International companies may develop global policies for their HR practices – but one of the key challenges is ensuring that practices are adapted to the national culture and legal frameworks. A recent study by IÉSEG professors from ICON and Guanghua School of Management (Peking University) has analyzed how three different HRM practices can impact corporate innovation across different national cult ...
At the beginning of this new year, five experts from the IÉSEG centers of excellence and research, including Frank DE BAKKER from ICOR, outline some of the key issues or trends they will be following this year in their fields. He explains that there are several key issues in the domains of sustainability, corporate social responsibility (CSR), ethics, equality and social entrepreneurship that wil ...
The world’s financial authorities — central banks, financial regulators and supervisors — now recognize both climate change and declining biodiversity — the loss of animal and plant species, as well as the degradation of ecosystem diversity and genetic biodiversity within species — as a significant source of systemic financial risks, and they’re developing policies to mitigate their effects. But t ...
Research shows that many companies have programs, guidelines, or written codes in place to promote ethical behavior and prevent misconduct. But this hasn’t necessarily prevented unethical conduct or some of the corporate scandals that have made the headlines over the last decades, notes ICOR member Simone DE COLLE. In this interview, the expert in stakeholder theory, speaks about the development a ...
A new report published during the COP 28 highlights that the world has reached a pivotal moment as threats from Earth system tipping points, and progress towards positive tipping points, accelerate. The report was produced by an international team of more than 200 researchers, coordinated by the University of Exeter in partnership with the Bezos Earth Fund. Professor Hugues Chenet, a member of ICO ...
We are very excited to organize our first LAW-ICOR Seminar on December 16th, during which we will discuss the relations between law and Business Ethics. For this, we have the privilege to receive Robert C. Bird (University of Connecticut) who will present his paper “Toward an Ethical Culture of Lawtegrity”. The abstract can be found here.
Continue ReadingFor our next ICOR Seminar on October 10th, we’ll discuss questions of power and control in digitalized organizational spaces. First, we are honored to receive Patrizia Zanoni (Hasselt University) who will present her paper “Beyond Despotic Control: Alienation and Consent by ‘Liberated’ Workers in the Amazon Warehouse,” co-authored with Milosz Miszczynski (Kozminski). The abstract can be found here. Then, Christine Abdalla Mikhaeil (IESEG) will present her study “Govern Less to Govern More? Autonomy-control tensions in firm-hosted online communities,” co-authored with Marie Joachim (ESSCA School of Management) and Aurélie Leclercq-Vandelannoitte (IESEG). The abstract can be found here.
Continue ReadingTo kick-off the academic year, we’ll have the pleasure to welcome Evgenia Lysova (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) to discuss what constitutes meaningful work. She will present her study: “Signaling meaningful work: Examining the interactions of calling with corporate social responsibility and job design”, which abstract can be found here.
Continue ReadingOn June 6th, we’ll discuss natural resources’ extraction and uses and their impacts on local communities’ day-to-day life and on stakeholders’ collaborations to achieve sustainability. First, Alvin Panjeta (Université Paris-Est Créteil) will present his paper “From energy justice to feelings of injustice: the case of offshore windfarms in Norway”, co-authored with Kristiane Fjaer Lindland (University of Stavanger). The abstract can be found here. Then, Johanna Jarvela (IESEG) will present her study “Out of Sight, Out of Mind — How Visibility Dynamics Influence the MSI Legitimacy Formation,” co-authored with Marjo Siltaoja (Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics). The abstract can be found here.
Continue ReadingOn May 24th, our ICOR Seminar will point at the complexities lying behind the private sector’s financial endeavors and narratives addressing climate change. First, Ioana Sendroiu (University of Hong Kong) will present her paper “Market bootstrapping to address grand challenges: Possibilities and limitations in innovating towards net zero.” The abstract can be found here. Then, Hugues Chenet (IESEG) will present his manuscript “Unravelling the narratives of the climate finance agenda”, co-authored with Soline Ralite (Université Paris-Dauphine). The abstract can be found here.
Continue ReadingOn April 26th, the question of micro-practices of collaborations between different stakeholders to achieve CSR purposes and legitimacy will be at the core of our incoming ICOR Seminar. Susana Esper (IESEG) will present her research project “How CSR managers use public policy to strengthen their roles: Juggling between student activism and internal resistance”, co-authored with Gustavo Birollo (FSA ULaval) and Maria Castillo (IESEG). The abstract can be found here.
Continue ReadingOn April 12th, we’ll discuss the broad issue of sustainability in our next ICOR Seminar. First, Lionel Garreau (Associate Professor at Université Paris Dauphine) will present his approach of sustainability, based on a systemic perspective. Then, Simone Carmine (Assistant Professor at IESEG) will present his research project “MNE crowdsourcing sustainability innovations”, co-authored with Haitao Yu (Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau). The abstract can be found here.
Continue ReadingTo begin the year, we’ll discuss reflexive approaches to academic writing and management theories during the in-coming ICOR Seminar. First, Haitao Yu, Assistant Professor at IESEG, will present his paper “Emotion and Research on Personally Relevant Grand Challenges” (co-authored with Lucas Amaral Lauriano, Iéseg) (The abstract can be found here). Then, John Hegarty (IESEG) will present his piece “Living in the Tension – A Reflexive and Pragmatic Approach to Management Decision-Making” co-authored with Regis Maubrey (IPAG Business School) and Hans-Jörg von Mettenheim (IPAG Business School). (The abstract can be found here as well as the full paper here).
Continue ReadingOn December 5th, philantropy and hybrid organizations’ performance will be at the center of the discussions in our next ICOR Seminar. First, Arthur Gautier, Associate Professor at ESSEC, will present his paper “Philanthropy For Systems Change: An Exploratory Study.” (The abstract can be found here). Then, Cyrine Ben-Hafaeidh, Associate Professor at IESEG will present her research project “Increasing Quantitative Research in Social Entrepreneurship: A Question of Method”, co-authored with Anaïs Hamelin (EM Strasbourg Business School). (The abstract can be found here).
Continue ReadingThe question of stigma within and around organizations will be at the core of our discussions in our next ICOR Seminar. We’ll have the pleasure to receive Mohamad Sadri, Assistant Professor at ESSEC, who will present his paper “An Audience-Based Perspective on Firms’ CSR and Stakeholder Disapproval in Stigmatized Contexts” (abstract available here). Following, Lucas Amaral, Assistant Professor at Iéseg, will present his article titled: “The Role of Social Media Affordances in Organizational Stigma Events” (abstract available here).
Continue ReadingFor starting this academic year, we’ll discuss different facets of Social Entrepreneurship in the context of a joint ICOR-INENT Seminar. We’ll have the pleasure to host Daniel Hjorth, Professor at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, and Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Sweden, and adjunct professor at Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University, Japan. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of Organization Studies, and serves as Art Review Editor for Business Ethics Quarterly. His research and publications are centered on philosophy and business, art and management, and aesthetics and organization while empirically investigating organizational creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation. He will present his paper in development “The Poetics of Imagined Lives: Desire, Imagination and Fabulation in Social Entrepreneuring” co-authored with Mollie Painter (Nottingham Trent University)(abstract available here). Following, Elodie Dessy, post-doctoral researcher at Iéseg, with research interests on philanthropy, social-mission platforms and boundary work, will present her paper in development: “Should they stay or should they go? The interplay of divergent boundary work strategies in shaping field renewal in Belgian philanthropy” co-authored with Benjamin Huybrechts (Iéseg) and Danielle Logue (USNW Sydney) (abstract available here).
Continue ReadingFor the last seminar of the semester, we will have the pleasure to discuss entrepreneurial storytelling and organizational dis(u)topia in the context of a joint ICOR-INENT Seminar. We will host Jean Clarke (Emlyon Business School) who will present her paper “: Pitching to make sense: How entrepreneurs and investors create entrepreneurial stories in situated interactions” (abstracts available here). Then, Bryant Hudson (IÉSEG) present his research project “Technologies, Organizing and Senior Citizens: Utopian dystopia or dystopic utopia?” co-authored with Lin Dong (IÉSEG), Farah Kodeih (IÉSEG) and Romain Vacquier (Toulouse School of Management).
Continue ReadingWe will host our first ICoN-ICOR Seminar on April 20th, with Justin Perrettson, Chair of the Environment and Energy Commission of The International Chamber of Commerce, and Head of Sustainability Partnerships at Novozymes, an Industrial Biotechnology company and the World leader in enzymes and microorganisms. He will discuss the role of business in the United Nation’s climate negotiations and their potential strategies for an effective engagement. An abstract of his talk can be found here
Continue ReadingFor our next ICOR seminar on April 13th, Maxim Voronov (Schulich School of Business) will uncover the meanings of global crisis through an institutional perspective, whilst presenting his paper “Inhabiting a Global Crisis an Institutional Lens,” co-authored with Gerardo Patriotta (University of Bath). (abstract available here).
Continue ReadingOn March 30th, indigenous organizations’ acts of resilience and of institutional translation will be at the center of the discussions in our next ICOR Seminar. First, Haitao Yu (IESEG) will present his paper “Place-Based Resources and Resilience: The Case of a First Nation Heritage Center in Canada”, co-authored with Tima Bansal (Ivey Business School) and Diane-Larue Arjalies (Ivey Business School). Then, Habofanoe Polaki (IESEG) will present his research project “Institutional Translation Ad Infinitum: Localizing Hiv/Aids Relief In Lesotho”, co-authored with Farrah Kodeih (IESEG) and Wim Van Lent (IESEG).
Continue ReadingOn January 26th, the potential of Social change through translation or transgression will be addressed in our next ICOR Seminar. First, Janna Rose (Grenoble Ecole de Management) will present her paper “International Monsanto Tribunal’s Prefigurative Translation: Connecting Alternative Initiatives and Structural Impact”, co-authored with Marcos Barros (Grenoble Ecole de Management) (abstract available here). Then, Tapiwa Seremani (IESEG) will present his research project “From fun to immoral: Transgression and moral boundaries negotiated around a material object”, co-authored with Carine Farias (IESEG).
Continue ReadingEmployees social behaviors will be at the core of the next ICOR Seminar on November 29th, with Ante Glavas (University of Vermont) and Kenneth De Roeck (Skema), who will present their paper: “Employee Socially Responsible Behavior: An Integrative Review and Research Agenda” (abstract available here).
Continue ReadingOn November 24th, ICOR will receive Lisa Buchter (Emlyon) for discussing cooperative housing, based on her paper “Reorganizing domestic chores in Cooperative Housing: Rule reflexivity and the transformation of domestic spheres” (abstract available here). Then, Lucas Amaral (IESEG) will present her research project on racism in social media, titled: ““I’m not racist, they’re just Facebook jokes: How organizations deal with viral racist incidents”, co-authored with Susan Cooper (King’s Business School, King’s College London). The abstract is available here.
Continue ReadingOn November 7th, microfinance will be at the center of the next ICOR Seminar’s discussions. First, Gazi Islam (Grenoble Ecole de Management) will present his research, co-authored with Rose Bote Ntondumu (Neoma Business School) and Tao Wang (Kyoto University), titled: “All Aboard? Discretionary work by Frontline Workers” (abstract available here). Then, Paulami Mitra (IESEG) will present her research project “The impact of microfinance on women: A case-study on Peru”, co-authored with Juliette Louatron (IESEG), Thaïs Rolland, and Loïc Plé (IESEG).
Continue ReadingOn September 23rd, an ICOR Seminar will take place on the theme of managers’ ethics. John Hegarty (IESEG) will present his paper entitled « On becoming a good manager”, followed by Wim van Lent (IESEG) who will present his paper “Soul-searching in the archives: Crisis, Temporality and Path dependence”. Wim van Lent’s abstract is available here.
Continue ReadingOn May 19th, Benjamin Huybrechts (IESEG) will present his paper entitled « Collective Space and New Practice Emergence: The Case of a French Social Entrepreneurship Coworking Space » in the context of an ICOR research seminar. More information available here.
Continue ReadingOn February 17th, Dirk Lindebaum (Grenoble Ecole du Management) presented his paper entitled « Reading the technological society to understand the mechanization of values and its ontological consequences » in the context of an ICOR research seminar. More information available here.
Continue ReadingOn November 18th, Domenico Dentoni (Montpellier Business School) presented his paper entitled «How vibrant materiality animates institutions: An ethnographic study of a Malawian dairy collective enterprise» in the context of an ICOR research seminar. More information available here.
Continue ReadingEvery year, IÉSEG and ICOR organize a competition to award the best “IÉSEG student thesis” regarding organizational ethics, social responsibility and sustainable development.
Continue ReadingOn February 18th, Simone De Colle & Rodrigo Kambayashi (IESEG) will present their paper entitled «Symbolic Social Surrogation? Investigating the Relationship on UNGC Membership and ESG Performance» in the context of an ICOR research seminar. More information available here.
Continue ReadingOn December 17th, Giuseppe Delmestri (WU Vienna) will present his paper entitled « Looking Behind the Curtain or the Social Construction of Greed. Categories, Status and Institutions in US and Italian Community Pharmacy » in the context of an ICOR research seminar. More information is available here.
Continue ReadingOn November 18th, Pierpaolo Parrotta & Frank De Bakker (IESEG) will present their paper entitled «Emancipation through embedded entrepreneurship: how a social enterprise aims to counter the mafia » in the context of an ICOR Research Seminar. More information is available here.
Continue ReadingOn October 15th, Marco Clemente will present his paper entitled « Seeing Through the Lens of Event Stigma: Media Evaluations of Football Referees in the Aftermath of Calciopoli » in the context of an ICOR research seminar. More information is available here.
Continue ReadingEach year, IÉSEG and ICOR organize a competition to recognize the best Master’s thesis by an IÉSEG student in the fields of organizational ethics, social responsibility and sustainability.
Continue ReadingOn February 6th, Cyrine Ben-Hafaïedh (IESEG) & Julie Hermans (UCLouvain) will present their paper entitled « Organizational identity emergence as a boundary project: enabling plurality » in the context of a joint INENT – ICOR research seminar. The abstract is available here.
Continue ReadingOn January 30th, Kaveh Mohajeri (IÉSEG School of Management) will present his paper entitled « When Statistical Significance Is Not Enough: Investigating Relevance, Practical Significance and Statistical Significance » in the context of a joint MIS/ICOR research seminar. The abstract is available here.
Continue ReadingOn March 5, a conference/debate (in French) on the topic of « Inspiring and achieving sustainable change » will be organized at the IESEG School of Management (Lille campus) in the context of the 4th edition of the ICOR Thesis Award ceremony.
Continue ReadingVU Amsterdam is hosting the 9th edition of the Business & Society Research Seminar for PhD students and emerging scholars on June 19th-21st, 2019.
Continue ReadingOn February 21th, Yoshiko DeMotta (Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA) will present his work entitled «The role of thinking style in consumer reactions to corporate social responsibility» in the context of an ICOR/Marketing Research Seminar.
Continue ReadingOn February 8th, Bobby Banerjee (Cass Business School, London) will present his work entitled « Contested Compliance Regimes in Global Production Networks: Insights from the Bangladesh Garment Industry » in the context of an ICOR/Management/IOS Research Seminar.
Continue ReadingOn January 17, Cyrine Ben Hafaïedh (IÉSEG School of Management) will present her paper entitled « Separation payments and corporate governance: an ethical perspective » in the context of an ICOR/INENT research seminar.
Continue ReadingEmployees’ views are a key indicator of the ethical temperature in every organization, and many organizations use employee surveys to try and understand their culture.But what might the story be at a country level? How do we measure the ethical temperature of the business environment in France, compared to other countries in Europe?
Continue Readingthe “Led By Her Graduation Ceremony – Class of 2018” will take place on Tuesday, June 26th at 5.30 pm, in Paris (Promenade Building – Rooms P122-123).
Continue ReadingThe Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility of the University of Mannheim Business School is hosting the 8th edition of the Business and Society Research Seminar for PhD students and emerging scholars on June 20-22, 2018.
Continue ReadingOn February 19th, Guido Palazzo (HEC Lauzanne, Switzerland) will present his research « Institutional silence. A case study on the failed deinstitutionalization of hazardous waste lization of hazardous waste dumping » in the context of an ICOR/Management Research Seminar.
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