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An e-voting system for Android Smartphones

open access: yesRevista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia, 2014
Electoral processes using electronic devices allow voters to cast electronically. Devices such as personal computers, Direct Record Machines (DRE) voting machines, and smartcards, among others, in conjunction with private nets or the Internet have been ...
Lourdes López García   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shareholder Coordination and Waste Management

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how shareholder coordination relates to corporate waste management. Drawing on 1059 firm‐year observations from S&P 500 firms between 2010 and 2022, we show that higher levels of coordination among shareholders correspond to reduced waste generation. This effect is more pronounced in firms whose coordinated shareholders are
Mohamed Khalifa
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental demonstration of a two-voter quantum anonymous voting prototype with continuous variables

open access: yesnpj Quantum Information
Classical electronic voting is increasingly being adopted for Internet-based elections, requiring system designs that ensure fairness, legitimacy, verifiability, and voter anonymity-thereby preserving ballot confidentiality, uniqueness, and integrity ...
Piao Tan   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Electronic voting systems for defending free will and resisting bribery and coercion based on ring anonymous signcryption scheme

open access: yesAdvances in Mechanical Engineering, 2017
Vote by ballot is the feature in a democratic society and the process of decision-making, tending to achieve the philosophy of democratic politics by having the public who are eligible to vote for competent candidates or leaders.
Tsung-Chih Hsiao   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Paying for Privilege: How Political Contributions Undermine Environmental Sustainability—And How Executive Contracting Can Restore Balance

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We are interested in investigating whether firms use political donations as a license to neglect environmental sustainability. We further deepen the examination by exploring the role of executive contracting. Drawing on a wide range of data between 2002 and 2021 and a global sample, our findings confirm that firms use political contributions ...
Habiba Al‐Shaer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can Credit Rating Changes Affect Corporate Carbon Emissions? Some Evidence From the S&P 500

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using panel data on US S&P 500 firms from 2012 to 2024, this study examines how credit rating changes affect corporate carbon performance. Drawing on the resource‐based view and prospect theory, we show that credit rating downgrades lead to a statistically and economically significant deterioration in emission reduction scores.
Michal Wojewodzki   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Online Voting Patterns Reflect Evolved Features of Human Cognition? An Exploratory Empirical Investigation.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Online votes or ratings can assist internet users in evaluating the credibility and appeal of the information which they encounter. For example, aggregator websites such as Reddit allow users to up-vote submitted content to make it more prominent, and ...
Maria Priestley, Alex Mesoudi
doaj   +1 more source

Lift every voice: The urgency of universal civic duty voting

open access: yes, 2020
Imagine an American democracy remade by its citizens in the very image of its promise, a society where the election system is designed to allow citizens to perform their most basic civic duty with ease.
Working Group on Universal Voting
core  

Whose Sustainability Counts? Board Governance, ESG Ratings, and Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence on the ESG–SDG Wedge

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Institutional investors increasingly rely on ESG ratings to evaluate financially material sustainability risks, while governments promote corporate alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Because these frameworks differ substantially in capital market salience and monitoring intensity, board oversight may not ...
Mohamed Hegazy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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