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  1. Should corporations be socially responsible and green?

  • Prof. Joe DesJardins
• 42 min
  2. The virtuous manager

  • Prof. Geoff Moore
• 32 min
  3. How can companies be corporately socially responsible?

  • Prof. Jeremy Moon
• 43 min
  4. Multinational corporations and abusive states: should they stay put and make things better or withdraw?

  • Prof. Colin Fisher
• 45 min
  5. Compliance or integrity?

  • Mr. Simon Webley
• 26 min
  6. Who are an organization's stakeholders and to what extent should an organization have regard to their interests?

  • Mr. John Kaler
• 40 min
  7. Sustainability and corporate environmental management

  • Mr. John Elkington
• 46 min
  8. Whistleblowers or Witnesses

  • Prof. Alan Lovell
• 33 min
  9. Green procurement

  • Dr. Petra Molthan-Hill
• 50 min
  10. Ethical leadership

  • Dr. Ian Ashman
• 54 min
  11. Supersizing and upselling in fast food restaurants and bars: what responsibility have companies got if customers choose to consume too much fast food or too much alcohol?

  • Dr. John Pratten
• 35 min
  12. Corporate governance after the credit crunch

  • Prof. Christine Mallin
• 52 min
  13. Socially responsible investment

  • Prof. Chris Cowton
• 24 min
  14. Corporate philanthropy

  • Dr. David Campbell
• 40 min
  15. SMEs and the environment

  • Dr. Richard Howarth
• 17 min
  16. Ethical aspects of cross-cultural ethical management

  • Prof. Nigel Holden
• 39 min
  17. Information ethics

  • Dr. Paul Griseri

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1. Introduction
2. Background
3. Presentation outline
4. What are SMEs, defining the sector (1)
5. What are SMEs, defining the sector (2)
6. What are SMEs, defining the sector (3)
7. SMEs and the economy
8. SMEs and the economy (UK) (1)
9. SMEs and the economy (UK) (2)
10. SMEs and the economy (UK) (3)
11. SMEs and the environment
12. SMEs and environment studies
13. Factors affecting SME behaviour
14. SME constraints?
15. Tilley (1999, p242)
16. State of the art of theory?
17. Moving SME theory and practice on
18. Ghobadian et al., 1998, p17 (1)
19. Values, attitudes and strategy process
20. SMEs, individual influence(s)
21. SMEs, context of decision-making
22. External factors-Ghobadian
23. Comment on external factors (1)
24. Comment on external factors (2)
25. SMEs, environment innovation
26. Ghobadian et al, 1998, p17 (2)
27. Case for engagement with SMEs
28. The future?
29. References

Topics Covered

• What are SMEs
• The 'Need' to Define SMEs
• SMEs and the Economy (overview of importance)
• SMEs and the Environment (identifying the link and importance of SMEs)
• Overview of SME Environment Literature (affecting and constraints to behaviour)
• Conceptualising the Situation/Problem and State of the Art of Literature
• From Theory to Practice and Back Again

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Series:

• Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

Categories:

• Management, Leadership & Organisation

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Publication History

• Published on January 31, 2011