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Environmental impacts are often overlooked in supply chain debates. A new framework shows how businesses can respond more fairly and effectively.
Federal immigration raids in Minnesota prompted a social backlash. But the business community is largely hedging its bets due to a changed political calculus.
Investment decisions that take into account social and environmental factors have been slow to take off in South Africa.
A study of 21 firms including Barclays, L’Oréal and Philips reveals that their boards of directors take a nuanced approach to corporate purpose.
Should voluntary work come at a price?
Sustainability can be a ‘calling’ for many staff – employers should harness their passion.
Being viewed as a good corporate citizen can be good for the bottom line.
Corporate social responsibility disclosures impress shoppers but not suppliers, data suggests.
Canada has fallen behind in global SDG progress rankings. To reverse this, Canada needs better mechanisms to hold companies accountable and ensure the SDGs are actually being adhered to.
Students, professors and accrediting agencies are more interested in social impact than ever.
Generating financial returns, noble and important as that goal is, is no longer enough, 3 scholars of marketing argue.
Shareholders accused companies that campaigned during this year’s Voice referendum of wasting time and energy that could be better used increasing their returns.
Watch out for ‘purpose-washing’: when companies promise more than profit maximisation but fail to deliver.
There are perverse incentives to exaggerate sustainablity claims – made easier by the lack of uniformity in measuring and reporting such results.
A new study finds that investors punish companies for behaving badly over three times as much if they have a record of saying they’re virtuous.
When CEOs and workplace leaders communicate their personal values and ethics clearly, they inspire individuals to want to work for their organizations.
Energy firms are likely to lie about their corporate social responsibility to the environment. Their deception can be turned around for good if they are held accountable.
Record numbers of visitors are flocking to blockbuster exhibitions. Behind all the excitement, there are difficult questions over how to address their carbon footprint.
By investing in corporate social responsibility initiatives, family-owned businesses can make financial gains while also making positive societal contributions.
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Professor of Business and Society, University of Technology Sydney
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Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford and Professor of Management and Sociology, University of Michigan
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Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Government, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Associate Director of Research Operations at ECU Centre for People, Place and Planet (CPPP), Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Senior Lecturer of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, Politics, University of Glasgow
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Law, QUT, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Organisation, Technology & Sustainability, University of Bristol
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Professor in Organisation & Sustainability, University of Exeter
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
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Chair in Accountancy and Professor in Sustainability Accounting and Transparency, University of Aberdeen
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