This editorial highlights the important contributions of a group of Italian authors who are published in this special issue. Also it links this work to other outcomes from the SMOG 2009 Bologna conference including the Public Management Review special issue (Ball et al, 2010) and the Economia...

This study examines intra-industry variation in CSR disclosure practice. Specifically, it investigates whether companies from industry sub-sectors with different CSR profiles have varying patterns of CSR disclosure. The industry analysed is the Australian food and beverage industry. The paper...

The significance of global environmental issues have been further propelled to the forefront, with the current public awareness highlighted by the 2007 United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Al Gore's global warming statements and the Stern review. As the most populous nation...

Private sector and public sector organizations, including private listed companies, government departments, statutory authorities and government business enterprises are under increasing pressure to disclose information about the organization's interaction with the natural and physical...

Internationally, there is growing awareness of the environmental and social impacts of the business activities of organizations. This awareness was heightened by the 1987 report Our Common Future by the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED, 1987). In order to address the...

The terms corporate social responsibility, ‘sustainability’, ‘sustainable development’ and ‘corporate sustainability’ are critical terms for developing, analysing and evaluating public and private policy goals. The terms are used in decision-making concerning investments in many...

Purpose: This study examines how social disclosures are influenced by the adoption of integrated reporting (IR), focusing on the three social capitals in the International IR framework, namely intellectual, human, and social and relationship capital.Design/methodology/approach: This study takes...