Nowadays, sustainable development is widely considered as the leading paradigm for future growth. Over the last years, research has provided a business case for sustainability, showing it pays in terms of superior financial, operative and competitive performance. Nevertheless, at business level,...

La Social Disclosure (SD) espressa in genere attraverso il bilancio sociale può a volte tradursi solo in una serie di adempimenti. In questa prospettiva, la ricerca intende verificare, con riferimento a 57 Banche di Credito Cooperativo (BCC) italiane, se l'intensità di SD sia effettivamente...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosures are becoming more prevalent among firms. We investigate the predisposition of firms to disclose CSR information and find that firms are likely to disclose more in countries with: better investor protection, higher levels of democracy, more...

Globally, there is a growing interest in using disclosure rules in corporate and securities law to achieve social policy goals. The blending of corporate law with social issues is a transformation of disclosure obligations, which have traditionally focused on reducing information asymmetries and...