Posts by ICCSR
Notes from a Visitor
December 4, 2012
A great international research experience in the field of Sustainability, Strategy and Management Control… After more than a one-year preparation, I started in May 2012 a seven-month international research journey in order to widen my international research network and to concentrate on a series of research projects in the field of Corporate Sustainability, Strategy and …
Shadows of Liberty: The Media, Business and Political Power
November 20, 2012
Jean-Philippe Tremblay’s documentary Shadows of Liberty was the third film in our annual series Doing the Business. The film was introduced as follows by Professor Jeremy Moon, Director of the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility at Nottingham University Business school. ——————– Tonight’s film, Shadows of liberty, is about news, business and power. The title comes from a quote …
Is it Ethics or Imagination we need most?
October 30, 2012
On Tuesday 6th November the tenth series of Doing the Business will begin with a screening of The Revenge of the Electric Car. The series is designed to encourage discussion and debate on the topic of social, environmental and ethical issues in business. Please join the debate live on Tuesday at Broadway, Nottingham or add your comments below. …
Expanding the Sphere of Political CSR
October 22, 2012
The CSR policies and practices of MNCs often have a distinctly political feel. Amongst other things, they commonly contribute to (or undermine) human rights, and to the development of institutions that subsequently shape their activities. Whilst such political activities have been subject to considerable analysis from CSR scholars, in my just published Business Ethics Quarterly …
Social Media & Social Responsibility: Crowdsourcing, Conversations & Competition
October 2, 2012
I recently read a blog post that argued that hanging around on Twitter can be classed as work (thanks @thesiswhisperer)! As a PhD researcher in the midst of observing how businesses have shifted from communicating CSR information to stakeholders, to constructing CSR knowledge with them, I spend a lot of time immersed in online activity. …
Sponsorship, Sports and Ethics
September 19, 2012
The 2012 Olympics and Paralympics have raised issues of ethics and sponsorship of sports. Some of us have quite set critical views, e.g.: ‘There is already far too much sport, and sponsorship only encourages media saturation of these banal activities at the expense of artistic, intellectual or economic flourishing’. For others ‘Sponsorship of sports …
Sustainability in Australia – The View from Down Under
September 5, 2012
21 years of unfettered economic growth. The biggest mining boom on record. Levels of inflation and employment the envy of almost every other developed country. Yes, by any measure, life in the Antipodes is good. Combine this with sunshine, beaches, space aplenty and home-grown food enough for almost twice the existing population, then it is …
Not another academic conference?
August 29, 2012
‘Not another academic conference?’ is the usual refrain from our friends and families as we pack our bags for another … er… academic conference. And with our proverbial responsible and sustainable business hat on, the question – and implied criticism – are all the more telling. I once heard a colleague explain that by attending …
No more business as usual?
August 22, 2012
CSR and CSI in the financial sector in times of crisis The financial crisis has brought about severe consequences for our economy and society and we are still witnessing a fragile recovery and debates of lending rate manipulation, excessive executive remuneration, money laundering and secret transactions. Albeit in the context of regulatory failure and borrower …
Is there a different CSR future in Asia?
August 15, 2012
Presumably! However, we still do not know the exact answer. At this year’s ICCSR Conference CSR Futures, we raised this timely issue in the CSR Asia dedicated track: Asian CSR and its dynamics. Why Asia? Asia is emerging as indicated by its astonishing economic growth and opportunities. However, as Kent Walker, one of the presenters at the …
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