PhD defence: Erin Leitheiser

This PhD study investigates how and why companies engage in private governance differently by examining the interplay between context (structure) and choice (agency).  The findings contribute to our understanding of the organization and dimensions of private governance, the logics of different models of private governance and their potential for addressing different types of sustainability challenges, and the powerful role of actors’ agency in shaping the environments in which companies provide governance.  Overall, it contributes new knowledge about why companies understand their political roles and responsibilities differently, and the implications of these differences for the private governance of sustainability issues.  

Primary Supervisor:
Professor Jeremy Moon
Department of Management, Society and Communication
Copenhagen Business School

Secondary Supervisor:
Professor Andreas Rasche
Department of Management, Society and Communication
Copenhagen Business School

Assessment Committee:
Professor of CSR Mette Morsing (Chair)
Department of Management, Society and Communication
Copenhagen Business School

Associate Professor in International Business Matthew Amengual 
Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Saïd Business School, Oxford University

Professor of Business Ethics Laura Spence
The School of Management, Royal Holloway
University of London

Thesis:
The thesis will be available here

Reception:
The Doctoral School of Organisation and Management Studies will host a reception, which will take place immediately after the defence in DH 2V088. 

Organised by: The Doctoral School of Organisation and Management Studies
Date: 3 June 2019
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Location: Copenhagen Business School, Dalgas Have 15 (D1Ø089), 2000 Frederiksberg