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AbstractCorruption is one of the main variables to be considered in corporate social responsibility (CSR) to guarantee the well‐being of society in the long term. Information technology (IT) is able to reduce this phenomenon of corruption. However, no practical studies highlight the real effect on health organisations. This study ascertains the impact of a pilot project to prevent corruption and the introduction of new dedicated technologies in the healthcare organisation. It uses the association of institutional theory, information and communications technology (ICT), and new technologies to cover the gap and highlight the effect of an anti‐corruption pilot project of International Transparency Italia in the healthcare sector. A longitudinal approach‐based interventionist approach, coding of semi‐structured open interviews and corporate anti‐corruption plans using AltasIT from the 13 Health Organisations that joined the pilot project over a long term reveals that a positive effect spreads by mimetic approach within organisations. The study has detected open‐access databases, changes in personnel and procurement management approach, information dissemination, citizen involvement and whistleblowing support change through technologies. More specifically, it examines the evolution of the anti‐corruption system and the stakeholders' perceptions in healthcare organisations as a new form of social responsibility. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the only one that applies this perspective to the analysis of the anti‐corruption process through CSR currently underway in healthcare institutions worldwide.

AbstractIn the past few years, nonfinancial reporting has been a widely debated issue in literature, not the least because of its importance during times in which topics such as climate change and social transformations have become strategic issues particularly for larger companies. Recent regulatory changes within the European legal framework have marked the transition from a voluntary nonfinancial reporting system to a mandatory one for larger companies. Unlike the case of manufacturing companies, the debate surrounding the application of CSR policies in the banking industry has not been as univocal. Taking into account a case study, we how such pressure is neither strictly positive nor negative, but it can rather be defined as a stimulating inertia, able to indicate prompt and sure strategic directions for the Company, to be pursued in a sustainable manner. This will need the implementation of internationally acknowledged policies and procedures regulating the interactions between the Company and its stakeholders.

This book is an examination of the sovereign risk and debt limit issues facing the Eurozone (crisis/post crisis) and the need for alternative mechanisms to fund the capital investment requirements of the region, The Eurozone crisis has led to an increase in both sovereign and banking risk, which has in turn had a negative effect on the general economy in terms of reduced public expenditure, reduced credit to corporates and SMEs, and a reduction in private and public investment. Within the Euro-periphery this reduction in financial public resources is impacting on the development and modernization of new and existing infrastructures, and on the effective management of business activities. This book contributes to contemporary economic debate by identifying how governments can implement fiscal policies that stimulate economic development but avoid increasing public debt, and suggests ways in which liquidity from the European Central Bank can flow into the real economy. Written in 2 parts, the first part of the book assesses sovereign risk in the Eurozone, analysing the relationship between public private partnership (PPP) and the public debt ceiling in detail. The second part of the book provides a country specific analysis with a focus on the UK, Italy and Spain, in combination with a number of utilities such as energy management, transportation management, and water management. It demonstrates how each of these countries, and the individual utility providers, manage these liquidity issues, analysing which practices are the most effective in facilitating growth whilst keeping costs to a minimum. This book is an ideal resource for anyone interested in public finance, corporate finance, risk management, political economy, capital markets and investment banking