Social Responsibility Journal: Volume 9 Issue 4

Stakeholder thinking in sustainability management: the case of Novozymes

Esben Rahbek Gjerdrum Pedersen, Morten Hove Henriksen, Claus Frier, Jeanette Søby, Vernon Jennings

– The objective of the paper is to describe and discuss how the biotech company Novozymes integrates stakeholder thinking into everyday sustainability practices.

Business opportunity and food education in Japan

Kaori Takano

This qualitative research aims to examine through their voices, why Japanese teachers who invited corporate lessons into their classrooms first became involved with business…

Empirical investigations on boards, business characteristics, human capital and environmental reporting

Roshima Said, Noorain Omar, Wan Nailah Abdullah

The objectives of this paper are to examine the level of environmental disclosure in annual reports made by Malaysian public listed companies for the year ended 2009, and to…

Does employment influence the success of ethics training?

Treena Gillespie Finney, R. Zachary Finney

The study aims to understand how university students' work experiences influence their perceptions of university ethics training. In the past, researchers have focused on the…

A comparative picture of corporate social responsibility approaches by leading companies in the United Kingdom and Brazil

Mônica Cavalcanti Sá Abreu, Claire Barlow

This paper aims to compare the CSR strategy, stakeholder engagement and overseas approaches of six leading companies that have large potential environmental and social impacts…

Philosophical issues in responsible investment: a care-ethical approach

Tommi Juhani Lehtonen

– This paper aims to examine ethical investment problems related to fiduciary responsibilities.

Acts that matter – an analysis of Kiva

Britta Timm Knudsen, Anne Ellerup Nielsen

The goal of this paper is to provide insight into how global social responsibility is performed through economic, mental and even physical investment and engagement by consumers…

Lifting the veil on environment-social-governance rating methods

Wendy Stubbs, Paul Rogers

There is growing recognition that numerous business drivers contribute to financial performance and investment returns but they are not included in a company's profit and loss…

CSR in the aftermath of the financial crisis

Linne Marie Lauesen

The purpose of this paper is to examine the literature of CSR before and in the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2008. The aim of the research question is to map out the…

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Editorial

David Crowther