Essays Tagged: "legitimacy"

..., Organizations and Society, 23(3). 265-282. O'Donovan, G. (1999). Managing legitimacy through increased corporate environmental reporting: an exploratory study. Interdisciplinary Environmental review. Vol... Social and Environmental Disclosures of BHP from 1983 - 1997: A Test of Legitimacy Theory" Deegan, Craig & Rankin, Michaela (1996) "Do Australian Companies Objectively Report Environmental...

... social contract exists. Breach of the contract would constitute a crisis of legitimacy. This crisis is summarised by Locke as follows; “if the government takes... be issued with some sense of justice in order to ensure its legitimacy. The sense of justice however, can be open to conflicting understandings and... Weigall, 1995:39). This then leads one to the issue of the legitimacy of the issued command. When is a command issued and power wielded...

... focus of the people's loyalty and cohesion, [and] the font of legitimacy had become a center of power in his own right." The king..., 585-605, 585-586. 3: Sukatipan, Saitip "Thailand: The Evolution of Legitimacy" Political Legitimacy in Southeast Asia M. Alagappa ed. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995... 32(7) 1992, 585-605. Sukatipan, Saitip "Thailand: The Evolution of Legitimacy" Political Legitimacy in Southeast Asia M. Alagappa ed. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995...

..., nasty, brutish and short.” (Hobbes, 1996:89). In examining the element of legitimacy it is crucial to note that no single universally acceptable definition exists... which pervade the arena. We thus find there three key elements authority, legitimacy and power exist within the formalisation of theory. “The idea of authority... ruler exceeding the scope of his authority would create a crisis of legitimacy. “Since men are free, equal and rational by nature, they could not...

... convened by the Indian Government at Thimphu in 1985. It was a legitimacy which was reinforced in February 1987, by the United Nations Commission on... conflict was discussed in terms of humanitarian law. Again, it was a legitimacy which the Indo Sri Lankan Agreement signed by the Prime Minister of...'s current crisis are all proof of the above mentioned proposition. The legitimacy of the armed conflict of the people of Tamil Eelam was afforded...

... guarantees you an absence of "all personal dependence" which in turn gives legitimacy to civil commitments. Without this enforced consent, civil commitments would be "absurd...Jean-Jacques Rousseau claims that in order to ensure the legitimacy of civil commitments and to prevent them from becoming meaningless, tyrannical, and abusive, one...

...Who Deserves Privacy? The legitimacy of Megan's Law is a heated debate that is current in our society today. This law forces all sex...

... association and voluntary giving ± is where most of the controversy over the legitimacy of CSR lies. Over the past half century, business increasingly has been...'' or ``humanitarian'' CSR). I believe that much of the uncertainty about the legitimacy and domain of CSR stems from failure to distinguish the ethical and... social responsibility (CSR) is a fuzzy one with unclear boundaries and debatable legitimacy. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the CSR concept by...

... the important social function of integrating business and society, by promoting the legitimacy of business operations, through critical reflection. The social function of business ethics... questions about the nature and purpose of corporations. This will challenge the legitimacy of the Court to confer, sub silentio, rights on entities not mentioned...

... the authoritarian regime, together with (b) successful economic performance under mining authoritarian legitimacy, and (c) pro-democracy international pressures. ØAn important distinction in explanations of... have flirted with democracy, but those democratic governments could not earn performance legitimacy. 1) Home grown Marxist-Leninist regimes 2) Sub-Saharan dictatorships including military...

... find Porter attractive as this expert knowledge provides an illusion of control, legitimacy and security amidst all the uncertainty. These ideas appear to support the...

... -England gained the Cape of Good Hope, Helgaland, Malta -France called for Legitimacy bc otherwise its enemies would take land from it -Russia, Prussia, Austria.... Balance of Power-no country should be too strong or big 2. Legitimacy- the borders from before the French Rev. 3. Compensation- nations who fought...

... and organisations have evolved; the Standard has become an anachronism, bestowed with legitimacy by the institutions which have grown around it, but of questionable relevance.... Many advocates of the Standard cite its history as though it bestows legitimacy. In this appendix we explore how the Standard's history illuminates where...

... company goals and tasks, increased employee wellbeing and increased management authority and legitimacy (Tyler & Lind, 1992). Reynolds (1997) discusses the difficulties of achieving fairness. One...

... find Porter attractive as this expert knowledge provides an illusion of control, legitimacy and security amidst all the uncertainty. Gaining Advantage Through Applying Information Systems...

... closely linked both to reward and coercive power because the person with legitimacy is also in a position to reward and punish. This also has...

... is an entirely unitarist company. That is it does not recognise the legitimacy of Trade Unions to represent the company's employees. The decreased bargaining...

... ads, the use of television commercials with a spokesperson to provide the legitimacy of Smirnoff and enforce responsible drinking, radio, and other promotional items such...

... can be argued on three aspects - its productivity, its flexibility and its legitimacy. Pursuing productivity and flexibility goals inevitably involves the management of strategic tensions... for stable performance with long-run needs for agility. The role of legitimacy aims to build employment citizenship thus increase organizational performance. Organization takes many...

... controlled by accountable national governments, and as such epitomises the reduction in legitimacy that constitutes a democratic deficit. The Commission is not the only appointed... by increasing the power of the Parliament. BIBLIOGRAPHY Barker, Rodney (1990) Political Legitimacy and the State (Oxford: Clanendon Press) Dinan, Desmond (1999) Ever Closer Union... demand little time on the Parliament's agenda. The Parliament asserts its legitimacy when it claims it should have greater legislative powers, but national governments...