可持续城市开发的策略与理念——以英国诺丁汉科学园项目为例

通过对蓝图伙伴关系机构及其开发的诺丁汉科学园的实例分析,解读英国城市复兴中的多方伙伴关系、社会责任投资政策和环境可持续理念,以期为我国可持续城市开发提供有益借鉴。     

Distant warriors,distant peace workers? Multiple diaspora roles in Sri Lanka's violent conflict

This article provides a critical, empirically based analysis of the multiple ways in which diaspora communities participate in transnational politics related to their war‐affected former home countries. The case of Sri Lanka — and the Tamil and Sinhalese diasporas in the West — is used to illustrate how contemporary armed conflicts are increasingly waged in an international arena. Active diaspora groups have enabled an extension of nationalist mobilization, hostilities and polarization across the globe. Diaspora actors take part in propaganda work and fundraising in support of the belligerent parties in Sri Lanka, while the polarization between Sinhalese and Tamils is to a large extent replicated in the diaspora. However, there are also examples of diaspora groups that challenge war and militarism, for instance by calling for non‐violent conflict resolution, condemning atrocities by both sides, and engaging in cross‐ethnic dialogue. The article also argues that diaspora engagement in reconstruction of war‐torn areas can be a double‐edged sword, as it can reproduce — or reduce — grievances and inequalities that fuel the conflict. By discussing the many ways in which diasporas engage in homeland politics, the article challenges simplified understandings of diasporas as either‘warriors’or‘peace workers’ in relation to their homeland conflicts.     

Toward a Cross-Cultural Understanding of Work-Related Beliefs

Although psychology's contribution to a study ofthe Protestant Work Ethic (PWE) made a slow start we nowhave an impressive array of studies which have examinedthis construct, even cross-culturally, and find that not only is this construct seeminglyalive and well, but also that it is espoused morestrongly by non-Protestant and non-Western countries.Furnham (1990b) examined a composite of seven scales designed to measure the PWE, and found thatseveral factors could be identified. A study wasundertaken to compare the meaning of work in twodifferent cultures, one Western Christian(Australian) and the other non-Western Buddhist (Sri Lankan).The results suggest that both cultures have similarperceptions about the meaning of work, but Sri Lankansseem to be more strongly committed to hard work.Although work related beliefs seem to be similar, SriLankans do not endorse the belief that hard work leadsto success as enthusiastically as Australiansdo.     

可持续发展的新型参与者——以法国为例

社会责任投资是可持续发展观在金融投资领域的重要体现。自20世纪70年代以来，法国对社会责任投资的监管一直倾向于使用原则性的“软法”，没有明确地制定具体的法律规则。在内容上，通过界定社会责任投资参与者的性质和职责来诠释其行为规范，零散地分布在货币金融法和行业规章制度中，这样的规制方式给社会责任投资的发展留下了充足的空间。法国对社会责任投资的立法理念体现了对经济活动应然规定的理性认识，渗透出对可持续发展与经济民主等价值观的追求，而这也正是经济法应有的理念追求。     

国外社会责任性投资的现状分析与借鉴价值

社会责任性投资(SR I)作为一种通过金融投资活动促进企业履行社会责任的投资方式,在西方主要国家的金融市场得到广泛应用。相关政策的制定、投资意识的变化和SR I指数的开发是近年来国外SR I市场发展的主要原因。在我国金融市场引入SR I的理念,必须从提高投资者对SR I的认知度、培养相关人才、制定符合我国国情的评价体系等几方面入手。     

社会责任投资的盈利机理与运作模式

社会责任投资作为一种新兴投资哲学在发达国家和地区的金融市场得到广泛传播,在我国则尚处于起步阶段,因而对社会责任投资盈利机理与运作模式的研究具有重要意义。在梳理现有文献与社会责任投资现状的基础上,将现有社会责任投资划分为筛选型社会责任投资、股东参与型社会责任投资和社区投资型社会责任投资3种基本类型。从博弈论视角分析各种类型社会责任投资的盈利机理,并结合被投资企业传递的社会责任信号及公司规模等因素,具体阐述各种类型社会责任投资的运作模式。     

Tamil diaspora and the political spaces of second‐generation activism in Switzerland

In this article, we study the emergence of the political spaces of activism of second‐generation Swiss Tamils resulting from a critical event – the suffering of Tamils during and after the final battle in early 2009 of a civil war in northern Sri Lanka that had lasted for decades. We contend that we can explain the geographies of newly emerging second‐generation activism committed to achieving Tamil Eelam through two factors. These are first, this generation's multiple senses of belonging both to Switzerland and to the Tamil ‘nation’ and, second, the way a specific politics of affect remoulded second‐generation identities because the pain of witnessing the brutality of war and suffering of Tamils occurred concurrently with a perceived lack of interest from their ‘new home’ (Switzerland). The combination of these factors made them want to acknowledge their Tamil ‘roots’ and encouraged them to become politically active. Consequently, these second‐generation activists primarily sought to engage with their host society – to awaken it from its indifference to the suffering of Tamils and from its passivity in taking action on an international level. We thereby witness the emerging of a new type of Tamil activism in Switzerland, which is firmly located in and bound to the host country.     

Strategic role of public relations in enterprise strategy,governance and sustainability—A normative framework

The purpose of the study was to suggest a normative framework for the development of an organization's enterprise (societal role/stakeholder) strategy, indicating its relationship with governance, sustainability, and CSR. The normative framework contains two dimensions: Enterprise strategy is developed within the context of enterprise governance as well as social and environmental sustainability and responsibility, to achieve the organization's strategic non-financial goals (the sustainability dimension). Corporate strategy is developed within the context of corporate governance as well as economic sustainability and responsibility, to achieve strategic financial/economic goals (the business dimension). PR/communication management plays a strategic role in enterprise strategy development but a support role in corporate strategy development. The development of enterprise strategy necessitates a Triple Bottom Line approach to strategic management.