Take a virtual trip to our MBA Open Day
February 3, 2015
If you want to see what our MBA in CSR is all about – and without the potential drudge of a long trip to Nottingham – then we have just the thing for you on 28 February 2015. Our Virtual Open Day offers the chance to find out more about how the MBA in CSR …
Leading the way on PhD workshops
January 22, 2015
One aspect of ICCSR activity that sometimes slips beneath the radar is our leadership in organising, developing, and chairing PhD workshops on sustainability topics. We’ve held an annual symposium that includes a PhD student development workshop for more than a decade now, and our work in this area is going from strength to strength. The …
Sharing your research on a hot CSR topic
January 9, 2015
If you’ve been carrying out research into the role of small and medium sized enterprises in sustainable supply chain initiatives, then you might consider presenting a paper to our upcoming seminar on that very topic, which will be held on 31 March at the ICCSR in Nottingham. The seminar, which is being funded by the …
Getting the lowdown on CSR’s new professional body
December 16, 2014
We were recently served up with an interesting summary of the ins and outs of the UK’s new Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (ICRS), which was launched in July 2014 as a professional body to represent the interests of corporate responsibility professionals. Paul Burke, who heads the secretariat of the ICRS and is a …
Helping small firms have a big influence
December 3, 2014
If you’ve not yet seen the video and report of our recent Small is Beautiful event, then you’d be well advised to take a look and get a sense of some of the great discussions that took place about the future sustainability of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The event, which was part of the …
Keeping a watchful digital eye on the ethics of big data
November 24, 2014
A twitter feed examining the ethics of big data is being run by our very own Paul Caulfield. Paul, who is Director of MBA in CSR at the ICCSR, is posting tweets with the hashtag #iccsrbigdata that consider the social, cultural, and ethical issues arising from big data. The idea came to Paul after he …
ICCSR scholars receive top awards for CSR-linked papers
November 14, 2014
Two ICCSR scholars have won prestigious awards from the Academy of Management for producing the best student papers on management topics. Lauren McCarthy and Sarah Glozer received their prizes in the US at this year’s annual conference of the Academy of Management, a global professional association for scholars of management. Lauren, who is studying for …
New HEA report on “Creating Cultures of Integrity”
April 8, 2014
As part of responsible business week, the Higher Education Academy (HEA) this week published a report and series of case studies exploring the role of UK business schools in developing graduates with suitable tools to become strong ethical leaders of the future. One of these cases showcases some of the methods I used in the …
Discretion & Institutional Ethics: The Case of the Civil Service
October 22, 2013
“The Opposition aren’t really the opposition. They are only the Government in exile. The Civil Service are the opposition in residence.” Yes Minister CSR research often focuses on the role of corporate managers, as opposed to, say, employees or consumers. What motivates this fixation on managers? The discretion of the corporate managerial …
Is Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Practice an Emerging Profession?
June 18, 2013
I recently moved to the UK after writing my PhD dissertation on the topic of professional ethics (at the University of Toronto). Upon arriving at ICCSR, I was interested to learn that several organizations in the UK (e.g. GACSO and CRG) are considering establishing professional bodies (or institutes) for Corporate Responsibility (CR) and Sustainability practitioners. What …
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