When is a banking scandal a corporate social responsibility scandal?
By Jeremy Moon I arrived in Australia to discuss and research corporate social responsibility (CSR) with colleagues at RMIT University and the University of...
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Jun 18, 2021
Like oil and water…. Shell’s climate responsibility and human rights
By Kristian Høyer Toft, PhD ◦ 4 min read ◦ In a landmark verdict at the district court in the Hague on 26th May this...
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Mar 11, 2021
Distraction and manipulation: the two horsemen of the digital economy
By Jan Michael Bauer ◦ 2 min read ◦ Even before COVID, people have spent more and more time online. Particularly mobile devices have become...
Mar 9, 2021
March for Gender #1: How a feminist collective took on a media giant to challenge everyday sexism
By Sarah Glozer & Lauren McCarthy ◦ 4 min read ◦ To mark International Women’s Day 2021, the University of Bath’s Business and Society blog and...
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How sustainable is ecotourism?
Written by Erin Leitheiser, this article is based on her previously written piece for the Centre for Business and Development Studies. Tourism is a...
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...
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…
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?
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 not-so-sharing economy
By Attila Marton With the rise of Airbnb and Uber into the elite club of Silicon Valley superstar firms, the sharing economy has become...