Governance and Sustainability

Professor David Crowther is President of the Social Responsibility Research Network and has organised all 25 of its international conferences. He is the Founding Editor of Social Responsibility Journal – the leading journal in this field. He has published 50 books and over 400 articles.Shahla Seifi is based at the University of Derby, UK, and is Conferences Chair of the Social Responsibility Research Network. She has published several books and a number of articles.Together they organised the 18th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility and 9th Corporate Governance Conference, held in Barcelos, Portugal. The papers included in the volume were selected from those presented at the conference.

• The continuing development of governance: international divergences.- Incorporating CSR in Corporate Governance of Banking Institutions in a Challenging Institutional Context: a Case Study of Nigeria.- Developing a legal agenda for CSR in a complex institutional context- a case study of Kuwait.- Smart and Sustainable Accounting and Taxation.- The impact of corporate governance on earnings management of Portuguese listed firms.- Legislating CSR through framework legislation.- Financial integration: The Tunisian context.- CSR, Corporate Heritage Identity and Social Learning.- Functioning of Corporate Entrepreneurship Structures in the Agribusiness System of the Republic of Belarus.- Workplace bullying: A critical look at legal protection in Brazil and Portugal.- Influence of Gender Diversity of Boards and Gender of CEO on Financial Performance: The European Case.- Ethics of Sugar Cane Farming and Crushing in Maharashtra.- Corporate Social Responsibility and tax avoidance: evidence from corporations in Nigeria.