The future of business school teaching: the challenge of sustainability
July 25, 2013
Programs like the MSc in CSR here at the University of Nottingham have played an important role in ensuring that citizens are well equipped to understand ethical considerations in navigating complex and often contradictory demands from business and society. The main aim has been to ensure that natural resources and societal stakeholders are taken into …
Gender and Responsible Business – What’s the link?
June 10, 2013
Like many feminists, I have spent much of my life encouraging, supporting, and pressurizing policy-makers to advance gender equality through legislation, and through gender sensitive budgeting and policy development. To this end I have worked with government representatives in the UK, Australia, and internationally, and with numerous non-governmental organizations (NGOs). In the 1980s and 90s …
Responsible Tourism – a research note
May 14, 2013
Ever since ‘sustainable tourism’ emerged in response to the negative impacts of the tourism industry, it has been the subject of much scepticism and critique. Of particular note is the question of whether tourism can be thought of as a sustainable practice at all; “it’s either sustainable or its not!” As these (absolutist) debates rumble …
Margaret Thatcher, CSR and me…
April 29, 2013
Margaret Thatcher’s death prompted many appraisals of her impact on politics and on people’s lives. I offer my, seemingly unlikely, tale of her impact on CSR and me. Thatcher’s government introduced me to corporate social responsibility (CSR). Whilst researching public policy responses to mass unemployment, we were, first, perplexed, and then intrigued, by the business …
Everyday entrepreneuring – sowing the seeds for more sustainable business.
April 15, 2013
The usual, everyday patter we hear around us about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship conjures up inevitable clichés: entrepreneurs are brash innovators, charismatic to the nth degree, relentless in their pursuit of profit. Likewise, we have all become familiar with the argument that entrepreneurship is a panacea for economic downturns; all we need to do is “to …
A University of Nottingham alumnus shares some thoughts for World Water Day.
March 22, 2013
Some thoughts today, this 20th anniversary of World Water Day, from snowy Nottingham….. In 1832, Nottingham was hit by an outbreak of cholera…”… there were 930 attested cases and 330 deaths. It was generally agreed at the time that the lower parts of the town had been the worst affected and that the higher streets, built …
What the Feminists Thought: Taking CSR To New Audiences
March 19, 2013
InterGender.net is a site well worth looking at if you’re ‘into’ gender theories and feminist studies. It was just by chance that I stumbled across a doctoral course they were running called ‘Let’s Get Organised! Gender, Organisations, Policy, Power’ which called for doctoral researchers studying these concepts. A frenzied application later, and I was on …
Women’s Empowerment & CSR
March 8, 2013
“We want to see women in front of other women, talking to them”: Women’s Empowerment & CSR Four International Women’s Days’ ago, I was sitting in front of the KTWN women’s network committee; women who were forthright in their demands to be on an equal footing with the men in their community. We were in …
Social Media Research: Theory and Practice
March 7, 2013
As Facebook fan pages, corporate Twitter handles and branded Google+ hangouts flourish, CSR messaging is increasingly gaining prominence in mainstream social media platforms. Whilst these publically available virtual spaces present unique repositories of cultural information and attractive windows into the social construction of CSR meaning, they also present overwhelming sources of data and bring complex …
What is the role of business on equality?
February 25, 2013
Discussions on LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) rights have risen to an unprecedented level with recent undeniable triumphs in many countries. The UK’s annual LGBT History Month in February being one of the many good examples. Established in 2005, this month promotes and celebrates the individual and social achievements of the LGBT Community. It …
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