Business, social responsibility, and corruption

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

Manuel Castelo Branco (Author) FEP; Catarina Delgado (Author) FEP

Journal

Title: Journal of Public Affairs

Vol. 12 No. 4

Pages: 357-365

ISSN: 1472-3891

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Indexing

Scopus - 28 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Social sciences > Economics and Business

CORDIS: Social sciences > Economics > Management studies

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-008-7N3

DOI: 10.1002/pa.1426

Abstract (EN): This paper explores the role of corporate social responsibility and the reporting thereof in the fight against corruption. A special focus is laid on the international endeavors to improve transparency through reporting, and the paper elaborates extensively on the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. Voluntary initiatives, such as the UNGC, the OECD guidelines, and the GRI guidelines, are considered to play an important role in providing the trust-based informal social norms, without which markets and societies cannot function. © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific