Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’
The Pied Piper of Hamelin or When our Children Woke us Up
In my last blog, I reflected on the shift in what has become unacceptable in our society, or in the human community at large. When we contemplate social injustice, we no longer accept it as “just the way things are”; instead we feel angry or motivated to do something. When we hear about abuses of…
Read MoreOvercoming barriers to sustainability & social responsibility in higher education
HUMANE Sustainability Summit – Utrecht University, 12-15 May The historic 2015 Paris Agreement building on the UN’s Convention on Climate Change was a turning point. It charts a new course in the global challenge to address climate change. The Agreement also provided a much-needed impetus for universities to demonstrate more visibly, the unique role that…
Read MoreIACMR-RRBM Award for Responsible Research in Management
The Second IACMR-RRBM Award for Responsible Research in Management “With Executive Input in Selecting the Winners” Co-sponsored by The International Association for Chinese Management Research and The Community for Responsible Research in Business and Management Announcement of Winners and Finalists March 10, 2019 The IACMR-RRMB award recognizes excellent scholarship that focuses on important issues for…
Read MoreDo you See Doomsday or Evolution?
What picture of the world are educators sharing with their students, doomsday or evolution? I am an educator focused on developing a mindset for sustainability with faculty and students, and I like to point metaphorical flashlights into the unseen corners of our society. My goal is to illuminate the connections of well-known facts (climate change,…
Read MoreCSR Symposium 2019
CSR SYMPOSIUM 2019 Organised by SDMIMD in collaboration with EFMD & Third Sector Research Resource Centre, University of Mysore India became the first country in the world to make corporate giving protected by law. The so-called the 2% law requires companies to spend 2 % of their profits on social causes. The obligatory nature of the…
Read MoreSpecial issue: Achieving Sustainable Development – Call for submissions!
The United Nations (UN) set the agenda to achieve sustainable development by securing the commitment of 193 countries to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS). The SDGS represent an ambitious challenge to end all forms of poverty, tackle climate change while promoting economic prosperity and inclusion by the end of the year 2030. The 17…
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