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This research explores the impact of digital public relations (PR) on good governance, accountability, and national integration. It highlights the growing importance of digital transformation in shaping democratic processes and ensuring effective governance. The use of social media and other online platforms has the potential to enhance monitoring and oversight within government institutions and across public services. Additionally, digital PR practices have been found to influence citizens' attitudes and behaviors towards the government. The study emphasizes the role of digital tools and strategies to promote transparency, accountability, and inclusivity in governance, ultimately fostering national integration.

Derzeit kommt der rechtspolitischen Diskussion über Nachhaltigkeitsthemen im Unternehmensrecht, der sog. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), besonderes Gewicht zu. Neue Regulierungsansatze im Allgemeinen wie das Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz (LkSG) und das EU-Richtlinienpendant Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) sowie aktuelle Fälle aus der internationalen Gerichtspraxis im Besonderen haben den rechtswissenschaftlichen Diskurs über die Verantwortung von inländischen Gesellschaften für (Menschen-)Rechtsverstöße neu befruchtet. Vor diesem Hintergrund bildet die Autorin Fallgruppen konzern- und lieferkettendimensionaler Verkehrspflichten und untersucht deren Administration in die Unternehmenspraxis. Dabei liegt ein besonderes Augenmerk auf der Umsetzung innerhalb der Corporate Governance- und Compliance-Systeme sowie den Haftungsrisiken der Leitungsorgane. Die Thematik wird interdisziplinär unter Berücksichtigung der verschiedenen Teildisziplinen der Rechtswissenschaften sowie unter Beachtung betriebswirtschaftlicher Aspekte erforscht und abschließend thesenartig beurteilt

The ageing of urban populations poses serious challenges for policymakers and urban planners alike. While the number of people over 65 is increasing in urban areas, the digital transition in cities raises concerns about the persisting digital divide facing older citizens, as well as the digital inequality and ageism inherent to most digital domains. As ageing in place and place attachment play a significant role in the social engagement and well-being of older people, the purpose of this research is to shed light on the novel approaches taken by local governments to foster active participation among senior residents in the digital public sphere. Using semi-structured interviews with public officials from three age-friendly cities in Spain, we have explored innovative urban projects for digital inclusion, active ageing, and autonomy for older people. The findings of the study reveal the importance of coordinated multi-stakeholder initiatives in promoting digital literacy and overcoming barriers rooted in ageism in the digital world. True representation of older people in local governments, the promotion of co-creation initiatives led by seniors, and the standardisation of universal design and accessibility are some of the key contributions made by Spanish cities in their transition toward places that are digitally inclusive and age-friendly.

This article examines the relationship between knowledge and ignorance in the context of crises and corresponding technological solutions. It focuses on the case of pandemic simulation models as a specific form of dealing with uncertainty, which marks a transition from classical risk management to algorithmically organized anticipation practices. The thesis of the paper is that technology assessment is affected by this development when it comes to reflecting on the normative premises and social and political implications of digital crisis technologies. This refers in particular to what is considered crisis-relevant knowledge in the first place, according to what logics it circulates, and what attributions and effects can be observed with regard to digital crisis technologies. Against this background, the paper discusses the relevance of social science knowledge as well as the role of deliberative practices in times of crisis.

AbstractThe present study examines the relationship between the diverse board of directors and firm performance using a panel data sample of the top 73 EU nonfinancial sustainable firms across 13 countries from 2016 to 2020 based on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). We specifically examine the impact of structural (board independence) and demographical (age, gender, education, tenure and industry experience) board diversity on firm performance. Drawing on the agency and resource base perspective, the results indicate that firms with a diverse board of directors (structural and demographic) perform significantly better with firm performance. Additionally, when viewed through the lens of stakeholder theory, the findings indicate that environmental, social and governance disclosure (ESG) moderates and partially mediates the relationship between the diverse board of directors and firm performance. We also performed robust checks to validate our results. Diversity contributes to a firm's understanding of its market and, as a result, its overall performance. The current study demonstrates a considerable gap between the theoretical and empirical support for various board indicators (structural and demographic), their relationship to performance, and how ESG acts as an intervening element in increasing firm financial performance.

Abstract Governance is essentially a dynamic mechanism to promote collective action for the common good. The Chinese concept of the public/common ( gōnggòng ) and its political philosophy of Grand Union governance provide an alternative perspective for understanding such dynamics from the unit of family through institutions to the state-embedded society. Three critical arguments with interconnected elements are analysed: governance as a dynamic mechanism; review of the historical, philosophical and political legacy of Chinese governance; and proposal of a framework for governance of the Grand Union . It concludes that 'Chinese characteristics', such as diverse adaptations, gradual flexibility, experimental pragmatism, and polycentric balance with a strong central state are all deeply rooted in its pre-revolutionary ancien régime . In order to understand these seemingly different institutions and values, we need to revisit their original functionality of governing for the common good.

AbstractGovernance is essentially a dynamic mechanism to promote collective action for the common good. The Chinese concept of the public/common (gōnggòng) and its political philosophy of Grand Union governance provide an alternative perspective for understanding such dynamics from the unit of family through institutions to the state-embedded society. Three critical arguments with interconnected elements are analysed: governance as a dynamic mechanism; review of the historical, philosophical and political legacy of Chinese governance; and proposal of a framework for governance of the Grand Union. It concludes that 'Chinese characteristics', such as diverse adaptations, gradual flexibility, experimental pragmatism, and polycentric balance with a strong central state are all deeply rooted in its pre-revolutionary ancien régime. In order to understand these seemingly different institutions and values, we need to revisit their original functionality of governing for the common good.

AbstractThe decommissioning of offshore platforms has been increasingly discussed due to its economic, social, and environmental impacts. The high complexity of this multilevel context pushes for the adoption of a service ecosystem view to explore the value propositions and actors' relations involved in resource exchanges. This study follows a mixed‐method approach based on semistructured interviews conducted with oil and gas stakeholders and content analysis of the secondary data collected. The results highlight the ecosystem elements and identify the main drivers for sustainable growth in the process of the reconversion of oil and gas assets. A "meta" level is theorized to investigate how the actors' purposes can be harmonized with an ecosystem's goal to encourage the diffusion of a sustainable‐oriented culture in the context of offshore decommissioning. In this sense, the study provides several insights for researchers and professionals in both the local and national governance field and the oil and gas industry.

AbstractWe focus on the relationship between the network structure of Chilean rural drinking water associations (APRs) and effective governance outcomes regarding the provision of infrastructure and drinking water to peripheral rural communities in the Valparaiso region. Based on a comparative regional multi-method case study, we assess the coherence of differences in the governance network structure with the corresponding governance outcomes. Using qualitative interviews, participant observation, and a network survey of collaboration and legitimacy relationships among leaders of local APRs, we find that when isolated APRs establish collective organizations, they can generate better governance outcomes even without support from the state. We demonstrate that higher levels of collaboration as well as a more integrative distribution of legitimacy relations in the network are coherent with more effective governance outcomes. The findings suggest to strengthen social and organizational capacity at the local level of water governance in order to overcome the challenges of megadroughts and of a lack of public infrastructure in peripheral rural areas.

There are raging debates about Nigeria's high cost of governance and its effects on socioeconomic development. Indeed, one of the talking points of the contemporary restructuring discourse is the need to drastically cut the cost of governance to allow more resources to fund the development of critical infrastructure. Understandably, the emphasis is always on the structure of governance of the executive presidential system and the bloated civil service. Indeed, much of the issue, however, is on the Executive, its imperial nature, its idiosyncrasies, and its style of governance. This paper assesses the features of the 'imperial executive' in Nigeria and the extent to which executive profligacy aggravates the cost of governance and hinders socioeconomic development. Using essentially secondary data, the paper found that the higher the recurrent expenditure, the more difficult it is to allocate adequate resources to capital expenditure in Nigeria. This scenario implies that a large chunk of public fund expenditure on the political elite makes it impossible to allocate adequate resources to other critical areas of development such as health, education, infrastructure etc. The paper suggests critical reforms in the structure of the executive presidential system as well as mechanisms to check the excesses and idiosyncrasies of the Executive in Nigeria.

Ross Fergusson & Nicola Yeates, Global Youth Unemployment: History, Governance and Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021, 296 pp., £95. ISBN: 9781789900415 (Hardback).

Past studies mainly focused on the effects of the lack of a pastoral land tenure security system. There is scarcity of evidence regarding the effects of pastoral land tenure insecurity in the context of cross-border environmental resource governance and sustainability that the present study attempted to contribute. The main objective of this study is therefore to assess how far the state land tenure system has impacted environmental resource governance and sustainability along the Ethiopia–Kenya border. The study employed a qualitative method in which key informant interviews, in-depth interviews, and focus group discussions were utilized as the primary data collection methods; moreover, the legal documents of the two states, journal articles, official reports of governmental, and nongovernmental organizations report and other relevant secondary sources were assessed in the review of the literature. Data were collected from various respondents from the pastoralists, nongovernmental organizations, and government bodies from local, national, regional, and international organization representatives. The findings of the study showed that in both states, the government laws and policies adopted have not taken into account the pastoral way of life. In addition, the lack of tenure security for the pastoralists has endangered cross-border environmental resource governance and sustainability. The pastoral landholding system is communally influenced mainly by states' interests and human encroachments. It is vital that pastoral policies should accommodate pastoral felt needs and interests in which the voices of pastoralists are heard in the policy-making process; hence, there should be a special representation for the pastoral people in the regional and federal legislature (in Ethiopia) and central government parliament (in Kenya), and there should be a cross-border pastoralists forum to ensure better environmental resource governance in the borderland.