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The peer professional opinion defence in s 5O Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) : some uncertainties

, 2012
Statutory modification of common law principles can raise new issues relating to interpretation of the statute and 10 years after the introduction of the peer professional opinion defence in s 5O Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) a number of issues are ...
Fitzpatrick, Susan (R7675)
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Ethical Behaviour and Corporate Financing. The Case of ‘Legality Rating’

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The financial crisis has heightened awareness of ethical and legal issues in the business context. Corporate ethical behaviour is increasingly measured through sustainability ratings. Since 2012, in Italy, the introduction of a sustainability rating, namely the legality rating (LR), has served as an innovative ‘label’ for socially responsible ...
Federica Doni, Lucio Masserini, Zeila Occhipinti, Roberto Verona   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Breadth at the Helm: Generalist CEOs and Corporate ESG Performance‐Evidence From China

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on the Upper Echelons Theory and the Imprinting Theory, this study conjectures that generalist CEOs may have a stronger tendency to pursue environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals. We perform multiple regression analyses with observations of Shanghai and Shenzhen A‐share listed companies from 2010 to 2023 in order to explore ...
Shanmei Luo, Chaofan Jin, Hongling Han, You Zhang, Yuqi Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Legal aspects of responsibility for publishing or re-publishing incorrect information on social media (a study in UAE law)

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
This study outlines the legal aspects of the issue of responsibility for publishing or re-publishing misleading information on social media sites through four aspects: criminal liability, civil liability, identifying which court has jurisdiction over ...
Ziad AL-Enizi, Ahmad Ghandour
doaj   +1 more source

Enforcement of environmental liability in the case of uncertain causality and asymmetric information [PDF]

In providing precautionary incentives and allocating environmental risk, liability for environmental damages faces two difficulties: randomness of damages incurred and nonobservability of precautionary measures. Hence, a major obstacle in enforcing legal
Bartsch, Elga
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Seats at the Table, Shifts in the Actions: Board Gender Diversity and Climate Activism

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As regulatory and stakeholder pressures intensify, firms are increasingly expected to move beyond symbolic sustainability commitments towards corporate climate activism. This concept refers to the active institutionalisation of climate‐focused mechanisms such as external assurance, board oversight and climate‐linked incentives.
Md Tanvir Hamim, Rasim Simsek
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental liability

, 2015
Matters involving environmental liability have been widely recognized in many discussions on environmental issues. However, there is much confusion about the term ‘environmental liabilities’.
Zhao, Xiaobo, Zhang, Jianwei
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Civil liability of the Ministry of Health for water hygiene: a review study of laws and regulations [PDF]

Muhandisī-i Bihdāsht-i Muḥīṭ
Background: In case of non-supply or monitoring of water hygiene and resulting a direct damage to consumers, the need for compensation will be considered based on the theory of civil liability.
Mohsen Ansari
doaj  

L’ignorance saisie par le droit de la responsabilité civile

Cahiers Droit, Sciences & Technologies
This paper aims to analyze the reception by civil liability law of delayed damages, understood as damages that may manifest years after an accident.
Claire Portier
doaj   +1 more source

Civil Liability of the State

پژوهش‌نامه حقوق اسلامی, 2009
If the main objective of the rules of civil liability is compensation of material and spiritual damages, the state and the civil servants would not be an exception to the rule. It is possible that granting immunity to the state gives rise to imposition of certain material or spiritual losses to natural as well as legal persons.
vali rostami, ali bahadori jahroomi
openaire   +1 more source