Blog for Lloyds Bank Centre for Responsible Business, University of Birmingham, December 2020 CSR? No Thanks! When you hear the phrase ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’, what do you think of? …
Business Schools and the Public Good (1)
The report detailed here was eventually published in June 2021. More here. In 2019 Tom was invited by the Chartered Association of Business Schools to Co-Chair a Taskforce, to look at how UK …
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The New Normal?
Will coronavirus change the world of business? On one hand we may see a new sense of civic and environmental responsibility pervade Britain’s boardrooms but on the other change is frightening. The …
What’s ‘Social Value’, anyway? Ask BSI
Consultation on a proposed British Standard on Enhancing Social Value closes on March 26th Social Value has been with us a long time, certainly since before the 2012 Act which is known by that …
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But we’re only small!
30 steps towards company citizenship for the smaller business When I talk about ‘company citizenship’ I often hear ‘But we’re only small, what can we do?’ ‘We don’t have time or money to spare!’ …
Trust, Purpose, Mission and Values
I’m always sceptical about organisations - businesses, government departments, charities - who say ‘Our priority is to build (or too often ‘rebuild’) trust’. Trust comes when you get everything else …