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Citizen Oversight Groups (Veedurías), a suitable instrument to advance in the tobacco control agenda, the Colombian experience

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background and challenges to implementation Colombia´s Constitution enshrines several instruments of citizen-participation that aim to foster government accountability and encourage democratic deliberation.
Liliana Andrea Avila Garcia   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Estimates of the Effect on the Prevalence of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The share of employers offering health coverage has generally declined in the last decade. Researchers believe that certain provisions of PPACA could affect employers’ future willingness to offer health coverage, such as the availability of subsidized ...
Government Accountability Office
core   +2 more sources

Governance Structures, Voluntary Disclosures and Public Accountability: The Case of UK Higher Education Institutions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Purpose: We investigate the extent of voluntary disclosures in UK higher education institutions’ (HEIs) annual reports and examine whether internal governance structures influence disclosure in the period following major reform and funding constraints.
Broad, Martin J.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Examining the Myth of Accountability, High-Stakes Testing, and the Achievement Gap [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In this article we outline how notions of accountability and the achievement gap have relied upon the massive expansion of high-stakes exams in our nation’s schools. Texas-style test and punish accountability manifested in various ways within schools and
Brewer, T. Jameson   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Sustainability and CSR orientation through “Edutainment” in tourism

open access: yesInternational Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility, 2018
The aim of the paper is to present and discuss, using a fieldwork approach, the pillars and the outcomes of sustainable business models in the tourism sector.
Mara Del Baldo
doaj   +1 more source

International Guidelines Against Impunity: Facilitating Accountability [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Reasons for a consistent pattern of compromise when it comes to impunity for international crimes and human rights violations are discussed.
Morris, Madeline H.
core   +3 more sources

Acting as a benefit corporation and a B Corp to responsibly pursue private and public benefits. The case of Paradisi Srl (Italy)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility, 2019
Benefit Corporations and B Corps represent alternative models of enterprise that bridge the for-profit and not-for-profit model (hybrid organizations).
Mara Del Baldo
doaj   +1 more source

Accountability of Central Banks: Aspects and Quantification [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper starts with a discussion of the various aspects of accountability of central banks. On the basis of this discussion we construct an indicator for accountability for 16 central banks, including the European Central Bank.
Amtenbrink, F.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Evolving Political Accountability in Kenya [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
published or submitted for publicationnot peer ...
Jacob Butler
core  

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