Professor, University of Lausanne
At the European Academy of Management (EURAM) meetings this week, I attended a presentation by A. Weischer of her coauthored paper (Weischer & Weibler, 2011) in which they discuss the concept …
On authentic leadership Read MoreI very much enjoyed the speech of Minister A.-C. Lyon (“Conseillère d’Etat, Cheffe du Département de la formation, de la jeunesse et de la culture du Canton de Vaud”) today …
Society’s contract with universities: Academic freedom for “truth” Read MoreAt the May 26th HEC centennial debate on responsible management, Dr. Schwab formulated an implicit criticism to managerial incentives by asking why managers should benefit from variable compensation (bonuses) and …
Why managers often have variable compensation and not physicians – and whether variable compensation is good Read MoreIn the context of the centennary of HEC Lausanne, yesterday a distinguished panel debated on responsible management (see link below). The first question the moderator asked the panelists was: “what …
Responsible management and corporate responsibility Read MoreIn a recent post, I discussed the issue of responsible research (see “On responsible research”). I would like to add the issue of replicability of (scientific) findings which I believe …
On replicability as another dimension of responsible research Read MoreProfessors at business schools increasingly engage in discussions of business ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR) or, more generally, responsible management. It seems to me that our first obligation would …
On responsible research Read More