The current crises in the UK – economic, political, financial and social – have created an opportunity to re-examine the social contract and the functioning of civil society. Many people have commented upon these crises, their causes and consequences and there have been many attempts to...

It is clear that the definition of corporate governance has extended considerably beyond investor relations and encompasses relations with all stakeholders – including the environment. This is essential for the longer term survival of a firm and is therefore a key component of sustainability....

The global economic recession from which we are just emerging, much as previous recessions, has highlighted failures in governance and failures in regulation. Indeed some have argued that the regulators are more guilty even than the perpetrators and should be sanctioned accordingly. There is of...

There are many aspects of sustainability which might be considered to reflect Brundtland's three pillars of economic, environmental and social sustainability. Others of course have different definitions which include such things as governance or supply chain management. This title addresses this...

Governance is very much a current concern in the public interest. The global economic recession, from which we are just emerging, has highlighted failures in governance and regulation with much blame being laid at the feet of regulators and demands for perpetrators to be sanctioned accordingly....

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been consistently discussed by the retail companies as a key factor of their strategic plan. The widely divided literature on the link between CSR and financial performance has distracted the researchers to focus on the important variables of CSR, that...