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Tag Archives: Transparency
Mar 19 2015
Corporate Social Responsibility in an Era of Economic Crisis: Empty Gesture or Tool for Corporate Learning?
Comments Off on Corporate Social Responsibility in an Era of Economic Crisis: Empty Gesture or Tool for Corporate Learning?By Alvise Favotto and Kelly Kollman The social legitimacy of business actors in EU member states has waxed and waned over the past two decades. Levels of trust in business, as recorded in public opinion polls, tend to increase … Continue reading
Posted by: March 19, 2015
Tagged with: CSR, environment, European business, European Union, human rights, legitimacy, TNCs, Transparency
Jun 12 2013
The bumpy road to transparency in Spain
3 CommentsBy José Javier Olivas and Fabrizio Scrollini* The current Euro Crisis has unveiled many political and institutional deficiencies in Spain. Among them, the lack of transparency and free access to public information is one of the most serious. In modern democracies … Continue reading
Posted by: June 12, 2013
Tagged with: access to information, Accountability, information regulation, Ley de transparencia, Spanish civil-society, Transparency
May 31 2013
Managing the Crisis through Secrecy?
Comments Off on Managing the Crisis through Secrecy?By Outi Keranen Transparency and access to information in crisis-ridden Europe have become sparse currency. While Brussels aims to tackle tax evasion through openness and more effective exchange of information, the uninvestigated claims of money laundering in Cyprus and the … Continue reading
Posted by: May 31, 2013
Tagged with: Accountability, European Public Sphere, Finnish politics, Greco-Finnish, Information, Transparency