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The challenges: Background: Virginia Haufler is a scholar whose research explores the governance of global corporations. She has engaged with business representatives and policymakers on a variety of corporate accountability issues as both a scholar and as a participant in policy discussions. She is a professor at the University of Maryland in the Department of […]
Read MoreMy research has generated findings that could improve corporate social responsibility but I am worried that it could also enhance the power of companies that take my advice. Are there ways to engage with the private sector that avoids the potential for giving large companies even more power than they already have?
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The challenges: The background and policy setting: All scholars need funding for research. Sometimes we need to pay for field research, sometimes for surveys. Sometimes – indeed, often – what we most need is time to write. Happily, there are many sources of funding, from private foundations to governments and others, available (although of course […]
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The challenge: The background and policy setting: Hertel became an academic after over a decade in the policy arena working as a consultant and policy analyst for the United Nations and various foundations and wanted to bring this expertise to her work in the university setting. She was called into service within a semester of […]
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