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ISSB consultation on the IFRS Exposure Draft on Amendments to Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosures: response by the TPI Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Get PDFHow a dehumanising form of language can impact outgroups' decision to engage in violence: an analysis of the Italian far left
Get PDFDespite considerable scholarship investigating engagement in violence, literature has overlooked how daily interpersonal relations and the use of a moralistic form of language impact individuals’ decision to engage in violence. Presenting my research findings, this paper intends to bridge this gap by examining personal stories of a group of Italian former far-left militants, operating during the ‘Years of Lead’. It employs narrative analysis, using Rosenberg’s and Gilligan’s perspectives on violent behaviour as theoretical lens. This paper identifies a three-step process, resulting from human cognition and partly implemented through a moralistic form of communication: firstly, employing Manichaean worldviews to make sense of society: secondly, the progressive dehumanisation of those falling into the negative side of these worldviews – outgroups; finally, outgroups’ choice of engaging in violence. This paper finds that by promoting outgroups’ dehumanisation, a form of language based on moralistic divisions significantly contributes to shaping outgroups’ decision to engage in violence
Upgrading traditional industries in interwar Japan: from cotton tabi to Bridgestone tyres
Get PDFThis paper contributes to our understanding of how Japan became the only Asian country to achieve sustained catch-up industrialisation before WWII. It does so by analysing the absorption of useful foreign knowledge in a traditional Japanese textile town and its subsequent evolution into a modern rubber manufacturing cluster. The cluster analysed is Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture which began the interwar period as a major producer of cotton tabi (split-toed footwear). The core argument is that Kurume firms Nihon Tabi and Tsuchiya Tabi built on their foundations as large sewing factories by ‘borrowing capacity’ from general trading companies. This enabled them to evolve into large-scale rubber-soled footwear manufacturers capable of absorbing high-level engineering knowledge necessary to compete with Dunlop and US tyremakers in Asian motor tyre markets. A rich body of new primary material ranging from the corporate archives of Mitsui Bussan and Mitsubishi Shōji to regional industrial surveys is analysed using a novel conceptual framework. This framework draws upon Klepper’s (2010) heritage theory which suggests that best-practice industry knowledge is diffused out of leading firms. Integrated into this approach is Abe & Nakamura’s (2010) suggestion that the ‘indigenous industrialization process’ in Japan identified by Tanimoto (2006) was not separate from, but interacted with, the diffusion of Western-style manufacturing
K-Drama as ecocinema? A multimodal analysis of climate hange representation in 60 globally popular Korean TV dramas
Get PDFThis study examines climate change themes in 60 globally popular South Korean dramas (2019–2024) using network, sentiment, and framing analyses and drawing on ecocinema. The results show that climate change topics represented only 0.36% (4 hours) of 1,135 total viewing hours. Despite Korea’s environmental challenges, only 26 dramas included climate-related content, primarily addressing recycling and eco-friendly practices. Our study provides the first systematic investigation of climate change narratives in Korean TV dramas. It highlights their potential to shape environmental awareness and introduces a replicable methodological framework integrating computational and longitudinal analyses. Integrating ecocinema into Hallyu studies is crucial as it (1) expands Hallyu’s thematic scope beyond family, history, gender, and class to include underexplored environmental issues; (2) leverages K-dramas’ global reach to enhance climate change awareness through serialized storytelling; and (3) addresses the dominance of Western media in ecocinema studies by incorporating East Asian television narratives
Voice as a catalyst: driving innovation and responsiveness in humanitarian operations
No full textHumanitarian organizations face the ongoing challenge of adapting and innovating under time constraints, limited resources, and the critical need to save lives. Operations Management research has traditionally studied innovation in this domain from a top-down approach (e.g., by examining the introduction of innovative systems and technologies), but the field lacks a bottom-up perspective on innovation (i.e., arising from human ingenuity in response to challenges). Specifically, we focus on how an organization’s capacity for innovation can stem from an interaction between team members’ voices (i.e., the exchange of ideas and constructive criticism) and how that positively affects the adaption of humanitarian operations. Using a mixed-method approach, we conducted a survey with 217 representatives from humanitarian organizations, followed by 35 qualitative interviews with individuals working in a rescue organization. Our survey reveals a positive interaction between innovation and voice, which in their interplay is associated with better responsiveness in humanitarian operations. Our qualitative research adds nuance to these findings by underscoring that the impact of voice can be counterproductive if leaders feel overwhelmed and decide to reject input to maintain organizational order. Taken together, both studies highlight the balance that decision-makers must strike: carefully listening to frontline workers while implementing strategies to prevent an excess of voices from impeding progress in a challenging environment
How researchers refer to individuals with schizophrenia: person-first and identity-first language in academic papers
Get PDFStigma associated with schizophrenia has been well-documented in both society and healthcare settings. However, the use of stigmatizing language in research papers remains largely unexplored. This study examined how researchers refer to schizophrenia in peer-reviewed articles, aiming to characterize the descriptive terms used to refer to individuals with schizophrenia and assess the adoption of person-first language. We conducted an electronic search on PubMed using the MeSH term “schizophrenia” and randomly selected 500 articles. Descriptive terminology was categorized as neutral (e.g., “schizophrenia patients”), person-first (e.g., “person with schizophrenia”), or identity-first (e.g., “schizophrenic patient”). Reference terms were assessed based on their alignment with a person-first perspective. Of the 500 studies, 475 (95%) included at least one term referring to people affected by schizophrenia. Among them, 238 (50.1%) used identity-first terms, 228 (48%) used person-first terms, and 91 (18.2%) employed both. Over time, the use of identity-first terms decreased. The decline in identity-first terms over time suggests a positive impact of the person-first movement. Despite these encouraging findings, our data also indicate that there is still room for improvement in reducing the use of identity-first terms. We propose recommendations for researchers to promote less stigmatizing language
