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Gender quotas for company boards

open access: yes, 2014
This book analyses the EU proposal on gender quotas for company boards and brings together the experiences of countries that have, to various degrees, taken the road towards formalising gender balance in the board room.
De Vos, Marc, Culliford, Philippe
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Women's Empowerment, Governance, and the Economics of Clean Cooking Transitions in Africa

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past few decades, the global economy, particularly in developing nations, has persistently grappled with rising dependence on conventional energy resources, thus rendering the realization of Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 7 (SDGs 5 and 7) an elusive aspiration for the international community.
Stephen Kelechi Dimnwobi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hidden Costs of Ethical Fashion: Sustainable Development Goals and Garment Worker Exploitation in Bangladesh

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Across garment factories in the Global South, the promise of “ethical fashion” coexists with poverty wages and retaliation. This study examines why the global call for decent work has not improved labor conditions in Bangladesh's ready‐made garment industry.
Md. Rafiqul Islam Rana
wiley   +1 more source

Motivation and hygiene factors for curriculum (re)development and the embedding of technology in accounting programmes

open access: yesAccounting &Finance, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Using Herzberg's two‐factor theory, this paper examines the hygiene and motivation factors that drive (re)development in accounting higher education programmes. Interviews with accounting educators and discipline leaders demonstrate a range of factors at play in the (re)development of accounting programmes in pursuit of embedding relevant ...
Esin Ozdil   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Through Awareness to Action: Overcoming Gender Inequities in Academic Medicine and Nephrology. [PDF]

open access: yesKidney Int Rep
Guditi S   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Investor Heterogeneity, Sustainable Board Governance, and Corporate Social Responsibility Performance: Empirical Evidence From Europe

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study applies an agency‐theoretical lens to examine how investor heterogeneity, specifically institutional, foreign, and domestic ownership, influences corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance. Drawing on extensions of classical agency theory that account for heterogeneous shareholder preferences and principal‐principal conflicts,
Maximilian Focke
wiley   +1 more source

Through the scope, not the ceiling: Gender distribution among endoscopy sessions at the German Visceral Medicine Congress. [PDF]

open access: yesEndosc Int Open
Pueschel L   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Hidden Toll of the Climate Crisis: A Qualitative Systematic Review of the Mental Health Impacts of Flooding in Europe

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Experiencing a flood has been shown to have a significant impact on people's mental health. However, the qualitative evidence exploring these experiences remains sparse and has not been systematically synthesised. This systematic review synthesised qualitative evidence of the impact of flooding on mental health among adults in Europe.
Victor A. Owoyomi, Dan Jones
wiley   +1 more source

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