The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for a tenure or tenure-track position in business ethics in its Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics. The Department has eighteen full-time faculty who offer over 20 different courses in the undergraduate, MBA and PhD programs and whose research is regularly published in [...]

Hamburg > To mark International Literacy Day on 8th September 2008, Bertelsmann AG and the child-focused organization Plan International have initiated a school project in the region hit by the Chinese earthquake: Bertelsmann will contribute more than €610,000 to the rebuilding of a school as well as to a school development program mounted by the [...]

In June, the Century Foundation and the The New York Times Foundation invited Corporate Watchdog Radio to a seminar for a select handful of journalists on “Billionaires and Their Impact.” There, CWR co-host Francesca Rheannon heard Chuck Collins speak on a panel about the “Billionaires’ Club” and the impact of extreme wealth on the rest [...]

The Democratic party has shied away from linking clean energy, the economy, and the environment since Jimmy Carter’s 1977 Energy Policy. But the political winds are changing. At Tuesday evening’s Democratic National Convention, almost all of the speakers hit on the theme of green collar jobs. Nancy Floyd of Nth Power noted that there are [...]

Indian Country Today September 1, 2008 A group that gathered at the Wellpinit Longhouse shared aspirations to preserve tribal language and culture, produce art, music and film, support people in recovery, clean up the environment and enhance the lives ...

The National August 30, 2008 For Muslims the world over, Ramadan is a time for reflection, fasting, praying and, of course, giving. It is “the month of charity”, the Quran says, and donating money or food to the less well-off, each according to his ...

Star Tribune August 28, 2008 The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community's charitable giving has soared to nearly $60 million over the past two years, ranking it among the biggest sources of philanthropy in the state. The tribe has grown wealthy from its ...

The recent issue of the Business Ethics: A European Review (volum 17, number 4) contains:The changing role of governments in corporate social responsibility: drivers and responses, by Albareda, L., Lozano, J.M., Tencati, A., Midttun, A. and Perrini, F., in: Business Ethics: A European Review, volume 17, number 4, pages 347-363, 2008.SMEs and the fallacy of [...]

Sandra Waddock. The Difference Makers: How Social and Institutional Entrepreneurs Created the Corporate Responsibility Movement.(Sheffield: Greenleaf, 2008.)A Review by William C. Frederick, July 2008This is a remarkable book about two dozen remarkable leaders. Collectively, they have advanced the cause of corporate responsibility—that is, “made a difference”—by creating and applying a network [...]

A Post-Review Commentary on The Difference Makersby William C. Frederick, July 2008There is an amusing photograph of the University of Pittsburgh’s 42-story Cathedral of Learning building taken during its construction in the 1920s-30s. The first 5 or 6 floors are unfinished, consisting only of the open steel inner framework, while the soaring upper floors [...]

Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee, Corporate Social Responsibility: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly(Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2007)A Review by William C. Frederick, August 2008As I read through this book’s chapters the first time, I jotted down my impressions of its general character and approach. Here is the list: cranky; dense; honest; derivative; sceptical; [...]

Guest Editor: Wim Vandekerckhove – Ghent University, BelgiumR. Edward Freeman will contribute to the special issue with a ‘reply to his critics’.In 1984, R. Edward Freeman published Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach. While the term ‘stakeholder’ was then hardly used, it became one of the central concepts in the business ethics revival since the 1990s [...]

The registration is now open for the International Seminar on Business and Human Rights which will take place on 4 & 5 December 2008 in Paris, France to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.This will be a key international opportunity to review global progress on this issue over recent years [...]

The recent issues of Journal of Business Ethics (volume 81, number 3+4) contain:Whistle-Blowing and Morality, by Bouville, M. , in: Journal of Business Ethics, volume 81, number 3, pages 579-585, 2008.Vocational Ethics as a Subspecialty of Business Ethics - Structuring a Research and Teaching Field, by Brinkmann, J. and Henriksen, A. -M. , in: Journal [...]

The recent issue of Business Ethics Quarterly (volume 18, number 3) contains:THE PRIVATE EQUITY-LEVERAGED BUYOUT FORM OF FINANCE CAPITALISM: ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES, AND POTENTIAL REFORMS, in: Business Ethics Quarterly, volume 18, number 3, pages 379-404, 2008. THE ETHICS OF PRICE GOUGING, in: Business Ethics Quarterly, volume 18, number 3, pages 347-378, 2008. THE ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF [...]

The recent issue of Business & Society (volume 47, number 3) contains:When Does a Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative Provide a First-Mover Advantage?, by Sirsly, C. -A. T. and Lamertz, K. , in: Business & Society, volume 47, number 3, pages 343-369, 2008.The Role of Corporate Reputation in the Stakeholder Decision-Making Process, by Puncheva, P. , [...]

The recent issue of the Journal of Business Ethics (volume 82, number 1) contains:A Speech-Act Model for Talking to Management. Building a Framework for Evaluating Communication within the SRI Engagement Process, by Vandekerckhove, W., Leys, J. and Braeckel, D. , in: Journal of Business Ethics, volume 82, number 1, pages 77-91, 2008. Organisational Whistleblowing Policies: Making [...]

7th Annual Colloquium of the European Academy of Business in Society“Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability:Leadership and Organisational Change”11-12 September 2008 - Cranfield University School of Management The EABIS annual colloquium is unique. It brings together business and academia. It is not just another academic conference or CR conference for practitioners. It’s no easy task to satisfy [...]

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has announced the 2008 recipients of its prestigious National Leadership in Action Award, recognizing excellent work by nonprofit organizations and philanthropic institutions in communities of color. Read More ...