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International initiatives to promote responsible business: a navigation guide for business
International Business Leaders Forum, 2008The number of initiatives and standards relevant to corporate responsibility have increased rapidly over the last 15 years. Companies no longer wonder whether to use such tools; they wonder about which ones to use, and in what combination.DocumentCombating corruption: a private sector approach
Center for International Private Enterprise, 2008This paper argues for greater input from the private sector in the fight against corruption. It suggests that the most effective anti-corruption programs engage the private sector in institutional reforms that promote competitive markets and good governance.DocumentSupporting entrepreneurship at the base of the pyramid through business linkages
International Business Leaders Forum, 2009Summary of a workshop held in Rio de Janeiro in June 2008 on big business support for entrepreneurs at the 'base of the pyramid' (BOP). Participants including key International corporate partners presented case studies of innovative and successful linkages and discussed the opportunities, challenges and success factors they have been able to identify.Of particular interest are:DocumentMoral behavior in stock markets: Islamic finance and socially responsible investment
Social Science Research Network, 2008This paper addresses the puzzle of why the inclusion of non-financial social justice or religious criteria by professional fund managers has been so popular in Malaysia and yet has had to date relatively little influence in the United States stock market.DocumentDue diligence: social investors want impact...and quantifiable returns
Grameen Foundation USA, 2008As more investors enter into the microfinance market, it is increasingly clear that they are not binary - either purely social or purely commercial. Most investors fit into a spectrum where the role of social performance along this continuum differs substantially.Document'Financial Peacebuilding' - impacts of the Nepalese conflict on the financial sector and its potential for peacebuilding
International Relations and Security Network, 2008This working paper looks at options of how the local financial sector may contribute to post-conflict peacebuilding, taking the specific example of Nepal.DocumentThe responsibility paradox: multinational firms and global corporate social responsibility
Social Science Research Network, 2009This paper examines the impact of multinational firms’ increasingly blurred geographical and institutional boundaries on the nature and definition of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).DocumentCorporate social responsibility in a corporate governance framework
Social Science Research Network, 2007This paper analyse different interpretations and forms of CSR and discuss how they may arise in the context of a principal-agent structure. The authors argue that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) may affect the agency relationship inside a firm.DocumentCorporate social responsibility and shareholder's value: an event study analysis
Social Science Research Network, 2009This paper investigates the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on the capital market by tracing the market reaction to corporate entry and exit from the Domini 400 Social Index, recognized as a CSR benchmark, between 1990 and 2004. The paper highlights two main findings:DocumentAn empirical analysis of the strategic use of corporate social responsibility
Social Science Research Network, 2006Recent theories of the strategic use of corporate social responsibility (CSR) emphasise the role of information asymmetry and how CSR is likely to be matrixed into a firm’s product differentiation strategy.Pages