Dr LARA BIANCHI's Outputs (12)

Compliance (2024)
Book Chapter
Torres, L. D. (2024). Compliance. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (18-22). Edward Elgar Publishing

Compliance has become prevalent worldwide and especially following the passage of various national regulations such as the United States’ Sarbanes–Oxley Act, Australia’s Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act, and the UK Bribery Act. The cost of b... Read More about Compliance.

Doughnut economics (2024)
Book Chapter
Morris, D. (2024). Doughnut economics. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Edward Elgar Publishing

The Role of Boundary Spanning in Building Trust: A Place‐Based Study on Engaging Hardly Reached Groups in Community Healthcare Settings (2024)
Journal Article
Bianchi, L., Kelemen, M., Shivji, A. K., Tallant, J., & Timmons, S. (2025). The Role of Boundary Spanning in Building Trust: A Place‐Based Study on Engaging Hardly Reached Groups in Community Healthcare Settings. Sociology of Health and Illness, 47(1), Article e13870. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13870

This paper investigates the impact of boundary spanning activities on building trust as a means of tackling health inequalities in hardly reached communities. Lack of trust has been identified as a barrier to engagement with healthcare services, resu... Read More about The Role of Boundary Spanning in Building Trust: A Place‐Based Study on Engaging Hardly Reached Groups in Community Healthcare Settings.

Reverse innovation for global sustainable development: a conceptualisation (2024)
Journal Article
Corsi, S., & Bianchi, L. (2024). Reverse innovation for global sustainable development: a conceptualisation. International Journal of Development Issues, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDI-08-2024-0200

Purpose: we offer a first conceptualization of sustainable reverse innovation, by discussing the contribution of innovation from the Global South towards sustainable development. In so doing, we aim at recognizing an active role played by developing... Read More about Reverse innovation for global sustainable development: a conceptualisation.

Engaging Marginalized Stakeholders: Towards a Dialogical Theorization of Effective Corporate-Rightsholder Remedy (2024)
Journal Article
Bianchi, L., Caruana, R., & Shivji, A. K. (2024). Engaging Marginalized Stakeholders: Towards a Dialogical Theorization of Effective Corporate-Rightsholder Remedy. Journal of Business Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-024-05879-6

In the remediation of business-related human rights abuses, meaningful stakeholder engagement –one culminating in the effective access to remedy- begins with forms of communication that enable the voice and agency of marginalized stakeholders, and va... Read More about Engaging Marginalized Stakeholders: Towards a Dialogical Theorization of Effective Corporate-Rightsholder Remedy.

Business and human rights (2024)
Book Chapter
Bianchi, L., & Landman, T. (2024). Business and human rights. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (1-7). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch01

Sustainable insurance (2024)
Book Chapter
O’Sullivan, N. (2024). Sustainable insurance. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (202-206). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch38

Sustainable insurance refers to the integration of environmental, social and governance issues into insurance activities. This relates to both property and casualty insurance— otherwise known as ‘non-life’ insurance— as well as life insurance. As wit... Read More about Sustainable insurance.

Sustainable finance (2024)
Book Chapter
O'Sullivan, N. (2024). Sustainable finance. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (196-201). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch37

Sustainable finance relates to the integration of environmental and social issues into banking, investment, and insurance activities, and the recognition that in doing so, the financial sector has tremendous leverage to shift international economies... Read More about Sustainable finance.

Sustainable banking (2024)
Book Chapter
Niamh, O. (2024). Sustainable banking. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (187-191). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch35

Sustainable banking refers to the integration of environmental and social issues into banking activities, principally including commercial and retail banking. As with institutional investors, sustainability issues in the banking sector are primarily... Read More about Sustainable banking.

Corporate social responsibility (2024)
Book Chapter
Matthews, L., & Ingram, C. (2024). Corporate social responsibility. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (43-54). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch09

In its most general sense, corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be understood as the recognition that corporations have a responsibility to society that includes but is not limited to their economic performance. There are a large number of defin... Read More about Corporate social responsibility.

Sustainable Investment (2024)
Book Chapter
O’Sullivan, N. (2024). Sustainable Investment. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (207-214). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch39

Sustainable investment, more widely currently known as “responsible investment”, refers to the integration of sustainability issues— otherwise known as environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the investment community— into core investmen... Read More about Sustainable Investment.

Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (2024)
Book
Matthews, L., Bianchi, L., & Ingram, C. (Eds.). (2024). Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Edward Elgar Publishing

This Concise Encyclopedia is an interdisciplinary overview of the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). It not only incorporates well-established concepts proffered by highly influential voices, but also captures the perspectives of tomorro... Read More about Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility.