Young Scholars Workshop on Corporate Purpose

Pre-conference workshop

Young Scholars Workshop on Corporate Purpose

  • 20 September 2023
  • •
  • Copenhagen

Pre-conference workshop

Young Scholars Workshop on Corporate Purpose

Wednesday, 20 September 2023 | Young Scholars Workshop 

Thursday, 21 September 2023 | Perspectives on Corporate Purpose - More Info

Friday, 22 September 2023 | 2023 Wallenberg Lecture, Prizes and more - More Info

Location:

Copenhagen Business School, Porcelænshaven, entrance 26, 4th floor, ROOM: PH26_407,  DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Copenhagen.

This was an in-person event only. 

About the Event:

As part of the Corporate Purpose pillar of ECGI’s Responsible Capitalism initiative, this 3-day event brought together academic scholars, and business leaders to address the central questions relating to corporate purpose and capitalism more broadly. Submissions were invited from young scholars for a paper development workshop on September 20, 2023, hosted by the Center for Corporate Governance at Copenhagen Business School.

A growing research agenda examines how corporate governance, sustainability and corporate purpose are increasingly related. Corporate governance has come to focus on how companies organize purpose and sustainability activities.  It is increasingly clear that corporate purpose needs to be rooted in corporate governance through commitments by shareholders, boards and managers. Boards face growing demands to tackle challenges such as climate change, protection of labor and human rights, supply chain due diligence and DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion). Shareholders engage in ESG investment and climate activism. ESG incentives are increasingly included in executive pay.

However, scholarship has remained rather silent on how this growing sustainability agenda influences the role of boards, owners and other corporate governance actors. It remains unclear how they manage these new pressures for social and environmental actions from public regulators, institutional investors, buyers, employees, and other stakeholders.

This paper development workshop was intended to explore the emerging research agenda that links corporate governance to purpose and sustainability. It seeked to shed light on how shareholders, boards, and managerial incentives address corporate purpose and sustainability. The workshop was primarily aimed at young scholars (PhD students, post docs, assistant and associate professors) who are developing new work and are seeking to establish themselves in their profession. The goal of the workshop was to provide them with an opportunity to discuss their work with leading professors in the field to further develop and strengthen their scholarship.

The workshop was organized by Jette Steen Knudsen, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Tufts University (Otto Mønsted Visiting Professor at Copenhagen Business School) and Steen Thomsen, Center for Corporate Governance, Copenhagen Business School.

Professor Ruth Aguilera, D’Amore Kim Business School at Northeastern University, Professor Bill Judge, Old Dominion University and Terry McNulty University of Liverpool Management School attended the workshop and provided feedback on papers.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner was provided with special thanks to a grant from the Carlsberg Foundation. Travel and accommodation costs were not covered.

For queries, kindly contact Trine Vestergaard tv.ccg@cbs.dk and copy to Elyse Nightingale Meaker enm.ccg@cbs.dk. 

To view details of the 3-day event, visit: https://www.ecgi.global/content/perspectives-corporate-purpose 

Open to the public:

Young Scholars Workshop (20 September)

Perspectives on Corporate Purpose (21 September)

Working Paper Prize Sessions, Wallenberg Lecture and Purpose in Practice Session (22 September)

Open to ECGI Members and invited guests:

ECGI Annual General Meeting (22 September)

ECGI Annual Dinner (21 September)

*To attend the ECGI Annual Dinner, please consider becoming a member

Registration fees:

ECGI members: No charge

Students and academics: No charge*

Practitioners: EUR 50*

 

Information

Address:
Copenhagen Business School, ROOM: PH26_407, Porcelænshaven 26, DK 2000, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen
Contact:
Elaine McPartlan
ECGI
admin@ecgi.org

Wednesday, September 20 2023 | 08:30 CEST

08:30

Registration and breakfast

Session 1: Sustainability

09:15

U.S. Corporate Accountability in the ESG Era

Speakers:
Gilda Sophie Prestipino
Discussant:
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U.S. Corporate Accountability in the ESG Era

Time:
09:15h

Speakers

Gilda Sophie Prestipino

Discussants

Back to full programme

Consumer Responses to the Revelation of Corporate Social Irresponsibility

Time:
09:55h

Speakers

Discussants

10:35

Corporate Social Responsibility and Post-merger Labour Restructuring

Speakers:
Discussant:
Back to full programme

Corporate Social Responsibility and Post-merger Labour Restructuring

Time:
10:35h

Speakers

Discussants

11:15

Coffee break

Session 2: Purpose

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The Influence of Corporate Purpose on the Duty of Care and Standard of Diligence of Directors

Time:
12:25h

Speakers

Discussants

13:45

Lunch

Session 3: Foundations

Back to full programme

The Financial Performance of Private Foundation-Owned Firms

Time:
14:45h

Speakers

Discussants

15:25

Enterprise Foundations and Faithful Agency as Drivers for Sustainable Long Termism in US Philanthropy

Speakers:
Discussant:
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Enterprise Foundations and Faithful Agency as Drivers for Sustainable Long Termism in US Philanthropy

Time:
15:25h

Speakers

Discussants

16:05

Coffee break

18:00

Drinks reception

Speakers

Gilda Sophie Prestipino

Presentations

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Welcome and introduction

Time:
09:00h

Speakers

Session 1: Sustainability

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Session 1: Sustainability

Time:
21:28h

Speakers

U.S. Corporate Accountability in the ESG Era

Gilda Sophie Prestipino
Back to all presentations

U.S. Corporate Accountability in the ESG Era

Time:
09:15h

Speakers

Gilda Sophie Prestipino

Discussants

Consumer Responses to the Revelation of Corporate Social Irresponsibility

Back to all presentations

Consumer Responses to the Revelation of Corporate Social Irresponsibility

Time:
09:55h

Speakers

Discussants

Corporate Social Responsibility and Post-merger Labour Restructuring

Back to all presentations

Corporate Social Responsibility and Post-merger Labour Restructuring

Time:
10:35h

Speakers

Discussants

Session 2: Purpose

Back to all presentations

Session 2: Purpose

Time:
21:28h

Speakers

The Influence of Corporate Purpose on the Duty of Care and Standard of Diligence of Directors

Back to all presentations

The Influence of Corporate Purpose on the Duty of Care and Standard of Diligence of Directors

Time:
12:25h

Speakers

Discussants

Session 3: Foundations

Back to all presentations

Session 3: Foundations

Time:
21:28h

Speakers

The Financial Performance of Private Foundation-Owned Firms

Back to all presentations

The Financial Performance of Private Foundation-Owned Firms

Time:
14:45h

Speakers

Discussants

Enterprise Foundations and Faithful Agency as Drivers for Sustainable Long Termism in US Philanthropy

Back to all presentations

Enterprise Foundations and Faithful Agency as Drivers for Sustainable Long Termism in US Philanthropy

Time:
15:25h

Speakers

Discussants

Panel Discussions

Sustainability and Purpose Workshop Discussion: Big Picture Conclusions and Next Steps