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Purpose – The Social Enterprise Mark (SEM) is claimed to be the first award that guarantees to the public that an organisation is a social enterprise. To date, there has been limited discussion of its conceptual dimensions and legitimacy. This paper seeks to make a contribution to knowledge by...
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Purpose – This paper seeks to bring together ethical governance theory and empirical findings to examine the shifting … nature of governance in global value chains, and the implications of this shift for mainstream companies. In particular, it … aims to examine one of the more mature models of ethical value chain governance, Fairtrade, and how this is being used by …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the historical basis of development of corporate social responsibility and the impact of this on co‐operative enterprises and member‐owned businesses. Design/methodology/approach – This is a viewpoint identified by years of experience...
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For many, co‐operatives represent a challenge to existing systems of industrial relations and organisation structure. However, many of the co‐operatives which have been formed in recent years do not approximate to this vision, since they have not been set up from an ideological standpoint....
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Reviews the contemporary debate on governance within the co‐operative sector and makes an analysis of the traditional … approach taken by the movement. Critiques the view that democratic structures are an effective mechanism for governance in a co …‐operative values and purpose – not to replace democratic governance structures but to support and supplement them using co …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify how board size and board member compensation impact the operating performance of Farm Credit Associations. Cooperatives are a unique business structure that might not have profit maximization as a goal. Thus measures of performance other than...
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favour a mixture of investment sources, surplus sharing and inclusive systems of governance. A critique is outlined that … socio‐sexual choices, is deployed to extend understanding of social capital. By integrating this into governance theory …
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opportunity for sustainable advantage) are predictors of selecting the governance mode between e‐collaboration and arm …'s‐length relationship, and that an intention to e‐collaborate moderates the governance mode choice. Originality/value – Testable … desired governance mode.  …
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primarily on the current business model, governance and regulation practices, and capital adequacy. It then argues for a change … in a paradigm shift by the UCBs, and how better governance and regulatory structure can assist this shift. Findings – The … same quality of governance and regulation as well as professionalism and modernization as the mainstream commercial banks …
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