The rise of modern corporations has been accompanied by an expansion of salaried executives who have replaced owner-managers. With this expansion, the new class of managers/executives came to regard themselves as stewards of large and complex corporations, and not principally or exclusively as...

Radical change can be conceived in terms of the reconceiving of ontological distinctions, such as those separating humans from animals. In building on insights from French pragmatism, we suggest that, whilst no doubt very difficult, radical change can potentially be achieved by creating...

Although organizations have embraced the sustainability rhetoric in their discourse and external reporting, little is known about the processes whereby management control systems contribute to a deeper integration of sustainability within organizational strategy. This paper addresses this gap...

This article summarizes the key practical insights and results from a study published by the authors in Business and Society. It demonstrates that collaborative engagement with companies on environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues provides institutional investors with...