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Monthly Archives: November 2023

The CoBS Green Jobs Board for November-December 2023 For students, graduates and alumni looking for a career in CSR, sustainability, ESG.

The Green Jobs Board: Nov.-Dec. 2023

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Welcome to the CoBS Green Jobs Board for November-December, 2023  For students, graduates and alumni of the member schools of the Council on Business & Society looking for an internship […]

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ChatGPT: Revolutionizing communication or threatening human interaction? ChatGPT might conflict with the human values of fostering creativity and learning from experience, but the only way to harness it is for academia to be transparent with this breakthrough in technology and re-evaluate its curricula contends Ana Sofia Bello, ESSEC Business School GBBA student CSR competition finalist.

ChatGPT: Revolutionizing communication or threatening human interaction?

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ChatGPT might conflict with the human values of fostering creativity and learning from experience, but the only way to harness it is for academia to be transparent with this breakthrough […]

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Intergenerational Collaboration: Better together. As four generations work together for the first time, what are the frictions that can arise and how can we overcome them? Professors Celia de Anca and Concepción Galdón, IE Business School, draw on their research to answer.

Intergenerational Collaboration: Better together

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As four generations work together for the first time, what are the frictions that can arise and how can we overcome them? Professors Celia de Anca and Concepción Galdón, IE […]

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How to reduce the environmental impact of sport? Not only does sports equipment contain polluting components and consume a lot of resources, it also generates vast amounts of waste with many products purchased only to be used too little or, conversely, damaged too quickly, and discarded prematurely. ESSEC Alumni Félix Banvillet, Sustainable Development Leader at Decathlon Australia, Bertrand Reygner, Technical Director at Ecologic France, and Boris Pivaudran, President at The Masherbrum Company present their solutions to the issue.

How to reduce the environmental impact of sport

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Not only does sports equipment contain polluting components and consume a lot of resources, it also generates vast amounts of waste with many products purchased only to be used too […]

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Integrity: A leadership attribute that can spark employee creativity. A spotlight on Professor He Peng, School of Management Fudan University, and his research into leadership integrity included in the recently published Routledge CoBS book The Employee and the Post-Pandemic Workplace: Towards a new, enlightened working environment.

Integrity: A leadership attribute that can spark employee creativity

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A spotlight on Professor He Peng, School of Management Fudan University, and his research into leadership integrity included in the recently published Routledge CoBS book The Employee and the Post-Pandemic […]

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The Retail Crossroads: Stitching together regenerative business models for profit, sustainability, and social responsibility. Hauteclaire Lulin, MiM student at ESSEC Business School and finalist in the CoBS 2023 Student CSR Article Competition, takes a deep dive into the retail industry to provide a blueprint for a clean, green and more equal business model.

The Fashion and Retail Industry: Stitching together regenerative business models

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Hauteclaire Lulin, MiM student at ESSEC Business School and finalist in the CoBS 2023 Student CSR Article Competition, takes a deep dive into the retail industry to provide a blueprint […]

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CSR’s Ripple Effect on Workplace Dynamics. A spotlight on Joana S. P. Story, FGV EAESP, & Filipa Castanheira, Nova School of Business and Economics, and their research insight on CSR and workplace dynamics included in the recently published Routledge CoBS book The Employee and the Post-Pandemic Workplace: Towards a new, enlightened working environment.

CSR’s Ripple Effect on Workplace Dynamics

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A spotlight on Joana S. P. Story, FGV EAESP, & Filipa Castanheira, Nova School of Business and Economics, and their research insight on CSR and workplace dynamics included in the […]

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Effective Human Rights Due Diligence: Using it to streamline compliance efforts. Human Rights is an important topic that is connected to the global environmental agenda. Anyone practicing in the sustainability and impact sector must have a clear understanding of the global issues of human rights. In this context, ESG & Sustainability consultants Ksapa organized a webinar on Using Effective Human Rights Due Diligence to Streamline Compliance Efforts. Moderated by Farid Baddache, Ksapa CEO, the event brought together Thomas Thomas, CEO, ASEAN CSR Network, and Eric Ekern, ex-Telenor Consultant working with Norwegian companies. This webinar is primarily for Chief Risk Officers, General Counsel, and Sustainability Leaders.

Effective Human Rights Due Diligence: Using it to streamline compliance efforts

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Human Rights is an important topic that is connected to the global environmental agenda. Anyone practicing in the sustainability and impact sector must have a clear understanding of the global […]

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People Analytics: The risks behind the promises. With the recent developments in AI, the supremacy of algorithms and analytics in the management of business – and people – seems more and more obvious in terms of driving up the performance of organisations. But should human beings be analysed in the same way as inventory entries? A research team including Dr. Ulrich Leicht-Deobald, Trinity Business School, and his collaborators Dr. Lisa Marie Giermindl, Dr. Franz Strich, Dr. Oliver Christ, and Abdullah Redzepi uncovers new findings on the risks of people analytics.

People Analytics: The risks behind the promises

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How CSR Grows and Resonates within Firms: The interplay between the CSR and functional departments. Professor Tommaso Ramus, ESSEC Business School, together with colleagues David Risi and Christopher Wickert address the issue of the CSR department-functional department interface within the firm and how both can work together to implement impactful CSR practices throughout the corporation.

How CSR Grows and Resonates within Firms

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Professor Tommaso Ramus, ESSEC Business School, together with colleagues David Risi and Christopher Wickert address the issue of the CSR department-functional department interface within the firm and how both can […]

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