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The article analyzes the legal regulation of hazardous waste management in Lithuania and its compliance with regional waste management strategies and legislation. Noteworthy, that in Lithuania, the hazardous waste management policy is based on the EU waste management hierarchy. We can assume that the system of administrative measures applied for the management of hazardous waste: licensing, permits, is appropriate and presupposes the reduction of the negative impact of the generation and management of hazardous waste on human health and the environment. For companies, which operates with hazardous waste management the legislation imposes an obligation to operate in accordance with the general EU environmental principles of precaution and sustainability, technical feasibility and economic viability, protection of resources, and the overall impact on the environment, public health, the economy and the social environment.

The article analyzes the legal regulation of hazardous waste management in Lithuania and its compliance with regional waste management strategies and legislation. Noteworthy, that in Lithuania, the hazardous waste management policy is based on the EU waste management hierarchy. We can assume that the system of administrative measures applied for the management of hazardous waste: licensing, permits, is appropriate and presupposes the reduction of the negative impact of the generation and management of hazardous waste on human health and the environment. For companies, which operates with hazardous waste management the legislation imposes an obligation to operate in accordance with the general EU environmental principles of precaution and sustainability, technical feasibility and economic viability, protection of resources, and the overall impact on the environment, public health, the economy and the social environment.

The article analyzes the legal regulation of hazardous waste management in Lithuania and its compliance with regional waste management strategies and legislation. Noteworthy, that in Lithuania, the hazardous waste management policy is based on the EU waste management hierarchy. We can assume that the system of administrative measures applied for the management of hazardous waste: licensing, permits, is appropriate and presupposes the reduction of the negative impact of the generation and management of hazardous waste on human health and the environment. For companies, which operates with hazardous waste management the legislation imposes an obligation to operate in accordance with the general EU environmental principles of precaution and sustainability, technical feasibility and economic viability, protection of resources, and the overall impact on the environment, public health, the economy and the social environment.

The article analyzes the legal regulation of hazardous waste management in Lithuania and its compliance with regional waste management strategies and legislation. Noteworthy, that in Lithuania, the hazardous waste management policy is based on the EU waste management hierarchy. We can assume that the system of administrative measures applied for the management of hazardous waste: licensing, permits, is appropriate and presupposes the reduction of the negative impact of the generation and management of hazardous waste on human health and the environment. For companies, which operates with hazardous waste management the legislation imposes an obligation to operate in accordance with the general EU environmental principles of precaution and sustainability, technical feasibility and economic viability, protection of resources, and the overall impact on the environment, public health, the economy and the social environment.

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Corporate social irresponsibility / Agata Stachowicz-Stanusch -- Corporate social performance as a global concept -- Cultural perspective on sustainable socioeconomic development / Mehdi Majidi -- Failures to act responsibly : the role of firm's competitiveness in the post-scandal phase / Arabella Mocciaro Li Destri, Anna Minà, and Pasquale Massimo Picone -- Corporate social performance : an endurance pathway forfamily firms in emerging markets? (a conceptual model) / Rosa Nelly Trevinyo-Rodriguez -- Corporate social performance as a cross national phenomenon -- Corporate social responsibility, income distribution and the environment : an empirical study for the European Union / Oscar Alfranca Burriel -- Transparency and compliance policies of multinationalcompanies in Latin America / Nikos Passas and Matthias Kleinhempel -- Corporate social responsibility in Africa : context, paradoxes, stakeholder orientations, contestations and reflections / Thomas Kimeli Cheruiyot and Patrick Onsando -- Perspectives on evolution of corporate social responsibility practices in Chinese organizations / Ruth Alas -- Csr perforce : implementing CRS in the Indian scenario / Soma Kamal Tandon -- Development of CSR index in Croatia : the history of wishful thinking-come true? / Mislav Ante Omazić and Mirjana Mateic -- Corporate social performance: cases from practice -- Csr and sustainability practices of the hotel industry / Anupriya Desore, Sapna A. Narula, and Ambika Zutshi -- Attitudes towards corporate social responsibility in family -- Businesses in Italy / Alessandra Murru and Lucia Rocchigiani -- Project Conga : an unresolved social license / Pedro P. Franco -- Corporate social responsibility in tourism: past and presentscholar's contributions / Claudia Melis and Ernestina Giudici -- About the authors

Using confirmatory factor analysis of nine survey perception items the author tests hypotheses ‐ derived from general theories in the field of electoral behavior‐ regarding fundamental latent structures of perceptions of party choice and party attachment in four types of Swedish environment defined by different degrees of urbanization. Significantly different structures have to be specified indicating greater group‐dependent affective attachments in rural areas and attachments of greater dependence on the party‐program contexts in urban districts. In the second and third sections of the paper these results are further explored through the construction of dichotomized typologies of voters. Loglinear analysis reveals that differences between environments, as with typologies, can be fully interpreted and explained by demographic and educational differences in the composition of the electorate. Provided that the different composition has been brought about by general urbanization, the results seem to indicate the political effects of social change that can be further emphasized in the future.

JOIN THE SOCIAL MEDIA REVOLUTION Social technology has fundamentally changed the way in which businesses operate. The use of social technology is fast becoming a business-spanning medium that can affect the very organizational structure of a company and engaging with it quickly is key to making a business competitive, future minded, profitable and, perhaps most importantly in an increasingly competitive age, sustainable. Many people in companies and organisations are aware of social media and the potential impact and opportunity that has been created, yet it remains largely fragmented and without integration into business processes. The Social Media Manifesto is a handbook to enable leaders from across the whole business to understand how social technology can be incorporated into their every day business lives. From organisational structure and the need for a Chief Data Officer, through to CSR and the implications of social technology on research and development, Jed Hallam, a leading social media expert, addresses every department of a business and how it can gain new competitive advantages and become a truly social enterprise. With insights from global leaders and thinkers, Hallam presents a new way of working in the digital world by not only understanding your own structure but delving into the vast amount data now available on customers. He argues that the social media revolution is not just about technology or marketing, but about human insight and engagement. By studying the trends of consumers, markets and competitors, Hallam shows companies how to construct a better, more social brand and therefore a better business. This essential knowledge of how to engage with social technology provides business leaders with a source of constant innovation where competitive decisions can be made to open an almost boundless world of opportunity for the modern business.

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The goal of this qualitative study was to explore how adolescents with diagnosed depression describe their social relationships with peers, parents and teachers. Several previous findings have revealed the dual role of interpersonal relationships — as a stressor and contributor to different mental disorders, and also as a source of social support for mental health. Previous studies confirmed the value of a qualitative approach in exploring the self-perceived experiences of adolescents. The research group consisted of 28 adolescents, aged 13–17, with a diagnosis of depression. Individual semistructured interviews (Children's Depression Rating Scale Revised; CDRS-R) were applied in this study, which were analysed using thematic analysis. The results have both scientific and practical value, as well as relevance for the development of preventive interventions targeted at well-being and mental health of adolescents.

Media are fundamental to our sense of living in a social world. Since the beginning of modernity, media have transformed the scale on which we act as social beings. And now in the era of digital media, media themselves are being transformed as platforms, content, and producers multiply. Yet the implications of social theory for understanding media and of media for rethinking social theory have been neglected; never before has it been more important to understand those implications. This book takes on this challenge. Drawing on Couldry's fifteen years of work on media and social theory, this book explores how questions of power and ritual, capital and social order, and the conduct of political struggle, professional competition, and everyday life, are all transformed by today's complex combinations of traditional and 'new' media. In the concluding chapters Couldry develops a framework for global comparative research into media and for thinking collectively about the ethics and justice of our lives with media. The result is a book that is both a major intervention in the field and required reading for all students of media and sociology.