Retraction notice: The influence of Italian board characteristics on environmental, social and governance dimensions

The publisher of Management Decision wishes to retract the article by Elisa Menicucci, Guido Paolucci (2023), “The influence of Italian board characteristics on environmental, social and governance dimensions”, published in Management Decision, Vol. 61 No. 10, pp. 3082–3105, https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-09-2022-1224.

It has come to our attention that a large portion of this article is taken, without full and proper attribution, from an earlier work by Elisa Menicucci, Guido Paolucci (2022), “Board Diversity and ESG Performance: Evidence from the Italian Banking Sector”, Sustainability, Vol. 14 No. 20, 13,447, https://doi.org/10.3390/su142013447. The submission guidelines for Management Decision make it clear that articles must be original.

The authors would like it to be noted that they are not in agreement with this retraction. The publisher of the journal sincerely apologizes to the readers.