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The Role of Government in Corporate Social Responsibility
No full textThis paper aims to contribute to understanding of the government’s role promoting Corporate Social Responsibility as an answer to the debate that has arisen within the political and global context during the last decade. This paper: (1) sets out the research findings and the various factors governments or the academic literature consider to be key drivers behind public initiatives for fostering CSR; (2) proposes a relational framework as a model for analysing the various approaches taken by governments and looks at the various public policies that governments may adopt to foster CSR. These policies are classified by the agents involved, and in particular by their relationships; (3) explores the relationship among social, economic and environmental context and the development of CSR governmental approaches; and (4) sets out the governments’, companies’, and NGOs’ perceptions as to what role governments ought to play in fostering CSR
The Government’s Role in Promoting Corporate Responsibility: A Comparative Analysis of Italy and UK from the Relational State Perspective
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the changing role of governments promoting corporate responsibility (CR) as a result of the challenges raised by globalisation
Collaborative social entrepreneurship
No full textour chapter aims at reviewing the state of the art in cross-sector partnership, advancing a collaborative view of social enterprise. The theoretical roots of current debates will be highlighted, together with an analysis of existing definitions. Then, the motivations underlying the decision to start a partnership will be presented, as well as the benefits accruing to each sector and the potential obstacles. Finally, a taxonomy of cross-sector partnerships will be proposed
Aspetti gestionali d'impresa nell'amministrazione straordinaria
No full textL’istituto delle Amministrazioni straordinarie delle grandi imprese in crisi, introdotto nell’ordinamento italiano con il D.L. 30 gennaio 1979, convertito con la L. 3 aprile 1979 n. 95, detta anche Legge Prodi, con l’obiettivo di salvaguardare aziende, o gruppi di imprese di grandi dimensioni che si trovassero in stato d’insolvenza e che soddisfacessero determinati requisiti dimensionali, è stato lo strumento con il quale si è cercato di risolvere alcune delle più importanti crisi che negli ultimi trenta anni hanno interessato il sistema produttivo e industriale, anche se forse con un approccio da welfare occupazionale
posto sotto il controllo politico e sindacale. Il progetto di riforma dell’istituto delle Amministrazioni straordinarie è stato stralciato dalla legge delega per la riforma della legge fallimentare approvata dal Parlamento, e si è persa quindi l’occasione per attuare una vera riforma dell’istituto, compatibile con un moderno diritto della crisi d’impresa che possa consentire di ridurre, se non eliminare, gli interventi politici e sindacali nella gestione delle grandi imprese in crisi
Engaging in progressive entrepreneurship
No full textShareholder value maximization and competitiveness are at the
core of today’s business and economic policy. Companies seek to
improve their productivity and try to gain competitive advantage. But these efforts often produce negative effects on various stakeholders at home and abroad. Competitiveness in most cases produces monetary results for the shareholders at the expense of other stakeholders.
Based on the arguments developed by the the Group of Lisbon, the late Sumantra Ghoshal of London Business School, and Canadian management guru Henry Mintzberg, we criticize the one-dimensional pursuit of profit and the competitiveness of contemporary business. We contend that the exclusive focus on monetary results (especially short-term shareholder value) could produce negative results for nature, society, and future generations, and finally be self-defeating for business itself.
We argue for a collaborative approach, one which goes beyond the
current constraints of the business-as-usual perspective and provides a more reliable framework for broad values-creation processes
La valutazione delle aziende in crisi in ambito concorsuale
No full textSin dalla sua introduzione nel panorama concorsuale, con le norme contenute nel “Decreto Sviluppo” (d.l. 83/2012, convertito con l. 132/2012) il tema rappresentato dal concordato preventivo in continuità ha rappresentato uno degli istituti più complessi e spinosi per chiunque si occupi a vario titolo di crisi d’impresa e ciò a partire dalla difficoltà di individuare gli esatti confini dell’istituto. Infatti pur avendo una sua concreta applicazione nella pratica professionale e pur essendo oggetto di interessanti confronti dottrinari, risultava fino a quel momento privo di specifiche norme che ne disciplinassero il funzionamento. Con l’entrata in vigore di quelle norme, il concordato in continuità irrompe nella legislazione fallimentare, andando a colmare un vuoto lasciato delle precedenti riforme, trovando applicazione nell’articolo 186 bis con lo scopo di regolamentare una procedura che avesse non solo l’obiettivo tautologico di ricercare ed ottenere il soddisfacimento dei creditori dell’impresa, ma anche quello di perseguirne la ristrutturazione ed il risanamento per ottenerne la conservazione ed un recupero di valore in un’ottica di di solving resctructuring
The Changing Role of Government in Corporate Responsibility. A report for practitioners
No full textThis report explores the role of government in promoting CR through the interactions between business, government and civil society organizations and it has been written to help practitioners in these three sectors better understand the different public
policies that exist to promote CR in Europe
The Changing Role of Governments in Corporate Social Responsibility: Drivers and Responses
No full textThe aim of this article is to contribute to understanding the changing role of government in promoting
corporate social responsibility (CSR). Over the last decade, governments have joined other
stakeholders in assuming a relevant role as drivers of CSR, working together with intergovernmental
organizations and recognizing that public policies are key in encouraging a greater sense of CSR. This
paper focuses on the analysis of the new strategies adopted by governments in order to promote, and
encourage businesses to adopt, CSR values and strategies. The research is based on the analysis of an
explanatory framework, related to the development of a relational analytical framework, which tries to
analyze the vision, values, strategies and roles adopted by governments, and the integration of new
partnerships that governments establish in the CSR area with the private sector and social
organizations. The research compares CSR initiatives and public policies in three European countries:
Italy, Norway and the United Kingdom, and focuses on governmental drivers and responses. The
preliminary results demonstrate that governments are incorporating a common statement and discourse
on CSR, working in partnership with the private and social sectors. For governments, CSR implies the
need to manage a complex set of relationships in order to develop a win–win situation between business
and social organizations. However, the research also focuses on the differences between the three
governments when applying CSR public policies. These divergences are based on the previous cultural
and political framework, such as the welfare state typology, the organizational structures and the
business and social and cultural background in each country
A process-based view of social entrepreneurship: from opportunity identification to scaling-up social change in the case of San Patrignano
No full textThe assumption of a strong connection between entrepreneurship and economic growth has led to the neglect of entrepreneurial processes in the social sectors. Based on the findings of an in-depth longitudinal case study, our article focuses on social entrepreneurship (SE) processes designed to exploit innovation that explicitly addresses complex social problems. We elaborate on the characteristics of the process and on the dimensions intervening on how social entrepreneurial opportunities are identified, evaluated, exploited and scaled up. We provide a process-based view of SE, suggesting the need for consistency between individual, organizational and contextual elements
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