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March 6, 2025 Xiaoyan Liang, _Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University_ and Jianwen Zheng, _Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University_ Should voluntary work come at a price? February 24, 2025

Sanne Frandsen, _Lund University_; Enrico Fontana, _Cranfield University_, and Mette Morsing, _University of Oxford_ Sustainability can be a ‘calling’ for many staff – employers should

harness their passion. February 19, 2025 Erica Neuman, _University of Dayton_ and Curtis Farnsel, _University of Dayton_ Being viewed as a good corporate citizen can be good for the bottom

line. October 29, 2024 Vivek Astvansh, _McGill University_ Corporate social responsibility disclosures impress shoppers but not suppliers, data suggests. October 28, 2024 Felix Arndt,

_University of Guelph_ and Christiaan Röell, _UNSW Sydney_ Canada has fallen behind in global SDG progress rankings. To reverse this, Canada needs better mechanisms to hold companies

accountable and ensure the SDGs are actually being adhered to. October 3, 2024 Andrew Gaudes, _Brock University_ Students, professors and accrediting agencies are more interested in social

impact than ever. September 3, 2024 Leonard L. Berry, _Texas A&M University_; Lerzan Aksoy, _Fordham University_, and Tracey Danaher, _Monash University_ Generating financial returns,

noble and important as that goal is, is no longer enough, 3 scholars of marketing argue. November 21, 2023 Amanda Spry, _RMIT University_ Shareholders accused companies that campaigned

during this year’s Voice referendum of wasting time and energy that could be better used increasing their returns. November 7, 2023 Andreana Drencheva, _King's College London_ and Elisa

Alt, _King's College London_ Watch out for ‘purpose-washing’: when companies promise more than profit maximisation but fail to deliver. October 23, 2023 Helen Spiropoulos, _University

of Technology Sydney_ and Rebecca L. Bachmann, _Macquarie University_ There are perverse incentives to exaggerate sustainablity claims – made easier by the lack of uniformity in measuring

and reporting such results. July 27, 2023 Brian L. Connelly, _Auburn University_ and Lori Trudell, _Clemson University_ A new study finds that investors punish companies for behaving badly

over three times as much if they have a record of saying they’re virtuous. July 9, 2023 Meena Andiappan, _McMaster University_; Madelynn Stackhouse, _University of North Carolina –

Greensboro_, and Tunde Ogunfowora, _University of Calgary_ When CEOs and workplace leaders communicate their personal values and ethics clearly, they inspire individuals to want to work for

their organizations. May 25, 2023 Ouidad Yousfi, _Université de Montpellier_ and Maha El Kateb, _Université de Montpellier_ Energy firms are likely to lie about their corporate social

responsibility to the environment. Their deception can be turned around for good if they are held accountable. May 10, 2023 Guergana Guintcheva, _EDHEC Business School_ Record numbers of

visitors are flocking to blockbuster exhibitions. Behind all the excitement, there are difficult questions over how to address their carbon footprint. April 11, 2023 Peter Jaskiewicz,

_L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa_; James G Combs, _University of Central Florida_, and Katrina Barclay, _L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa_ By investing in corporate

social responsibility initiatives, family-owned businesses can make financial gains while also making positive societal contributions. April 5, 2023 Carl Rhodes, _University of Technology

Sydney_ The ‘ESG’ agenda has become a hot battlefield in the culture wars. Claims it’s a slippery slope to socialism show no understanding of how capitalism works. March 21, 2023 Erwei

(David) Xiang, _Newcastle University_ Companies benefit from certain internal environmental and social checks and balances, particularly when it comes to preventing a tumble in their share

price. January 31, 2023 Kehinde Allen-Taylor, _Technical University Braunschweig_ Plastic pollution can be checked in Nigeria if the government insists that companies integrate corporate

social responsibility into their processes. December 19, 2022 Samuel Jones, _University of East Anglia_ When done authentically, corporate activism looks and appears easy, but it’s actually

easy to get wrong. November 18, 2022 Alper Kara, _University of Huddersfield_ Female managers and board members have a positive effect on company performance and the environment.