Overview
- Provides a comprehensive overview of multi-faceted theoretical and empirical approaches to CSR
- Addresses institutional, regulatory, and policy issues that shape and legitimize CSR practices from around the world
- Combines the perspectives of practitioners, academics, and consultants on CSR and governance
Part of the book series: CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance (CSEG)
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About this book
This book gathers selected contributions from the 8th Annual Global Corporate Governance Institute, a hybrid conference held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on June 8–10, 2022.
The chapters present the work of internationally respected scholars and experts, focusing on corporate social responsibility, sustainability, ethics, corporate governance, finance, and responsible investing. In this context, it highlights the latest research findings on responsible action and their practical implications for business, society, science, and politics.
The results of the empirically and theoretically based contributions offer a unique and multi-faceted perspective on current global trends and expected developments in this area. Accordingly, the book offers a valuable resource for academics, policymakers, and practitioners who want to drive effective change to tap their organizations’ full potential.
Keywords
- Corporate Governance
- CSR
- Risk Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Sustainability Goals
- Finance and Accounting
- Corporate Reputation
- Social Media
- Industries and Environment
- Effective Reporting
- CSR and Education
- CSR Implementation
- CSR and Diversity
- Crisis Management
- Climate Change
- Employee Engagement
- Social Sustainability
- Gender Balance
- Global Supply Chain
- Artificial Intelligence Regulations
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Nadia E. Nedzel is a Professor of Law Emerita at the Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, USA. Professor Nedzel’s research interests include the rule of law, legal history, corporate governance, and comparative law, and she has written books and articles on these topics as well as others. She has taught (and continues to lecture on) commercial and comparative law, including contracts, obligations, sale and lease, and international public and private law.
Samuel O. Idowu is Professor of Accounting and Sustainability at London Metropolitan University (UK). He is Fellow Member of the Chartered Governance Institute, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators, and Named Freeman of the City of London. Samuel Idowu has been in academia for more than 30 years. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of CSR and Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Economics and Business Administration and also Series Editor of the book series CSR, Sustainability, Ethics, and Governance.
Belén Diaz Diaz is Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Cantabria (Spain) and Academic Director at Santander Financial Institute (SANFI). Previously, she has been Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Director of Campus and Social Development at the University of Cantabria. The quality of her research was recognized with the "Sanchis Alcover Award", awarded by the Scientific Association of Economy and Management. She is currently part of the academic advisory committee at the Global Corporate Governance Institute (USA). Her main research interests include, among others: CSR, corporate governance, sustainable finance, mergers and acquisitions, companies’ valuation.
Irene Guia Arraiano is a Professor in the Business Department at Lisbon Accounting and Business School, Polytechnic Institute (ISCAL) in Portugal. She currently teaches Operational Research and Finance and is also the Erasmus coordinator in business courses. She is a member of the CEFAGE - Research Centre of Évora University (Portugal). Her research interests predominantly focus on the interaction between finance, corporate social responsibility, and socially responsible investment. She is part of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Global Corporate Governance Institute (USA) and a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility. Irene Arraiano actively participates as a member of the Organizing Committee and Scientific Board of International Scientific events.
René Schmidpeter is Research Professor at BFH Bern (Switzerland) and guest professor/lecturer in Germany, Austria, China, USA, India, Australia and England. He is series editor for Springer’s CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance book series as well as editor of the Dictionary of Corporate Social Responsibility (DCSR). His research and teaching activities focus on sustainable business transformation, international perspectives on sustainability, social innovation and sustainable entrepreneurship with special focus on the relationship between business and society. René serves as an expert in many academic, economic and political steering committees as well as sustainability advisory boards. He is Vice President of the Global Corporate Governance Institute (GCGI) and Founder of M3TRIX / TETRANOMICS in Cologne and Munich, Germany.
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Book Title: Global Corporate Governance
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance, Baton Rouge, USA, June 2022
Editors: Nadia E. Nedzel, Samuel O. Idowu, Belén Diaz Diaz, Irene Guia Arraiano, René Schmidpeter
Series Title: CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-86329-5Due: 18 August 2025
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-86332-5Due: 18 August 2026
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-86330-1Due: 18 August 2025
Series ISSN: 2196-7075
Series E-ISSN: 2196-7083
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 194
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour