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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...

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…

Temporal Dimensions of Hypocrisy

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Apr 17, 2019

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.

“We’re just geeks”: Do emergent disciplinary identities among business students affect their sense of personal responsibility?

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Mar 8, 2019

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...

Conquer the Lock-In: How Food Companies can act on their Political Responsibility towards Children

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Feb 26, 2019

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?

The year of corporate acting—does business need a new approach to palm oil?

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Feb 18, 2019

By Amanda Williams, Steve Kennedy and Gail Whiteman. 2018 went down as the ‘year of corporate caring’ about the palm oil controversy. A banned...

Youth Perspective to the Sustainability Agenda

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Dec 25, 2018

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

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Dec 17, 2018

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.