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Challenging masculinity in CSR disclosures: silencing of women's voices in Tanzania's mining industry. (2016)
Journal Article
LAUWO, S. 2018. Challenging masculinity in CSR disclosures: silencing of women's voices in Tanzania's mining industry. Journal of business ethics [online], 149(3), pages 689-706. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-016-3047-4

This paper presents a feminist analysis of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in a male-dominated industry within a developing country context. It seeks to raise awareness of the silencing of women's voices in CSR reports produced by mining compan... Read More about Challenging masculinity in CSR disclosures: silencing of women's voices in Tanzania's mining industry..

New benefit powers for Scotland. (2016)
Report
SPICKER, P. 2016. New benefit powers for Scotland. Poverty Alliance briefing, 23. Glasgow: The Poverty Alliance [online]. Available from: http://www.povertyalliance.org/article/new_welfare_powers

Pending agreement between the Scottish and UK Governments, and the completion of the relevant Parliamentary processes, Scotland is set to gain significant new powers over aspects of the social security system. In order to help Poverty Alliance member... Read More about New benefit powers for Scotland..

Recursive expected conditional value at risk in the fleet renewal problem with alternative fuel vehicles. (2016)
Journal Article
ANSARIPOOR, A.H., OLIVEIRA, F.S. and LIRET, A. 2016. Recursive expected conditional value at risk in the fleet renewal problem with alternative fuel vehicles. Transportation research part C: emerging technologies [online], 65, pages 156-171. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2015.12.010

We study the fleet portfolio management problem faced by a firm deciding which alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) to choose for its fleet to minimise the weighted average of cost and risk, in a stochastic multi-period setting. We consider different typ... Read More about Recursive expected conditional value at risk in the fleet renewal problem with alternative fuel vehicles..

The survey, deploy and monitor (SDM) policy: an example of adaptive management? (2016)
Presentation / Conference
BENNET, F. 2016. The survey, deploy and monitor (SDM) policy: an example of adaptive management? Presented at the 2016 Annex IV adaptive management webinar, 27 January 2016, Richland, USA.

This presentation explores the Survey, Deploy and Monitor policy developed by Marine Scotland, within the context of adaptive management. This comes as part of the RiCORE project, which aimed to promote the use of offshore renewable energy projects i... Read More about The survey, deploy and monitor (SDM) policy: an example of adaptive management?.

Moral legitimacy: the struggle of homeopathy in the NHS. (2016)
Journal Article
CRAWFORD, L. 2016. Moral legitimacy: the struggle of homeopathy in the NHS. Bioethics [online], 30(2), pages 85-95. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12227

This article deploys a well-established theoretical model from the accountability literature to the domain of bioethics. Specifically, homeopathy is identified as a controversial industry and the strategic action of advocates to secure moral legitima... Read More about Moral legitimacy: the struggle of homeopathy in the NHS..

Privatisation and accountability in a "crony capitalist" Nigerian state. (2016)
Journal Article
BAKRE, O.M. and LAUWO, S. 2016. Privatisation and accountability in a "crony capitalist" Nigerian state. Critical perspectives on accounting [online], 39, pages 45-58. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2016.01.003

Nigeria is richly endowed with oil and gas resources, but the country's continued reliance on loans from international financial institutions raises questions about the transparency and accountability of its utilisation of the huge revenues resulting... Read More about Privatisation and accountability in a "crony capitalist" Nigerian state..

Challenges for marketers in sustainable production and consumption. (2016)
Journal Article
OATES, C., ALEVIZOU, P. and MCDONALD, S. 2016. Challenges for marketers in sustainable production and consumption. Sustainability [online], 8(1), article 75. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su8010075.

As one of the biggest issues facing today's global society, sustainability cuts across all areas of production and consumption and presents challenges for marketers who attempt to understand and incorporate sustainability in their everyday practices.... Read More about Challenges for marketers in sustainable production and consumption..

An analysis of seasonality fluctuations in the oil and gas stock returns. (2016)
Journal Article
SANUSI, M.S. and AHMAD, F 2016. An analysis of seasonality fluctuations in the oil and gas stock returns. Cogent economics and finance [online], 4(1), 1128133. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2015.1128133

This paper investigates the existence of seasonality anomalies in the stock returns of the oil and gas companies on the London Stock Exchange. It employs F-test, Kruskal-Wallis and Tukey tests to examine days-of-the-week effect. Generalised autoregre... Read More about An analysis of seasonality fluctuations in the oil and gas stock returns..

Sustainability integration in corporate environments. (2016)
Conference Proceeding
AJIDE, O. and ONYEJEKWE, C. (eds.) 2016. Sustainability integration in corporate environments. Aberdeen Business School working paper series, 9(1): revised papers from the proceedings of the 2014 Robert Gordon University Institute for Management, Governance and Society (RGU IMAGES) research students conference, June 2014, Aberdeen, UK. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the concept that companies should pursue a role in society that is above just profits. Companies are seen to be socially responsible when they align themselves with values such as: ethical values, accountabili... Read More about Sustainability integration in corporate environments..

Urban planning and climate change mitigation: using virtual reality to support the design of a university master plan extension. (2015)
Book Chapter
BENNADJI, A., LAING, R. and GRAY, D. 2015. Urban planning and climate change mitigation: using virtual reality to support the design of a university master plan extension. In Silva, C.N. (ed.) Emerging issues, challenges, and opportunities in urban e-planning. Hershey, PA: IGI Global [online], chapter 10, pages 210-229. Available from https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8150-7.ch010

The aim of the research described in this chapter is to explore the use of intelligent virtual transport modelling within the context of a case study involving the development of a university estate. Through the application of visualisation technique... Read More about Urban planning and climate change mitigation: using virtual reality to support the design of a university master plan extension..