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How Is Corporate Social Responsibility Addressed by Biotech Firms? a Case Study Analysis
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Pérez-Bustamante, Guillermo – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2013
This paper explores corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the biotech high-tech sector as a way to achieve competitive advantages. After presenting the importance of science for high-tech firms, the paper focuses on the social and economic role of CSR. Next, the primary reasons for firms' engagement in CSR activities are presented, followed by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Social Responsibility, Corporations, Biotechnology
On a Lecture Trip to Spain: The Scientific Relations between Germany and Spain during the Entente Boycott (1919-1926)
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Presas i Puig, Albert – Annals of Science, 2008
The aim of this paper is to analyse the scientific relations between Germany and Spain during the Entente Boycott (1919-1926) and the German academic policy that fostered it. The study of the international relations of German science during the 1920s has been carried out using as a basis the archives of scientific institutions. Personal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Relations, Scientists, Interprofessional Relationship
Image of Science in Cartoons and Its Relationship with the Image in Comics
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Vilchez-Gonzalez, Jose Miguel; Palacios, F Javier Perales – Physics Education, 2006
If we want to integrate science into society as part of modern culture, we should first ensure that we know about the image that its citizens hold, starting with the students themselves. One of the aims of this could be to increase the number of students studying physics when at present they appear to be in decline. In this paper, we analyse the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cartoons, Audiovisual Aids, Student Attitudes