Wonder Tech and the Institution of Gender
by Jeremy Moon “I didn’t realize that I was a woman until I went to the US.” This was the rather arresting comment of...
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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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Making it to the World Heritage List: Envisioned and Hidden Effects
By Lotte Thomsen. UNESCO’s World Heritage designation of places around the world has the honorable purpose of taking responsibility. Taking responsibility for the preservation...
Why it Doesn’t Matter that Facers are Annoying
By Jacob Schjødt. You are walking down a high-traffic street in Copenhagen minding your own business. You’re thinking about the new pair of pants...
CSR: When High Aspirations Go Low – and How to Avoid it
By Peter Winkler & Michael Etter. Managers’ public claims to improve CSR can have self-persuasive effects on corporations and their members. However, sometimes such...
The Winners and Losers of Reward-based Crowdfunding
By Kristian Roed Nielsen. Proponents of reward-based crowdfunding have touted its emergence as an alternative source of innovation finance as an exciting and democratizing...
Is Social Media Redefining the Pursuit of Social Change?
By Daniel Lundgaard. Social media has become a battleground where NGOs with global perspectives, corporations and new digital social movements all fight to shape...
After #Metoo: Are We as Equal as We Would Like to Think?
By Sara Louise Muhr & Florence Villesèche. The me too movement was founded in 2006 by Tarana Burke to help survivors of sexual violence,...
The Ethical Blindness of Corporate Sustainability
By Andreas Rasche. Corporate sustainability (and related concepts like ESG and materiality) have been reduced to discussions around financial value. This makes these concepts...