Society and Business Review: Volume 6 Issue 3

Symbols as cultural expressions of technology diffusion

Udechukwu Ojiako, Bartholomew Aleke

In the literature, technology has been shown to perform two major roles, one functionalist and the second symbolic. The purpose of this paper is to explore how cultural…

Social networks among small agribusinesses in Nigeria

Bartholomew Aleke, Udechukwu Ojiako, David Wainwright

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the diffusion of information and communication technology (ICT) among small indigenous agribusinesses operating in southeast Nigeria. The…

Environmental incidents in a developing country and corporate environmental disclosures: A study of a multinational gas company

Muhammad Azizul Islam, Muhammad Aminul Islam

The purpose of this paper is to examine the environmental disclosure initiatives of Niko Resources Ltd – a Canada‐based multinational oil and gas company – following the two major…

The illusory nature of standards: the case of standards for organic agriculture

Mai S. Linneberg

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the implications of the paradoxical situation in which standard setters are placed when standardising human practice. Contrary to…

Social partners or full‐fledged stakeholders?: Trade unions and CSR in Europe (France, Germany and the UK)

Olivier Delbard

The purpose of this paper is to question the status of trade unions on corporate social responsibility (CSR) today in the European Union (EU). How do they go from being social…

Challenges and innovation in the legal discourse: Achieving corporate responsibility for human rights

Aurora Voiculescu

The purpose of this paper is to map out the voluntary‐regulatory dynamics of the discourse of human rights in a business context within the European Union (EU) regulatory…

Liquid Times: Living in an Age of Uncertainty

Hamid Yeganeh

On the Modern Cult of the Factish Gods

Laurent Magne

Editorial

Yvon Pesqueux