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The planet as the stakeholder
Money & Business

The planet as the stakeholder

...social concern for businesses, but how does this translate to the strategies of large corporations?...In this article, I discuss different perspectives, which could help us to incorporate sustainability more fully into business practice. [Fashionable modern businessman with smartphone on landfill, consumerism versus pollution concept. ] Stakeholder analysis Edward...
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COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics

...social media, we can see that it arrives at this number with some very simple statistical modelling assumptions and severe extrapolations (estimating unknown values using trends in values we know already, but going far beyond the current range of values). So where did these researchers go wrong? The core analysis of this study is based on a simple regression (a...
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Using data visualisation to track climate change
Nature & Environment

Using data visualisation to track climate change

...interactive online tool that helps countries to access and compare their priorities and ambitions related to climate action plans has been developed. The Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Explorer could contribute to the global climate action in the context of the UN climate negotiations, according to its developers. In 2013, the parties to the United Nations...
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What is technology?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is technology?

...interactions with each other and the natural world is important - not only for those who research, develop and implement new technologies, but also for all those people and organisations that have to use those technologies in their working and personal lives. Technology is not a neutral word. Different people will give it different meaning depending on their viewpoint and...
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What is the Sport and Fitness Hub?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the Sport and Fitness Hub?

...interactives and videos – that explore many themes within sport and fitness. The Open University has offered formal learning in sport and fitness since 2008 and has also offered free learning through OpenLearn during this time. OpenLearn content has been developed to provide taster materials for potential new students, as a means of stimulating interest in sport and...
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The psychology of World Cup fans
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of World Cup fans

...social identity. Social identities are aspects of our personality that relate in some way to our social surroundings, for example, our nationality, the organisation we work for, or a club we are members of. People are usually nicer towards people that share their social identity (the “ingroup”), and tend to be meaner to those that don’t (the “outgroup”) even if...
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Radical alternatives to prison
Society, Politics & Law

Radical alternatives to prison

...social policies that are directed at meeting human need and addressing the harms of social and economic inequalities. This means shifting away from a punishment-orientated response towards one grounded in helping and supporting all people in society. For children and young adults in trouble, greater leisure facilities could be made available, such as youth clubs;...
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What is Critical Race Theory?
Education & Development

What is Critical Race Theory?

...social scientific approach that ‘offers a lens through which to make sense of, deconstruct and challenge racial inequality in society’ (Rollock and Gillborn, 2011). It ‘endeavours to expose the way in which racial inequality is maintained through the operation of structures and assumptions that appear normal and unremarkable’ (Rollock and Gillborn, 2011). CRT...
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