An analysis of corporate social responsibility communication on the websites of banks operating in Ghana

CSR communication has received increased attention from researchers in recent times. The extant literature indicates that philanthropy dominates the CSR communications of most firms in Africa. Furthermore, the existing literature shows that state-owned firms’ CSR communication focuses more on environmental and community issues. Thus, this study examines the differences between local and foreign banks with regard to their CSR communications. It also examines which stakeholder groups banks pay great attention to, in their CSR communication. Data were collected from the websites of 26 banks operating in Ghana. using quantitative content analysis as analytical technique, it was found that foreign banks are better at communicating customer and employee CSR information than local banks. In addition, the findings show that state-owned banks report more information on donations and philanthropy.     

论广西地方政府在发展低碳经济中的责任

低碳经济以其独特优势和巨大市场已逐步成为世界经济发展的趋势,广西作为中国对外开放与区域经济合作的新一极,正以崭新的姿态与积极的步伐迎接低碳时代的到来。广西地方政府在发展低碳经济中应做好战略规划,建立政策法规体系、企业监督体系、战略同盟体系、科技支持体系,发展高新低碳技术产业、低碳文化和教育事业,构建广西地方政府发展低碳经济的责任体系。     

The personal vote and voter turnout

The level of electoral turnout is arguably the most widely monitored form of electoral participation. Consequently, electoral systems have often been cited as having a significant effect on turnout levels even though scholars do not agree on the effects of these complex institutions. Since most previous studies have relied on categorical or dichotomous electoral system indicators, this study utilizes Carey and Shugart’s personal vote index to gain theoretical leverage on other electoral system components. In short, I find that where electoral competition is predicated on party, rather than candidates’, reputations, turnout levels rise. The results of a time-series cross-sectional analysis reveal that the personal vote index significantly influences turnout levels even when controlling for a host of other factors.     

道德规范表现形式的历史演进

道德规范的产生和形成,有着深刻的社会经济根源,是由一定的社会物质生活条件和社会关系决定的。道德规范随着社会的发展而不断发展,具有历史性和继承性。在人类漫长的道德生活中,道德规范曾有过形态各异的表现形式,大体可以概括为图腾、禁忌、礼仪、风俗、箴言、准则、义务、责任等几种主要的表现形武。道德规范表现形式的历史演进,是一个由蒙昧到理性、由自发到自觉、由低级到高级的发展过程。     

税收负担、公共品层次与私人公共品需求——以山东省面板数据为例

个人税收负担的增长会对公共品需求产生负向影响,这一结论在西方的研究中被普遍证明。本文从中国实际出发,借助经典的中位选民模型,考察了个人税收负担对公共品需求的影响。通过对山东省17市1997～2007年的面板数据进行实证分析,发现个人税收负担对公共品需求的负向影响在中国并不普遍存在。就影响公共品需求的各因素来看,公共品需求的收入弹性以及人口拥挤效应普遍存在;个人税收负担对济南、烟台两市一般公共品需求产生负向影响,对其余15个市产生正向效应。为进一步揭示税收负担对不同层次公共品需求的影响差异,选取了教育和公共安全这两类特殊公共品进行研究。山东省17地市的个人税收负担对教育这类公共品普遍产生负向影响;对公共安全类公共品产生完全正向效应。因此,本文认为山东省一般公共品市场是供给导向的市场,税收弹性与公共品需求层次相关,建议建立引导公民合理表达公共品需求意向机制。     

在校学生实习或兼职人身伤害赔偿适用法律探讨

高校、职业学校的在校学生在企业中实习或兼职,其性质属青年劳动力就业前的职业培训活动,对我国社会后备劳动力的培养及帮助学生从学校过渡到职场就业具有重要意义。实习学生的劳动技能、工作经验、服务期限等虽有异于企业内的普通劳动者,但其身份仍应认定属企业的特殊劳动者。在实习或兼职时受到人身伤害事故应依法认定为工伤,纳入我国工伤保险体系予以保障。人身伤害事故商业保险及城镇居民医疗保险可作为学生实习或兼职时人身伤害赔偿的重要补充手段。     

浅析公司社会责任--对职工参与制度的法律思考

在公司社会责任中,对其职工的责任就是对公司职工(劳动者)利益的保护,职工的利益也是公司社会责任中最直接最主要的内容。只有保障了职工的权益,才能使人力资源充分发挥作用,从而更好地促进公司的发展,最终达到各方共赢。因此应当逐步完善我国的职工参与制度,使得职工不仅只是劳动者身份,还应当是公司的经营管理者、监督者。     

Responsibilization: The case of road safety governance

Governments are increasingly turning to new modes of governance to induce nonstate actors to voluntarily take responsibility for societal problems. Using the concept of responsibilization as a theoretical lens, this article analyzes changes in road safety governance in Sweden. How, why, and to whom has the responsibility for road safety been attributed in Swedish policymaking, and how have state authorities engaged in processes of responsibilization during its implementation? The results show a shift in attribution of responsibility from individual road users to a broad set of so-called system designers, based on moral, causal, and preventive rationales. Responsibilization both occurs within the state apparatus and is imposed by state authorities on nonstate actors using soft governance measures. Responsibilization provides a fruitful theoretical lens for governance studies by identifying shifts in responsibility (including deresponsibilization), explicating normative/ethical underpinnings of new governance modes, and helping to open the “black box” of the state.     

刑事责任能力鉴定启动难的成因分析

纵观社会各界关于刑事责任能力鉴定启动难的成因分析,我们可以发现其存在着明显的基本归因错误。事实上,我国司法实践中存在的刑事责任能力鉴定的“泛精神病”、“泛无（或限制）刑事责任能力”倾向与相关抑制措施的缺失相结合,导致的容易放纵犯罪的社会现实状况,也是“手握”刑事责任能力鉴定启动权的各个司法机关不愿启动刑事责任能力鉴定的重要原因之一。     

试论"超越法律"的企业社会责任

The corporate social responsibility “beyond law” is the responsibility of enterprises beyond the mandatory obligations by force of law but in line with social values and expectations. Indeed, the legal norms on such kind of responsibility are “soft law”, which mainly incorporate social values and expectations in corporate business behaviors and governance structure, so as to realize corporate “self-regulation”. By protecting the substantive and procedural rights of stakeholders and improving their negotiation power, the “soft law” aims at realizing the spontaneous confrontation and balance of the market, and the corporate reputation mechanism and the functions of NGOs adds much to the performance of corporate social responsibility. He Zhaodan, Economics Doctor of Sun Yat-Sen University, mostly focuses on Law and Economics. She has published six research articles in the academic journals of China.