Brown Bag: Prof. Scherer
Prof. Andreas Georg Scherer (UZH) will give a Brown Bag seminar on 14. March 2018.
The Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation (Prof. Georg von Krogh), ETH Zurich, invites you to a brown bag research seminar with:
Prof. Dr. Andreas Georg Scherer (UZH)
Date: Wednesday, 14 March 2018
Time: 12:00-12:30 joint lunch, 12:30-14:00 presentation and discussion
Location: ETH WEV J 414 (Faculty Lounge), Weinbergstrasse 56/58, Zurich
“Corporate Governance for Responsible Innovation: Approaches to Corporate Governance and their Implications for Sustainable Development”
Abstract
The grand challenges that humanity faces—poverty, inequality, hunger, conflict, climate change, deforestation—hinder the progress of sustainable development. These issues can only be addressed by fundamental changes in behavior, as well as in the modes and processes of production and of business more generally. In this paper we will develop the concept of responsible innovation and discuss the potentials and limitations of various models of corporate governance with regard to making responsible innovation feasible so that it contributes to sustainable development. Our analysis imports from the political sciences theoretical and empirical insights into how alternative forms of participative and reflexive governance can help address the social and environmental challenges that society faces. The paper thereby offers examples of innovative corporate governance aspects that can facilitate responsible innovation.
BIO
Andreas Georg Scherer holds the Chair of Foundations of Business Administration and Theories of the Firm at the University of Zurich (Switzerland). His research interests are in the social welfare implications of Strategic Management and the political role of Multinational Corporations. In particular, he is interested in how the process of globalization leads to changes in the economic, social, ecological, and political responsibilities of MNCs. He develops a critical view on Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Non Market Strategies, Political Strategies, and Stakeholder Management and contributes to the recent discourse on “Political CSR”. His work has appeared in Academy of Management Review, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Management Studies, Organization, Organization Studies, and other journals. He is an associate editor of Business Ethics Quarterly and member of the editorial boards of Journal of Management Studies, Organization, and Organization Studies.
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We look forward to welcoming you!