Purpose: This paper aims to explore how stakeholders are voluntarily granted influence in corporate decision making. Design/methodology/approach: The stakeholder governance practices of 46 companies were explored in a multiple comparative case analysis, drawing on publicly available sources....

chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Why discuss sustainability at board level? -- chapter 2 How to insert sustainability into board talk? -- chapter 3 Board composition and competencies -- chapter 4 A dedicated sustainability committee -- chapter 5 Stages of sustainability governance.

Purpose – This paper seeks to explore patterns of integrating corporate responsibility issues into corporate governance mechanisms and their development over time. Design/methodology/approach – Data from the Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index is explored to reveal...

Purpose – This paper aims to explore how stakeholders are voluntarily granted influence in corporate decision making. Design/methodology/approach – The stakeholder governance practices of 46 companies were explored in a multiple comparative case analysis, drawing on publicly available...

Purpose – This paper aims to address partnerships between corporations and non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) dedicated to corporate community involvement (CCI). It seeks to focus on how to measure both business and community benefits derived from CCI, especially stressing the need for...

Purpose – This paper aims to describe the emerging practice of joint management‐stakeholder‐committees (JMSCs) in which corporate executives take decisions in collaboration with stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach – To identify firms involving stakeholders in their governance...

Purpose – This paper aims to create empirical evidence regarding shared value strategies recently propagated by Michael Porter and Mark Kramer. Design/methodology/approach – The authors analyze a single case study of a collaboration between BASF, André Maggi Group and Fundação Espaço Eco...

Purpose – This paper aims to present the state of corporate citizenship in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach – The results of a survey of Brazilian companies is used to analyze the state of corporate citizenship in Brazil. The survey was constructed using the methodology developed by...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a model of corporate social entrepreneurship. The case of Odebrecht demonstrates how companies are using society's sustainability challenges to innovate, in particular by adopting a corporate social entrepreneurship approach that allows the...