Dr Diana C. Robertson
Professor of Organization and Management, Goizueta Business School, Emory University
Corporate Social Responsibility: Creating Value
8 February 2006
Prof Robertson discussed about the phenomenon of corporate social responsibility. How corporate social responsibility vary by the region and by industry or does the size of the firm matters. Corporate social responsibility, corporate citizenship, triple bottom line, sustainability and value creation, which rhetoric make the most sense.
Prof Robertson also presented the examples of the best practice in corporate social responsibility, what should an enlightened corporation look like and corporate social responsibility contribution to the bottom line.
Firms are increasingly recoginsing that corporate social responsibility is an integral and key part of corporate strategy and are able to formulate initiatives that meet their financial needs, as well as responding to societal needs.
About The Speaker
Dr Diana Robertson is currently a Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Previously she was Professor of Organization and Management at the Goizueta Business School, Emory University, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at London Business School, and Assistant Professor of Legal Studies at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Diana’s research interests center on business ethics and corporate social responsibility. Her work examines how organizations influence the ethical behavior of employees through organizational structure, pressure to perform, and compensation and control systems. Further research has investigated various forms of corporate social responsibility in both developed and developing economies.
Diana has also conducted research using neuroimaging technology to identify neural activations in the brain associated with sensitivity to moral issues.
Diana had consulted to corporations on business ethics and is currently on the academic advisory board of the Business Roundtable Institute of Corporate Ethics.
Diana’s work had been published in Organization Science, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, Human Relations, Journal of International Business Studies, Sloan Management Review, Journal of Marketing, and Neuropsychologia.