书目名称 | Sustainability and Social Responsibility: Regulation and Reporting |
编辑 | Graham Gal,Orhan Akisik,William Wooldridge |
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概述 | Explores issues related to corporate social reporting and provides perspectives on the role of government in enforcing regulations.Helps readers to understand the interrelations between firms, stakeho |
丛书名称 | Accounting, Finance, Sustainability, Governance & Fraud: Theory and Application |
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描述 | This book addresses key issues related to the choice between governments regulating and enforcing society’s sustainability and social responsibility objectives, and firms reporting on their sustainable and socially responsible activities so stakeholders can exert pressure on firms to achieve society’s goals. While these may be considered as the two endpoints of a continuum, it is clear that there are differing perspectives on the role of governments in sustainability and responsibility. At one end of this continuum are stakeholders who believe the only way to achieve a sustainable and socially conscious society is to establish and enforce regulations with the concomitant governmental organizations to oversee and enforce those regulations. At the other end are those who consider firms to be crucial organizations for achieving sustainability and socially responsible outcomes, and who feel it is the responsibility of stakeholders to determine the legitimacy of firms’ actions. It is probably not the case that any economies exist at either end of this continuum, but it is clear that the availability of reliable information is critical for any stakeholder to review the performance of |
出版日期 | Book 2018 |
关键词 | Socially responsible investing; Stakeholder management; Social reporting in the healthcare industry; It |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4502-8 |
isbn_softcover | 978-981-13-5152-5 |
isbn_ebook | 978-981-10-4502-8Series ISSN 2509-7873 Series E-ISSN 2509-7881 |
issn_series | 2509-7873 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapor |