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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797226803321

Titolo

Governance, accountability and sustainable development / / edited by David Crowther, Mourad Oubrich, Redouane Barzi and Sara Abdaless

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

ISBN

1-4438-7887-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Disciplina

320

Soggetti

Environmental responsibility

Sustainable development reporting

Social responsibility of business

Corporate governance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Developing a global perspective / David Crowther, Sara Abdaless, Mourad Oubrich and Redouane Barzi -- Linking competitive intelligence to corporate governance: insight from a stake holder perspective / David Crowther, Sara Abdaless, Mourad Oubrich and Redouane Barzi -- What is organisational governance? an exploration of concepts / Suan Gulliver -- No accounting for inequity: accounting's opposition to sustainability / David Crowther and Shahla Seifi -- A new approach to information security governance / Hicham Elachgar, Brahim Boulafdour, Meryem Makoudi and Boubker Regragui -- The enforcement of accountability in public governance in Africa / Eme Joel Efiong and David Crowther -- Web traffic and firm performance: evidence from the MENA region / Omar Farooq and Samir Aguenaou -- The governance of domestic energy consumption / Shahla Seifi and David Crowther -- Global sourcing: a source of conflict between global and local governance, Saudi Arabia as an example / Mazen F. Rasheed and Michael von Gagern -- The audit of the sustainable development and social responsibility: a proposal of methodology. The case of Morocco / EL Mansouri Moulay Hassan -- Accountability in governance: the case of judgement/settlement debt payments in Ghana / Ruby Melody Agbola and EvansSokro -- Financial crises and corporate governance in the public sector: understanding the impacts on risk



management and accountability in the UK city councils / Sara Abdaless, Ismail Adelopo and Georgiana Grigore -- Developing a theory of governance and sustainable development / David Crowther, Sara Abdaless, Mourad Oubrich and Redouane Barzi.

Sommario/riassunto

Many events that have marked the last few years - from the Arab Spring revolutions to the different collapses in the financial markets in the western world and the Euro Debt Crisis in Europe - all share the common issue of ""Governance"". The various different types of media, especially social media, have contributed to the rapid spread of awareness of governance issues, and have enabled unprecedented numbers of people to manifest their fury about the lack of governance in the management of not...