Empowerment Inc.
By Lauren McCarthy. Empowering individual women will not on its own bring about a transformation in gender relations between men and women There’s a...
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Sep 25, 2019
Business + purpose = big trouble. But wait, here is one surprising point of agreement
By Dieter Zinnbauer. Reactions to the recent statement by the Business Roundtable that recognizes a regard for stakeholders rather than a narrow focus on...
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Sep 11, 2019
Social Enterprises = Sharing Economy Organizations?
By Johanna Mair, Nikolas Rathert and Georg Reischauer. Sharing Economy Organizations Uber, Airbnb, and Lyft are frequently cited and popular examples of new organizational...
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Jun 14, 2019
Are we trying to solve climate change, or are we merely playing the “blame game” on social media with the future of the Earth at stake?
By Daniel Lundgaard. The climate change debate is something that is on the minds of most people these days. The most recent elections in...
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When Good CSR Intentions With Communities Go Bad
By Rajiv Maher. Can companies get CSR efforts “right” by engaging in dialogue with communities, thus improve relations and their impacts? Reality shows that companies tend...
’Make Feminism Radical Again’
By Jeremy Moon. Approximate reading time: 3-4 minutes. ’Make Feminism Radical Again’ – An unlikely fashion choice in some quarters but, yes, a fellow...
Really Fake
By Glen Whelan. With generative technologies on their way to maturity, ‘Fake News’ may soon reach a whole new level of ‘realness’ No less...
The Risks of Intuitive Thinking in Environmentally Friendly Clothing Consumption
By Kristian Steensen Nielsen & Wencke Gwozdz. Clothing behaviors might be well-intended, but they do not necessarily reduce environmental impact Environmentally friendly clothing in one...
Seeing Like a Standard: Sustainable Palm Oil and the Coasian Challenge
By Kristjan Jespersen & Caleb Gallemore. Approximate reading time: 3-4 minutes. Go to any supermarket and you’ll see labels, so many labels. Some of them seem...
Behavioral Insights All Over the World: A New Study from cbsCSR, CBS GRB and Harvard University
By Cass R. Sunstein & Lucia Reisch. Worldwide, officials are employing behavioral insights to improve policies in areas that include health, finance, highway safety,...
Universities – Front Runners or Falling Behind The Green Transition?
By Louise Kofod Thomsen. Universities are knowledge generators, facilitators of innovation and play a key role in shaping the mindsets and developing the skills...