Corporate Environmental Disclosure Practices in Different National Contexts: The Influence of Cultural Dimensions

The influence of different national contexts, including the effects of cultural environments, on corporate environmental disclosure practices has yet to be properly addressed in the literature. The purpose of this research is, therefore, to analyse how cultural factors affect the environmental disclosure practices of companies in different countries. This research is supported by the diversity of cultures across countries. Given that a cultural framework prompts different organisational actions and strategies, the question to be answered through this research is as follows: How do cultural aspects affect corporate environmental disclosure? Cultural factors are precisely those that can explain similarities and differences between stakeholders’ actions and preferences. The sample used in this research comprises companies in 28 countries and 9 economic sectors for the period 2004 to 2015. Our main findings show that companies operating in countries with individualist, masculine and indulgent cultures are less likely to disclose environmental information. Contrary to our predictions, cultures with a longterm orientation also discourage the reporting of environmental information, while uncertainty avoidance contexts tend to promote more environmental reporting

Isolation of microorganisms or genes from environmental samples of various origins, able to degrade drugs or resist antibiotics

Motivation: The occurrence of drugs in the environment, due to the massive use of these by humans, has produced that these compounds accumulate and so, their removal is complicated [1]. None of the physical and chemical methods used to treat this contamination show an absolute efficiency. We decided to identify live microorganisms or biodegradations pathways able to degrade several pharmaceuticals and potentially useful in bioremediation of drugs contamination of the environment. For the isolation of live microorganisms, we have used different samples (water of a wastewater treatment plant, soil of a countryside contaminated with pesticides and pig slurry). In these samples, we can find persistent pharmaceuticals or compounds with structures which seem to drugs [2].On the other hand, from a metagenomic library, we have tried to find antibiotic resistance genes and/or biodegradation pathways that allow microorganisms to resist antibiotics or use drugs as carbon sources respectively.Methods: For the isolation of microorganisms able to use pharmaceuticals as carbon source, samples from different origin were incubated with a set of drugs. Enrichment cultures were prepared in minimal medium with a drug. When we observe growth differences between the control flask and the sample flask, we isolate colonies from cultures by plating in petri dishes. Once we obtain colonies, we identify microorganisms responsible the degradation of the drug.For the second strategy, we conjugate a metagenomic library containing 100.000 clones, from a composting pile from an oil refinery, with a receptor Escherichia coli and selected resistance to several antibiotics or ability to grow in minimal medium using different pharmaceuticals as carbon source.Results: We have obtained differential growth in flasks with ibuprofen and carbamazepine, indicating that these cultures could contain microorganisms able to growth using drug as carbon source and even as nitrogen source.In the second strategy, we have achieved transconjugants resistant to ceftriaxone and transconjugant able to grow in naproxen.Conclusions: Up to now, we have not succeeded to isolate microorganisms able to grow in different drugs as a carbon source, though we are still in the process of isolating from flasks IBU and CBZ.In the second strategy we have detected clones that confer resistance to CFX and a clone seems to confer the ability to grow in NPX as a carbon source, though both results are pending confirmation

Planteamientos metodológicos en el estudio de las mujeres musulmanas y judías en la Edad Media hispana: La poetisa Qasmuna bat Isma' il.

I want to thank professors Montserrat Abumalham, Shalom Goldman and Devin Stewart for reading preliminary versions of this article and giving me their useful advise on the contents and its edition in English. The preparation of this article has been possible thanks to a Fulbright!MEC postdoctoral fellowship. This article is a revision of the paper I gave in the conference on Appropriating and Reappropiating the Past: History and Historiográphy in Islamic and Judaic Traditions (Den ver, 1996), under the title "The Historiography of the Andalusian Poetess Qasmuna bat Isma'il and the Reflection of Jewish Women in Andalusian Sources". ·This article gives a general overview of the various methodological approacheswhich have been employed in the study of Muslim and Jewish women in Medieval Spain.Then discussion will tum to the Spanish J ewish woman poet Qasmuna bat Isma' il.Este artículo ofrece, en primer lugar, un panorama general sobre la metodologíautilizada en el estudio de mujeres musulmanas y judías en la España medieval, paracentrarse, finalmente, en el caso de la poetisa hispano-hebrea Qasmuna bat Isma'il.Fulbrigh

Are Socially Responsible Behaviors Paid Off Equally? A Cross‐cultural Analysis

Based on the strong influence that national culture has on corporate social and responsibility (CSR) actions (institutional theory), it is necessary to study how the financial outcomes of CSR actions could be affected by these cultural characteristics. This fact is particularly interesting for managers whose companies operate in different cultures given that they have to deal with this aspect. The aim of this paper is to analyze the moderator role that national culture could have on the CSR and firm performance (CSR‐FP) relationship through a meta‐analysis, hence helping to clarify the debate existing about this relationship in the literature. The results show that this relationship is greatly affected by national culture. In this sense, countries with a high assertiveness and gender egalitarianism show a very negative relationship. Nevertheless, those with a higher future orientation, institutional collectivism, and a humane orientation reveal a positive correlation which reaches its maximum value in those countries with a high uncertainty avoidance

Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance: A Cross-Cultural Analysis

Based on the geographic limitations of previous meta-analysis made about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Financial Performance (FP) and on the evidence found in previous work on the country's influence in this relationship, the aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between these two variables studying the possible moderating effect that the country variable may have on it. By the use of the cultural dimensions of GLOBE (2004), we classify the countries, and test the hypothesis through the statistical technique of meta-analysis. The results show that the country where the companies are home-based moderates the relationship between CSR and FP. In particular from the results, we can conclude that while in Australia, Canada, USA and the United Kingdom the relationship is stronger and larger, in some countries, such as Japan, there is no relationship

The impact of the economic crisis on the environmental responsibility of the companies

The severe economic crisis is affecting significantly to the environment in which companies have to continue with their business. Consequently, academicians and managers are worried about what is going to happen with the Social Responsibility and particularly with the Environmental Responsibility, due to the decrease in the financial performance of the companies. The aim of this paper is to study the effect of the crisis on the environmental behavior of the Spanish companies through an explicative study, deepening in the comparison between the years 2006 and 2010. As a result, Spanish companies continue carrying out behaving in an environmentally friendly way because their Environmental Scores are growing, despite the decline of the Financial Performance. Moreover, it is identified a change in the factors that affect to the environmental behavior due to the identification of less dependence on corporate financial performance

Predictors of caregiver burden of patients with Alzheimer disease attending day-care centres

© 2021 by the authors. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010707Abstract: Nowadays, there are plenty of programs and resources to prevent caregiver burden of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. In spite of that, many caregivers suffer high levels of burden and stress, which leads to an earlier institutionalization of patients. This study aimed to explore the predictors of burden in relative caregivers of patients attending day-care centers and the moderating role of caregiver kinship in these associations. A sample of a hundred and two patient–caregiver dyads was recruited. Burden was measured with a Zarit Burden Interview. Measures of patients’ cognition, insight, depression, behavioral disturbances, functional ability and overall physical health were considered as predictors. We found that apathy, irritability and delusions and, patients’ mobility are the main determinants of caregivers’ burden. The strength of relationship between delusions and irritability was higher in spouse caregivers. Interventions to reduce burden should be adapted to the specific needs of a particular type caregiver

Trabajo Fin de Máster

Treball Final del Màster Universitari en Psicologia del Treball, de les Organitzacions i en Recursos Humans (Pla de 2014) (Presencial). Codi: SBE013. Curs acadèmic 2014-2015Durante las últimas décadas, la creciente globalización de la sociedad y de la economía, los fuertes desarrollos de la tecnología de la información y la comunicación y los cambios demográficos, sociales y culturales han producido importantes transformaciones en el mundo del trabajo, en las organizaciones y en las relaciones laborales. Por ello, Cascio (1995) puso de manifiesto las nuevas demandas planteadas por los profesionales de la Psicología del Trabajo, de las Organizaciones y de los Recursos Humanos. Cursar el Máster en Psicología del Trabajo, de las Organizaciones y en Recursos Humanos tenía como objetivo preparar al estudiante como profesional competente en Psicología del Trabajo, de las Organizaciones y Recursos Humanos a nivel básico. Además de proporcionar una preparación solida tanto en conocimientos teóricos como en competencias relacionadas con la Psicología del Trabajo, de las Organizaciones y los Recursos Humanos. Así como, la oportunidad de practicar algunas de las competencias y roles requeridos para el ejercicio profesional en el contexto de la Psicología del Trabajo, de las Organizaciones y en Recursos Humanos. El objetivo final de este trabajo es ser capaz de desarrollar las competencias de auto-reflexión sobre las competencias desarrolladas a lo largo del Máster y de comunicación oral y escrita del resultado final de mi auto-reflexión. Girará en torno a las temáticas vistas en las diferentes asignaturas del máster, haciendo hincapié en las evidencias concretas de su desarrollo. Claramente, se estructura en dos partes. Por un lado, una breve presentación de cada una de las asignaturas cursadas destacando los aspectos clave de las mismas. Y, por otro, una reflexión de las competencias adquiridas en la estancia en empresa y si ha sido posible aplicar los conocimientos adquiridos en el máster en su práctica profesional.In recent decades, the increasing globalization of society and the economy, the strong development of information technology and communication and demographic, social and cultural changes have been significant changes in the workplace, in organizations and in labor relations. Therefore, Cascio (1995) revealed the new demands posed by professional psychologists Labor Organizations and Human Resources. Study the Master in Psychology of Work, Organizations and Human Resources aimed to prepare students as competent professional in Psychology of Work, Organizations and Human Resources at the basic level. In addition to providing a solid background in both theoretical knowledge and skills related to the Psychology of Work, Organizations and Human Resources. As well as the opportunity to practice some of the skills and roles required for professional practice in the context of the Psychology of Work, Organizations and Human Resources. The ultimate goal of this work is being able to develop the skills of self-reflection on the skills developed during the Masters and oral and written communication of the outcome of my self-reflection. Will revolve around the thematic views on the different subjects of the master, emphasizing concrete evidence of its development. Clearly, it is divided into two parts. On the one hand, a brief presentation of each of the subjects studied highlighting key aspects of them. And on the other, a reflection of the skills acquired during the stay in business and whether it has been possible to apply the knowledge acquired in the master in his practice

La subordinación del acervo Schengen al de la Unión Europea. Comentario a la sentencia del TJCE de 31 de enero de 2006. AS. C-503/03, Comisión Europea c. España

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La ilicitud internacional de los Acuerdos Antídoto celebrados por Estados Unidos para evitar la jurisdicción de la CPI

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