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Think Global, Invest Responsible: Why the Private Equity Industry Goes Green

Crifo, Patricia; Forget, Vanina - In: Journal of Business Ethics 116 (2013) 1, pp. 21-48

The growth of socially responsible investment (SRI) on public financial markets has drawn considerable academic attention over the last decade. Discarding from the previous literature, this article sets up to analyze the Private Equity channel, which is shown to have the potentiality to foster...

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The Drivers of Responsible Investment: The Case of European Pension Funds

Sievänen, Riikka; Rita, Hannu; Scholtens, Bert - In: Journal of Business Ethics 117 (2013) 1, pp. 137-151

We investigate what drives responsible investment of European pension funds. Pension funds are institutional investors who assure the income of part of the population for a long period of time. Increasingly, stakeholders hold pension funds accountable for the non-financial consequences of their...

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National Culture, Economic Development, Population Growth and Environmental Performance: The Mediating Role of Education

Peng, Yu-Shu; Lin, Shing-Shiuan - In: Journal of Business Ethics 90 (2009) 2, pp. 203-219

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Performance Analysis of Sustainable Investments in the Brazilian Stock Market: A Study About the Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE)

Cunha, Felipe Arias Fogliano de Souza; Samanez, Carlos - In: Journal of Business Ethics 117 (2013) 1, pp. 19-36

performance comparison, we used level of liquidity, return and risk indicators, as well as the following measures: Sharpe, Treynor …

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The Heterogeneity of Socially Responsible Investment

Sandberg, Joakim; Juravle, Carmen; Hedesström, Ted; … - In: Journal of Business Ethics 87 (2009) 4, pp. 519-533

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Governmentalities of CSR: Danish Government Policy as a Reflection of Political Difference

Vallentin, Steen - In: Journal of Business Ethics 127 (2015) 1, pp. 33-47

This paper investigates the roles that Danish government has played in the development of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Denmark has emerged as a first mover among the Scandinavian countries when it comes to CSR. We argue that government has played a pivotal role in making this happen,...

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Peoples’ Views About the Acceptability of Executive Bonuses and Compensation Policies

Heimann, Marco; Mullet, Étienne; Bonnefon, Jean-François - In: Journal of Business Ethics 127 (2015) 3, pp. 661-671

We applied a technique borrowed from the field of bioethics to test whether justice-related factors influence laypersons’ decisions concerning business ethics. In the first experiment, participants judged the acceptability of remuneration policies and in the second that of executive bonuses....

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Comparing the Evolution of CSR Reporting to that of Financial Reporting

Tschopp, Daniel; Huefner, Ronald - In: Journal of Business Ethics 127 (2015) 3, pp. 565-577

. Our comparison follows a framework of seven factors for exploring comparative accounting history put forth by Carnegie and …, Practices, Propagation, Products, and Profession. Using this framework allows for a comparison of similarities and differences … deficiencies in comparability, consistency, reliability, and relevance. The results of this comparison provide some insight on the …

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Developing a Sustainability Credit Score System

Zeidan, Rodrigo; Boechat, Claudio; Fleury, Angela - In: Journal of Business Ethics 127 (2015) 2, pp. 283-296

Within the banking community, the argument about sustainability and profitability tends to be inversely related. Our research suggests this does not need to be strictly the case. We present a credit score system based on sustainability issues, which is used as criteria to improve financial...

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Ye Olde CSR: The Historic Roots of Corporate Social Responsibility in Norway

Ihlen, Øyvind; Hoivik, Heidi Weltzien - In: Journal of Business Ethics 127 (2015) 1, pp. 109-120

This essay traces the roots of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Norway. It is argued that a basic tenet of CSR, an orientation toward the concerns of stakeholders, has a long history in Norwegian business, predating the modern CSR movement. The essay underscores certain qualities of the...

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