Values may be the clue to building greener businesses
Our paper highlights the key role that values can play in addressing the profoundly urgent, messy and contentious issue of climate change.
Category Journal Article
From corona anxiety towards a new Enlightenment – Why a return to normal is not a meaningful option
ur crisis is a narrative crisis and it will not be solved by new technologies, but by new stories and new metaphors that enable us to see the world from a radically different perspective.
How We Respond to COVID-19 Foreshadows Future Life in the Anthropocene
In COVID-19, we are facing the ultimate prisoner’s dilemma where our survival depends upon our collective actions and, as a result, the morality of individual actions takes on new meaning. This challenge shares many commonalities with the challenge of the Anthropocene.
Will a Global Pandemic and Recession Hit the Reset Button for Corporate Governance and Business/Stakeholder Relationships?
Will a global pandemic and recession push businesses to hit the reset button in their business/stakeholder relationships?
“Is our product healthy or not ?”: How companies navigate changing values and norms
ur case study focused on the food industry and how it adapts its products to the changing definition of the value ‘health’. What is considered a "healthy" food product changes over time due to new scientific insights, new consumption habits, and changes in food production and sales.
The Revolving Doors of Washington and the Sliding Doors of Brussels
Our paper opens up the “black box” of the government affairs practices conducted by companies in Brussels and draws a comparison between the practices there and those in Washington D.C. We find that, although companies in both sites use similar resources, the daily management practices vary a lot.
How did corporations spread CSR from the U.S. to the rest of the world?
Why do firms adopt Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices? How does CSR spread across the globe?
Are corporate saints more credible?
If companies make economic and social reasons for their sustainable investments known, they run the risk of their legitimacy being called into question. Our study shows that when individuals assume that a company’s sustainable investments are strategically motivated and driven by economic interests, they will assess companies’ credibility and legitimacy negatively.
Investors and CEOs be aware! A firm’s true value can be communicated to the market in a multitude of ways
The market rewards firms that engage in political activity, with significantly better performance on the day of their IPO
