Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism industry is an act of responsibility
Five reasons why supporting the tourism industry in times of the coronavirus crisis means taking responsibility for society and the environment.
Category Journal Article
Inequality and Community in Organisations
Does inequality pose special challenges for organisations? Drawing on Aristotle’s ethical thought, as well as more recent work on a particular cognitive bias known as the ‘Just World Fallacy’, I argue that it does.
Does Corporate Responsibility Deliver? Broken Pathways to Business Sustainability
We analyzed firms’ corporate responsibility activities against their resulting sustainability performance, and identified three instances of broken pathways.
It is time to unlearn the tried-and-trusted green narrative
It is time to unlearn certain boundaries of what sustainability looks like: in a world where the most progressive states actively promote these unproblematized visions of idyllic sustainability, where can our hope be for reconstructing a better future on the basis of actual sustainability challenges?
Will COVID-19 pave the way for more business responsibility? Evidence from Switzerland
Surely the COVID-19 pandemic bears many risks, but solutions to grand societal challenges will never be easy. The time may be now ripe to spearhead the transition toward a more inclusive, environmentally responsible and resilient economy.
Pandemic bonds: The financial cure we need for COVID-19?
What exactly is written in the fine print? How accurately is the risk modelled? How big are the payouts to investors? How quickly are the funds disbursed?
Calming the rough waves of privacy concerns
The usefulness and surveillance aspects of these apps are tightropes for app-developing organizations. Voluntary use, depersonalization of data and easy opt-out features of these apps might not fully help contain COVID-19, but are essential for the long-term because the absence of these would result in negative reputation and new lawsuits.
Commodity supply chains are as global as the coronavirus: So how do we manage both? (Part 3)
Practices that respond to the systemic nature of problems and the necessary solutions can serve as a beacon and call for action to all multinational companies in commodity industries and beyond.
Commodity supply chains are as global as the coronavirus: So how do we manage both? (Part 2)
Unprecedented examples of solidarity action to protect workers in the value chain are underway in the international cacao industry, which can serve as an example for other industries.
