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Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility Criteria into Executive Compensation and Firm Innovation : International Evidence
Tsang, Albert; Wang, Kun Tracy; Liu, Simeng; Yu, Li - 2021
that this positive association is stronger in countries with weak stakeholder orientation, countries with weak legal … compensate for institutional voids and high stakeholder demand for CSR, and thereby foster firm innovation. The results of the …
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Corporate Governance for a Changing World : Report of a Global Roundtable Series
Veldman, Jeroen - 2016
After the financial crisis, there has been considerable debate about the role of corporations in society. It has become broadly accepted that corporations - particularly the world's largest publicly traded corporations – need to be governed with respect for the society and the environment....
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On the Evolution of the United Nations’ 'Protect-Respect-Remedy' Project : The State, the Corporation and Human Rights in a Global Governance Context
Backer, Larry Catá - 2010
The advent of contemporary economic globalization has substantially altered the regulatory environment in which economic enterprises operate. Once assumed to be creatures of the states that recognized and regulated their existence, economic enterprises today are increasingly capable of arranging...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014194484
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Global Rule-Setting for Business : A Critical Analysis of Multi-Stakeholder Standards
Fransen, Luc - 2014
In the field of global rule-setting for responsible business behaviour, multi-stakeholder standards have emerged in …. Proponents also hold that multi-stakeholder standards could address problems related to other forms of global rule-setting for … business. Despite alleged advantages, however, analyses of multi-stakeholder initiatives, considering benefits and drawbacks …
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Preparing to Negotiate in a Globally Diverse Environment : An Examination of Chinese and Jewish Perspectives on Truth and Lies
Larson, David Allen - 2012
What are a negotiator's ethical and moral obligations during a negotiation? Should a negotiator be dedicated to achieving the greatest value possible for his or her client even though that goal may appear to require some degree of deception? Does it make a difference whether a culture has a...
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The End of Responsible Growth and Governance? : The Risks Posed by Social Enterprise Enabling Statutes and the Demise of Director Primacy
Fershee, Joshua P. - 2019
Social benefit entities, such as benefit corporations and low-profit limited liability companies (or L3Cs) were designed to support and encourage socially responsible business. Unfortunately, instead of helping, the emergence of social enterprise enabling statutes and the demise of director...
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Regulating Multinational Corporations — Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
Backer, Larry Catá - 2015
In prior work, I suggested the way in which private enterprises have been developing coherent systems of governance that draw on but are autonomous of law and state based legal systems. In this essay I suggest the challenges to the erection of a similar coherent system of legal regulation by or...
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Governance Polycentrism -- Hierarchy and Order Without Government in Business and Human Rights Regulation
Backer, Larry Catá - 2015
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In Search of the Holy Grail : Achieving Global Privacy Rules Through Sector-Based Codes of Conduct
Hirsch, Dennis D. - 2014
The movement of personal data across national borders is fundamental to the Internet economy. Yet the laws that govern such data flows remain national or, at best, regional. This mismatch weakens privacy protection, increases costs and uncertainty for business, creates tension and political...
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Turning Promises into Action : ‘Legal Readiness for Climate Finance’ and Implementing the Paris Agreement
Bowman, Megan - 2022
A clear imperative in addressing the climate crisis is to turn finance promises into climate action. This article explores this challenge through the lens of the emerging concept of ‘legal readiness for climate finance’. It is defined as the degree to which a country has coherent regulatory...
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