Fiji is in the midst of a consultation process for a new Constitution on which General Elections are scheduled to be held in 2014. The new Constitution is going to be the fourth one for Fiji. During the first decade of independence, Fiji's economy grew at a rate of more than 5% per annum....

The paper considers the need of social enterprises development in Europe and their impact in the most important aspects in connection with sustainable development. Barriers to growth in social enterprising and social entrepreneurship enablers are presented. Recommendation and conclusions are...

Since the end of the 1980s the concept of sustainable development has experienced a shift in meaning, from being an imperative explicitly embracing cultural, economic, environmental and social factors, towards a focus particularly on environmental sustainability. This paper discusses the...

The increased interconnection among local and global players induced by globalization, as well as the need for a complete application of the “subsidiarity principle”, calls for a re-thinking of the “corporate social responsibility” concept. This new concept broadens the perspective of...

The increased interconnection among local and global players induced by globalization, as well as the need for a complete application of the “subsidiarity principle”, calls for a re-thinking of the “corporate social responsibility” concept. This new concept broadens the perspective of...

A series of crises, culminating with COVID-19, shows that going "Beyond GDP" is urgently necessary. Social and environmental degradation are consequences of emphasizing GDP as a measure of progress. This degradation created the conditions for the COVID-19 pandemic and limited the efficacy of...

The Sustainable Development Goals make it imperativeto link economic growth with social and environmentalpriorities. The current status of social developmentperspective and the role of government, corporate andsocial enterprises in delivering social sustainability inIndia are examined....