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 …
Business Schools and Responsible and Sustainable Business
December 17, 2013
It is a truth universally acknowledged that after some news of business irresponsibility, call it Enron or the 2007 financial crisis, the question is asked, ‘but what did they (the perpetrators) learn at business school?’. As our latest cohorts of students graduate, it remains a fair question. If business schools claim that they prepare students …
28th EGOS Colloquium – my first international academic conference!
July 21, 2012
Earlier this month I presented a paper at the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) conference in Helsinki, my first ever encounter with the world of international academic conferences! I had big plans for this event: first, learn about new research in the field of CSR; second, get feedback on my work and third, network …
CSR or sustainability education – the practitioners perspective (or wearing many hats).
July 18, 2012
As a precursor to CSR Futures – the conference marking the 10th anniversary of the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility – Alumni of the MBA in CSR and MA/MSc in CSR programmes – now working in related fields, were invited to share their views on the profession with students past and present. In particular, …
‘Getting away from it all’: further reflections on responsible tourism
June 12, 2012
….In the last holiday blog I mentioned that tourism, even ostensibly responsible forms of ‘spending time away’, embodies certain tensions and contradictions. One question posed was: 1. To what extent can tourism be responsible for the environment when most holidays involve flights to foreign destinations, and require comparatively high usage of resources? This excerpt fleshes …
Presenting to the media: a survivors’ guide.
May 21, 2012
Following the latest week long Sustainable Decisions and Organisations MBA Module (see changing behaviours ), John Ware former BBC Panorama Journalist and a regular at the ‘faux’ press conference offered the following advice to students. With his permission, we thought it was advice worth sharing more broadly. ———— I want to stress again that NO CRITICISM was intended last Friday when abuse was …
Changing behaviours is difficult stuff.
May 16, 2012
Changing behaviours is difficult stuff. Years of public information campaigns to reduce smoking and drink-driving bear testament to the cost and time required in convincing people to make safer and healthier lifestyle choices. So why then, as I reflect on a recent teaching experience with aspiring MBAs, am I surprised at the time it seems …
Business Education for Responsible Capitalism
April 2, 2012
As is often the case following a business debacle, debate ensues about making business and capitalism more responsible. In the UK, Messrs Cameron and Miliband are scoring points off each other by offering ‘more responsible capitalisms than thou’, and more widely some business leaders are pointing to ethical, governance and regulatory business shortcomings. All very …
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