The 2010 EABIS Colloquium will explore how Corporate Responsibility is understood and applied in Emerging Market contexts and cultures – by old and new multinationals – and if it is viable as a framework for tackling critical challenges ahead. The Colloquium takes place on 20-21 September 2010 hosted by St. Petersburg State University GSOM. EABIS [...]

Sir Crispin Tickell 6th May 2010, 18:15-19:45, Cranfield Management Research Institute, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford.   “Development: what should it mean?” Sir Crispin Tickell has had a distinguished diplomatic career. He was Chef de Cabine to the President of the European Commission (1977-1980), British Ambassador to Mexico (1981-1983), Permanent Secretary of the Overseas Development Administration(now Department [...]

It is imperative that organizations incorporate the principles of sustainability beyond their business practices, by incorporating it into their communications strategies, as transparency is coming to define consumer trust and purchasing behaviour. Inconsistencies and cynicism occur when tactical efforts are used to promote initiatives; tactics cannot convey the long term commitment required to actively contribute [...]