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The CoBS: Summer Break ‘Thank You’ Dear Readers, It’s time for a summer break “thank you” from the CoBS Editorial Team and all the wonderful faculty, student and practitioner contributors to CoBS Insights over the last academic year. Thanks for checking out the blog, reading our articles, dropping us a line with your comments and continuing to come back to the site in an ever-growing community. For those of you who are new to the site, the Council on Business & Society – or “the CoBS” as we like to call it – is a global alliance of schools of business and management, leaders in their respective countries, recognized for their outstanding research and teaching, and all dedicated to providing education for tomorrow’s responsible leaders and businesses. The CoBS and the new way of doing business Responsible leadership and business practices means decision-making, practices and innovations based on profit, but also benefit and giving back for your stakeholders – whether your teams, suppliers, customers, local communities, economies, and very importantly the Planet. It involves ethical thinking and exemplary behaviour. It calls for measurement: not only of results, but of cost to employee health, impact on the community, the environment, and natural resources. It calls for listening – to your teams, suppliers, local authorities and including them. It involves taking advantage of the extraordinary wealth of diversity in people – their skills, backgrounds, cultures, languages and gender – so important for innovation and the creation of value. And it requires businesses to go beyond the short-term profit mindset of taking and looking towards giving back to ensure the longevity and sustainability of the company and everything connected to it – its ecosystem. So, if you believe as we do that business can positively contribute to improving society and the planet, keep on following us, take advantage of the research and expertise we can offer you, have a voice through an article you might have written, or explore and apply for the top-ranked international programmes our schools provide.

The CoBS: Summer Break ‘Thank You’

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A summer break ‘Thank You’ from Prof. Adrian Zicari, Tom Gamble and the Editorial team at CoBS Insights. Enjoy your summer!

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Download Global Voice magazine #22

Global Voice magazine #22

July 15, 2022by The Council on Business & Society Leave a comment

Download Global Voice magazine #22. Change your view of the world with faculty research & top student minds from the CoBS “Big 8” schools.

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The winners and finalists of the 2022 Council on business & Society Student CSR article competition are now officially nominated. Warm thanks to all the students and their submissions throughout the member schools of the CoBS for their effort, commitment, enthusiasm and talent. This year’s competition saw an extremely high level of quality and maturity in the articles – something that made the juries’ selection all the more difficult. Congratulations to the winners, runners-up and finalists. And finally, a thank you to all the staff and faculty teams within the CoBS Schools for their expert coordination and time spent on the juries.

Results for the 2022 Student CSR Article Competition

May 5, 2022by The Council on Business & Society 1 Comment

The results of the Council on Business & Society 2022 Student CSR Article Competition

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The Council on Business & Society welcomes the 8th member to the alliance: Stellenbosch Business School

The Council on Business & Society welcomes an 8th member to the alliance: Stellenbosch Business School

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The Council on Business & Society welcomes the 8th member to the alliance: Stellenbosch Business School

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This spring issue of the Council on Business & Society’s quarterly magazine contains 96 pages of research and opinion-based articles featured in two sections – Business, Society and Leadership & Management. We’re delighted to include a special double-page dedicated to two new CoBS Deans – Dean Lee Newman and Dean Yu Sakasume – having respectively taken up their functions at leading member institutions IE Business School, Spain, and Keio Business School, Japan. ​ This issue’s Editorial also features a spotlight on the unique value case studies bring to the learning experience, co-authored by Richard McCracken, Director of The Case Centre, the world’s leading independent home of the case method, and Prof. Adrian Zicari, Academic Director of the Council on Business & Society.

Welcome to Global Voice magazine #21

April 20, 2022by The Council on Business & Society 2 Comments

Download the Council on Business & Society Global Voice magazine #21. 96 pages of CSR & Sustainability insights.

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Global Voice magazine #20: This issue gathers perhaps the largest and most varied number of contributors ever featured in Global Voice magazine. In addition to the CoBS member schools covering 4 continents, we’re delighted to highlight two very special guest institutions – Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada, and University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa. We also welcome CSR-spokespersons Prof. Andrew Crane of CBOS University of Bath and Dirk Matten, Schulich School of Business, Director of Strategy and author Emilie Prattico of BCG BrightHouse and a spotlight on the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative by Director John North. And last but not least, we reach across to the other side of the planet and Australia, with the kind permission of Monash Business School, Monash University to feature one of their thought leadership insights in this magazine. Covering current hot topics and lasting major issues – the climate crisis, women at work, leadership in the 21st century, the future of CSR, inclusivity and disability employment, social impact, philanthropy, conscious business, and mentorship among others – Global Voice magazine offers you the unique international and multicultural expertise of the Council on Business & Society faculty and guests.

Global Voice Magazine #20: Loud & Proud

February 18, 2022by The Council on Business & Society Leave a comment

Download Global Voice magazine #20: With 112 pages and 19 articles from 37 faculty and practitioner contributors.

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Now Open for Registration! The CoBS 2022 Student CSR Article Competition. Topics: There is a debate around the potential cost of a green transition. "Greenflation" would be caused by a higher demand for greener solutions, and the consequences of new public policies (e.g. green taxes). How can we deal with the social tensions that could possibly arise with greenflation? The consequences of the Covid pandemic have reached every country in the world, causing a huge rise in poverty and social vulnerability even in rich countries. What can Business Schools do in order to address this situation? What are the main barriers preventing the world from reaching Net-Zero carbon emissions, both at the macro level (geopolitics, industrial barriers, etc.) and at the micro level (individual behaviour)? How do corporations create new value through low carbon practice? What is the potential negative social impact of AI, and what are the possible solutions accordingly? What has been the impact of increased investor attention to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues on corporate sustainability performance and reporting? How can we balance the social costs and benefits of the advance of digital and robotic automation with respect to the future of work? Do we have to trade off wellbeing for productivity, or can we have both?

The CoBS 2022 Student CSR Article Competition

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Now Open for Registration! The CoBS 2022 Student CSR Article Competition.

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Innovation in Education: The ESSEC MSc in Sustainability Transformation, by Alexis de La Tour du Pin. Alexis de La Tour du Pin, Executive Director of the MSc in Sustainability Transformation and Chair on Environmental Transition at ESSEC Business School, puts the spotlight on the new and innovative sustainability transformation degree programme at the school.

Innovation in Education: The ESSEC MSc in Sustainability Transformation

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Alexis de La Tour Du Pin, ESSEC Business School, explains the new MSc in Sustainability Transformation.

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Global Voice magazine #19: 21 contributors from the Council’s seven member schools as well as guest institutions and practitioners, provide us with insights into topics ranging from measuring social impact, the rising interest in the concept of Conscious Business, the EU Green Taxonomy, the Bitcoin and ESG analysis, HR policy in small firms, political links and the Big Four accounting firms, and entrepreneurship and diversity.

Global Voice magazine #19: Open for Responsible Business

September 30, 2021by The Council on Business & Society 1 Comment

Download Global Voice magazine #19: Download Global Voice magazine #19: Download the latest issue of the Council on Business & Society’s quarterly magazine Global Voice #19: Open for Responsible Business.

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The Impact of Global Social Movements on Corporate Governance: Professors Tanusree Jain, Trinity Business School, and Patricia Gabaldon, IE Business School together with Cynthia E. Clark, Bentley University and Punit Arora, City University of New York, provide the backdrop to their call for papers for a special issue of Corporate Governance: An International Review.

The Impact of Global Social Movements on Corporate Governance

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The Impact of Global Social Movements on Corporate Governance: Professors Tanusree Jain, Trinity Business School, and Patricia Gabaldon, IE Business School together with Cynthia E. Clark, Bentley University and Punit Arora, City University of New York, provide the backdrop to their call for papers for a special issue of Corporate Governance: An International Review.

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