title: Corporate responsibility reporting in the UK and Japan

authors: Bowerman, Suzanne

abstract: There is an increasing concern for the environment and society in today’s world. Stakeholders call for corporations to take responsibility for the impact that their organisational activities have on the environment and society by publicly disclosing such impacts and how they are being managed. Thus, the practice of corporate responsibility reporting (hereafter CRR) has been established. Unlike the provision of financial information in an annual report, CRR tends to be a voluntary reporting practice. As firms have the choice to provide CRR, logical economic thinking says that they will only do so if they derive some benefit from it. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate whether CRR is associated with firms’ market values in order to assess whether CRR provides incremental value relevant information to investors.

text: Corporate responsibility reporting in the UK and Japan There is an increasing concern for the environment and society in today’s world. Stakeholders call for corporations to take responsibility for the impact that their organisational activities have on the environment and society by publicly disclosing such impacts and how they are being managed. Thus, the practice of corporate responsibility reporting (hereafter CRR) has been established. Unlike the provision of financial information in an annual report, CRR tends to be a voluntary reporting practice. As firms have the choice to provide CRR, logical economic thinking says that they will only do so if they derive some benefit from it. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate whether CRR is associated with firms’ market values in order to assess whether CRR provides incremental value relevant information to investors.

year: 2012

title: Uplift in the Fiordland region, New Zealand: Implications for incipient subduction

authors: House, Martha A.

subjects: Fiordland

abstract: Low-temperature thermochronometry reveals regional Late Cenozoic denudation in Fiordland, New Zealand, consistent with geodynamic models showing uplift of the overriding plate during incipient subduction. The data show a northward progression of exhumation in response to northward migration of the initiation of subduction. The locus of most recent uplift coincides with a large positive Bouguer gravity anomaly within Fiordland. Thermochronometrically deduced crustal thinning, anomalous gravity, and estimates of surface uplift are all consistent with ~2 kilometers of dynamic support. This amount of dynamic support is in accord with geodynamic predictions, suggesting that we have dated the initiation of subduction adjacent to Fiordland.

text: Uplift in the Fiordland region, New Zealand: Implications for incipient subduction Low-temperature thermochronometry reveals regional Late Cenozoic denudation in Fiordland, New Zealand, consistent with geodynamic models showing uplift of the overriding plate during incipient subduction. The data show a northward progression of exhumation in response to northward migration of the initiation of subduction. The locus of most recent uplift coincides with a large positive Bouguer gravity anomaly within Fiordland. Thermochronometrically deduced crustal thinning, anomalous gravity, and estimates of surface uplift are all consistent with ~2 kilometers of dynamic support. This amount of dynamic support is in accord with geodynamic predictions, suggesting that we have dated the initiation of subduction adjacent to Fiordland.

year: 2002

title: Co-opting or valuing the indigenous voice through translation? A decision for research teams

authors: Kidd, Jacquie

subjects: Māori

abstract: Although te reo Māori is an official language of Aotearoa New Zealand, translation of research material such as information sheets, consent forms and questionnaires into te reo Māori remains highly variable. Translation tends to occur in research projects where Māori lead the work and that exclusively focus on Māori communities and topics. Translations are not offered or undertaken as a matter of course for all research. As a team of Māori and Indigenous researchers working within the health sector, we believe that there are important questions that need to be explored around the practice of using Indigenous languages, rich in similes and metaphors, to convey English/Western concepts/constructs/ideologies. In this paper, we draw on the story of one project to deconstruct and challenge the hegemonic terms through which translation of research material occurs. We explore the messages that translated material sends to potential research participants.
We contend that the choice about whether to translate research material into te reo Māori is one that should be undertaken within a robust decision-making framework that considers the reasons for a translation and its impact on the participants. Translation should not be undertaken primarily to attract Māori participants, but should reliably signal that the research is being undertaken in a way that honours a Māori worldview.

text: Co-opting or valuing the indigenous voice through translation? A decision for research teams Although te reo Māori is an official language of Aotearoa New Zealand, translation of research material such as information sheets, consent forms and questionnaires into te reo Māori remains highly variable. Translation tends to occur in research projects where Māori lead the work and that exclusively focus on Māori communities and topics. Translations are not offered or undertaken as a matter of course for all research. As a team of Māori and Indigenous researchers working within the health sector, we believe that there are important questions that need to be explored around the practice of using Indigenous languages, rich in similes and metaphors, to convey English/Western concepts/constructs/ideologies. In this paper, we draw on the story of one project to deconstruct and challenge the hegemonic terms through which translation of research material occurs. We explore the messages that translated material sends to potential research participants.
We contend that the choice about whether to translate research material into te reo Māori is one that should be undertaken within a robust decision-making framework that considers the reasons for a translation and its impact on the participants. Translation should not be undertaken primarily to attract Māori participants, but should reliably signal that the research is being undertaken in a way that honours a Māori worldview.

year: 2019