Past Issue

A instrumentalidade dos programas de integridade para a governança empresarial

A elaboração deste trabalho resultou de uma pesquisa bibliográfica articulada com o propósito geral de encaminhar reflexões acerca da importância dos Programas de integridade ou conformidade para a instauração e desempenho da governança. O apanhamento em tela se orientou pela seguinte grade temática: relação entre sistema de governança, compliance e integridade (interconexão entre os conceitos); fundamentos e elementos dos Programa de integridade, marcados livremente na discussão de resultados.

Implementation of iso 50001 – energy management system in a factory in the electrical and electronics sector: multi-case study

We know that a series of factors influence and determine the degree of competitiveness of an organization, especially those that value good environmental, social, and corporate governance practices. Of course, there are other themes for competitiveness to be obtained in all fields; however, the focus on the ESG issue is another indication of how much the theme “sustainability” has gained more and more relevance in the market and consequently in business.

The study of leisure activities during the covid-19 pandemic—a case study of taiwan

The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly changed the lives of most people all over the world, including working style, social communication, consumption behaviour, leisure activities, and so forth. Physical health and mental health are important to human life. Many people get physical health and mental health by doing leisure activities, including outdoor and indoor activities; therefore, leisure activities play an essential role for life. The purpose of the study was to understand subjects’ opinions about the COVID-19 pandemic on leisure activities.

Rhodes airport employees’ views on the level of education and training and their contribution to the adherence to the procedures

This study aims to investigate the possible connections between the vocational education and training of the employees of the Rhodes Airport "Diagoras" on a purely aviation subject and the degree of compliance or deviation from the corporate procedures. For the purposes of the research, the methodology of the quantitative approach was used, in order to measure the thoughts, opinions and feelings of the employees.

Spaces of rural lodging in Brazil as sign of socialization for social sustainability

Studies on sustainability have not been based on the social dimension, which has dealt essentially with urban contexts, despite the rural territory; and research on rural lodging has rarely focused on the spatial attributes as sign of socialization for social sustainability. Therefore, the objective of this research was to demonstrate socialization in spaces of rural lodging in Brazil, which can mean social sustainability for the Brazilian rural territory.

Aspectos histórico-culturais e sociais no contexto da violência doméstica contra a mulher

Os aspectos histórico-culturais e sociais influenciam na ocorrência da violência doméstica contra a mulher, atrelando a ideia de inferioridade feminina em relação ao homem. Portanto, este estudo objetiva descrever as representações sociais de agentes comunitários de saúde sobre os aspectos histórico-culturais e sociais no contexto da violência doméstica contra a mulher.

Production of cyber surplus value in digital social media platforms: regulating, commodifying and criminalizing the space

Radical criminology was significant in the late 60s for advocating the illustration of class formation, structure and relation to crime. It has been considered that crime and criminality are not innate to individuals but their social circumstances. A specific mode of production ensures a specific form of society with a particular structure and functioning, thus also exists with spacing the crime and criminality. Henceforth the crime scene in late capitalism provides the virtual ground that carries a latent space for experiencing criminality.

Effect of iec interventions in wash to promote hand washing practices among primary school children in Kasongo Municipality, DRC

Poor personal hygiene and lack of knowledge about hand washing, leads to communicable diseases. Personal hygiene plays a major role to promote healthy life. The objective of this study is to promote hand washing and practices among primary school children in the Kasongo Municipality, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a cross sectional descriptive study conducted on 294 school children of Kasongo municipality. All the students were interviewed with a structured questionnaire (pretest).

Risk analysis due to ingestion of tracajá with arsenic in a Kayapó indigenous Village

The objective of this work was to evaluate the presence of As in the tracajá tissue consumed by indigenous people and added to the environment by the gold mining activity. The study area was the Kayapó indigenous region, on the Baú river, in the municipality of Altamira-PA, Brazilian Amazon. HNO3 and microwave were used for sample digestion. As was quantified by Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry with Hydride Generation.

The effect of budget execution on health service delivery in Lira District, Northern Uganda

Budget execution is at the core of government businesses globally. This paper examines the effect of budget execution on health service deliver in Lira district, northern Uganda. We sampled two government-aided health Center IVs of Amach and Ogur in Lira district. We adopted a case study design and employed a mixed method approach. We sampled 78 respondents out of 96 health workers which included administrators, finance department, health workers, and health unit management committee. Simple random sampling technique and purposive sampling, were used to select the respondents.