Thank you for all your birthday wishes! It was great
celebrating our first Birthday with you! A special thanks also to
our president Prof. Dr. Lisa Fröhlich,
our newly appointed managing director Prof. Dr. Christoph Willers, other
colleagues from Cologne Business School and the Dr. Jürgen Meyer
Foundation represented by Mr. Rüdiger
Winkler. And if you were not able to join our Birthday Party
we are sure that there will be more to come!
We are looking back at an exciting month and are thankful for the
new partnerships and friendships that have been established during
conferences, events and meetings. Furthermore, we are excited
to introduce our new research assistant and team member Helen
Cremer. Lastly, we invite you to have a look at our latest publications!
Your CASM Team
NEWS
CASM Open Door at CBS- Review
Cologne (Germany), October 17th: CASM opened its doors
to celebrate its first anniversary with partners, friends, our
president Prof. Dr. Lisa Fröhlich, our
newly appointed managing director Prof. Dr. Christoph Willers, other colleagues from Cologne Business
School as well as CBS students and Rüdiger
Winkler, the representative of the Dr. Jürgen Meyer
Foundation. At the opening speech René Schmidpeter
and Patrick Bungard talked about the
accomplishments of the Center during the past year which would not
have been possible without the great support of Cologne Business
School and especially our president Prof. Dr. Lisa Fröhlich and our CEO Prof. Dr. Christoph Willers as well as the Dr. Jürgen Meyer
Foundation represented by Rüdiger
Winkler! A warm welcome was also given to guest professor Dr.
Kanji Tanimoto from Waseda University Japan and guest researcher ArdeshirZamani from
Iran. Afterwards, the Ethics and Sustainability Awards was handed over by Rüdiger
Winkler from the Dr. Jürgen Meyer Foundation. The evening ended
with some fingerfood, music and the
traditional beer of Cologne, the Kölsch.
We want to thank
you for your great support and collaboration during the past year!
And if you were not able to celebrate our first Birthday Party with
us, we are sure there will be more to come!
Ethics and Sustainability Award at CBS -
Review
Cologne (Germany), October 17th: During the CASM Open
Door event Rüdiger Winkler from the Dr.
Jürgen Meyer Foundation handed over the "Ethics and
Sustainability Award". Every year the Dr. Jürgen Meyer
Foundation in cooperation with CBS grants a total of 4,000 € in
prize money to promote the social and ethical achievements of
students who through their work demonstrate an enthusiasm for sustainability.
The awards were given to Anika Stürenberg
Herrera for the best MBA Thesis with the following title:
gSustainable Company Evaluation of the Volkswagen Grouph, to
Adeline Grafe for the best Bachelor
Thesis on gThe impact of Sustainable Management Education on
Students' Employer Expectations and Work Valuesh and to Viola
Nyssen for the excellent lead of the CSR student team.
If you are a CBS student and have written a term-paper or a
bachelor or masterfs thesis on the subject of Business Ethics,
Sustainability or Corporate Social Responsibility or want to create
exposure for, or initiate a social project – Apply now and
win up to 1,000 €. Applications for the Ethics and Sustainability
Award can be continuously submitted throughout the year. Both
ongoing and already completed work will be considered.
Article "Sustainable and digital: Why
we have to rethink" by René Schmidpeter
(german)
In times of complexity nothing is like it used to be. We are in a
state of constant structural change that raises hopes, but also
causes uncertainty, which can be very uncomfortable for those that
are used to stability. According to Prof. Dr. René Schmidpeter "Digitalization is a great
opportunity to rethink freedom and responsibility!" The new
book CSR and digitalization suggests a new entrepreneurial
perspective on the topic of responsibility. It presents the latest
findings in the field of digitization supported by practical
examples from business, politics and the civil society. Also, for
the first time innovative approaches that combine the current
sustainability debate with the strategic handling of the
digitalization challenges are discussed. To read the full article
in German click on the following LINK.
Helen
Cramer is a master student of International Business – Marketing
Management at Cologne Business School (CBS) who has actively
participated in the CSR Student Team at CBS. Before attending CBS
she completed her Bachelor studies in politics and economics at the
University of Münster. As of now she will
support the CASM Team with the organization of the 8th
International Conference on Sustainability and Responsibility on
the topic of Responsible Leadership in Times of Transformation
which will be held in Cologne next year.
WHERE IS YOUR OLD CELL
PHONE? The CSR Student Team is taking Green2B and a
collection box to CBS
Do you want to do something good with your old cell phone? Green2B offers
the solution: By collecting old cell phones and recycling them in a
sustainable manner, they contribute to the avoidance of E-Waste. Use
this opportunity to fight against E-Waste and drop off
your old cell phone at the CBS cafeteria during the week
of the 13th till the 17th of November!
The revenues are going to be donated to the GLS Treuhand
and the BKU. The GLS Treuhand is a partner
of the GLS bank, the first green bank. It supports various projects
in the fields of education, development, health, agriculture and
renewable energies. The BKU is a local institution which aims to
develop young talents.
Registration for the Executive Masterclass presentations organized by
CASM during that week is going to be open soon under the following
link: casm-online.eventbrite.com
Your CSR Student Team
CASM ON THE ROAD
5th PRME Meeting about the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs)
Prof. Dr. René Schmidpeter:
Representative of Cologne Business School
5th International Conference on CSR, Sustainability,
Ethics and Governance
June 27th - 29th 2018
Santander, Spain INFORMATION
CASM and Cologne Business School: Supporting organization
Prof. Dr. René Schmidpeter: Organizing
Committee
7th Regional PRME MENA
meeting - Review
Beirut
(Lebanon), October 9th: At the 7th PRME MENA meeting 20
participants from the MENA region met to discuss how current local
signatories can enhance the engagement of local students,
businesses schools and companies in PRME MENA activities, such as:
management education transformation, developing local learning
community and promoting awareness about the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals. Increasing the number of PRME
signatories, trigger studentfs participation and motivate local
companies to support PRME MENA initiatives were one of the most
outstanding topics addressed during the meeting. In a panel
discussion Mr. Rodrigo Mello, a PhD candidate and member
our CASM team, spoke on best practices of PRME and the
SDG's.
CSR Day Berlin (german)
- Review
Berlin (German), October 10th: Is sustainability worthwhile? One
question, different answers. That is at least how it has been so far.
But at this year's CSR Day in Berlin
it became obvious that by addressing ideas like power-free
refrigerators, climate-neutral catering, compostable sneakers,
cultural partnering, artificial intelligence and cargo bikes for
emission-free commerce, sustainability can be the key to making
money. CBS professor René Schmidpeter was
invited to hold a keynote speech. (picture credits go to Michael
Brunner, IHK Berlin)
"Manage the impact of the digitalization
successfully" Event by 3M and the CSR KompetenzzentrumRheinKreis-Neuss (german) - Review
Neuss (Germany) October 12th: In cooperation with 3M Deutschland
GmbH, the CSR KompetenzzentrumRheinKreis-Neuss
organized the the event „Gesellschaftliche und sozialeVerantwortung von Unternehmen:
Auswirkungen der Digitalisierungerfolgreichmanageng.
The main topic focused on how digital transformation in organisations can be responsibly executed and how
employees can actively participate in that process. Besides a vivid
panel discussion, Prof. Dr. Dr. Ayad
Al-Ani, professor for Change Management and Consulting at the
Humboldt Institutfür
Internet und Gesellschaft,
gave insights about the latest developments and a possible
outlook of the area of digitalization. Adeline Grafe
from CASM attended the event and participated in discussions.
COLOGNE BUSINESS
SCHOOL INITIATIVES
CBS Research Report 2016 (german)
The research report 2016 of Cologne Business School has been
published! As a central research cluster at Cologne Business School
the Center for Advanced Sustainable Management advances research and
teaching in the field of Sustainable Management. For further
information on the full report see the following LINK.
Presentation FOND OF BAGS at CBS - Review
Cologne (Germany), October 11th: Hannes Weber and Julian Conrads, Corporate Responsibility and
Sustainability experts at FOND OF BAGS,
presented their responsibilities along the supply chain at Cologne
Business School. FOND OF BAGS is member of the UN Global Compact, bluesign and the Fair Wear Foundation. It is
their aim to continuously improve their sustainable supply chain. After
the presentation a lot of questions were asked and a great discussion
started.
CALL FOR PAPER
Call for Papers Special Issue International Journal of
Corporate Social Responsibility (IJCSR)
Editors: René Schmidpeter, Kanji
Tanimoto
Topics: Sustainable Enterprise: Revisiting an
Enterprise Concept
