CSR and the Anthropocene

Alumni are invited to join Professor Kevin Morrell, Rowlands Chair in Transformational Strategy, for an online webinar enititled "Corporate Social Responsibility in the Age of the Anthropocene". In this webinar, Professor Morrell will introduce the emerging concept of the Anthropocene and discuss its implications for Corporate Responsibility.

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Programme & speakers

Professor Kevin Morrell, Rowlands Chair in Transformational Strategy. Professor Morrell joined Cranfield School of Management in July 2021. Prior to joining Cranfield Kevin was Professor of Strategy at Durham University Business School where he also served as Associate Dean for Postgraduate Research and Director of the PhD programme. From 2017 to 2020 he was Director of the largest Research Centre at DUBS, the Centre for Organizations and Society. After this 3 year term he was appointed Co-Director of the Centre for Ethical Finance and Governance. Previously Kevin was Professor of Strategy and Head of the Strategy and International Business Group at Warwick Business School until taking up a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship. He has also held positions at the University of Birmingham where he was a Reader in Organizational Behaviour and at Loughborough University Business School where he was an ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow.

Seminar summary:

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Age of the Anthropocene

Human activity has resulted in planetary conditions that are significantly different from preceding millennia and that pose an existential threat. Across several disciplines now, thought leaders refer to this latest geological era as “the Anthropocene” in recognition of this. Growing awareness of the Anthropocene is challenging our understanding of sustainable development and raising questions about how lifestyles, organizations and economies should be governed. This webinar introduces the concept of the Anthropocene drawing out implications for CSR and advocating a move away from a model where profit creates problems to a purpose centric account of organizations.

Location & travel details

Online via Zoom.

Who should attend

All alumni and students are welcome to attend. 

Cost & concessions

This event is free to attend.