How is Ayn Rand still a thing? From ridicule to serious concern
By Steen Vallentin. A recent article in The Washington Post informs us that Donald Trump is affectionate about the works of Ayn Rand (1905-1982),...
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Jun 5, 2019
More CEOs Sacked For Ethical Failure Than For Poor Financial Performance
According to a recent study, for the first time more CEOs have been dismissed for ethical lapses than for poor financial performance (in 2018). What is the lesson? I think that we overvalue compliance and undervalue the effects of a corporate culture on sustainable business decisions…
May 22, 2019
Thinking outside the box on corporate tax practice
Corporate tax practice of multinational corporations (MNC) have been the topic of intense debate in the media and among policy makers in recent years. Most recently the news broke that Amazon would pay zero tax on their more than 11 billion profit in 2018. The OECD have coordinated a large project on the topic and involved countries around the world in discussing attempted solutions to the issue of “base erosion and profit shifting” which is the technical term for states finding it challenging to tax the profits of MNCs.
May 13, 2019
Who cares about sustainable fashion?
By Erin Leitheiser. Can ever-higher rates of consumption ever truly be sustainable? Consideration of up-and-coming consumers will be key to making progress in the...
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Who’s responsibility is it, anyway?
By Erin Leitheiser. Workers and companies from across the globe each play a part in creating our clothes. Yet, it’s unclear who is responsible...
Big Data: Make Every Voice Count
By Michael Etter. How do we determine if an organization behaves in a socially acceptable way? This question is highly relevant and not easy...
The Task At Hand: Facing a Trump America
The following post by American CBS MBA student Wynne Lewis is an accompanying piece she wrote recently for the Financial Times’ MBA Blog. Titled...
CSR is Dead. Long Live CSR
By Andreas Rasche, Mette Morsing, and Jeremy Moon. We – Andreas Rasche, Mette Morsing, and Jeremy Moon – just edited an international textbook entitled...
CBS UN Global Compact PRME report on progress: Not only what, but also who
By Lavinia-Cristina Iosif-Lazar. 68 pages, 6 principles, one year of data collection and CBS’ 4th report to the UN Global Compact PRME initiative: these...
Trumpism: On the road to state capture?
By Hans Krause Hansen The inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the U.S. has caused widespread concern. On the long list of worries...
Crowdfunding for Sustainability: Creating a platform for sustainable ideas
By Kristian Roed Nielsen. Crowdfunding as phenomenon is strange as it fundamentally boils down to strangers supporting strangers for causes, products or services that...