Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability
ARCS serves as a vehicle for advancing rigorous academic research on corporate sustainability issues.
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10th Annual Ivey/ARCS PhD Sustainability Academy
November 9 – 12, 2017
Hosted by the Ivey Business School at Western University
9th Annual ARCS Research Conference
June 14 – 16, 2017
Hosted by the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University
9th Annual Ivey/ARCS PhD Sustainability Academy
September 22 – 25, 2016
Hosted by the Ivey Business School at Western University
Trump has a great opportunity to save our environment
President Donald Trump has announced that he will work to roll back environmental laws and regulations with the hope of improving the U.S. economy and standard of living. We feel compelled to report that such an attempt is likely to backfire. Environmental regulations have provided enormous benefits to U.S. citizens…
8th Annual ARCS Research Conference at the Leeds School of Business
The 8th Annual ARCS Research Conference was hosted by the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado, Boulder from May 18-20, 2016. The Conference Chair was Jeffrey York, Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship. The conference brought together 80 scholars, students and practitioners from a variety of disciplinary and methodological perspectives interested in advancing research on…
Who’s Responsible? The Ethics of the Sharing Economy
N. Craig Smith
Should the responsibilities of “sharing economy” giants like Uber and airbnb, differ from those of traditional companies? In July 2016, a West Hollywood rape victim sued Uber Technologies over allegations the ride-hailing company—which pitches itself as “the safest ride on the road”—had been negligent in conducting background checks of its drivers. It was not the…
Business vs. Trump: How CEOS Can Make a Difference
N. Craig Smith
Business leaders have been scathing of Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris accord, but can they keep the U.S. in step with the rest of the world? In an article earlier this year, I suggested business leaders had a responsibility to speak out against political decisions that threatened their organisation’s commitment to better…