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Strengthening open disclosure in maternity services in the English NHS: the DISCERN realist evaluation study

open access: yesHealth and Social Care Delivery Research
Background There is a policy drive in NHS maternity services to improve open disclosure with harmed families and limited information on how better practice can be achieved.
Mary Adams   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Takeover Vulnerability and the Discipline of ESG Overinvestment

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While takeovers serve a disciplinary role by replacing inefficient managers, the threat of takeovers may compel firms to divert attention from Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts as a strategic response to external pressure, especially when such firms are already overinvesting in ESG.
Abongeh Tunyi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Legal Professional Privilege: Is It Absolute?

open access: yes, 2010
Legal Professional Privilege ('LPP') is deeply rooted in the common law and has even been described as a right of a constitutional nature. In the recent decision of the Three Rivers case (2005), Lord Scott described LPP as an 'absolute right', subject only to the well established crime / fraud exception.
openaire   +1 more source

From Stakeholder Pressure to Strategic Advantage: A Framework of Achieving Environment Sustainability Through Pathway of Carbon Neutrality

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Businesses are increasingly striving to reduce their carbon footprint, with carbon offsetting emerging as a viable pathway towards achieving carbon neutrality. Such efforts signify a demonstrated commitment to fostering environmental sustainability and contributing to a more sustainable future.
Sanjeev Yadav   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Disclosure Under Mandatory Regulation in EU Listed Companies: An Institutional Analysis

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines corporate environmental reporting practices among listed companies in the European Union during the period 2018–2022, within the context of the Non‐Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD). To this end, an Environmental Disclosure Index (EDI) is constructed based on qualitative reporting items, and panel‐data models are ...
Rosalva Pinto‐Braga   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate ESG Greenwashing: Does Regulatory Proximity Matter?

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) greenwashing undermines sustainable development, yet the influence of regulatory proximity on oversight is understudied. By introducing the “distance decay effect” from geoeconomics into ESG misconduct research and using a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2022, this study reveals a ...
Weiqi Zhao   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Legal professional privilege of advice of the Attorney General

open access: yes, 2020
Considers whether, in terms of legal professional privilege, the Attorney General's role is equivalent to that of other lawyers when dealing with clients. Looks at how legal privilege operates both at law and in practice. Suggests that Parliament's power to compel the disclosure of legal advice given by the Attorney General to the Government is a ...
Kenealy, Daniel, MacLennan, Stuart
openaire   +1 more source

Board Gender Diversity and Eco‐Innovation: The Moderating Role of Organisational Environmental Orientation

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corporate sustainability has become a strategic priority in response to growing regulatory, social and environmental pressures, placing greater emphasis on governance structures, such as board composition, that shape the incorporation of ethical and sustainable values into corporate decision‐making.
Isabel‐María García‐Sánchez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reporting What Matters, or Reporting What Looks Good? Materiality and Balance in Post–Rana Plaza Apparel Sustainability Disclosure

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability reports (SRs) are widely criticized for vague disclosures and selective emphasis on positive outcomes, yet systematic research on two core SR challenges remains limited: materiality (whether disclosed content is relevant) and balance (whether both achievements and challenges are reported).
Mahsa Mohammadrezaei   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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