We expect businesses to be more socially and environmentally responsible by minimizing greenhouse gas emissions and eliminating harmful business practices — why don’t we do the same for COVID-19?
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We should demand greater social responsibility from businesses, but pressuring them to undertake responsibilities that only governments can address is the wrong way to get there.
While social responsibility can help establish a culture founded on transparency and accountability, AI tools can assist companies in implementing these values within the organization.
Research on how the Catholic Church has responded to sexual abuse shows it’s not only time for the church to walk the talk, but to change the talk away from a defensive legalistic approach.
Emmanuel Faber was trying to pursue a form of stakeholder capitalism.
Even if employees don’t care about a particular cause to begin with, they will react positively or negatively to the reason they believe their organization is choosing to engage in that cause.
The attitudes and behaviour of employees are impacted much more strongly by the actions of their bosses than by their words. And the CEO is the most visible and powerful role model of all.
The allegations raised in a book on the Trump administration by Bob Woodward and an anonymous op-ed would be enough to get most CEOs fired.
A corporate apology is always connected to the benefits it brings to the company. It is not a personal apology, it is a form of institutional positioning.
Research shows that companies will back ethical causes only if they know they will benefit from the stance.
Trump’s reaction to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, prompted business leaders to sever ties with two White House councils.
Unethical corporate behaviour isn’t just embarrassing from a PR standpoint, it can also be unprofitable for firms and their investors.
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Associate Professor in Linguistics, Macquarie University
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Professor of Organization Studies, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Managerial Communication, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University
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Associate Professor, Operations Research, Brock University
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Professor of Accounting and Finance, Brock University
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Professor of Finance, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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Adjunct Professor of Organizational Behaviour, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor, Telfer School of Management, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor, Department of Management, Saint Mary’s University
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Doctoral Student in Law, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Organization Studies and Sustainability, York University, Canada
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Associate Dean Research, Professor of Sustainability, Hewlett-Packard Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada
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Professor of Public Policy and Sustainability, York University, Canada
