Morals in business organizations: an approach based on strategic value and strength for business management

[EN] In the last decades, the topic of business ethics has attracted great interest at the academic and professional levels. Nowadays business ethics is being increasingly implemented as a necessary discipline in universities’ study plans on business management. Moreover, its importance is also evident according to the worldwide increase of organizations and/or institutions that have implemented ethics systems. However, some approaches thoroughly do not consider the importance and the need of an ethical behaviour and are still guiding the actions and the way of thinking of many academics and professionals led to consider that the only responsibility of business is limited just to profit maximization.

Design of a Sensor Based on Plastic Optical Fibre (POF) to Measure Fluid Flow and Turbidity

Although many optical fibre applications are based on their capacity to transmit optical signals with low losses, it can also be desirable for the optical fibre to be strongly affected by a certain physical parameter in the environment. In this way, it can be used as a sensor for this parameter. There are many strong arguments for the use of POFs as sensors. In addition to being easy to handle and low cost, they demonstrate advantages common to all multimode optical fibres. These specifically include flexibility, small size, good electromagnetic compatibility behaviour, and in general, the possibility of measuring any phenomenon without physically interacting with it. In this paper, a sensor based on POF is designed and analysed with the aim of measuring the volume and turbidity of a low viscosity fluid, in this case water, as it passes through a pipe. A comparative study with a commercial sensor is provided to validate the proven flow measurement. Likewise, turbidity is measured using different colour dyes. Finally, this paper will present the most significant results and conclusions from all the tests which are carried out.

Usage of substances and their dosage regimes in pharmacological animal models of schizophrenia

Background: Contrary to what is generally thought schizophrenia is a very common mental health issue. For this, several animal models are used to assess the illness in order to develop a definitive. The most widely spread paradigm is the use of pharmacological models. Aim: The aim of this review is to display which are the most used insults for the assessment of social behaviour related negative symptoms in animal models as well as to ascertain which is the most adequate regime. Design: Literature review. Methods: PubMed database was used for this article by the search of the indexed “schizophrenia”, “animal models”, “social behaviour” and “negative symptoms” descriptors. With the exception of a single article due to it value this review is based on articles from 10 years onwards. Besides, only clinical trials and reviews written in English or Spanish and that had laboratory rodents as target population were accepted. Results: The studies assessed agree that pharmacological models (specially those regarding the NMDA receptor antagonists) are a valuable means for the experimental investigation of negative symptoms in schizophrenia with the necessity to emphasise that only some negative symptoms (anhedonia and social interaction, mainly) can be experimentally assessed. Conclusions: There is not enough evidence regarding the fours aspects of this review. PCP, Ketamine or MK-801 in sub-acute dosage regimes are currently the most indicated insults to mimic schizophrenic symptoms in rodents, although further research in needed, albeit other substances are valuable as well. (In English language exclusively)

Estudio de caso de organización empresarial.: Liderazgo, motivación y comunicación interna en Iberdrola S.A.

El presente trabajo trata de analizar y explicar la relación entre el comportamiento de los individuos en las empresas y la consecución de los objetivos establecidos a través de la aplicación práctica de diferentes teorías de liderazgo y motivación en una empresa real como es Iberdrola. Debido a las dimensiones de la empresa y a la complejidad a la hora de obtener información relevante para el proyecto, centraremos nuestro análisis únicamente en el departamento de Compras y Seguros. Consideramos que las personas son el activo más valioso de las empresas ya que, al fin y al cabo, son el único factor diferenciador de las empresas, es el factor que puede distinguir entre una compañía competitiva de otra que no lo es. Por ello, creemos que es imprescindible analizar el comportamiento de los componentes de una empresa para identificar posibilidades de mejora, con el fin de alcanzar los objetivos establecidos. El proyecto tal y como hemos mencionado, principalmente se centra en el análisis del liderazgo y la motivación existente en el equipo de Compras y Seguros de Iberdrola S.A. Con los resultados obtenidos en el análisis se realizará una propuesta de valor con el fin de aportar diferentes alternativas que, acorde con algunas teorías organizacionales, puedan beneficiar a la empresa a la hora de conseguir sus diferentes metas en función de la situación en la que esté la empresa, las cualidades y comportamientos de todos sus componentes.

Energy retrofits in social housing. Analysis of its thermal behaviour.

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