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Responsible and Sustainable Business Seminar

Thu 29 Feb 2024 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM Jubilee Building, Room G32, University of Sussex Business School, Brighton, BN1 9SL

Responsible and Sustainable Business Seminar

Thu 29 Feb 2024 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM Jubilee Building, Room G32, University of Sussex Business School, Brighton, BN1 9SL

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Responsible and Sustainable Business Seminar (hosted by the Responsible Business Research Mobiliser) 

All sessions will take place in the Jubilee Building, Room G32 

Schedule 

09:30-10:00 - Coffee/Tea, fruit & pastries 

10:00-10:30 

Speakers: Professor Vasiliki Bamiatzi, Dr Steven A Brieger, Professor Stephan Manning and Dr Özgü Karakulak – Strategy & Marketing, University of Sussex Business School 

Title: The rise of 'Partisan CSR': Corporate responses to the Ukraine-Russia conflict 

10:40-11:10 

Speaker: Dr Shova Thapa Karki – Strategy & Marketing, University of Sussex Business School 

Title: Social entrepreneurship and interorganisational collaborations: Social innovation at the intersection of precarious informal sector, underprivileged workers and SDG 8 (Decent work and conditions)

11:20-11:50

Speaker: Dr Nilay Bicakcioglu-Peynirci – Strategy & Marketing, University of Sussex Business School 

Title: Out of sight, out of mind! Do the sustainability motives embedded in a nearshoring decision always pay off? 

12:00-12:30 

Speaker: Dr Anthony Alexander – Management, University of Sussex Business School 

Title: How due diligence regulations for deforestation-free supply chains may affect importers and reduce deforestation 

There will be a networking lunch, drinks and snacks 12:30-13:30 in Jub-G32. All Welcome. 

13.30-14:00 

Speaker: Professor Rob Caruana – Strategy & Marketing, University of Sussex Business School 

Title: The boundaries of modern slavery: The role of exemplars in new category formation 

14:10-14:40 

Speakers: Dr Faek Menla Ali and Dr Xiaoxiang Zhang – Accounting & Finance, University of Sussex Business School 

Title: Sustainable innovation: The impact of ESG in a multi-conflict environment 

14:50-15:20 

Speaker: Visiting Professor John Humphrey – Strategy & Marketing, University of Sussex Business School 

Title: The interaction of public and private sustainability standards 

15:30-16:00 

Speaker: Professor Nachiappan Subramanian - SPRU, University of Sussex Business School 

Title: The US-China trade conflict and corporate ESG performance—An empirical analysis of paradoxical perspectives from Chinese listed firms

Location

Jubilee Building, Room G32, University of Sussex Business School, Brighton, BN1 9SL