It is quite noticeable how much more prominent CSR has become – not just in the academic world and in the business world but also is everyday life. There are obviously a lot of factors which have led to this increasing interest – such things as poor business behavior and the issue of climate...

This is the first part of a book I started writing in the year 2008 under the title of Sad Triology: The Crisis of a Nation. I name this chapter the Delirium as it represents the political response to what happens in the country due to the international outrage and pressures to Darfur Crisis....

This paper investigates the motivation behind economic behaviour in the cooperative credit movement, and some of the inherent problems. In particular, the following hypotheses are analysed: the possibility of maintaining the principles of reciprocity and participation in the case of rapid growth...

Provides an analysis of disclosures in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 by the 20 wealthiest private colleges in Massachusetts of their business relationships with firms affiliated with trustees. The study identifies widespread errors and omissions in reporting that raise questions about the quality...

We study how for-profit and religious nonprofit hospices respond to an exogenous Medicare reimbursement incentive that encourages maximization of patient length of stay. Hospices have the incentive to selectively admit patients with longer expected lengths of stay, and admit patients sooner...

This paper explains the increasing popularity of social entrepreneurship and analyzes its company law consequences. Faced with tight budgets, governments are looking to the private sector to develop businesses that serve the interests of the public. Social entrepreneurship is gaining momentum as...

This article provides an overview highlighting some major themes of the recent literature on the role of pro-social motivation in the provision of social services. We focus on the insights obtained from two alternative ways of modelling pro-social motivation; action-oriented and output-oriented...

To date, the discussion about what can be done in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic to blunt the economic, social, and psychological costs has largely focused on government bolstering small businesses through loans and grants, softening the effects of unemployment through unemployment...