scholarly journals Socially responsible and accountable gambling in the public interest

2011 ◽  
pp. 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garry Smith ◽  
Dan Rubenstein
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Responsible Gambling ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gambling Industry ◽  
Consumer Safety ◽  
The Us ◽  
Policy Statements ◽  
Legislative Framework

While much has been written about the need for governments and the gambling industry to act responsibly in their provision of gambling, only modest advances have been made to establish best practices in this area. Worldwide, few governments even approach what William Eadington, in Trends in gambling and responsible gaming in the US and elsewhere (2003, http://www.888betsoff.com/links/04_presentations/Eadington.pdf), calls a stage-four level of responsible gambling stewardship, that is, the unconditional acceptance of strong measures to attenuate gambling-related harms. One of the cornerstones of a gambling regime oriented toward consumer safety and public interest is a commitment by government and the gambling industry to meet commendable standards for accountability and social responsibility. After studying the government's legislative framework for the operation and regulation of gambling in the province of Ontario (Canada), reviewing the province's gambling-related mission and public-policy statements, and interviewing key actors in the government's gambling administration, a template was developed for an optimally socially responsible and accountable gambling regime that operates in the public interest. The template, along with suggestions for improving accountability and social responsibility in the provision of gambling, is presented.

scholarly journals Socially responsible marketing impact to organizations implementing socially responsibility

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 616-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jurgita Paužuolienė ◽  
Daiva Viningienė
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Literature Analysis ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

This, article analyze the social responsible marketing, its benefits and importance of organizations implementing social responsibility. Social marketing is defined as an ethical corporate governance orientation in order to meet the needs of the public, consistent with the public interest. Research problem: what impact and how social responsible marketing makes for organizations implementing social responsibility. Aim of the research. Analyze the impact of social responsible marketing, providing examples of the organizations implementing social responsibility, benefits and importance. Research methods: literature analysis, synthesis, documents analyze. Social responsible organizations examples illustrate how organizations integrate their activities in a social responsible marketing. Emphasis, that social responsible marketing impact on social responsible organization's image, reputation, customer satisfaction with the service / product.

Ethical Standards for Business Lobbying: Some Practical Suggestions

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 117-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Brooke Hamilton ◽  
David Hoch
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Pension Fund ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
The Public ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
The Press ◽  
Business Lobbying

Abstract:Rather than being inherently evil, business lobbying is a socially responsible activity which needs to be restrained by ethical standards. To be effective in a business environment, traditional ethical standards need to be translated into language which business persons can speak comfortably. Economical explanations must also be available to explain why ethical standards are appropriate in business. Eight such standards and their validating arguments are proposed with examples showing their use. Internal dialogues regarding the ethics of lobbying objectives and tactics will plausibly occur only in businesses which recognize social responsibility mandates. Public interest stakeholders could hasten this recognition by making use of information made available by the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to institute external dialogues regarding lobbying by specific businesses and industry groups . Given practical ethical standards and the information on business lobbying provided by the law, the press, corporate activists, consumers, pension fund managers and the public can apply pressure for ethical lobbying practices.

scholarly journals O interesse público na sociedade de economia mista brasileira: aproximação com a benefit corporation do direito norte-americano

2020 ◽  
Vol 279 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Mario Engler Pinto Junior
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Profit Maximization ◽  
Business Decisions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Benefit Corporation ◽  
The Us ◽  
Benefit Corporations ◽  
Shed Light

<p><span>The public interest of Brazilian mixed-capital company: approach to US benefit corporations</span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span>RESUMO<br />O artigo faz um paralelo entre a figura da benefit corporation do direito norte-americano e a sociedade de economia mista brasileira, com o propósito de apontar semelhanças entre as duas estruturas societárias e lançar luzes sobre a racionalidade das soluções de governança adotadas em cada caso. A reflexão resgata inicialmente o conceito de interesse da companhia, destacando sua relevância como referencial jurídico para se aferir a legitimidade das decisões empresariais. Observa-se ainda que o entendimento sobre o tema varia conforme a abordagem teórica adotada, podendo se resumir na maximização dos lucros para partilha entre os sócios, ou combinar o atendimento a outros interesses não financeiros. Por sua vez, os desafios e soluções em matéria de governança corporativa também variam em função da amplitude do escopo atribuído à companhia. A benefit corporation procura combinar a consecução de algum objetivo de interesse público com a manutenção da finalidade lucrativa. A existência do escopo mais amplo permite questionar a adequação do desenho institucional para lidar com os conflitos inerentes ao novo tipo societário. Além disso, propicia uma análise comparativa com o modelo de sociedade de economia mista no direito brasileiro, que também está imbuída de uma missão pública, cuja consecução não afasta a necessidade de remunerar adequadamente o investimento acionário. Conclui-se que algumas medidas contidas na Lei nº 13.303/2016, para fortalecer o controle e gestão das empresas estatais brasileiras, guardam simetria com o tratamento aplicável às benefit corporation no direito norte-americano.</span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span>ABSTRACT<br />The paper compares benefit corporations in the US with mixed-capital corporations in Brazil, in order to point the similarities and differences between both corporate structures. The paper also intends to shed light on the rationale of the governance solutions adopted in each case. The paper restates the concept of company’s interest and highlights it as a key legal reference for assessing the legitimacy of business decisions. Different readings of this concept are likely to translate into markedly different positions, from holding that the idea of interest refers solely to the purpose of profit maximization on behalf of shareholders to affirming the need to simultaneously accomplishing non-financial goals interests. The challenges and solutions concerning corporate governance also vary according to the extent of the corporation’s scope. Benefit corporations in the US seek to </span><span>simultaneously attain some goal of public interest and make profit for </span><span>its shareholders. The existence of a broader scope allows questioning </span><span>the suitability of their institutional design to deal with conflicts that are </span><span>inherent to this new corporate type. Their structure invites a comparison </span><span>to State owned enterprise (SOE) in Brazil. According to Brazilian Law, a </span><span>company controlled by the State is invested with a public mission while </span><span>needing to assure proper return to shareholders’ investment. The paper </span><span>concludes that some measures adopted by Brazilian Law No. 13.303/2016, </span><span>for strengthening the corporate governance of Brazilian SOE’s are similar </span><span>the U.S. Model Benefit Corporation Legislation (MBCL) concerning benefit </span><span>corporations.</span></p>

scholarly journals Socially Responsible Organizational Governance in the Public Sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-132
Author(s):  
Gita Lasytė
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
Organizational Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Public ◽  
New Public Governance ◽  
Corporate Social

The present paper aims to examine the theoretical assumptions of socially responsible organizational governance in the public sector. In public authorities, corporate social responsibility is a relatively new phenomenon. Therefore, the paper focuses on the interaction between social responsibility and the New Public Governance. The article puts forward the assumption that the principles of governance of public goods and public services provided by the public sector are very close in content to the concept of social responsibility. The goal of the public governance process is efficiency and effectiveness not only in public administration institutions, but also in building a welfare society. In this context, the New public governance is in line with the principles of social responsibility. The similarities between the new public governance and social responsibility can be recognized in an understanding the values, processes and elements the primary standards of which are accountability, openness, efficiency, responsibility, compliance with procedural norms, division of power (involvement of stakeholders). The article also discusses the concept and characteristics of corporate social responsibility and provides criticism on the CSR phenomenon.

scholarly journals Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility on Tax Avoidance in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 72-75
Author(s):  
Tong Chen ◽  
◽  
Maisarah Mohamed Saat ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Tax Avoidance ◽  
Effective Tax Rate ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
The Public ◽  
Chinese Listed Companies ◽  
Aggressive Tax Avoidance ◽  
Corporate Social

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has aroused heated discussion in recent years. The public generally believe that the enterprises with good CSR performance will not be involved in aggressive tax avoidance issues. However, as several famous socially responsible technology companies were found to be involved in aggressive tax avoidance, the association between those two variables has been doubted. This paper analyzes the effect of CSR on tax avoidance with the evidence of Chinese listed companies from 2016 to 2020. The finding is that good CSR performance leads to an increase in effective tax rate. In other words, the higher the CSR report score, the higher tax payment and the lower tendency in tax avoidance.

Social responsibility disclosure in the international gambling industry: a research note

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffany Cheng Han Leung ◽  
Rob Gray
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Responsible Gambling ◽  
Research Note ◽  
Environmental Reporting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gambling Industry ◽  
International Industry ◽  
Controversial Industries ◽  
Social And Environmental Reporting

Purpose This paper aims to explore the extent to which social responsibility and social and environmental reporting and disclosure have any relevance in the (so-called) controversial industries. The literature is ambivalent over the extent to which it is expected to see corporate social responsibility and social disclosure employed as active legitimation strategies. However, the apparent importance of “responsible gambling” in both the literature and in gambling industry initiatives suggests, at least a priori, that the international industry is active in some degree of legitimation. Design/methodology/approach This exploratory study examines the social and environmental disclosures of a sample of large companies in each of five countries over a three-year period using conventional content analysis. Findings The results are unexpected in that, although disclosure is dominated by employee- and director-related, other areas of social and environmental – and indeed economic – activity feature hardly at all. There is remarkably little disclosure around responsible gambling. Research limitations/implications The paper is a research note based on a range of samples across five countries and is, inevitably, tentative. The implications, albeit tentative, include the need to re-theorise corporate disclosure, especially in the controversial sectors. Originality/value The note adds to the accounting literature concerned with the controversial industries and contributes to the scarce social accounting research in the gambling sector. The authors hope that the research will be useful in guiding more focused and in-depth studies into this increasingly important and counter-intuitive area.

scholarly journals Consumer safety in the public interest

Addiction ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 107 (11) ◽  
pp. 2054-2055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan Hughes ◽  
Adam Winstock
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
The Public ◽  
Consumer Safety

scholarly journals Augmented and Humble: Spaces for Social Responsibility Learning in Architectural Education

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Khorshidifard ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Architectural Education ◽  
Performance Criteria ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Learning Principles

The profession and beforehand the education of architecture remains accountable and must increase responsiveness towards real-time needs, including those of society. This paper examines this necessity, asserting a more rigorous and expansive application and address of social responsibility learning in the education. Architecture professionals have advantaged positions as creative generators of built environments, hence, are socially responsible to serve the public good, empowering peoples and envisioning democratic places for all. The education is the starting place in transferring the essential learning principles, knowledge, and skills. Despite the import, social learning is still one of the least considered, most overlooked student performance criteria in architectural education. This is despite several contemporary mandate assertions in place and progress by leading professional organizations such asAIA and educational credentialing bodies such as NAAB.The paper considers as premise that, despite all the good, social learning still remains a key area that design pedagogy tends to overlook rather easily or can fall short to address. Regarding The Now, where loftier curriculum revisions and augmented experiences may not be within the reach of a program, humble opportunities always remain within reach, opening rooms for significant civic goals. The paper is highlighting some of these more nuanced and subtle opportunistic approaches to embrace and better address the social in the education.

Company’s Reputation as an Intangible Asset and the Risks to It from Perceiving Socially Responsible Practices as “Hypocritical”

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-215
Author(s):  
Zhana Genova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Corporate Image ◽  
Intangible Asset ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
The Public ◽  
A Company

As in previous years, people are always upset and will always be interested in environmental issues, global warming, famine, poverty, child labour and more. And business organizations use this interest and engage their users through donation or charity campaigns, sponsorships, or projects to support a particular cause or community in need. But there are cases when publishing the information of social responsible incorrectly creates scepticism in people, and the company loses reputation and trust among the public and stakeholders as a whole. This study will show that building a positive corporate image is a long process, requires strategic thinking and consistency, and social responsibility can influence a company image.

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