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CSR and Sustainability in the Public Sector

  • Takes a fresh approach to the topic, addressing key aspects of sustainable development
  • Pursues a synthesis of issues concerning sustainability, based on best practices from around the world
  • Includes multidisciplinary studies from global contributors who share unique insight

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. The Developing Public Sector Perspective

    • Shahla Seifi, David Crowther
    Pages 1-15
  3. Social Responsibility in the Public Sector

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
    2. The Portuguese Tax System for Non-profit Institutions

      • Fátima David, Lúcia Marques, Rute Abreu
      Pages 35-58
    3. Environmental Accounting: A Case Study of Implementation in Brazilian Public Airports

      • Iris Cristina Ferreira da Silva, Fued Abrão Junior, José Maria Dias Filho
      Pages 59-75
  4. Developing Sustainability in the Public Sector

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
    2. Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Perspective of Social Economy Entities: A Bibliometric Study

      • Brízida Tomé, Ana Maria Bandeira, Graça Azevedo, Alberto J. Costa
      Pages 113-135
    3. Emerging Trends on Sustainability/Integrated Reporting: Public and Private Perspectives

      • Sónia Monteiro, Verónica Ribeiro, Kátia Lemos
      Pages 137-149
  5. The Role of the University

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
    2. Social Responsibility at the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre: From the Experience Gained to the New Challenges

      • Joaquim Mourato, João Alves, Francisco Morais, Isabel Mourato, Maria Maridalho
      Pages 197-212
    3. Social Responsibility: Proposal of Social Re-inclusion of Inmates of the Brazilian Prison System Through Higher Education

      • Ana Lúcia Fontes de Souza Vasconcelos, Patrícia Tuma Martins Bertolin, Bruna Angotti, Rute Abreu
      Pages 213-223
    4. The Future of the Accounting Degree

      • Rute Abreu, Ermelinda Oliveira
      Pages 239-283

About this book

This book focuses on CSR in the public sector, in all its manifestations around the world, in order to consider its application in practice and its connections to sustainable objectives.


This book is unique in that all chapters were written by members of the Social Responsibility Research Network. Their ideas have been tested and refined through the feedback given after they were presented at the 16th International Conference.


The approach used in this book is based on the tradition of the Social Responsibility Research Network – a worldwide body of scholars that, over its 20-year history, has sought to broaden the discourse and to treat all research as inter-related and business-relevant.


The book examines diverse aspects of how CSR and sustainability apply to, and are applied by, a variety of public bodies in a variety of ways. Thus, the authors focus on the priorities of these organisations, in order to consider the extent to which the focus has changed so much that we need to think about new approaches to our understanding of CSR and sustainability and differing effects in practice. The international mix of authors makes this an original contribution, sharing some of the best ideas from around the world

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Business and Law, De Montford University, Leicester, UK

    David Crowther

  • University of Derby, Derby, UK

    Shahla Seifi

About the editors

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.

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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