White and the announce clause in light of theories of judge and voter decisionmaking: with strate... more White and the announce clause in light of theories of judge and voter decisionmaking: with strategic judges and rational voters, the Supreme Court was right to strike down the clause.(Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, 536 US 765, n. 6, 2002.) 40 Willamette L. Rev. 123-180 (2004).
White and the announce clause in light of theories of judge and voter decisionmaking: with strate... more White and the announce clause in light of theories of judge and voter decisionmaking: with strategic judges and rational voters, the Supreme Court was right to strike down the clause.(Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, 536 US 765, n. 6, 2002.) 40 Willamette L. Rev. 123-180 (2004).
Fair Trade, Sustainable Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mexico and Central America, 2008
... commitment to the pioneer systems evidenced by significant percentages of certified product in ... more ... commitment to the pioneer systems evidenced by significant percentages of certified product in the market, such as Caribou Coffee's commitment to ... Addressing these chal-lenges will requireinnovation and cooperation on the part of coffee certification initiatives ...
This paper examines the challenges and considerations in using sustainability indicators for comp... more This paper examines the challenges and considerations in using sustainability indicators for comparison purposes, using coffee supply chains in Mexico and Costa Rica as case studies. The context of coffee production and processing in the two countries is outlined followed ...
Law <html_ent glyph="@amp;" ascii="&"/> Policy, 2003
... that social auditing processes, if done well and situated within a stakeholder-based institut... more ... that social auditing processes, if done well and situated within a stakeholder-based institution, can aid ... While these activities can be extremely important in learning more about how social auditing can be ... The weaknesses outlined by O&#x27;Rourke in the case of PwC may be due to a ...
Law <html_ent glyph="@amp;" ascii="&"/> Policy, 2003
In his book, The Audit Society, Michael Power (1997) argued that there had been an audit explosi... more In his book, The Audit Society, Michael Power (1997) argued that there had been an audit explosion since the late 1980s. The word audit is now used in a variety of contexts to refer to new or more intense account-giving and verifica-tion requirements. At the same time, ...
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2004
... 2004 592: 39 The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Sasha Courvil... more ... 2004 592: 39 The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Sasha Courville and Nicola Piper Harnessing Hope through NGO Activism Published by: ... Harnessing Hope through NGO Activism By SASHA COURVILLE and NICOLA PIPER ...
White and the announce clause in light of theories of judge and voter decisionmaking: with strate... more White and the announce clause in light of theories of judge and voter decisionmaking: with strategic judges and rational voters, the Supreme Court was right to strike down the clause.(Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, 536 US 765, n. 6, 2002.) 40 Willamette L. Rev. 123-180 (2004).
This review assesses existing data, models, and other knowledge-based methods for valuing the eff... more This review assesses existing data, models, and other knowledge-based methods for valuing the effects of sustainable land management including the cost of land degradation on a global scale. The overall development goal of sustainable human well-being should be to obtain social, ecologic, and economic viability, not merely growth of the market economy. Therefore new and more integrated methods to value sustainable development are needed. There is a huge amount of data and methods currently available to model and analyze land management practices. However, it is scattered and requires consolidation and reformatting to be useful. In this review we collected and evaluated databases and computer models that could be useful for analyzing and valuing land management options for sustaining natural capital and maximizing ecosystem services. The current methods and models are not well equipped to handle large scale transdisciplinary analyses and a major conclusion of this synthesis paper is that there is a need for further development of the integrated approaches, which considers all four types of capital (human, built, natural, and social), and their interaction at spatially explicit, multiple scales. This should be facilitated by adapting existing models and make them and their outcomes more accessible to stakeholders. Other shortcomings and caveats of models should be addressed by adding the ‘human factor’, for instance, in participatory decision-making and scenario testing. For integration of the models themselves, a more participatory approach to model development is also recommended, along with the possibility of adding advanced gaming interfaces to the models to allow them to be “played” by a large number of interested parties and their trade-off decisions to be accumulated and compared.
White and the announce clause in light of theories of judge and voter decisionmaking: with strate... more White and the announce clause in light of theories of judge and voter decisionmaking: with strategic judges and rational voters, the Supreme Court was right to strike down the clause.(Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, 536 US 765, n. 6, 2002.) 40 Willamette L. Rev. 123-180 (2004).
White and the announce clause in light of theories of judge and voter decisionmaking: with strate... more White and the announce clause in light of theories of judge and voter decisionmaking: with strategic judges and rational voters, the Supreme Court was right to strike down the clause.(Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, 536 US 765, n. 6, 2002.) 40 Willamette L. Rev. 123-180 (2004).
Fair Trade, Sustainable Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mexico and Central America, 2008
... commitment to the pioneer systems evidenced by significant percentages of certified product in ... more ... commitment to the pioneer systems evidenced by significant percentages of certified product in the market, such as Caribou Coffee's commitment to ... Addressing these chal-lenges will requireinnovation and cooperation on the part of coffee certification initiatives ...
This paper examines the challenges and considerations in using sustainability indicators for comp... more This paper examines the challenges and considerations in using sustainability indicators for comparison purposes, using coffee supply chains in Mexico and Costa Rica as case studies. The context of coffee production and processing in the two countries is outlined followed ...
Law <html_ent glyph="@amp;" ascii="&"/> Policy, 2003
... that social auditing processes, if done well and situated within a stakeholder-based institut... more ... that social auditing processes, if done well and situated within a stakeholder-based institution, can aid ... While these activities can be extremely important in learning more about how social auditing can be ... The weaknesses outlined by O&#x27;Rourke in the case of PwC may be due to a ...
Law <html_ent glyph="@amp;" ascii="&"/> Policy, 2003
In his book, The Audit Society, Michael Power (1997) argued that there had been an audit explosi... more In his book, The Audit Society, Michael Power (1997) argued that there had been an audit explosion since the late 1980s. The word audit is now used in a variety of contexts to refer to new or more intense account-giving and verifica-tion requirements. At the same time, ...
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2004
... 2004 592: 39 The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Sasha Courvil... more ... 2004 592: 39 The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Sasha Courville and Nicola Piper Harnessing Hope through NGO Activism Published by: ... Harnessing Hope through NGO Activism By SASHA COURVILLE and NICOLA PIPER ...
White and the announce clause in light of theories of judge and voter decisionmaking: with strate... more White and the announce clause in light of theories of judge and voter decisionmaking: with strategic judges and rational voters, the Supreme Court was right to strike down the clause.(Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, 536 US 765, n. 6, 2002.) 40 Willamette L. Rev. 123-180 (2004).
This review assesses existing data, models, and other knowledge-based methods for valuing the eff... more This review assesses existing data, models, and other knowledge-based methods for valuing the effects of sustainable land management including the cost of land degradation on a global scale. The overall development goal of sustainable human well-being should be to obtain social, ecologic, and economic viability, not merely growth of the market economy. Therefore new and more integrated methods to value sustainable development are needed. There is a huge amount of data and methods currently available to model and analyze land management practices. However, it is scattered and requires consolidation and reformatting to be useful. In this review we collected and evaluated databases and computer models that could be useful for analyzing and valuing land management options for sustaining natural capital and maximizing ecosystem services. The current methods and models are not well equipped to handle large scale transdisciplinary analyses and a major conclusion of this synthesis paper is that there is a need for further development of the integrated approaches, which considers all four types of capital (human, built, natural, and social), and their interaction at spatially explicit, multiple scales. This should be facilitated by adapting existing models and make them and their outcomes more accessible to stakeholders. Other shortcomings and caveats of models should be addressed by adding the ‘human factor’, for instance, in participatory decision-making and scenario testing. For integration of the models themselves, a more participatory approach to model development is also recommended, along with the possibility of adding advanced gaming interfaces to the models to allow them to be “played” by a large number of interested parties and their trade-off decisions to be accumulated and compared.
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