Dear Council Community Readers,

The Council editorial team will be on a welcome summer break from Wednesday 31^st July to Monday 26^th August. I’d like to thank you personally and on behalf of the Community team for your continued readership of our published articles – both on the blog and in our quarterly magazine Global Voice. We’ve had a great academic year with a combined blog, magazine, Twitter, LinkedIn and website visibility and readership rate of 808,000 across the globe and that’s your success as much as it is ours!

Wishing you all a super summer and please feel free to join us on Twitter @The_CoBS   to keep updated with all the latest CSR-related news and knowledge.

This year’s highlights have included 6 issues of Global Voice magazine including two special issues – an Asia-Pacific focus and a Europe focus. Of the 83 articles published online since last July, here are 6 of the best blog-busters, one from each of the member schools of the Council on Business & Society!

Tom Gamble, Editor and Associate Director, Council on Business & Society

1. ESSEC Business School, France-Singapore-Morocco

• OF LOVE AND POWER: HOW PARTNER CHOICE MAY MAKE OR BREAK (A WOMAN’S) CAREER

In a two-part feature, Prof. Aarti Ramaswami of ESSEC Business School Asia-Pacific shares new research on the influence of partners on career attainment.

2.  FGV-EAESP, Brazil

• ALTERNATIVE AND SOMETIMES EPHEMERAL: SOCIAL INNOVATION IN ACTION

Mario Aquino Alves, Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Social Responsibly at FGV-EAESP, puts the spotlight on business from the bottom up and how it benefits the common good in an alternative and sometimes ephemeral way.

3. School of Management Fudan University, China

•  YIN-YANG BALANCING BETWEEN THE EAST AND THE WEST

Prof Qinqin Zheng of School of Management Fudan University analyses the differences between Western and Eastern management philosophies to propose a solution to manage complexity in the post-modern era.

4. Keio Business School, Japan

• TALENT – TO BE AND NOT TO BE

Prof. Sachiko Yamao of Keio Business School explores the imperative, albeit sensitive issue of recognising high-potential employees in an organisation.

5. Trinity College Dublin Business School, Ireland

• SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: DISTINGUISHING THE WALKERS FROM THE TALKERS

Tanusree Jain, Professor in Ethical Business at Trinity College Dublin Business School, looks at how some firms use CSR for talk, while others actually walk the talk: an important test for any corporate stakeholder before getting involved with a firm.

6. Warwick Business School, United Kingdom

• FAILURE INC – ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR FEARS

In a two-part article, Gabriella Cacciotti, Assistant Professor, and James Hayton, Professor of Entrepreneurship at Warwick Business School, share their research on the entrepreneur, fear of failure, and how to overcome it.

 

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