.... Findings Profitable, mature, capital intensive and firms with high sales growth rate tend to invest more in social initiatives. Firms with high agency costs invest in social initiatives for workforce efficiency, maintaining human rights and product responsibility. The study documents evidence that social...

... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Governance Corporate responsibility Human rights Environmental impact Community engagement Global responsibility THE SOCIETY THAT brings the spectacle into being does not dominate...

...Thomas A. Hemphill; Keith J. Kelley Purpose This paper aims to address the viability of two recent initiatives proposed to address the important human rights issue of employee and building safety among manufacturers in the global supply chain: the recently proposed “Shared Responsibility Paradigm...

... required by the MLC to provide for better standards of seafarer welfare across the global fleet. Helen Sampson can be contacted at: sampsonh@cf.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Globalisation Human rights Shipping Corporate social responsibility Governance Seafarers...

...Kerry Lynne Pedigo; Verena Mary Marshall Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the experiences of Australian managers in relation to human rights issues and corporate responsibility inherent in their international business operations. Design/methodology/approach The paper reports...