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The Paradox of our Times and a Key Role for Social Enterprise

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Business for the common good has never been as needed, debated and desired as now. A spotlight on Social Enterprise – challenges and opportunities in a new world context with Profs. Concepción Galdón, Sheila M. Cannon, Edgard Barki, Adrian Zicari and a successful social entrepreneur, Paula Cardenau

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Salhil Shahane, ESSEC Business School, looks at greenflation and the cost of building a clean and green economy. There is a debate around the potential cost of a green transition. "Greenflation" would be caused by 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? Salil Shahane, ESSEC Business School MiM student and competition finalist, explores.

Greenflation: The dirty cost of building a clean and green economy

November 14, 2022by The Council on Business & Society Leave a comment

Salhil Shahane, ESSEC Business School, looks at greenflation and the cost of building a clean and green economy.

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2022: A Social Odyssey. Prateek Jha, ESSEC Business School MiM student, and finalist in the CoBS 2022 student CSR article competition, contends that business schools can provide a unique contribution to building back better post-Covid and winning the battle against social vulnerability.

2022: A Social Odyssey

November 7, 2022by The Council on Business & Society Leave a comment

Prateek Jha, ESSEC, contends that in 2022 business schools can provide unique contribution to winning the battle against social vulnerability.

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David Santos, IE Business School, clears the mist on technology: Education and setting society’s values have a vital role to play.

AI and its Problems – An unavoidable reality or a dystopia?

October 26, 2022by The Council on Business & Society 1 Comment

David Santos, IE Business School, clears the mist on technology: Education and setting society’s values have a vital role to play.

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Net-Zero Carbon Emissions: What prevents the world from reaching them An in-depth exploration of the complexities and paradoxes of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by Félix Dubois-Aubecq, ESSEC MiM student and finalist in the CoBS 2022 CSR article competition.

Net Zero Carbon Emissions: What prevents the world from reaching them

October 19, 2022by The Council on Business & Society 2 Comments

An in-depth exploration of the complexities and paradoxes of net-zero carbon emissions by Félix Dubois-Aubecq, ESSEC Business School.

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Is Artificial Intelligence becoming the next Oil and Gas? Nicolas Cador, MiM student and ESSEC Business School article competition finalist, navigates through the challenges Information technology faces to reduce its carbon footprint.

Is Information Technology Becoming the Next Oil and Gas?

October 12, 2022by The Council on Business & Society Leave a comment

Nicolas Cador, ESSEC Business School, navigates through the challenges Information technology faces to reduce its carbon footprint.

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Generational Capital: Weaving tomorrow in a pact of generations, Pedro Vormittag, FGV-EAESP and Columbia University alumnus, explores how the collective intelligence of previous generations can help those of the present to resolve three of the world’s most pressing issues: Climate change, harnessing artificial intelligence, and the reinvention of the welfare state.

Generational Capital: Weaving tomorrow in a pact of generations

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Pedro Vormittag, FGV-EAESP/Columbia University, explores generational capital and how it can help resolve the world’s most pressing issues.

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Michael Castellano, IE Business School, looks at business schools and their role in addressing major issues and repairing societies post-Covid

How to Survive a Pandemic and Other Classes You Missed in Business School

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Michael Castellano, IE Business School, looks at business schools and their role in addressing major issues and repairing societies post-Covid

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Digital Immortality: Do we really need it? Yulan Guan, School of Management Fudan runner-up in the 2022 CoBS student CSR article competition, explores the technical and ethical arguments in the AI and immortality issue, and reflects on the lessons to be learnt from Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.

Digital Immortality: Do we really need it?

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Yulan Guan, School of Management Fudan, explores the technical and ethical arguments in the AI and immortality debate.

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Business Schools: What they can do to help post-pandemic, 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? Ruan dos Santos Ferreira, FGV-EAESP Runner-up in the CoBS 2022 Student CSR competition, explores.

Business Schools: What they can do to help post-pandemic

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Ruan dos Santos Ferreira, FGV-EAESP, explores what business schools can do to help the world post-COVID-19.

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