We sought to understand how income inequality could impact one of the most important decisions that a multinational business could make: where to locate their production operations. If different levels of inequality are conducive to different business activities, then reducing inequality would require a fundamental shift among policy makers on how such a socio-economic goal attracts foreign investment.
The Chinese government’s recent emphasis on environmental issues has encouraged firms to pay more attention to their environmental activities and reporting; however, the comprehensiveness and transparency of their reporting appear to have reached a plateau. But there are opportunities to revive this process by expanding the diversity and power of local stakeholders to act as watchdogs and as Chinese firms become more exposed to global influences through the process of internationalisation.
Transparency is often understood as a simple matter of handing out more information - this narrow focus overlooks complex communication processes that also create new realities.
The study indicates how corresponding time horizons can be organized to advance the implementation of socially responsible investing in financial institutions. The empirically identified mechanisms associated with different time horizons help banks and insurance companies systematically anchor socially responsible investing in their core business.
We demonstrate how corruption networks adopt control mechanisms traditionally associated with formal organizations and how this is central to their effectiveness.
Many studies of the performance implications of corporate social responsibility find that it pays to be good. Yet people and the planet are still in trouble. We need to do better.
The Business & Society blog invites members of the community to submit contributions relating to the Covid pandemic.
Strategies to build the resilience of the systems that corporations depend on: economies, societies and ecosystems.
Five reasons why supporting the tourism industry in times of the coronavirus crisis means taking responsibility for society and the environment.
