 2005

S. D'Heedene, K. Amaratunga and J. Castrillón‐Candás

This paper presents a novel framework for solving elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) over irregularly spaced meshes on bounded domains.

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Purpose

This paper presents a novel framework for solving elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) over irregularly spaced meshes on bounded domains.

Design/methodology/approach

Second‐generation wavelet construction gives rise to a powerful generalization of the traditional hierarchical basis (HB) finite element method (FEM). A framework based on piecewise polynomial Lagrangian multiwavelets is used to generate customized multiresolution bases that have not only HB properties but also additional qualities.

Findings

For the 1D Poisson problem, we propose – for any given order of approximation – a compact closed‐form wavelet basis that block‐diagonalizes the stiffness matrix. With this wavelet choice, all coupling between the coarse scale and detail scales in the matrix is eliminated. In contrast, traditional higher‐order (n>1) HB do not exhibit this property. We also achieve full scale‐decoupling for the 2D Poisson problem on an irregular mesh. No traditional HB has this quality in 2D.

Research limitations/implications

Similar techniques may be applied to scale‐decouple the multiresolution finite element (FE) matrices associated with more general elliptic PDEs.

Practical implications

By decoupling scales in the FE matrix, the wavelet formulation lends itself particularly well to adaptive refinement schemes.

Originality/value

The paper explains second‐generation wavelet construction in a Lagrangian FE context. For 1D higher‐order and 2D first‐order bases, we propose a particular choice of wavelet, customized to the Poisson problem. The approach generalizes to other elliptic PDE problems.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 22 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Sustainability Disclosure: State of the Art and New Directions
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78560-341-9

Article
Publication date: 12 August 2020

Amjid Ali, Teruya Minamoto, Umer Saeed and Mujeeb Ur Rehman

The purpose of this paper is to obtain a numerical scheme for finding numerical solutions of linear and nonlinear fractional differential equations involving ψ-Caputo derivative.

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to obtain a numerical scheme for finding numerical solutions of linear and nonlinear fractional differential equations involving ψ-Caputo derivative.

Design/methodology/approach

An operational matrix to find numerical approximation of ψ-fractional differential equations (FDEs) is derived. This study extends the method to nonlinear FDEs by using quasi linearization technique to linearize the nonlinear problems.

Findings

The error analysis of the proposed method is discussed in-depth. Accuracy and efficiency of the method are verified through numerical examples.

Research limitations/implications

The method is simple and a good mathematical tool for finding solutions of nonlinear ψ-FDEs. The operational matrix approach offers less computational complexity.

Originality/value

Engineers and applied scientists may use the present method for solving fractional models appearing in applications.

Article
Publication date: 10 April 2019

Bhumi Ankit Shah and Dipak P. Vakharia

Many incidents of rotor failures are reported due to the development and propagation of the crack. Condition monitoring is adopted for the identification of symptoms of the crack…

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Purpose

Many incidents of rotor failures are reported due to the development and propagation of the crack. Condition monitoring is adopted for the identification of symptoms of the crack at very early stage in the rotating machinery. Identification requires a reliable and accurate vibration analysis technique for achieving the objective of the study. The purpose of this paper is to detect the crack in the rotating machinery by measuring vibration parameters at different measurement locations.

Design/methodology/approach

Two different types of cracks were simulated in these experiments. Experiments were conducted using healthy shaft, crack simulated shaft and glued shaft with and without added unbalance to observe the changes in vibration pattern, magnitude and phase. Deviation in vibration response allows the identification of crack and its location. Initial data were acquired in the form of time waveform. Run-up and coast-down measurements were taken to find the critical speed. The wavelet packet energy analysis technique was used to get better localization in time and frequency zone.

Findings

The presence of crack changes the dynamic behavior of the rotor. 1× and 2× harmonic components for steady-state test and critical speed for transient test are important parameters in condition monitoring to detect the crack. To separate the 1× and 2× harmonic component in the different wavelet packets, original signal is decomposed in nine levels. Wavelet packet energy analysis is carried out to find the intensity of the signal due to simulated crack.

Originality/value

Original signals obtained from the experiment test set up may contain noise component and dominant frequency components other than the crack. Wavelet packets contain the crack-related information that are identified and separated in this study. This technique develops the condition monitoring procedure more specific about the type of the fault and accurate due to the separation of specific fault features in different wavelet packets. From the experiment end results, it is found that there is significant rise in a 2× energy component due to crack in the shaft. The intensity of a 1× energy component depends upon the shaft crack and unbalance orientation angle.

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International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, vol. 36 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0265-671X

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Book part
Publication date: 16 November 2012

Rob van Tulder and Andrea da Rosa

Purpose – This chapter considers the question whether firms can contribute to poverty alleviation through engaging in ‘inclusive business’, thereby linking the macro concept of…

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Purpose – This chapter considers the question whether firms can contribute to poverty alleviation through engaging in ‘inclusive business’, thereby linking the macro concept of ‘inclusive growth’ to the micro concept of ‘inclusive business’. A key element in this approach is how to take so-called cross-sector partnerships into account. Partnerships are one way of bundling non-market resources in the internationalisation strategies of multinational enterprises (MNEs).

Design/methodology/approach – This chapter is largely exploratory and primarily aimed at validating a general taxonomy of inclusive business. The creation of a multi-level taxonomy of business models of MNEs towards inclusive business takes into account the role of cross-sector partnership portfolios. The taxonomy makes it possible to come to a first comparison of the strategies of MNEs across national and cultural boundaries, distinguish some patterns and discuss determinants of strategies in which partnerships play a role in the inclusive growth strategies of MNEs.

Findings – A first application of this taxonomy on the business and partnership models adopted by the first 100 Global Fortune companies shows that in general firms still adopt very reactive strategies when integrating inclusive business strategies in their cross-sector partnership portfolios.

Originality/value of chapter – This chapter takes a company-specific level of analysis for the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and development, which is habitually researched at the macro level of analysis. It documents business models as well as the related cross-sector partnerships. Cross-sector partnership portfolios of companies are not yet researched at any systematic level. They form the meso-level link between micro-level business models and macro-level national development strategies.

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New Policy Challenges for European Multinationals
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78190-020-8

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Article
Publication date: 23 March 2020

Kalle Johannes Rose

Recent research has emphasized the need for engaging non-financial companies in combating money laundering for the efforts to be efficient and effective. To incentivize…

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Purpose

Recent research has emphasized the need for engaging non-financial companies in combating money laundering for the efforts to be efficient and effective. To incentivize engagement, several options are available, such as regulation, voluntary disclosure or commitment to international principles such as the United Nations (UN) Global Compact. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how anti-money laundering fits the aim of the UN Global compact and how anti-money laundering can support the other principles of the UN Global Compact. Furthermore, this paper addresses the necessity to include anti-money laundering in the core principles to reach the overall goal of sustainability by the UN Global Compact. Such an inclusion will incentivize the signatories of the UN Global Compact to include anti-money laundering as a part of their social responsibilities, helping the financial sector in combating money laundering.

Design/methodology/approach

The methodology of this paper is a functional approach to law and economics. It seeks to enhance the efficiency of the regulatory framework combating money laundering by including economic incentive theory and addressing new areas of law.

Findings

The paper finds a strong relationship between the UN Global Compact and anti-money laundering. Furthermore, it is concluded that it is necessary to include anti-money laundering as a core principle in the UN Global Compact if the Global Compact is to be efficient and effective in terms of its sustainability goals. The reason being that money laundering to a great extent supplies operational finances to the illegitimate sector related to core issues of the UN Global Compact such as human trafficking, child labor and corruption.

Originality/value

The paper identifies a significant missing element with regard to the core principles of the UN Global Compact. Although most research within anti-money laundering concerns the financial sector and thereby does not address the UN Global Compact, the focus of this paper is the link between anti-money laundering and the UN Global Compact. Furthermore, most research related to the UN global compact does not connect the core principles to the illegal financing of the businesses contradicting the principles. This paper addresses both of the neglected areas and combines them to improve the overall combating of money laundering while supporting the UN Global Compact sustainability goal.

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Journal of Money Laundering Control, vol. 23 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1368-5201

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Article
Publication date: 31 December 2006

Maria Strimpakou, Ioanna Roussaki, Carsten Pils and Miltiades Anagnostou

Context awareness is one of the key aspects of pervasive computing systems. In such systems, a plethora of dynamic context information needs to be constantly retrieved, soundly…

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Context awareness is one of the key aspects of pervasive computing systems. In such systems, a plethora of dynamic context information needs to be constantly retrieved, soundly interpreted, rapidly processed, maintained in various repositories, and securely disseminated. Thus, a flexible, scalable and interoperable context representation scheme needs to be established and solid context management mechanisms need to be adopted, which will perform well in large‐scale distributed pervasive systems. This paper elaborates on the COMPACT context middleware that has been designed to cope with the issues above and saturate pervasive computing environments with context awareness functionality.

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International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, vol. 2 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1742-7371

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