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Copyright of Revista FSA is the property of Revista FSA (Faculdade Santo Agostinho) and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Sustainability Reports (RS) are instruments used to communicate the socio-environmental practices effectively applied by companies, useful for the active monitoring of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by interested stakeholders. This study seeks and analyzes from the existing literature on SR the factors that motivate organizations to publish these reports. This study is characterized as a theoretical essay that uses the technique of bibliographic research to revisit the scientific works on the subject. From the research carried out there were identified the motivators useful as guidelines to be incorporated into the strategy of organizations, being divided into internal ones which include organizational characteristics; organizational values and competitive advantage; and external motivators including stakeholder influence, legislation and the organization reputation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present article measured the participation of Micro and Small Business (MSBs) in the purchases made by the federal government in the period from 2013 to 2018. The MSBs, although they are also subject to the technical and bureaucratic rites pertinent to the legislation, have different treatment supported by the Complementary Laws no. 123/2006 and no. 147/2014. The research is considered of a descriptive nature through a qualitative and quantitative approach where secondary data were duly extracted from the government electronic portal and tabulated in Microsoft Excel software. In the period studied, it was observed that MSBs maintained an average percentage of 12% in government contracting, and their distancing was evident when compared to other companies. It was concluded that other incentives than those already enacted by Complementary Laws were necessary, perhaps in training for micro entrepreneurs who may not be enjoying all the benefits that the Laws give them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this research we use the theoretical perspective of feminist geography to analyze violence against women in Brazil. The purpose of this study is to understand how violent homicides of women relate to socioeconomic factors in the period 1981-2016. Methodologically, we used a multiple linear regression with socioeconomic variables to understand the phenomenon. The results point to a final model composed of two socioeconomic variables with a prediction of 96,6% (R² = 0.966). Thus, we conclude that violence against women is related to the socioeconomic vulnerability of the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Rapid technological innovation has demonstrated a drastic reduction in the average life of the products, resulting in a massive generation of Electrical and Electronic Waste. This type of waste, as it contains components and toxic substances, is highly harmful to the environment and human health if it is disposed of or handled improperly. The objective of this work was to characterize the electronics and its corresponding residuals alerting about the impacts and negative effects that the same can bring to the society. This research is considered of descriptive nature, qualitative of exploratory nature. We conclude that residues from the electro-electronic have characteristics that must be treated with caution against the harmfulness they can bring to society, with the imminent need for a reverse logistics plan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In Brazil, environmental education became mandatory for every level of the educational spectrum only from 1999 on, when Law 9795 established the National Policy for Environmental Education - PNEA. Nevertheless, courses in business administration - BA have lagged behind other courses in implementing environmental education, perhaps because business managers took longer to realize that sustainable businesses can also be more profitable. Only when managers realize that sustainable actions also promote innovation, do they understand that environmental protection and productivity are not antagonist forces. This article aims at identifying if the educational system and/or the academic research in BA have been helping widespread this understanding, by analyzing Brazilian BA graduate courses. One main conclusion, drawn from the data registered at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq, is that only 25% of research groups address topics related to sustainable management. 93% of research groups started activities from 2002 on, signaling that concrete measures at governmental level - such as the enforcement of Law 9795/1999 in 2002 - do help promote environmental education. Analyzing the content of the courses offered by graduate programs that have been recognized or recommended by the Coordination for the Qualification of Higher Education Personnel - Capes, we concluded that only 51% of those graduate programs address environ- mental topics and a mere 6% actually teach tools necessary for a sustainable business management. 25% of the recognized graduate programs neither have research groups nor courses that address environmental/sustainability issues, highlighting that additional effort at government's level - perhaps a change in the evaluation process of higher education institutions - might be necessary to induce the BA field to better contribute to the dissemination of a sustainability mindset in the corporate world. Finally, we concluded that 6.2% of the articles published in the six main Brazilian periodicals in BA in 2006-2012 were somehow related to environmental/sustainable management. This represents an improvement when compared to the 2.3% result obtained by Jabbour et al (2008) for the 1996-2005 period, but this percentage corroborates the overall conclusion that environmental education and research in Brazilian BA graduation programs, although in expansion, is still incipient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]