Earth Day is an ideal moment to reflect on the state of the planet. We can take stock of where we are, measure how things have changed – for better and worse – and plan for the future.
Most of us want to live more sustainably and are increasingly aware that our current levels of consumption have harmful environmental and social consequences.
By Professor John Bryson, Department of Strategy and International Business.
By Dr Nana Osei Bonsu, Research Fellow, Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business.
World Water Day: Dr Nana O.Bonsu talks about water usage, climate change and electric vehicles.
Mark NK Saunders, associate of the Centre, discusses trust within the workplace and lockdown working in a podcast with Birmingham Chambers.
Entraide
Posted on 23 February 2021
'I had no idea about the hidden labour': has the pandemic changed fatherhood for ever?
Posted on 02 February 2021
By Dr Christoph Biehl, Associate of the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business, Department of Management.
Posted on 29 January 2021
During recent years, DNA home testing kits (such as 23andMe, AncestryDNA, MyHeritage DNA) have seen a rise in popularity worldwide.
Posted on 22 January 2021
By Dr Jennifer L TyreeHageman, Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business
Posted on 21 January 2021
How Covid-19 is breaking down barriers to flexible working.
Posted on 23 December 2020
Much of what passes as Corporate Social Responsibility or 'CSR' is superficial, short term and optional rather than representing the strategic reaffirmation of a company's mission.
Posted on 19 December 2020
By Professor Ian Thomson, Director of Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business
Posted on 17 December 2020
By Dr Charika Channuntapipat and Dr Sarah Montano, University of Birmingham
Posted on 16 December 2020
By Professor John Bryson, Department of Strategy and International Business
Posted on 16 December 2020
Lloyds Banking Group and the College of Social Sciences have partnered with the charity Entraide to offer a telephone befriending scheme to refugees.
Posted on 09 December 2020
By By Dr Sarah Forbes and Dr Holly Birkett, Co-directors of the Equal Parenting Project
Posted on 03 December 2020
When you hear the phrase 'Corporate Social Responsibility', what do you think of? The three most common interpretations of the phrase are so varied in meaning that the words have lost the right to validity.
Posted on 30 November 2020
During the COVID-19 UK lockdown, many organisations have been forced to move the majority of their workforce to remote working, often at very short notice.
Posted on 24 November 2020
By Dr Sarah Forbes and Dr Holly Birkett, Co-directors of the Equal Parenting Project.
Posted on 24 November 2020
By Professor John Bryson, Department of Strategy and International Business.
Posted on 20 November 2020
By Dr Juliet E. Kele, Research Fellow in HRM, Department of Management.
Posted on 19 November 2020
Managers are much more positive about their staff working from home and working flexibly since lockdown says a new study
Posted on 04 November 2020
Two key elements could be the answer in the transition to net-zero: removing waste out of the electric vehicle industry, and using technological advancements to improve data.
Posted on 02 November 2020
Leading viewpoint: Rethinking materiality: the missing link, Christoph Biehl and Ian Thomson
Posted on 27 October 2020
Sophie Sinclair: Employee feedback is the best source for ascertaining wellbeing priorities
Posted on 26 October 2020
Ashok Mirpuri, Singapore's ambassador to the US, recently said that achieving trust in diplomacy is "about the cues and nuances" that come from face-to-face interactions.
Posted on 23 October 2020
By Dr Caroline Moraes, Dr Solon Magrizos & Dr Grigorios Lamprinakos.
Posted on 23 October 2020
By Professor John Bryson, Department of Strategy and International Business.
Posted on 22 September 2020
By Professor Ian Thomson, Director of Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business.
Posted on 14 September 2020
By Professor John Bryson, Department of Strategy and International Business.
Posted on 11 September 2020
Birmingham Business School has been shortlisted for the Business School of the Year award at the THE Awards for its contribution to responsible business research and developing the future generation of leaders.
Posted on 11 September 2020
Webinar with academics in the field of artificial intelligence on optimising AI for responsible business
Posted on 04 September 2020
By Nicholas Bailey (Birmingham Business School and Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business) and Professor Nando Sigona (School of Social Policy and Director of IRiS)
By Dr Christoph Biehl, Associate of the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business.
By Professor John Bryson, Department of Strategy and International Business.
The murder of George Floyd in the United States and ensuing Global focus on the Black Lives Matter movement has forced many people to re-address diversity and inclusion in the organisations they work for and with.
By Professor John Bryson, Department of Strategy and International Business.
Birmingham project 2020 report
By Dr Grigorios Lamprinakos, Research Fellow, Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business.
By Professor John Bryson, Department of Strategy and International Business.
By Professor Kalwant Bhopal, Professor of Education and Social Justice & Director of the Centre for Research on Race and Education.
By Professor John Bryson, Department of Strategy and International Business.
By Mark Saunders, Professor of Business Research Methods and Margarita Nyfoudi, Lecturer in Human Resource Management & Organisational Behaviour.
By Professor Andy Mullineux, Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business, Department of Finance.
By Professor Andy Mullineux, Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business, Department of Finance.
The UK government will have to decide how much austerity should be born by current taxpayers and how much by future taxpayers to pay for Covid-19 debt.
By Professor Andy Mullineux, Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business, Department of Finance.
By Dr Juliet E. Kele, Research Fellow In HRM, Department of Management and Lloyds Centre for Responsible Business.
By Professor John Bryson, Department of Strategy and International Business.
In our recent blog, we looked at why small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in the UK were finding it difficult to access the government's Coronovirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).
By Professor Andy Mullineux, Department of Finance and Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business
By Professor John Bryson, Department of Strategy and International Business.
By Dr Daniel Wheatley, Department of Management
By Professor Andy Mullineux, Department of Finance and Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business
By Professor John Bryson, Department of Strategy and International Business.
By Professor John Bryson, Department of Strategy and International Business.
Researchers from the University of Birmingham have launched a "Fathers in the Workplace Toolkit", to help organisations be more inclusive of fathers and support them to balance their work and parenting roles.
Posted on 03 February 2020
Read the latest PRME report, featuring progress on goals set in 2019, the ongoing work of the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business and the launch of the first Responsible Business Academic Symposium.
Posted on 31 January 2020
By Immaculate Motsi-Omoijiade, Research Fellow, Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business.
Posted on 06 January 2020
By Dr Juliet E. Kele, Research Fellow In HRM in the Department of Marketing and Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business.
Posted on 16 November 2019
By John Bryson, Professor of Enterprise and Economic Geography, Department of Strategy and International Business.
Posted on 30 October 2019
We are pleased to announce a series of full-time PhD scholarships commencing in 2020/21 and focused on the School's three core research themes: responsible business; work inclusivity; and regional economic development.
Posted on 25 September 2019
By Dr Charika Channuntapipat (Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business), Dr Solon Magrizos (Department of Marketing) and Professor Craig Smith (Department of Marketing).
SAVE THE DATE: Responsible Actions and Decisions Conference
The Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business was proud to collaborate with the Careers in Business team on an exciting new project for the prestigious Future Leaders Certificate.
Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business annual report
On Saturday 8th June, The University of Birmingham threw open its gates to welcome the local community for a festival celebrating the grand opening of the new Green Heart.
The Centre for Crime, Justice and Policing has secured an award from the College of Policing to evaluate interventions around preventing violence and protecting the vulnerable.
In 2018, the University of Birmingham's College of Social Sciences and Lloyds Banking Group joined forces to support the Mayor's Mentors scheme.
Professor Wherry visits the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business to talk through his new book 'Credit Where It's Due: Rethinking Financial Citizenship'.
The PRiMEtime Blog covers the recent PRME Day hosted by Birmingham Business School related to innovative pedagogy for responsible business teaching.
By Dr Juliet Kele, Research Fellow In HRM in the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business.
Dr Sarah Forbes and Dr Holly Birkett, experts in the Shared Parental Leave policy, explain why progressive parenting policies in the workplace produce incredible benefits for both employees and employers.
A new policy brief by Dr. Nana O Bonsu, Research Fellow in Sustainability at the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business.
By Dr Charika Channuntapipat, Lecturer in Accounting in the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business.
By Dr Christoph Biehl, Associate of the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business.
In March, the lovely city of Dublin played host to the British Academy of Management (BAM) to run a workshop discussing future developments in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR).
AI and ethics research for professional services businesses from the University of Birmingham - covers business, legal, financial sectors
The Centre for Responsible Business features in Lloyds Banking Group's latest annual report
Professor Andy Mullineux attended the University of Delhi to deliver a lecture on technologies used in the financial sector in March 2019.
Andraea Dawson-Shepherd joins the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business Advisory Board
By Dr Nana Osei Bonsu, Research Fellow, Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business
Juliet Kele on her experience as part of the Lloyds Banking Group International Women's Day panel.
By Dr Juliet E. Kele, Research Fellow in HRM, Department of Management and Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business.
Posted on 28 February 2019
By Dr Jane Glover, Research Fellow, Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business.
Posted on 20 February 2019
Dr Juliet E. Kele, Research Fellow in HRM, offers her five top tips for embedding meaningful D&I processes into the workplace, and avoiding diversity fatigue.
Posted on 14 February 2019
The Future of Work and the Future of Unions, an event celebrating 150 years of the TUC
Posted on 31 January 2019
Dr Juliet Kele describes her experience of attending a BAM workshop and learning about the history of corporate responsibility.
Posted on 30 January 2019
Dr Charika Channuntapipat writes: "Instead of trying to find out who is to blame...we should start questioning the products we are buying, being conscious of our consumption, and focus more on value – not costs."
Posted on 23 January 2019
Charika Channuntapipat talks about her ReBA project, and how a personal interest in fashion combined with an academic interest in sustainability and accountability to become a feature project for the Centre.
Posted on 20 December 2018
Dr Roshan Boojihawon writes: After its recent decision to make recyclable crisp packets in response to mounting pressure from its consumers, Walkers seems to have become known as the 'responsible' crisp manufacturer. Although some see this as a responsible move, I would argue otherwise.
Posted on 11 December 2018
Professor of Financial Economics Andrew Mullineux writes: Financial institutions are preparing for Brexit by opening and moving staff to offices in EU cities. We can expect to see this trend continue, in which case, what are the post-Brexit prospects for London as a financial centre?
Posted on 03 December 2018
Dr Nana O Bonsu (Research Fellow, Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business) writes in the Business School Blog.
Posted on 26 November 2018
The important joint venture between the University of Birmingham's College of Social Sciences, the West Midlands Combined Authority and Lloyds Banking Group has been launched as part of a commitment to wellbeing.
Posted on 26 November 2018
The Birmingham Business School Advisory Board Guest Lecture on Thursday 22 November featured Mike Barry, the Director of Sustainable Business at Marks and Spencer, speaking of how to create a more sustainable world.
Posted on 12 November 2018
Radman Selmic, Research Fellow: "Better education and support to clients who need it, a collective demand for transparency in finance, and improved distribution of information to clients are all needed to enhance the level of financial capability across the UK."
Posted on 12 November 2018
Dr Delphine Gibassier and Dr Nana O.Bonsu of the Centre for Responsible Business, University of Birmingham, explain why biodiversity is so important and why it's vital for children to learn about the impact they and others are having on wildlife conservation practices.
Posted on 08 November 2018
Leaders Unlike You event roundup by Dr Juliet Kele
Posted on 08 October 2018
On the 13th September 2018 over 120 representatives from business, policy makers, third sector organisations, students and academics met to participate in a discussion about how to build a better more responsible future.
Posted on 19 September 2018
At Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business we believe the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an aspirational, hope-filled vision.
Posted on 14 September 2018
By Professor Richard Black (Pro-Vice-Chancellor & Head of the College of Social Sciences): "It is our aspiration to embed responsible business values at the heart of our activities in order to achieve our civic mission."
Posted on 03 September 2018
Dr Juliet E. Kele, Research Fellow at the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business: "It is indisputable that, since its humble beginnings in the 1920s, The Walt Disney Company has become one of the most influential businesses and largest media conglomerates in the entertainment world."
As national experts on the subject of Shared Parental Leave (SPL), Dr Holly Birkett and Dr Sarah Forbes at the University of Birmingham were invited by the Government Equalities Office (GEO) to take part in the inaugural seminar series for the Workplace and Gender Equality Research Programme.
Watch a short film by Ella on her week of work experience at the Centre for Responsible Business.
The Birmingham Project is an exciting opportunity for first year undergraduates to tackle a 'real world' problem. This year saw the introduction of a 'responsible business' topic, an area of growing prominence in the business and academic world.
Professor Delphine Gibassier (Senior Research Fellow, Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business): "As plastic became the environmental hot topic in 2018, it's no surprise that companies and organisations such as Wimbledon rallied behind the cause, drifting from their plastic-dependency."
Nana O Bonsu (Research Fellow, Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business) writes: "Fairtrade's success as a business exemplifies how responsible business practices can be combined with economic goals to create a trustworthy and socially-responsible brand."
The University of Birmingham Business Club breakfast briefing, organised by the Birmingham Business Club team and held on Thursday 21 June, addressed how business and academia can work collaboratively to achieve responsible business aims.
The West Midlands Combined Authority's (WMCA) Leadership Commission Report 2018, was launched by Andy Street CBE, the Mayor of the West Midlands and presented at a city centre event on Thursday 14 June.
The first of what looks to be many Risk, Resilience and Reliability (R3) research seminars took place on 14 March 2018 and sparked discussion, connections and paradoxes.
Following a busy first year, the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business is excited to present its first annual report and centre brochure.
Responsible Business Centre Director Professor Ian Thomson writes: "We need to recognise that our personal pleasure from an unfairly traded product, such as coffee or chocolate, results in increased poverty for many."
Dr Geraint Harvey (Senior Lecturer in HRM and Industrial Relations) writes: "...scholars have called for businesses to not focus on new health initiatives, but on more established aspects of human resource management that give workers the tools to live healthier lives.."
Professor Ian Thomson (Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business Centre Director) writes: "There is an implicit social contract between generations that requires businesses to consider justice across time."
Professor Mark Saunders, Professor of Business Research Methods, writes: "Whilst most claims are based on good research, the increase of fake news means that it is important to look carefully rather than accept them at face value."
Dr Holly Birkett, (Lecturer in Organisational Studies) and Dr Sarah Forbes (Lecturer in Marketing) write: " An increase in the uptake of shared parental leave (SPL) could lead to strengthened family bonds, improved child development and increased workplace involvement for mothers."
At the University of Birmingham, we're delighted to be taking part in Responsible Business Week (Monday 23 April to Friday 27 April 2018). The campaign, led by Business in the Community (BITC), celebrates the brighter side of business by sharing success stories of how businesses of all sizes are making a difference to people's lives, the community and the environment.
The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) have recently published an article charting the development of the Centre and its mission to energise the Responsible Business Revolution.
Centre Director Ian Thomson writes in Business Voice about how academics at Birmingham are working with firms to explore what needs to change to drive more responsible business.
Posted on 30 January 2018
The catalogue of harm caused by irresponsible businesses grows daily as businesses seem to lurch from one crisis to another.
Posted on 17 January 2018
We've received a hugely impressive set of research initiatives and will be announcing the recipients of the awards very shortly.
Posted on 15 January 2018
Hosted by the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business, this workshop utilised the expertise of University of Birmingham researchers and associated organisations to investigate the importance of happiness as part of an ongoing conversation about mental health and wellbeing within the workplace.
Posted on 27 November 2017
At the University of Birmingham, we have been working with partners and policy-makers on the development of the UK's Industrial Strategy for the past 12 months.
Posted on 06 November 2017
Researchers in Birmingham Business School and Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business have investigated and continue to research trust in business in its many manifestations. In this short blog, Professor Ian Thomson summarises some of these findings and work-in-progress.
Lloyds Banking Group and the University of Birmingham are to establish a new £2.5 million research centre, as part of the University's Business School, which will be called the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business.
The United Nations' Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) is a global network of business schools that share a set of universal values, as embodied in the United Nations' Global Compact, and is dedicated to promoting these through teaching and research to help build a better society.
The University of Birmingham is delighted to be taking part in Responsible Business Week, Monday 24 April to Friday 28 April 2017. Led by Business in the Community (BITC), the Week draws attention to how businesses of all sizes are making a difference, changing lives and improving communities across the UK.