Small, yet important – and still responsible. Reflections on SMEs and social responsibility in times of Covid-19
By Søren Jeppesen One thing seems to be clear by now – that we are all challenged by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic....
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Apr 20, 2021
Responsible to whom and for what?
Contestations of CSR across time, space, and experience … and a Call for Papers By Jeremy Moon ◦ 3 min read ◦ It is well known...
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Apr 15, 2021
Megacorporations
By Glen Whelan ◦ 2 min read ◦ Whatever you did today, there is a fair chance that you used a product or service that...
Apr 13, 2021
Remote research: A story about “being there”
By Elizabeth Cooper ◦ 2 min read ◦ It has now been more than a year since researchers have been forced to move most of...
Apr 7, 2021
Impact of COVID-19 on mortality inequalities: The case of France
By Clément Brébion ◦ 3 min read ◦ Despite an unprecedented worldwide decline in mortality over the last century, a substantial income gradient in life...
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The problem with CSR: why companies need to listen to their activist employees
By Luda Svystunova and Verena Girschik The current pandemic has exposed blatant social injustices and inequalities around the world, prompting businesses to face their...
Ensuring effective collaboration in cross-sector partnerships: three valuable lessons for partnership managers
By Leona Henry Cross-sector partnerships (CSPs) have become a popular form of collaboration to address various sustainability matters, including plastic pollution, fair labor conditions...
Football and the Meaning(lessness) of Management Concepts
By Esben Rahbek Gjerdrum Pedersen Romanticized management concepts often seem to fall short in capturing actual management practices in today’s corporate world. Experiences from...
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...
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.
Big fuss about a big policy plan – and why this matters for corporate social responsibility: the Chinese social credit system
By Dieter Zinnbauer & Hans Krause Hansen. Few statist policy blueprints on matters pretty technical have captured our collective imagination as has the Chinese...