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 …
New CSR Dynamics? Institutions and systems in a more challenging era
March 28, 2013
The first decade of the 21st century saw growth in the talk about, and espousal of, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), particularly by multinational corporations (MNCs) across a wider set of geographical regions, most notably Asia. This growth was accompanied by other phenomena. The first was that CSR emerged as much more of a multi-stakeholder concern, …
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 …
Our evening with Michael Woodford and Nuncy
March 13, 2013
This story really was extraordinary. Over 180 staff, students and business people listened intently to Michael as he recounted how, as newly appointed president of Olympus, he discovered and began to unpick an accounting fraud approaching $2 billion. Storytelling is clearly one of Michael’s talents, and the detailed tale and colourful descriptions and anecdotes provided …
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 …
My experience at the ARCS PhD Sustainability Academy
March 4, 2013
In October last year, I had the opportunity to participate in the 2012 PhD Sustainability Academy, an annual event of the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) hosted by the Richard Ivey School of Business (University of Western Ontario) in Canada. The purpose of the event was to assist PhD students in developing papers …
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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