MBA510

Rendtorff, J. D. (2019). Philosophy of management and sustainability : Rethinking business ethics and social responsibility in sustainable development. Emerald Publishing Limited.
Read Chapters 2 and 3 in Part 1 and Chapter 6 in Part II, all of which discuss the relationship of ethics to CSR.

Yousfi, O. & Beji, R. (2022). CSR: What does board diversity bring to the table? In Orlando, B. (Ed.) Corporate social responsibility. IntechOpen.
Chapter 9 in this book discusses the relationship between diversity on the Board of Directors and CVSR efforts in an organization.

Adams, M.A. (2018). Top 2018 governance concerns: #SEMTEX. Governance Directions,70(8), 477-484.
This article discusses specific laws and regulations for different industries including other countries.

Barnett, M. L. (2019). The Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility: A Critique and an Indirect Path Forward. Business & Society, 58(1), 167-190.
This article discusses how CSR affects corporate profitability and shares some of the challenges that managers must address when considering CSR initiatives.

Divers, S. (2021, May 18). How companies are stepping up efforts to build ethical cultures during COVID-19. World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/05/companies-building-ethical-cultures-covid-19/
This website discusses how the ethical basis in organizations was affected by COVID-19.

Jouber, H. (2022). Women leaders and corporate social performance: Do critical mass, CEO managerial ability and corporate governance matter? Management Decision, 60(5), 1185–1217. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-07-2020-0953
This is an interesting article that discusses the role of gender in corporate social performance (CSP).

Liu, Y., Vashdi, D. R., Cross, T., Bamberger, P., & Erez, A. (2020). Exploring the puzzle of civility: Whether and when team civil communication influences team members' role performance. Human Relations, 73(2), 215-241.
This article discusses communication in teams with a civil tone. There is much focus on the importance of understanding the use of civility in teams for communication. Additionally, the article discusses performance as a result of civility.

Martinez Ayala, D. F., Balasingam, B., McComb, S., & Pattipati, K. R. (2020). Markov modeling and analysis of team communication. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems,50(4), 1230–1241.
This article discusses the relationship between communication and performing tasks in teams. Performance is based on completing tasks on schedule and budget. The case of the article applies a model to validate a process for success.

Nooyi, I. K., & Govindarajan, V. (2020). Becoming a better corporate citizen. Harvard Business Review, 98(2), 94–103.
This article examines PepsiCo and how it has mastered social responsibility.

Pirson, M. (2020). A humanistic narrative for responsible management learning: An ontological perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, 162(4), 775-793.
This article discusses the notion that humans only survive by being responsible and understanding consequences. Learning to be a responsible manager means one must focus on the common good of all in business, including ethics.

Stucky, C., Jong, M. J, Kabo, F., & De Jong, M., (2020). Military surgical team communication: Implications for safety. Military Medicine, 185.
This article highlights the importance of communication in the surgical room. Teams can be a matter of life and death, depending on the industry. Social distance and interpersonal communication are researched in this article in a study of 50 surgical teams.

Wójcik, P., Obłój, K., & Buono, A. F. (2022). Addressing social concern through business-nonprofit collaboration: Microfoundations of a firm’s dynamic capability for social responsibility. Journal of Business Research, 143, 119–139.
This article presents a case study of collaboration between a profitmaking corporation and a non-governmental organization (NGO) to address a social concern.

Anand, V., Joy, B., McNealy, S., Ramamurthy, S., Sharma, H., Kaul, J., Bauhaus, M., O'Connor, D., Ryan, D., & Nicholson, V. (Interviewees). (2019). Coding culture: fun@sun [Video]. SAGE Knowledge.
This video gives an inside look at work and work culture in the software development center of a large American multinational company.

Jackson, F., Ahmed, R., Suleman, U., Goble, F., & Fraser, D. (Practitioners). (2016). Diversity, equality & inclusion [Video]. SAGE Knowledge.
This video discusses the importance of equality with diversity and being included. The employees are included in the conversation to demonstrate these essential parts of being a team.

Neal, J. (Academic). (2016). Group processes and dynamics [Video]. SAGE Knowledge.
This video demonstrates the differences between groups and teams. Additionally, the video gives examples of effective teams and successful outcomes.