Corporate Governance: Volume 10 Issue 4

Making the global economy more sustainable

This paper seeks to discuss the sustainability of the global economy.

Responding to the crisis: redefining corporate value

This submission aims to set out a new conception of value creation. In examining the impact of the downturn on notions of business success, and contemplating potential scenarios…

Economics, the financial crisis and corporate responsibility

This paper aims to reconsider “the crisis” in terms of a failure in dominant economic thinking and to discuss the repercussions for corporate governance.

Tax avoidance and corporate social responsibility: you can't do both, or can you?

The payment of taxes is both a crucial corporate contribution to society and essential to good governance; but it is an under‐researched aspect of corporate social responsibility…

Corporate governance and the current crisis

This paper seeks to look at “the crisis” in terms of a failure of corporate governance.

Stakeholder governance: how stakeholders influence corporate decision making

This paper aims to explore how stakeholders are voluntarily granted influence in corporate decision making.

Stakeholder cohesion, innovation, and competitive advantage

The purpose of this paper is to explore the limits of stakeholder governance and to contribute a better comprehension of the relationships between corporate social performance…

The impact of the crisis on corporate responsibility: the case of UN global compact participants in the USA

This paper seeks to understand what impact the current economic and financial crisis has had on the business and non‐business sector's corporate responsibility (CR) efforts, as…

Measuring the business and societal benefits of corporate responsibility

The economic crisis has more than ever revealed the necessity for companies to extend their focus from the maximization of shareholder returns to the management of their complex…

Perception, reflection and communication: an empirical case study within the pharmaceutical industry

This paper aims to show how instruments of empirical opinion research can help to provide a basis for interactive communication between a company and its stakeholders via the…

The impact and interplay of national and global CSR discourses: insights from France and Brazil

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the interplay between national traditions and international influence on the CSR discourses and practices, in the context of two very…

Governing a more global world

This paper aims to clarify the character of globalization, to identify the changes it brings to structures of governance, and to consider ways in which these arrangements could be…

Business‐government relations: beyond lobbying

Parallel with business and society relationships, the business and government relationship needs greater attention. Business and government relations beyond short‐term lobbying…

Outsourcing governance: Fairtrade's message for C21 global governance

This paper seeks to bring together ethical governance theory and empirical findings to examine the shifting nature of governance in global value chains, and the implications of…

Collaborative Governance 2.0

This paper aims to explore how existing collaborative governance arrangements in the context of corporate responsibility (e.g. the Global Reporting Initiative and Social…

Should corporate social reporting be voluntary or mandatory? Evidence from the banking sector in France and the United States

This research project aims to investigate how country contexts pressure firms for greater reporting activity and to explore the impact of these pressures on disclosure quality.

The role of stakeholder dialogue: NGOs and foreign direct investments

This paper seeks to analyse the role of stakeholder dialogue, in particular with non‐governmental organisations (NGO), in connection with a foreign direct investment. Specific…

Self‐ or rule‐based governance: analysis of choice‐making behaviour

This study seeks to propose self‐governance in organisations based on choice‐making behaviour.

Corporate responsibility and governance: the responsible corporation in a global economy