Corporate Governance: Volume 8 Issue 4

Complex accountability and power in global governance: issues for global business

Firms and their executives need to recognize the political complexity of accountability demands, so that they are prepared by training to recognize the signs of change, analyze…

The globally integrated enterprise and its role in global governance

This paper aims to explore how the model of an enterprise has dramatically changed as a result of globalisation and its subsequent impact on governance.

Global collaborative governance: there is no alternative

Emerging collaborative arrangements between public and private institutions provide the potential for novel ways of enhancing the provision of public goods. This paper aims to…

The changing role of governments and the emergence of the relational state

The paper aims to answer the question of what the new role of government in advanced democracies for the twenty‐first century should be and what institutional and organizational…

CSR legislation in France and the European regulatory paradox: an analysis of EU CSR policy and sustainability reporting practice

The aim of this paper is to investigate the corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy orientations in the Euopean Union (EU) by focusing on the specific case of the French…

Partnered governance: aligning corporate responsibility and public policy in the global economy

The purpose of this paper is to note the remarkable expansion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. Taking this as point of…

Business and climate change: emergent institutions in global governance

This paper aims to explore how multinational corporations (MNCs) may operate in the context of a so‐called emergent institution which is not yet settled and taken for granted…

Corporate responsibility, governance and accountability: from self‐regulation to co‐regulation

The aim of this paper is to analyze the changing role of business in a globalized society, focusing on transnational corporations as private authorities which have gained power in…

Natural law, human rights and corporate reputational capital in global governance

The purpose of this paper is to present a theoretical model for systematizing human rights norms to facilitate their integration into global business decision making.

Assessing corporate responsibility as a contribution to global governance: the case of the UN Global Compact

The changing nature of the interaction between multilateral institutions and the private sector, such as the one extended by the United Nations (UN) through the Global Compact…

Contributing to sustainable development through multi‐stakeholder processes: practical steps to avoid the “resource curse”

This paper aims to identify the factors that have allowed some counties to avoid the so‐called “resource curse”; to determine practical steps that can be taken by companies…

Business engagement in public programs: the pharmaceutical industry's contribution to public health and the millennium development goals

There is growing awareness that global public health problems are so complex, and require such major resources, that neither states nor other stakeholders can tackle them and…

Healthcare in developing countries and the role of business: a global governance framework to enhance the accountability of pharmaceutical companies

The purpose of this paper is to defend the appropriateness of a global governance framework for the transnational pharmaceutical corporations (TNPCs) as a way to tackle the…

Managing legitimacy issues in global supply chains: the case of the athletic footwear industry

This paper aims to explore new forms of control that can address the legitimacy problems of globally‐integrated enterprises.

Unintended consequences of CSR: protectionism and collateral damage in global supply chains: the case of Vietnam

This paper seeks to investigate the influence of the increasingly sustainable sourcing policies of many multinational companies on suppliers located in developing countries such…

Strategic planning and millennium development goals in Brazilian companies

This paper seeks to verify both the incorporation level of the Brazilian social and environmental challenges associated with the millenium development goals (MDGs) in the…

Innovation in business‐community partnerships: evaluating the impact of local enterprise and global investment models on poverty, bio‐diversity and development

Over the last decade, several innovative business‐community partnerships have emerged to address simultaneously two pressing development issues: poverty reduction and biodiversity…

Types of corporate responsibility and engagement with NGOs: an exploration of business and societal outcomes

This paper aims to classify different corporate responsibility (CR) actions into three types – philanthropy, CR integration and CR innovation – and examines different forms of…

Strategic local responses to global governance: the case of xertatu

Bizkaia, an area of just over one million inhabitants, is the setting, through the xertatu project, of an experience for fostering corporate social responsibility (CSR). This…

Business in society and the emerging global governance paradigm – introduction