Freedom of religion or belief as a pillar of sustainability: corporate social responsibility in the perspective of the Italian legislative decree 125/2024 and the 'Modena Charter'
Summary · 1. eu Directive 2022/2464 and the Italian Legislative Decree 125/2024. 2. ‘Human rights’ and social sustainability in Legislative Decree 125/2024. 3. Freedom of religion or belief in Legislative Decree 125/2024. 4. The Modena Charter for respecting freedom of religion or belief in the work...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Il diritto ecclesiastico
Year: 2025, Volume: 136, Issue: 2, Pages: 385-411 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religious freedom
/ Religious pluralism
/ Southern Italy (motif)
/ Modena
/ Intercultural understanding
/ Dialogue
/ Social contract
/ Enterprise
/ Antisemitism
/ Sustainable development
/ Decree
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| IxTheo Classification: | SA Church law; state-church law |
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Democratic Pluralism
B Social Sustainability B Freedom of Religion or Belief (forb) B 2024 / Legislative Decree 125 B Modena Charter B Corporate Social Responsibility (csr) B Intercultural Dialogue B Religious Inclusion |
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| Summary: | Summary · 1. eu Directive 2022/2464 and the Italian Legislative Decree 125/2024. 2. ‘Human rights’ and social sustainability in Legislative Decree 125/2024. 3. Freedom of religion or belief in Legislative Decree 125/2024. 4. The Modena Charter for respecting freedom of religion or belief in the workplace. 5. The inclusion of the Modena Charter in the 2025 Italian National Strategy for countering antisemitism This article examines the normative and operational implications of integrating freedom of religion or belief (forb) into corporate sustainability frameworks, with a particular focus on the Italian Legislative Decree No. 125/2024, which transposes the eu Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (csrd). Moving beyond a merely technical reading of sustainability reporting, the paper argues that the inclusion of forb constitutes a structural dimension of social sustainability and an essential component of corporate accountability. Through the lens of ‘double materiality’, the analysis explores how companies are now legally and ethically required to address the impact of their operations on individual rights – both within the enterprise and along the entire value chain. Central to this discussion is the Modena Charter, a para-normative document that codifies best practices for protecting religious pluralism in the workplace, framed as a site of deliberative inclusion rather than mere tolerance. The Charter’s institutional recognition within Italy’s 2025 National Strategy against antisemitism underscores the growing awareness that religious freedom must be safeguarded not only as a formal right, but as a precondition for democratic participation and communicative legitimacy. In this perspective, forb emerges as a decisive indicator of the ethical quality of enterprise, and a pivotal axis for rethinking corporate social responsibility as a dialogical and intercultural practice. |
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| ISSN: | 2035-3545 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Il diritto ecclesiastico
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.19272/202530802004 |
