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Bulletin - Canadian Society of Civil Engineers.

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No. 1-5 subtitle reads: Discussions on paper and society affairs; no.
Canadian Society of Civil Engineers.
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Does Sustainability Auditing Lead to Enhanced Corporate Governance, Environmental Performance, and Financial Outcomes? Empirical Evidence From High‐Impact Industries

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs hierarchical regression modelling on a survey of 550 firms from Nigeria and Ghana to examine the impact of sustainability auditing on corporate governance, environmental performance, and financial outcomes of high‐impact industries.
Mandella Osei‐Assibey Bonsu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Civil society, the state, and the limits to global civil society

open access: yesGlobal Society, 2006
Just as domestic civil society is widely regarded as serving the greater common good of a national democratic political community, global civil society is also promoted as a vehicle through which a host of humanity's ills may be remedied. This article argues that the pinning of such high hopes on global civil society is mistaken, for its proponents ...
openaire   +3 more sources

The European Union, Conflict Transformation and Civil Society: A Conceptual Framework [PDF]

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The European Union considers conflict resolution as a cardinal objective of its foreign policy. It makes use of a number of policy instruments to promote conflict transformation through ‘constructive engagement’, which cover a range of sectors affecting ...
Nathalie Tocci
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Communication of Business‐Nonprofit Collaborations and Environmental Legitimacy: Exploratory Insights From Italian Firms

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Collaborations with nonprofits can enhance firms' legitimacy, yet the relationship between their communication and corporate environmental legitimacy remains poorly understood. Furthermore, research lacks an analysis of the communication of business‐nonprofit collaborations through multiple actors' perspectives.
Andrea Rizzuni   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The European Union and the Kosovan Youth – A Wide Range of Solutions to a Single Problem

open access: yesCentral European Journal of Public Policy, 2009
This article explores the ways in which the European Union fosters the development of civil society in Kosovo. In particular, it focuses on how the EU shapes the role of students and young people as well as the extent to which it contributes to their ...
Anna Szolucha
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Civil Society in Angola

open access: yes, 2008
Presentation of the report "Civil Society in Angola.
Amundsen, Inge
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ESG Assurance and Dividends: Evidence From 18 Countries in Africa

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) assurance on a firm's dividend payout policies within the unique African context. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model, this study examines how voluntary third‐party assurance of ESG reports influences firms' dividend payout policies compared to ...
Samuel Karanja Kogi, June Cao
wiley   +1 more source

Hacia un bosquejo de la sociedad civil global: Un referente para la sociedad civil en el mundo árabe

open access: yesRevista de Estudios Internacionales Mediterráneos, 2012
La emergencia de la sociedad civil transnacional o global fue precedida por el desarrollo de las sociedades civiles en sus respectivos ámbitos nacionales o estatales.
José Abu Tarbush
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Civil Society and Conflict Transformation in Abkhazia, Israel/Palestine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria and Western Sahara [PDF]

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The paper describes and analyses the role of civil society in five conflict cases – Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria, Western Sahara and Israel/ Palestine. It evaluates the relative effectiveness of civil society organisations (CSOs) and assesses
Nona Mikhelidze, Nicoletta Pirozzi
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