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A Brazilian Enron? The inconsistencies of Americanas and the role of ESG. The accounting scandal at Americanas – a household retail name in Brazil – shows how ESG, when implemented correctly, can play a key role in helping businesses walk the talk of corporate responsibility. Professor Ligia Maura Costa, FGV EAESP, coordinator of FGVethics and lawyer, explores.

A Brazilian Enron? The inconsistencies of Americanas and the role of ESG

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Prof. Ligia Maura Costa looks at the Americanas scandal in Brazil to highlight how ESG, properly used, can keep companies on the right path.

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Emerging Markets and Sustainable Investing: The key to a better future? Routledge's latest publication, Responsible Finance and Accounting: Performance and Profit for a Better World, is making waves with its insightful contributors. Among others, research from Professor Adrian Zicari of ESSEC Business School is featured in this publication.

Emerging Markets and Sustainable Investing: The key to a better future?

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Prof. Adrian Zicari, ESSEC Business School, explores how sustainable investing in emerging markets can benefit society and planet.

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Bridging the Gap Between Corporate Social and Financial Performance. Routledge has recently published Responsible Finance and Accounting: Performance and profit for better business, society and planet, which features the work of Professor Qinqin Zheng from the School of Management Fudan University. The book highlights her research contribution, drawing attention to the significance of the link between a company’s corporate social performance (CSP) and corporate financial performance (CFP) for investors.

Bridging the Gap Between Corporate Social and Financial Performance

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Prof. Qinqin Zheng, Fudan, looks at the link between a company’s corporate social performance (CSP) and corporate financial performance (CFP).

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The Council on Business & Society 2023 Student CSR Article Competition is now open. Register and write your winning article!

The 2023 Student Article Competition is Now Open

March 11, 2023by The Council on Business & Society Leave a comment

The Council on Business & Society 2023 Student CSR Article Competition is now open. Register and write your winning article!

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Welcome to the Council on Business & Society magazine Global Voice #24. 117 pages, 33 faculty and CEO contributors, including insights on leadership, team performance, sustainability transition, business decisions, education, the project economy, sustainable farming, and generational capital

Global Voice Magazine #24: A Precious Bauble

January 25, 2023by The Council on Business & Society 1 Comment

Welcome to the Council on Business & Society Global Voice magazine #24, now on download: 117 pages, 33 contributors, 16 articles.

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Integrity: A blueprint for making it strategic, a CoBS Research Pod based on the work of Prof. Daniel Malan, Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin. Related research: The Rise and Role of the Chief Integrity Officer: Leadership imperatives in an ESG-driven world, World Economic Forum White Paper 2022.

Integrity: A blueprint for making it strategic

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Prof. Daniel Malan, Trinity Business School, with a condensed learning capsule on how to effectively implement integrity in your strategy.

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Integrity as a Dynamic for Long-term Company Performance

December 29, 2022by The Council on Business & Society Leave a comment

Pierre Guyot, VP at John Deere, on how integrity fosters positive results for its people and its business.

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Traceability and Bitcoin vs Sustainability in supply chains: Sophie’s Choice? Debajyoti Biswas, ESSEC Business School, Hamed Jalali, NEOMA Business School, Amir H. Ansaripoor, Curtin Business School, and Pietro De Giovanni, Luiss University, examine whether the benefits of traceability are worth the costs to sustainability.

Traceability vs Sustainability: Sophie’s Choice?

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Debajyoti Biswas, ESSEC Business School, and co-researchers examine whether the benefits of traceability are worth the costs to sustainability

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How to Be a Responsible Leader. “Responsibility always starts with the person at the top – and the right culture will trickle down.” Professor Dimitrios Spyridonidis, Warwick Business School, refreshes the call and takes us through the journey to becoming a responsible leader.

How to Be a Responsible Leader

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Prof. Dimitrios Spyridonidis, Warwick Business School, refreshes the call and takes us through the journey to becoming a responsible leader.

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Business, People, and the Transition to Sustainability. José Luis Blasco, Global Head of Sustainability at Acciona, and Professor Concepción Galdón, Director of the IE Center for Social Innovation and Sustainability, discuss the steps organizations and individuals can take to push the transition toward a sustainable economy.

Business, People, and the Transition to Sustainability

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CEO José Luis Blasco and Prof. Concepción Galdón: An interview focus on business, people and the transition to sustainability.

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