Cranfield School of Management

1. Preparing to work or do business in China
2. The Chinese context to global thinking about ethical business

Professor David Grayson The Business Case

Henri-Claude de Bettignies, Emiratas
Professor of Asian
Business, INSEAD
(2011)

1. How do the Chinese see CSR? Henri-Claude de Bettignies discusses how Chinese ideas of responsible business are grounded in the Confucian ideas of the Harmonious Society.
2. Corruption and CR in China. Corruption undermines markets and societies and can threaten future stability. China’s leaders have identified corruption as a significant problem to overcome.
3. Scenarios for China. Pundits vary widely on their predictions for China’s future from “when China shakes the world” to “the coming collapse of China”. Professor Henri-Claude de Bettignies gives his perspective.
4. An Eastern Century? Henri-Claude de Bettignies discusses what the rest of the world can learn from Asian cultures and values.
5. How do Chinese and other business scenarios educate globally responsible leaders? Henri-Claude de Bettignies, as one of the founders of the Global Responsible Leadership Initiative, reflects on developments in Chinese and international business schools to prepare tomorrow’s leaders.

Ros Tennyson, International Business Leaders Forum
(2011)

1. What are cross-sector partnerships?
2. An example of a partnership in practice
3. Partnership brokering
4. The enabling environment for partnership
5. Known Unknowns

Jessica Sansom, Head of Sustainability, innocent drinks
(2011)

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Steve Killelea - Founder The Institute for Economics and Peace and The Global Peace
(2010)

Centre visiting fellow Edward Bickham
(2010)

His experiences with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. In the first of two "Points of View" Edward discusses why companies have created and subscribed to collective self governance or "partnered governance". Click here to see the film. In the second Edward discusses some of the challenges facing companies and society in relying on these voluntary initiatives. Click here to see the film. For background notes on EITI and similar initiatives click here.

Prof. Kirk O. Hanson - Executive Director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, USA, and University Professor of Organizations and Society
(2010)

The ethics of business, and where and why it can go wrong, and what the role of business schools should be in teaching ethics to the next generation of business leaders. (link to film)

David Pitt-Watson - Chairman, Hermes Equity Ownership Services and co-author of "The New Capitalist"
(2007)

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David Henderson - former Chief Economist OECD, author of "Misguided Virtue" and Visiting Professor at Westminster Business School
(2007)

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John Elkington - Visiting professor at The Doughty Centre and Founder of Sustainability and Volans
(2008)

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Frank Brown - Dean of INSEAD (2008)

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Jane Nelson - Director of the CSR initiative at the Kennedy School of Governance, Harvard
(2008)

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Nigel Roome - Professor of Global Corporate Responsibility and Governance at Tias Nimbas Business School, The Netherlands; Daniel Janssen Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility at Solvay Business School, Free University of Brussels, Belgium and chairman of the Academic Advisory Board of the European Academy for Business in Society 
(2008)

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John Swannick - Lloyds Banking Group and chair of the EABIS Business Advisory Board and co-leader of the European CSR Alliance Laboratory
(2008)

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Brad Googins - Director of the Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College, USA
(2008)

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Richard Howitt
(2008)

Richard Howitt is the member of the European Parliament for the East  of England where Cranfield is located. Richard is rapporteur for the European Parliament on Corporate Responsibility

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