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Take a virtual trip to our MBA Open Day

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 …

The Evolution of Responsible Leadership

Following a public lecture by Sir Mark Moody-Stuart at ICCSR, Nottingham University Business School on 2nd May 2014, the following essay reflects on the qualities of responsible leadership and how such values evolve in leaders and organisations. Framing responsible leadership Since the Global Financial Crisis there have been increased calls for more responsible business leadership. Many …

Government policies for corporate social responsibility in Europe

Traditionally, most authorities on corporate social responsibility (CSR) suggested that, by definition, CSR was about the discretion of companies and unrelated to the requirements of the law and public policy. Curiously, one of the main CSR themes over the last decade has been the growth of governmental interest in CSR. My own introduction to CSR …

Staff-UG Cricket and sandwiches in the rain.

It is my pleasant duty to provide you with a report on the annual staff-UG student cricket match and I am pleased to be able to tell you that at least one classic English tradition is alive and well: huddling together under umbrellas eating sandwiches in the pouring rain.  Fortunately the sun shone after the …