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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

Cultural Pathways to Sustainability: How Organizational Cultures Shape Firms' ESG Performance

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how organizational culture shapes firms' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance is essential for advancing effective sustainability management. Culture reflects shared values and norms that shape how firms enact ESG principles.
Marianna Delegach, Tal Katz‐Navon, Dana R. Vashdi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of causes of death among brought-in-dead cases in a third-level Hospital in Lusaka, Republic of Zambia, using the tariff method 2.0 for verbal autopsy: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Over one third of deaths in Zambian health facilities involve someone who has already died before arrival (i.e., Brough in Dead), and in most BiD cases, the CoD have not been fully analyzed.
Yuta Yokobori, Jun Matsuura, Yasuo Sugiura, Charles Mutemba, Martin Nyahoda, Chomba Mwango, Lloyd Kazhumbula, Motoyuki Yuasa, Clarence Chiluba   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing mortality registration in Kerala: the MARANAM study

Genus, 2022
Complete or improving civil registration systems in sub-national areas in low- and middle-income countries provide several opportunities to better understand population health and its determinants.
Aashish Gupta, Sneha Sarah Mani
doaj   +1 more source

Marriage, Registration and Dissolution by Same-Sex Couples in the U.S. [PDF]

, 2008
This study analyzes data from states that have extended legal recognition to same-sex couples. Analyses show that same-sex couples want and use these new legal statuses. Furthermore, they react more enthusiastically when marriage is possible.
Deborah Ho, Gary J. Gates, M. V. Lee Badgett   +2 more
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Stillbirth rates in 20 countries of Latin America: an ecological study [PDF]

, 2018
Objective: To describe country-level stillbirth rates and their change over time in Latin America, and to measure the association of stillbirth rates with socio-economic and health coverage indicators in the region. Design: Ecological study.
Althabe, Fernando, Belizan, Jose, Correa, Malena, Pajuelo, Mónica, Pingray, María Verónica, Vazquez, Paula   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Orchestration of Climate Action in Municipalities: A Collective Capacity Approach

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Municipalities are increasingly positioned as key actors in enabling local climate action, yet their ability to mobilise societal actors remains insufficiently understood. This study examines how municipal officials in six Finnish municipalities from different local contexts understand and operationalise collective capacity for climate action,
Maija Faehnle, Hanna Nieminen, Jani P. Lukkarinen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing ignorance about who dies of what: research and innovation to strengthen CRVS systems

BMC Medicine, 2020
The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) agenda offers a major impetus to consolidate and accelerate development in civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems. Strengthening CRVS systems is an SDG outcome in itself.
Alan D. Lopez, Deirdre McLaughlin, Nicola Richards   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Population perspectives and demographic methods to strengthen CRVS systems: introduction

Genus, 2022
Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems and legal identity systems have become increasingly recognized as catalytic both for inclusive development and for monitoring population dynamics spanning the entire life course.
Romesh Silva
doaj   +1 more source

Quantifying Model Selection Uncertainty in Structural Analysis: Methodology and Application

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With increasing focus on complex engineering systems under rare events, computational models are critical for predictions due to the scarcity or absence of data. However, selecting an appropriate model can be challenging. Using a single model without available test calibration could result in significant bias in performance predictions. A case
Ya‐Heng Yang, Tracy C. Becker
wiley   +1 more source