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An e-voting system for Android Smartphones

Revista 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, Asdrúbal López Chau, Javier Silva Pérez, Miguel León Chávez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Business 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, Ali Uyar, Cemil Kuzey, Abdullah S. Karaman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

npj 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, Peng Huang, Qijun Zhang, Mingxuan Guo, Xiaojuan Liao, Hanwen Yin, Kuntuo Zhu, Tao Wang, Guihua Zeng   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Advances 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, Zhen-Yu Wu, Chia-Hui Liu, Yu-Fang Chung   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Business 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, Mohamad H. Shahrour, Alireza Rohani, Bradley R. Barnes, Chi Keung Marco Lau   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lift every voice: The urgency of universal civic duty voting

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

Business 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, Diego Prior, Mahmoud Zarea   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

PLoS 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

Strategic Implications of Mandatory ESG Assurance and Its Impact on Competitive Advantage: Evidence From European Market Reactions

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The EU has recently introduced, for the first time, a market‐wide mandatory assurance requirement for sustainability reporting under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The directive mandates that affected firms obtain independent third‐party assurance for their ESG reports. This study examines the equity market's reaction
Zelalem Abay
wiley   +1 more source

Clawback Policy Performance and Climate Change–Related Disclosures: Evidence From Australia

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the association between the strength of remuneration clawback policies and climate change disclosure performance (CCDP) among Australian nonfinancial firms over the period 2008–2022. Grounded in agency theory, signalling theory and governance complementarity, the findings show that stronger clawback provisions are ...
Baban Eulaiwi, Ahmed Al‐Hadi, Iman Harymawan, Wisam Neema Hussein, Lien Duong, Grantley Taylor   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source