armsc

Department of Management, Society and Communication

  • CBS Sustainability Centre
Andreas
Rasche
Professor
,
Associate Dean


Room: DH.Ø.2.57
Tel:
+4538155701
E-mail: ar.msc@cbs.dk
Presentation

Andreas Rasche is Professor of Business in Society at the CBS Centre for Sustainability and Associate Dean for the CBS Full-Time MBA Program. From 2014 to 2019, he was Co-Director of the CBS World-Class Research Environment “Governing Responsible Business” (GRB). He has taught courses in the MBA and doctoral programs, chaired Executive Education programs, authored more than 50 academic articles and cases, and published four books. He has collaborated with the United Nations on a number of projects, and served on the United Nations Global Compact LEAD Steering Committee. He is Associate Editor of Business Ethics Quarterly and was Visiting Professor at Stockholm School of Economics (2017-2020) as well as an Associate Fellow at Warwick Business School (2012-2018).

Professor Rasche’s research examines the intersection of global governance, corporate sustainability, and the political role of firms. He has also done research on sustainable finance and ESG metrics. His work has been published in top-tier international academic and practitioner journals such as Academy of Management Learning and Education, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Management Inquiry, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Business & Society, Corporate Governance, and Research in the Sociology of Organizations. His books include, among others, “Sustainable Investing” (with Georg Kell and Herman Bril) published by Routledge, “Building the Responsible Enterprise” (with Sandra Waddock) published by Stanford University Press, and “Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategy, Communication, Governance” (with Mette Morsing and Jeremy Moon) published by Cambridge University Press.

Professor Rasche earned his doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) in business administration from EBS Business School in Germany and completed a postdoctoral degree (Dr. habil.) at Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg. He joined CBS from Warwick Business School in 2012.

Primary research areas
  • Corporate Sustainability / Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Sustainability standards, especially multi-stakeholder initiatives 
  • United Nations Global Compact / Sustainable Development Goals
  • Sustainable finance and ESG metrics
  • Corruption in the global business environment
  • Sustainability and Global Supply Chains (Procurement)
Curriculum Vitae
Social media
Links
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www.cbs.dk/en/staff/armsc
Courses

“Leading Responsible Corporations” (Executive MBA)

"Sustainable Finance” (Executive MBA / Full-time MBA)

“Managing Sustainable Corporations” (Full-time MBA)

“The Corporation in Society” (Bachelor, BLC)

Supervision

Currently only supervision of PhD projects.

PhD Supervision in the following areas: ESG metrics and new forms of valuation; corporate sustainability and Boards of Directors; corporate sustainability standards (incl. certifications and labels); corporate sustainability reporting (incl. integrated reporting); corporate irresponsibility (related to human rights abuses and corruption). Interested post-graduate students should send a one-page research proposal and CV.

Selected publications

Rasche, A./Morsing, M./Wetter, E. (2021): Assessing the Legitimacy of “Open” and “Closed” Data Partnerships for Sustainable Development, Business & Society, Vol. 60, No. 3, 547-581. 

de Bakker, F.G.A./Rasche, A./Ponte, S. (2019):Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives on Sustainability. A Cross-Disciplinary Literature Review and Research Agenda for Business Ethics. Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 343-383.

Scherer, A.G./Rasche, A./Palazzo, G./Spicer, A. (2016): Managing for Political CSR: New Challenges and Directions for PCSR 2.0. Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 273-298.

Rasche, A., Gilbert, D.U., & Schedel, I. (2013). Cross-Disciplinary Ethics Education in MBA Programs: Rhetoric or Reality? Academy of Management Learning and Education, 12, 71-85.

Rasche, A. (2012). Global Policies and Local Practice: Loose and Tight Couplings in Multi-stakeholder Initiatives. Business Ethics Quarterly, 22, 679-708.

Brunsson, N., Rasche, A., & Seidl, D. (2012). The Dynamics of Standardization: Three Perspectives on Standards Organization Studies. Organization Studies, 33, 613-633.

Rasche, A. & Chia, R. (2009). Researching Strategy Practices: A Genealogical Social Theory Perspective. Organization Studies, 30, 713-734.

Gilbert, D. U. & Rasche, A. (2007). Discourse Ethics and Social Accountability: The Ethics of SA 8000. Business Ethics Quarterly, 17, 187-216.

Publications sorted by:
2023
Koen van Bommel; Andreas Rasche; André Spicer / From Values to Value : The Commensuration of Sustainability Reporting and the Crowding Out of Morality .
In: Organization & Environment, Vol. 36, No. 1, 3.2023, p. 179-206
Journal article > peer review
Dirk Ulrich Gilbert; Andreas Rasche; Maximilian J. L. Schormair; Abraham Singer / Guest Editors' Introduction : The Challenges and Prospects of Deliberative Democracy for Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility.
In: Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 1, 1.2023, p. 1-25
Review article > peer review
Herman Bril; Georg Kell; Andreas Rasche / Mastering Sustainability Requires Technology, Finance, and the Powers of Homo Deus
In: Sustainability, Technology, and Finance: Rethinking How Markets Integrate ESG. . ed. /Herman Bril; Georg Kell; Andreas Rasche. Abingdon : Routledge 2023, p. 297-309
Book chapter > peer review
Herman Bril (Editor) ; Georg Kell (Editor) ; Andreas Rasche (Editor) / Sustainability, Technology, and Finance : Rethinking How Markets Integrate ESG.
Abingdon : Routledge 2023, 350 p.
Anthology > peer review
Herman Bril; Georg Kell; Andreas Rasche / Sustainable Finance and Technology : Making the Connection.
In: Sustainability, Technology, and Finance: Rethinking How Markets Integrate ESG. . ed. /Herman Bril; Georg Kell; Andreas Rasche. Abingdon : Routledge 2023, p. 1-16
Book chapter > peer review
2022
Koen van Bommel; Andreas Rasche; André Spicer / Crowding out Morality : How the Commensuration of Sustainability Reporting Sidelined Moral Reflection.
In: Proceedings of the Eighty-second Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonja Taneja. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2022, 6 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)
Conference abstract in proceedings > peer review
Carolin Johanna Waldner; Stephanie Schrage; Andreas Rasche / Fading In and Fading Out : The Temporary Nature of Asymmetric Paradoxical Knots within Organizations.
In: Proceedings of the Eighty-second Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonja Taneja. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2022, 6 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)
Conference abstract in proceedings > peer review
Carolin Johanna Waldner; Stephanie Schrage; Andreas Rasche / Fading In and Fading Out : The Temporary Nature of Asymmetric Paradoxical Knots within Organizations.
Paper presented at 38th EGOS Colloquium 2022, 2022
Paper > peer review
Koen van Bommel; Andreas Rasche; André Spicer / From Values to Value : The Commensuration of Sustainability Reporting and the Crowding out of Morality.
Paper presented at 38th EGOS Colloquium 2022, 2022
Paper > peer review
Stephanie Schrage; Andreas Rasche / Inter-organizational Paradox Management : How National Business Systems Affect Responses to Paradox along a Global Value Chain.
In: Organization Studies, Vol. 43, No. 4, 4.2022, p. 547-571
Journal article > peer review
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Outside activities

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Stockholm School of Economics

January 2018 - December 2020

Teaching and research; PhD development  

CBS Executive January 2021 - Teaching
Plesner (law firm) 2021 Presentation
EFMD Global 2021 Teaching