Essays about: "OECD GOVERNANCE"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words OECD GOVERNANCE.
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1. Prosperity with a purpose
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : In the current landscape, policymakers are confronted with a formidable task: striking the delicate equilibrium between ongoing economic growth and a sustainable transition. This dilemma forces a difficult trade-off in various sectors, where the pursuit of sustainability often entails sacrifices and compromises with regard to economic growth. READ MORE
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2. GOVERNANCE BEYOND BORDERS The Extraterritorial Reach of OECD National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : As increasingly powerful actors in a globalised world, multinational corporations are often able to evade responsibility for human rights violations and other misconduct occurring in their own operations or supply chains. Since courts face limitations when attempting to exert jurisdiction outside of their state territories, state-based non-judicial mechanisms such as the OECD National Contact Points (NCPs) have been established to fill this gap by mediating between corporations and victims of corporate human rights abuses with the aim of providing remedy to the latter. READ MORE
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3. Socially Responsible and Financially Rewarding: The Relationship Between ESG and Stock Market Returns
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : We study the link between the ESG-performance of 20 OECD countries and the excess returns of their major stock indices between 2005 and 2015. Our research shows a significant positive relationship between the two metrics. READ MORE
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4. Enhancing SMEs to Become More Sustainable
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : Small, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have recently been identified as high contributors to social and environmental issues globally. Due to this, there has been a high demand for SMEs to become more sustainable, and as such many studies have researched the benefits that accrue to SMEs that implement sustainable practices: serving as a motivation for most SMEs. READ MORE
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5. AID AS AN EMIGRATION MITIGATION STRATEGY? An analysis of official developmental assistance’s impact on the emigration rates of aid receiving countries
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : In the face of increasing pressure to slow immigration, policymakers in the United States and Europe have increasingly turned to the use of official developmental assistance (ODA) in an attempt to mitigate emigration from lesser developed countries. This strategy attempts to address the root causes of underdevelopment assumed to be motivating emigration and are billed as a more humane method of deterring immigration, standing in juxtaposition to border enforcement mechanisms. READ MORE
