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Global Voice magazine #23:
Back to the Future?
September 29th, 2022

Global Voice #23

Back to the Future?

Welcome to this autumn issue of Global Voice magazine!

We’re particularly proud of the autumn issue of Global magazine that we offer you on download from the 8 leading international business schools that make up the Council on Business & Society (CoBS) – an alliance dedicated to offering its students, corporates and the wider world the latest in cutting-edge research and practical insights in the fields of corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability and responsible business practices.

The cover, Editorial by Prof. Adrian Zicari, and our traditional wry look at society via our double-page cartoon, focus on what many have described as a long, hard winter of energy crisis ahead triggered by the truly tragic events in Ukraine. The energy crisis which, for the older, European readers among us, echoes that of the early '70s when many governments exhorted their populations to reduce consumption and seek innovative ways to keep away the winter cold.

But although times may well turn out to be tougher ahead, it is also an occasion to step back and learn, and perhaps for governments, business and citizens to accelerate the transition to cleaner, more sustainable energy sources that will, as it turns out, not only benefit the planet in its efforts to assuage the climate crisis, but will also provide a degree of independence and freedom from those tempted to make energy a weapon of pressure and bargaining.

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22 feature articles are included in this download in two sections: Management & Leadership and Business, Society, Planet. For the most part research-based, these articles explain deep analysis of business and society issues in a readable, engaging and often practical tone-of-voice. We hope they will offer you knowledge, understanding, food for further thought. We also hope that they set the spark for positive change – whether for your studies, business ventures, leadership, or mindset on how you view the world.

Knowledge from the 8 CoBS schools with campuses in France, Singapore, Morocco, Brazil, China, Spain, Japan, South Africa, Ireland, and the United Kingdom is highlighted that gives a unique, multi-dimensional, global yet local perspective on major issues today. Guest articles also appear in this magazine from Kenya, Canada, Denmark and from the ESG-Sustainability consulting firm Ksapa.

In the Management & Leadership section, responsible leadership and responsible management education are topics, along with HR strategies, business ethics, foreign investment and job markets, corporate social responsibility and marketing strategy. Business, Society, Planet continues with spotlights on social entrepreneurship and crisis, gender-based violence, climate philanthropy, the importance of language learning, and how businesses can find opportunity and purpose in the UN decade of ecosystem restoration.

For those wishing to go further, this issue also features pre-order links to the first in the Routledge-CoBS Focus on Responsible Business series of books – Responsible Finance & Accounting – as well as the opportunity to discover and apply for the various MBA and EMBA programmes of the CoBS schools across 10 countries and 4 continents.

Global Voice magazine: How it can help you

How can you use this magazine? Well, principally, for quenching your thirst for knowledge and interest in how responsible business can benefit society!

But for those of you who are students, perhaps these research-based insights can offer you a widened, deeper view on topics your assignments deal with and that you can use and quote in your essays and dissertations, or put into practice during internships.

For young managers to experienced CEOs, Global Voice can offer a fresh look on challenges in your industry sectors, as well as ideas and triggers to help you make your career more meaningful, your company more sustainable.

And lastly, for instructors – teachers, trainers, coaches, lecturers and higher education faculty – Global Voice offers you a wealth of content to use for classroom debate, flipped learning, insightful lectures and critical analysis.

So please make use of our autumn issue #23 and why not send in your own insights and research for publication via CoBS Insights, the Council on Business & Society’s internationally recognised blog offering weekly cutting-edge research made readable, made understandable – and also open to external submissions on a business and society issue. Interested in having a voice? Send a message with your idea for an article via the Contact page on this website.

So, from the magazine’s Editorial team and representatives in each CoBS member school,

Enjoy your reading – and keep your knowledge burning bright this autumn!

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CoBS Research Pods

The CoBS Research Pod series – condensed learning capsules inspired from internationally published research in the fields of CSR, management, leadership, HR, team and project management, finance, CSR reporting, social enterprise, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and sustainable business practices.

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People Management and Teams

Equally or equitably? How should managers treate their team members?

Team excellence. Council on business & Society CoBS Research Pods: Condensed research capsules with a practical action-oriented dimension for managers, leaders, practitioners

A CoBS Research Pod featuring Warwick professor Marianna Fotaki on whistleblowing procedures

Prof. He Peng, School of Management Fudan University, draws on his research to explore why and when employees hide knowledge and proposes 9 strategies to transform knowledge hiding into knowledge sharing that benefits both staff and the company alike.

Improving the effectivenes of surgical teams: What can vertical or flat-hierarchy in hospital teams teach us? Why does why surgical team failure and patient death paradoxically lead to more effective surgical teams? And how does Prof. Yufei Huang’s research give an incredible 18 minutes, 37 seconds in saved time in the operating room – enough for any high-risk team to make critical decisions and save more lives.

Ethics & Compliance Management in Firms: How to make it effective: Download the CoBS Research Pod Learning objective: Explore the adopt-implement choice in ethics & compliance management and transfer best practice to your company in order to implement a solid and effective ethics and compliance management system.

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5 Ways to Curb Abusive Management Behaviour in the Workplace. Research suggests that managers’ negative behaviours not only have detrimental effects on employees’ physical and mental health, but also on the purse strings of firms, the state and the tax payer. According to the stats, absenteeism, reduced productivity, and health care costs resulting from abusive management behaviour amounts to an estimated USD $200–350 billion in the USA, USD $64.8–66.1 billion in the UK, and USD $232 billion in Japan. So how can firms help their staff – their corporate heroes – and improve on managers’ behaviours while eliminating the cost to firms and society on the way? Prof. and Deputy Dean Aarti Ramaswami, ESSEC Business School Asia-Pacific, draws on her research with Prof. Vesa Peltokorpi of Saitama University to explore how the impact of abusive management on employees’ well-being can be tamed.

How Can Companies Train Employees to Be More Proactive? Employees who take a proactive approach at work benefit themselves and the organisation. Prof. Karoline Strauss, ESSEC Business School, with research on how to achieve it.

As organizations face uncertainty and rapid change; encouraging a proactive workforce that takes initiative; anticipates changes; contributes to innovation and competitive advantage is critical. But attempting to bring about change in an organisation requires effort; cognitive skills; and commitment. It comes at a cost for employees in terms of stress and strain that can sap their personal resources as outcomes of their efforts are uncertain; because of potential resistance and conflict with others; because of the need to manage one’s emotions while trying to stay on course; or because difficult decisions have to be made.; So how can companies and organisations encourage proactivity while effectively ensuring the wellbeing and performance of their employees?

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How Purpose Beyond Profit Can Reboot and Reignite Business Schools. Learning objective: Understand the interests and motivations at hand for young people wishing to undertake studies at business schools and the stereotypes surrounding business school education. Learn about the moral self-awareness (MSA) model. And implement a series of strategies and initiatives to transform perceptions and instil higher purpose into your higher education institution.

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Evaluating the Social Impact of Your AI Strategy: As the wonders and perils of artificial intelligence begin to permeate our lives, Luciano Oviedo, Founder and CEO of tech start-up Tempugo WAITX, and Professor Sotirios Paroutis of Warwick Business School share the why, what, and how of their Social Impact Strategy Analysis (SISA) strategy tool – a flexible tool for emerging technology innovators and users to investigate social impact at a number of levels, from individual communities to the society.

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