AI: A new culprit in missing the sustainability mark?
Lara Anne Hale Artificial intelligence (AI) is championed as being the future driver of business: everything from human resources to surgery is supposed to...
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Oct 22, 2020
Friedman’s critique of CSR at 50: birthday surprises
By Jeremy Moon Sorry I am late in sending a 50th birthday card for Milton Friedman’s essay “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase...
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Oct 20, 2020
Top Leadership Compensation: From Hockey-Stick to Shared Pay-checks
“Sharing is Caring” is a way to manage post-COVID19 Economic Crises and Layoffs By Anirudh Agrawal & Bharat Dhamani 10 of the 25 Linkedin...
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Is it a right policy to focus on SDGs during Economic Slowdown?
By Anirudh Agrawal and Ashish Tyagi Economic problems of India were not addressed either in the 2019 electoral debates or in the recent annual...
Thinking outside the box on corporate tax practice
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.
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?
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...
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...
Fake news and what it means for discussions about CSR-related issues
By Daniel Lundgaard. There is a saying on online forums that “About 78% of all statistics shared online are made up to prove a...
Green – a special shade of innovation.
By Valentina De Marchi. How can firms change for sustainability? As political and societal pressures increase, and more and growing evidence supports a business...
The Government of Business Responsibility
Governments can play a significant role in promoting or shaping the social responsibility of businesses. This post shows some recent policies which foster the public good.
Sustainability’s Infrastructure
The project SUSTEIN is looking at localized translations of transnational sustainability standards in Kenya, the United Arab Emirates and corporate headquarters in Europe.
The BUSINESS Model is Dead: Long Live the Organizational Value Model!
By Oliver Laasch. An ApPeaRange! Business models are logics of value proposition (Pr), creation (Cr), exchange (Ex) and capture (Ca). When closely looking at...
Friedman’s critique of CSR at 50: birthday surprises
By Jeremy Moon Sorry I am late in sending a 50th birthday card for Milton Friedman’s essay “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase...
Top Leadership Compensation: From Hockey-Stick to Shared Pay-checks
“Sharing is Caring” is a way to manage post-COVID19 Economic Crises and Layoffs By Anirudh Agrawal & Bharat Dhamani 10 of the 25 Linkedin...
Branding in the COVID-19 pandemic
Not every time is the right time for real-time marketing By Maha Rafi Atal and Lisa Ann Richey This article is based on previously written...
Has COVID-19 changed our relationship with food?
CBS is involved in two large-scale international studies about people’s changes in food-related habits during the pandemic By Meike Janssen It might sound familiar:...
Making Corporate Sustainability More Sustainable
For too many firms corporate sustainability is itself not a sustainable endeavor By Andreas Rasche Corporate sustainability initiatives are blossoming around the world. While...
Economics for Life
Time for a New Economics By Sandra Waddock Steen Valentin recently pointed out in a BOS blog that we – and particularly economists –...
Making the case for and against and beyond Friedman in 2020
On the anniversary of Friedman’s “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits” By Steen Vallentin September 13th marked the 50th anniversary...
Is Tourism an Essential Industry?
Can it really be true that we don’t need to travel? By Elizabeth Cooper The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically highlighted those workers and industries...