My Interest in Business Ethics

Region
Ontario ; International

Sector
Academic - Faculty/Staff

Areas of Interest
Consumer Issues ; Corporate Citizenship ; Corporate Governance ; Corporate Social Responsibility ; SRI/Responsible Investment


Me in Brief

Professor Crane's research explores various aspects of business ethics, corporate social responsibility, and environmental management. In particular, He has been interested in the construction, communication and interpretation of ethics and responsibility in organizations, and in exploring the theoretical underpinnings and practical implications of business ethics concepts. Most recently, he has been involved in projects examining the following:

• the role of morality in marketing and consumption;
• the implications of notions of citizenship for corporations;
• the contribution of evolutionary narratives to environmental management;
• the implementation of fair trade policies;
• the contribution of Foucauldian thought to business ethics

• Corporate citizenship and the changing roles and responsibilities of business, government and civil society
• CSR: theory and concepts
• Ethics, consumption, and the construction of moral responsibility
• Industrial espionage and the ethics of competitive intelligence gathering
• CSR and children: understanding business impacts and responsibilities