Sustainability and Social Responsibility: Regulation and Reporting

Part I. Background of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

1. CSR—In Pursuit of Sustainable Growth and Economic Development
Sanjay Bhāle, Sudeep Bhāle

2. Social Responsibility as a Factor of Convergence in Corporate Governance
Daniela M. Salvioni, Simona Franzoni, Francesca Gennari

3. CSR, Corporate Governance, and the King Reports
Henk Kloppers

4. Problematising Sustainability Assurance Practice: Roles of Sustainability Assurance Providers
Charika Channuntapipat

5. State Auditing and Anticorruption Campaign: Evidence from China
Guangyou Liu, Kaisong Gong

6. Sustainability Ratings and Organizational Legitimacy: The Role of Compensating Tactics
Jeffrey Gauthier, Bill Wooldridge

7. Can Sustainability Be Budget for? Evidence from Iran
Farzaneh Jalali, Graham Gal

Part II. Analytical Models

8. A Signaling Game Between a Manager and Investors for Financial Disclosure
Chen-Wen Chen

9. Converging the Shareholder and Stakeholder Theories
Ertan Kucukyalcin

10. Employee Perceptions of Corporate Social Responsibility Activities and Work-Related Attitudes: The Case of a Greek Management Services Organization
Panagiotis Reklitis, Panagiotis Trivellas, Ioannis Mantzaris, Elisavet Mantzari, Dimitrios Reklitis

11. The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Corporate Social Responsibility Activities of Greek Companies
Alexandros G. Sahinidis, Dimitra Daskalaki, Elisavet Mantzari, Ioannis Mantzaris

Part III. Market Firm Issues

12. Is Socially Responsible Investing More Risky? Australian Evidence
Ewan Mackie, Imon Palit, Madhu Veeraraghavan, John Watson

13. Corporate Social Disclosures by Banks: Between Legal Institution and Cultural Dimensions
Ismail Adelopo, Musa Obalola, Ramiro Cea Moure

14. Social Reporting in a Health Care Organization: A Case Study of a Regional Italian Hospital
Stefano Marasca, Lucia Montanini, Alberto Manelli, Alessia D’Andrea, Martina Vallesi, Vania Carignani, Paolo Galassi

15. Iran’s Privatization Policy Analysis Based on Good Corporate Governance Principles
Amin Naseri, Rahmatollah Gholipour, Bita Mashayekhi

16. Role of Management, Corporate Governance, and Sarbanes-Oxley in Fraud: A Focus on the Precious Metals Industry
Tomeika Williams

17. Financial and Sustainability Reporting: An Empirical Investigation of Their Relationship in the Italian Context
Marisa Agostini, Ericka Costa

18. Corporate Social Responsibility, Investor Sentiment, and Stock Returns
Emrah Keleş, Ayten Çetin

19. An Industry Perspective on Regulation and Reporting
Julian Lustig-Gonzalez, Laura Harcourt

20. CSR Disclosure Practices in the Zambia Mining Industry
Obby Phiri, Elisavet Mantzari

Keywords: Business and Management, Sustainability Management, Corporate Environmental Management, Environmental Policy, Environmental Science and Engineering, Corporate Governance