Corporate Environmental Performance: Consistency of Metrics and Identification of Drivers

This study is among the first to provide insight into the assessment of the convergent validity of widely used environmental performance ratings. Using a set of environmental dimensions in KLD, GES, and ASSET4 ratings, this study demonstrates that the different environmental performance aggregated metrics sufficiently correlate and provide consistent information when comparing companies. The KLD environmental concerns measure provides a summary of the environmental impact of industrial activities in contrast to the KLD measure of strengths that is a proxy for environmental performance. The observed different patterns in KLD environmental dimensions suggest that they are distinct constructs and should not be combined in future research. This study demonstrates that GES environmental industry risk and KLD concerns are impact factors that drive corporate environmental performance. Companies in high impact sectors are on average rated with high environmental performance. The contribution of this paper is, therefore, a validation of environmental ratings and a sharper focus upon impact factors that are associated with high levels of environmental performance. In addition, this study discusses the implications of findings for advocates and sceptics of environmental ratings, as well as for academics and practitioners in the realm of SRI and CSR.Environmental performance; Ratings; Convergent validity; Industry risk

Vector Combinatorial Problems in a Space of Combinations with Linear Fractional Functions of Criteria

The paper considers vector discrete optimization problem with linear fractional functions of criteria on a feasible set that has combinatorial properties of combinations. Structural properties of a feasible solution domain and of Pareto–optimal (efficient), weakly efficient, strictly efficient solution sets are examined. A relation between vector optimization problems on a combinatorial set of combinations and on a continuous feasible set is determined. One possible approach is proposed in order to solve a multicriteria combinatorial problem with linear- fractional functions of criteria on a set of combinations

Semántica verbal en el contexto de la distribución actancial

This study is based on the theory of methods of verbal action (MVA), presented in the works by O.M. Sokolov. Prefixed Russian verbs are considered as part of a functional approach to language analysis. The authors prove that the verb prefixes in the Russian language should be considered as separate linguistic elements, which provide the characteristics of the subject or object actant.Este estudio se basa en la teor.a de los m.todos de acci.n verbal (AMEU), presentada en los trabajos de O.M. Sokolov. Los verbos rusos prefijados se consideran parte de un enfoque funcional para el an.lisis del lenguaje. Los autores prueban que los prefijos verbales en el idioma ruso deben considerarse como elementos lingü.sticos separados, que proporcionan las caracter.sticas del sujeto u objeto actante

Social support during pregnancy

Maternal depression during pregnancy and the postpartum period affects approximately 15% of expectant mothers and 13% of new mothers within the first 6 months after delivery. Due to maternal outcomes such as low quality of life, high risk of suicide, and dysfunctional parenting, maternal depression remains one of the most serious mental health problems faced by women. It also disturbs the mother-child relationship, resulting in poor outcomes of infant / child behavioral, cognitive, and physical health. Therefore, it is important to identify predictive factors for postpartum depressio

Característica do estilo individual de Vasily Vasilyevich Rozanov

The present article analyzes the individual style of the famous Russian philosopher, writer, prose writer, and journalist, Vasily Vasilyevich Rozanov. It is proved that the writer's idiostyle is unique in Russian literature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The formation of an individual style took place in three stages. At the first stage, the philosophical treatise “On Understanding” was created, in which the categories of knowledge, wisdom, etc. were subjected to philosophical analysis. At the second stage, Rozanov’s individual style, the critic, was formed. In this period, the individual style is characterized by inconsistency. At the third stage, Rozanov’s individual style is formed, a prose writer, the key characteristics of whose style were unsystematic, contradictory and antinomic.El presente artículo describe el estilo individual de la famosa rusa, escritor, prose escritor, y periodista, Vasily Vasilyevich Rozanov. Se trata de que el escritor de los idiostyle es único en los ríos de los Estados Unidos y de los últimos 20 años. La formación de un estilo individual tuvo lugar en tres etapas. En la primera etapa, se creó la filosofía táctica "On Understanding" en las categorías de conocimiento, sabiduría, etc. se han inscrito en el análisis filosófico. En la segunda etapa, Rozanov el estilo individual, la crítica, fue formada. En este período, el estilo individual se considera inconsistencia. En la tercera etapa, Rozanov's individual estilo se ha formado, la prose de escritor, la clave de su estilo han sido unsystematic, contradictoria y antinomic.O presente artigo analisa o estilo individual do famoso filósofo, escritor, escritor de prosa e jornalista russo Vasily Vasilyevich Rozanov. Está provado que o idiostilo do escritor é único na literatura russa do final do século XIX e início do século XX. A formação de um estilo individual ocorreu em três etapas. No primeiro estágio, foi criado o tratado filosófico "On Understanding", no qual as categorias de conhecimento, sabedoria, etc. foram submetidos à análise filosófica. Na segunda etapa, o estilo individual de Rozanov, o crítico, foi formado. Nesse período, o estilo individual é caracterizado por inconsistência. No terceiro estágio, formou-se o estilo individual de Rozanov, um escritor de prosa cujas característicaschave de cujo estilo eram não sistemáticas, contraditórias e antinômicas

PROFESJA PRACOWNIKÓW KULTURY FIZYCZNEJ A EDUKACJA ZDROWOTNA

Profesjonalizm jest jedną z tych cech pracownika, której najbardziej pożądają pracodawcy. Zaczynając karierę zawodową, większość osób sama planuje jak najbardziej profesjonalnie wykonywać obowiązki na swoim stanowisku. Każdy zawód ma własne wymogi dotyczące fachowości. W naukach społecznych pod pojęciem profesji rozumie się zawody, które wymagają długotrwałego przygotowania, w tym konieczności odbycia studiów wyższych, często także stażu zawodowego. Profesjonalizm pracownika jest już jednak szerszym zagadnieniem. Chociaż te określenia mogą brzmieć górnolotnie, to właściwie wykonywaniu każdej, nawet najprostszej, pracy może towarzyszyć poczucie misji. Niektórzy pracują tylko dla zarobków, inni spełniają oczekiwania rodziny lub środowiska. Wiele osób wykonuje swoje zadania całkowicie mechanicznie, nie zastanawiając się głębiej nad sensem tych czynności. Profesje wymagają specjalistycznej wiedzy i właściwych sobie umiejętności