PhD defence: Robert Strand
In order to obtain the PhD degree Robert Strand has submitted his PhD thesis.
In this dissertation Robert examines the phenomenon that many of the world’s largest corporations have recently established corporate social responsibility (CSR) bureaucracies which can include the installation of a Chief Officer of CSR or Sustainability position to their top management teams.
Robert introduces the Weberian distinction between formal and substantive rationality to the CSR literature as means through which to identify and describe tensions that become apparent when corporations engage with the CSR agenda. Robert ultimately comes to consider the CSR bureaucracy as presenting a space for reflection by practitioners within the corporation through which tensions that arise from conflicting values and purposes can be identified, negotiated, and actions coordinated.
Supervisors:
Professor Mette Morsing
Department of Intercultural Communication and Management
Associate Professor Eric Guthey
Department of Intercultural Communication and Management
Assessment Committee:
Associate Professor Maribel Blasco (Chair)
Department of Intercultural Communication and Management
Copenhagen Business School
Professor Jeremy Moon
Nottingham University Business School
Professor Anne Ellerup Nielsen
Aarhus University
Everyone is welcome to attend the defence, which will take place in English.
Reception:
The defence will be followed by a reception in ‘Råvarebygningen’
The thesis is now available from Open Archive
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