Corporations and small/medium enterprises (SMEs) are subject to a variety of external and
internal pressures that often lead to changes in their corporate governance structures and …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess whether firms' transparency in supply chain
(TISC) statements indicate that substantive action is being taken on modern slavery in UK …

What are the prospects for the upward harmonization of regulatory standards, and why do
governments support or oppose more stringent supranational regulation? To answer these …

Private institutions for third-party (eco-) labelling of food and wood products has been a
lively field of empirical research, peaking in the conception of certification as a “non-state …

Names: Bebbington, Jan (Professor of accountancy and sustainable development), editor.|
Larrinaga, Carlos, 1967–editor.| O'Dwyer, Brendan, 1968–editor.| Thomson, Ian, 1962 …

The extent to which state authorities can regulate the externalities and the behaviour of
multinational corporations (MNCs) is limited. This is especially true when MNCs operate in …

In the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic,
scepticism on the merits of trade and globalization has increased across several key …

In recent years, scholars and policymakers have become interested in the idea of a smart
mix of voluntary and regulatory measures in private governance. If public and private actors …

The article investigates the driving forces that have been shaping the regulatory process of
the EU directive on non-financial reporting (NFR). Drawing on a three-year empirical study, it …

In recent decades, as worldwide attention to corporate responsibility increased, the global
corporate responsibility (GCR) movement did not converge on a singular governance model …