Equal Pillars of Sustainability

David Crowther is Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility who previously worked in government and industry for twenty years, a career culminating in his role as divisional managing director of a multinational. In 2002 he established the Social Responsibility Research Network, an international body which now has 1,000 members. His current research focuses on sustainability and governance in the modern environment.Shahla Seifi is an engineer by training and worked at a senior level preparing standards for the national institute of Iran before moving to the UK. She now researches, writes, organises SRRNet activities and runs her own consultancy.

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Managing the Pillars of Sustainable Development; David Crowther and Shahla SeifiPart 1. The Pillars and SustainabilityChapter 2. Within Globalisation and Anti-Globalisation Extremes: What Factors Motivate Corporations from Different Countries to Initiate CSR Programmes and Focus of Programmes; Luqman Raimi and Hassan YusufChapter 3. Sustainability and Social Enterprise: The Ways Forward; Jamie P. Halsall, Roopinder Oberoi and Michael SnowdenChapter 4. Financial Market Behavior and the Cost of Credit: Theories and Empirical Validations; Nadia Abaoub Ouertani and Hela GhabaraChapter 5. Enforcing the Social Pillar of Sustainability: How Management Education Could Address Human Concerns?; Ana Maria Davila Gomez and David CrowtherPart 2. The Pillars and GovernanceChapter 6. Governance of the Social Economy: A literature review; Cristina Góis - Coimbra, Helena, Deolinda Meira, Mafalda Jesus, Maria Goreti Teixeira and Patrícia MonteiroChapter 7. Developing a Legal Agenda for CSR in a Complex Institutional Context: A Case Study of Kuwait; Asma AlfouzanChapter 8. Gender Diversity and Equality in the Boardroom: Quota Implementation in Europe; Mara Sousa and Maria João SantosChapter 9. Determinants of Local Authority’s Online Accountability Practices Disclosure; Dayang Hafiza Abang Ahmad, Corina Joseph, and Roshima SaidPart 3. Experience and PracticeChapter 10. The Uptake of Sustainability Disclosure Practices by Environmentally Polluting Industries in India; Kishore KumarChapter 11. Resolving ‘Grand Challenges’: India’s mandatory CSR in practice; Subhasis Ray and Eshani BeddewelaChapter 12. Un/natural disasters - Philosophy of multiple simultaneous un/natural disasters; Kristijan KrkačChapter 13. Financial Perspective of Non-Governmental Organizations; Luiz Henrique de Lacerda Sanglard, Ana Lucia Fontes de Souza Vasconcelos, and Liliane Cristina Segura