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Rising externality costs and corporate social responsibility. Case: EU legislation on Electric and Electronic Equipment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Purpose – The purpose of this article is to study how we may identify the link between rising externality costs and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by using a market centric approach to CSR. Design/methodology/approach ... -
Risk assessment of beta-carotene in food supplements. Scientific opinion of the Panel on Nutrition, Dietetic Products, Novel Food and Allergy
(VKM Report;, Research report, 2015)Beta-carotene is a provitamin, i.e. a precursor of vitamin A (retinol), which is classified as an essential nutrient for humans. Beta-carotene is one of many carotenoids found in plants, fungi and bacteria. Carotenoids are ... -
Risk assessment on use of Lactobacillus rhamnosus (LGG) as an ingredient in infant formula and baby foods (II)
(VKM Report;, Research report, 2007)On 10. March 2006 , The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) decided that, on the basis of VKM’s previous risk assessment (2005), Nutramigen 1 with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) could not be marketed in Norway ... -
Risk communication and gender based violence: a case of child marriage and obstetric fistula in North Central Nigeria
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-15)Gender based violence, often targeted against girl children in the name of child marriage has profound health problems, compromising victim’s physical and mental health as well as eroding their self-esteem. In addition to ... -
Risk Communication Between Companies and Local Stakeholders for Improving Accident Prevention and Emergency Response
(SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology: Safety Management;, Chapter, 2018)Hazardous industrial areas pose major accident risks. In recent years, two innovative approaches have been used for improving accident prevention and emergency response beyond conventional regulatory requirements: the ... -
Risk Communication in Nature-based Tourism
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)Nature-based tourism is experiencing a rapid growth in Norway accompanied by the change of tourists’ interests from being passive spectators to active experiences. All this gives some new challenges to the Norwegian tourism ... -
Risk limits, conflict, and equilibrium selection in games with multiple equilibria
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)A risk limit conflict measure is developed as the product of the two players’ maximum probabilities of being recalcitrant when pursuing a preferred equilibrium. Although the justification for it is different, the measure ... -
Risk management in a humanitarian context - how can the application of risk management activities to initial registration in Dadaab increase societal safety?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)The aim of this thesis is to establish the relationship between initial registration and societal safety, to make the reader aware of how the UNHCR in Dadaab is conducting initial registration, and to show that the application ... -
Risk perception in health care : a study of differences across organizational interfaces
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Risk perception in newspaper chains: Threats, uncertainties and corporate boundary work
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)This article presents an analysis of risk perception among chain newspaper CEOs in Scandinavia. Based on in-depth, semi-structured interviews, the analysis finds that risk is perceived in relation to public trust, corporate ... -
Risk perception of festival audience: an application of psychometric paradigm
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-06-24)The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceived risk level indicated by audiences for six contemporary hazards in an open door music festival, seeing as it is an overlooked issue in the literature. In order to ... -
Risk regulation in the North Sea : a common law perspective on Norwegian legislation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)The paper include an assessment of the development of the Norwegian regulatory system based on legislative written text, but also compare the impact (efficiency/effectiveness) of the regulatory regime. The theoretical basis ... -
Risk, price, and reimbursement
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)The article offers five hypotheses for the inverse relationship between risk and price in terms of first and second derivatives, establishing ranges of convexity, linearity, concavity. Negative price means reimbursement. ... -
Risk, production and conflict when utilities are as if certain
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)The article analyses a production and conflict model of risk, supplementing the common rent seeking analysis. Agents differ in attitudes toward risk, productive efficiencies, fighting efficiencies and resources for production ... -
Risk-taking on behalf of others: a laboratory experiment
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IØL/2010;, Master thesis, 2010)Existing experimental literature on risk-taking have mainly focused on choices that only affects the decision-maker (see e.g. the survey in Harrison & Rutström, 2008). Surprisingly though, the literature is scant on the ... -
Risks to emergency medical responders at terrorist incidents: a narrative review of the medical literature
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09)As the threat of international terrorism rises, there is an increasing requirement to provide evidence-based information and training for the emergency personnel who will respond to terrorist incidents. Current major ... -
Robotjournalistikk behandlet i PFU: En casestudie
(Bachelor thesis, 2023)Gjennom en utforskende casestudie dokumenteres PFU-saken mellom Bergens Tidende (Bedriftsroboten) og Muybridge AS. Dette var første gangen en sak skrevet av en journalistisk robot har blitt klaget inn til PFU. -
Robust regulering : begrepsavklaring og sikker praksis i petroleumssektoren
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2010;, Master thesis, 2010-09-09)Denne oppgaven inngår i forskningsprosjektet; Robust regulation in the petroleum sector. Prosjektet ble utviklet i 2009 sammen med SINTEF, Universitetet i Oslo (UiO), og Universitet i Stavanger (UiS). Prosjektet tar sikte ... -
The role of environmental knowledge and interest on perceived value and satisfaction
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05)This study examines the interplay between whale watchers’ knowledge and interest in protecting the environment on the perceived value and satisfaction of their whale watching experience. Despite an emphasis on examining ... -
The Role of Ethical Leadership in Psychological Capital and Job Satisfaction of Immigrant Workers: Evidence From the Hotel Industry of Cyprus
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The goal of this research is to figure out the moderating act of ethical leadership on the effects of job satisfaction and psychological capital of employees. The Hotel industry in Northern Cyprus has been preferred with ...