... 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Environmental sustainability Management Corporate strategy Health Society Nexus Various intensifying crises demonstrate the significant interconnections between human well-being...

... the rise of multinational corporations and the relative weakness of international governance arrangements to provide a semblance of oversight that would protect the commons and minimizes negative externalities inflicted on society by profit making commercial organizations. The concept is that of voluntary...

...Michael L. McIntyre; Steven A. Murphy Purpose This paper aims to examine the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) on moral agents, and in turn, governance structures in western societies. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper takes a holistic...

...Gilbert Lenssen; David Bevan; Joan Fontrodona; Jan Aart Scholte Purpose This paper aims to clarify the character of globalization, to identify the changes it brings to structures of governance, and to consider ways in which these arrangements could be made to serve a good (more global) society...

...Gilbert Lenssen; Daniel Arenas; Peter Lacy; Simon Pickard; Laura Albareda Purpose 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 global governance. The paper...

... societal expectations when the notion of society itself is undergoing change, and the relationship between business and wider society is being revisited. Findings Discusses the experience of employing global social and environmental standards, the value of thinking in terms of a global ethic...

... Group Publishing Limited 2005 Corporate governance Sustainable development Society In recent years, there has been a virtual explosion of interest in corporate governance. Corporate scandals and the need to protect minority shareholders' interests, for example, are some of the reasons...