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…
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.
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...
By Dr Gabriela Gutierrez-Huerter O. Globalisation has intensified calls for multi-national corporations (MNCs) to engage in social initiatives ranging from community outreach and environmental...
By Steen Vallentin. “May you live in interesting times” – so the apocryphal English-language expression goes that people often refer to as ‘the Chinese...
By Jeremy Moon. One of the most exciting features of my CSR adventures has been Asia. As a result of opportunities to travel, meet...
By Martiina Mira Matharu M. Srkoc & Mette Morsing. On their very first official day as bachelor students at Copenhagen Business School, approximately 2.000...
By Esben Rahbek Gjerdrum Pedersen. Business cases are an important, but often overlooked, tool for pitching CSR/sustainability within the organisation. Failure to meet internal...
By Jannick Friis Christensen and Kristjan Jespersen. Thursday 25 August marked the beginning of Professor John Robinson’s adjunct professorship at CBS. To a packed...
By Andreas Rasche. In October 2015, the UN Global Compact, the UN’s flagship initiative for corporate responsibility and sustainability, has expelled 130 firms for...
By Jeremy Moon, Velux Professor of Corporate Sustainability, CBS — The relationship between corporate governance (CG) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a vexed, yet...