The year of corporate acting—does business need a new approach to palm oil?
By Amanda Williams, Steve Kennedy and Gail Whiteman. 2018 went down as the ‘year of corporate caring’ about the palm oil controversy. A banned...
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Apr 17, 2019
Temporal Dimensions of Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy is a serious charge for social actors, especially organizations and politicians, whose profession depends on perceptions of sincerity and credibility. This post examines types and implications of hypocrisy.
Mar 8, 2019
“We’re just geeks”: Do emergent disciplinary identities among business students affect their sense of personal responsibility?
By Maribel Blasco. Georg*: I don’t think people from Maths are like that [selfish] because it’s another environment. We treat each other kindly. We...
Feb 26, 2019
Conquer the Lock-In: How Food Companies can act on their Political Responsibility towards Children
The overconsumption of sugar, especially among children, and its long-term health risks re-gained public awareness with the introduction of the British soda tax in 2018. What can we learn for 2019?
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Youth Perspective to the Sustainability Agenda
By Charlotte Piller, Luna Stæhr Andersen and Mikkel Mezer Morgensen. If not now, when? As the days get shorter and the year slowly draws...
We Need To Pay More Attention To Business Associations
Despite their key role in both national and international affairs, business associations remain strangely absent from academic discourse, teaching and research on corporate responsibility and sustainability. We clearly need to pay more attention to business associations.
The CBS Sustainability (re-) Launch
This is blog post one of two throwbacks providing key insights from the speakers. By Oliver Laier. On Monday, December 3rd, a new centre...
Current issues in Business and Human Rights: report from the 2018 Annual Forum in Geneva
By Karin Buhmann. ‘Building on what works’ was the key topic for the annual Forum on Business and Human Rights that took place in...
Why Corporate Sustainability is Bullshit (And Why This is a Good Thing)
By Andreas Rasche. Corporate sustainability is full of statements, terms, and concepts that are empty, unclarifiable and vague. Instead of rejecting such vagueness altogether,...
Corporate contributions to United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
The days of corporate greening are over. Many companies kicked off their sustainability strategies decades ago by picking the low-hanging fruit. But there is nothing left within arm’s reach to pick. Now we expect companies big and small to demonstrate their contribution to broader societal and environmental sustainability challenges beyond firm boundaries.
The Academic Smarts in the Smart City
By Lara Anne Hale. Smart Cities 101 Last week I had the pleasure of being one of eight students to join the University of...