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CSR Reporting Practices of Lithuanian and Italian Academic Institutions

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The UN Global Compact (UNGC) is a global voluntary initiative that aims at supporting sustainable development by creating a system of companies and stakeholders for knowledge and experience transfer. The purpose of this chapter is to analyse the corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports of Lithuanian and Italian academic institutions, which participate in the UNGC context. In the study, the authors carried out content analysis, statistical analysis and qualitative research methods to investigate 14 social responsibility reports of academic institutions submitted in the UNGC (7 institutions from Lithuania and 7 from Italia). The findings highlight Lithuanian and Italian academic institutions which have implemented the serious CSR process, albeit with some differences. Implementation of the social responsibility protocol can bridge theory and practice, and can provide valuable insights into partnerships thanks to synergies among public and private sectors as well as the community.

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  1. Klaipeda University, Klaipėda, Lithuania

    Ligita Šimanskienė, Jurgita Paužuolienė & Erika Župerkienė

  2. Department of Economics, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

    Mariantonietta Fiore

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    Alkis Thrassou  & Demetris Vrontis  & 

  2. School of Business Administration, College of Management, Rishon Lezion, Israel

    Yaakov Weber

  3. Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

    S. M. Riad Shams

  4. Department of Accounting and Finance, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

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Šimanskienė, L., Paužuolienė, J., Župerkienė, E., Fiore, M. (2019). CSR Reporting Practices of Lithuanian and Italian Academic Institutions. In: Thrassou, A., Vrontis, D., Weber, Y., Shams, S.M.R., Tsoukatos, E. (eds) The Synergy of Business Theory and Practice. Palgrave Studies in Cross-disciplinary Business Research, In Association with EuroMed Academy of Business. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17523-8_10

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