Frank de Bakker

That was fun to finally meet @brandaid-world.bsky.social in person in Copenhagen and discuss #realpuppetregime

Indeed Maja, the ease with which companies retreat suggests that for many, DEI was never a principle—just a PR strategy.

When employees matter: How employee resource groups and workforce liberalism jointly spur firms to support Pro-LGBTQ legislation Employees are increasingly vocal about and attentive toward their organizations’ social policies and practices. Scholars have identified two main chan…

If this continues, our recent paper (w/ Niels Selling) in the Journal of Business Research will soon turn out to be a history paper.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

DOD ending social sci. research funding--stopping 91 studies related to threats like climate change, extremism, & disinfo.

"[DOD] does not do climate change crap,' Def. Sec. Hegseth wrote on X...'We do training & war fighting.'”

For yrs, DoD acknowledged env. change threatens military capabilities

U.S. rejects 2030 UN goals on ending poverty, tackling climate change - National | Globalnews.ca The U.S. renunciation was one of the first — if not the first — by any country of the 17 goals that were adopted unanimously by all 193 U.N. member nations.

Denying the existence of a problem does not make it disappear.

globalnews.ca/news/1107221...

Next time you publish something you feel is worthy of telling the world about, consider these steps for social-media-facilitated dissemination and attention assessment.

Via publisher: doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

Open access preprint: ssrn.com/abstract=410...

"Bridging internal and external stakeholder expectations together: The new role of “issue brokers” in corporate social responsibility" - blog on our new paper in SO w/ Michiel de Roo, Christopher Wickert and Tom Elfring - www.vumanagementperspectives.com/2025/02/03/b...

A Dear Colleague letter in defense of DEI, by Shaun Harper Shaun Harper identifies 11 specific actions higher ed institutions can take to uphold their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

"The dept’s letter will compel many of you to hide, rename or altogether discontinue DEI initiatives. I insist on doing the opposite. Now is the time to showcase DEI activities." I'd missed this by Shaun Harper and damn it's good. Such good guidance in here.

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...

Sad and shortsighted but happening everywhere: "The Dutch government will henceforth take a Netherlands-first approach with development aid" or "France Strives To Reevaluate Development Aid Effectiveness Amid Budget Cuts"

Important editorial, also for other fields such as management and organization studies

Glaciers provide stable melting water to a very large % of all farms in the entire world.

When (not if) we lose this stable, slow, dependable glacier melt water, our food system will collapse.

Graph with monthly world temperature anomalies compared to the 1991-2020 average, since 1891, plus a 10 year moving average. This has gone from -0.8 beginning of 1900 to +0.36 now.

Monthly global climate data update from JMA for the month of January 2025.
Hottest month of January since 1891.
datagraver.com/climate-data...
#climate

The Path to American Authoritarianism What comes after democratic breakdown.

This is the one article to read on contemporary (and future) U.S. politics. Laid out analytically and clearly. There is a hint of optimism (which I do not share but do appreciate).

CFP for Special Issue "Disaggregating Corporate Politics through Political Work: Implications for Business Ethics" in Journal of Business Ethics - now with an extended deadline (March 31)! link.springer.com/collections/...
@onnamalou.bsky.social @tazeeb.bsky.social @frankdebakker.bsky.social

Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries - Nature Human Behaviour What is the state of trust in scientists around the world? To answer this question, the authors surveyed 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and found that trust in scientists is moderately high.

Interesting study on trust in science: "we cannot discount the concern that lack of trust in scientists by even a small minority may affect considerations of scientific evidence in policymaking."

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Prof Maja Korica on LinkedIn: #education #work #businessschool #careers #betterwork #tiktok | 11 comments 🔔 Free public education matters more than ever. So I've launched an online class on 'Surviving Organizations'. Over on TikTok last Friday, Dr Barlow posted a… | 11 comments on LinkedIn

Free public education matters more than ever. So I've launched an online class on 'Surviving Organizations'. Each week, I'll cover one academic paper/book that deals with the reality of organizations & how to better navigate it. On TikTok too (@DrKorica). Do join! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

📢 Call for Poster Sessions for the 4th Migration and Family Economics Workshop, hosted by IÉSEG School of Management in

📍 Paris, on June 16-17, 2025.
Great opportunity for PhD students and postdocs.

📌 Deadline: April 13, 2025.

#📉📈EconSky please repost

How Generative AI Could Transform Scholarly Publishing: Themes and Reflections from Interviews with Industry Leaders How will generative AI transform scholarly communication and where will change be most rapid and revolutionary?

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/10/30/g...

Opinion | Lessons on Authoritarianism From Around the World Tyranny doesn’t happen overnight. Take it from the people who missed the first signs.

How tyranny begins - www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...

They put a toddler in the White House.

World’s richest use up their fair share of 2025 carbon budget in 10 days Emissions caused by wealthiest 1% so far this year would take someone from poorest 50% three years to create

The world’s richest 1% have already used up their fair share of the global carbon budget for 2025, just 10 days into the year.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Transparency geek news: from the 1st of January, the EU Commission started to proactively publish minutes of the meetings held between lobbyists and staff with management function (from DG to head of units). It's short, and not very detailed, but still a step toward transparency

Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed Pixelfed said it is "seeing unprecedented levels of traffic."

Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized, open source Instagram competitor that has had skyrocketing signups in recent days: www.404media.co/meta-is-bloc...

Cartoon by Jonesy. Business executives look out of a window at fires burning, one says “Somehow we need to monetise this - and quickly”

Somehow we need to monetise this - and quickly

🆕 PIK study: Pricing greenhouse gas-intensive foods could help German agriculture meet climate targets while generating 8.2 billion € annually. If these funds were redistributed to households, it would alleviate financial strain and promote sustainable consumption: pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

Publishing Interdisciplinary Research in Business & Society - Frank de Bakker, Andrew Crane, Irene Henriques, Bryan W. Husted, 2019

Lifted that quote from an editorial we wrote a few years ago on interdisciplinary research in the business and society domain: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

"Research has shown that the more interdisciplinary a scholar is (i.e. the more s/he draws from and cites scholarship from a wide range of disparate fields), the more s/he is likely to suffer a “productivity penalty” that dampers the quantity of their output (Leahey, Beckman and Stanko, 2017)."

Antarctica's tipping points threaten global climate stability Antarctica is approaching a series of cascading tipping points that could reshape ecosystems and intensify global climate disruptions, according to a new study by an international team of scientists, ...

Tipping points phys.org/news/2024-12...

How CCS became the fossil fuel industry’s favourite ‘escape hatch’ Oil and gas lobbyists have helped push carbon capture and storage into the heart of Europe’s climate plans.

Carbon capture: The inside story of how the oil & gas industry's delay tactic became a darling of the EU - to the detriment of genuine climate action

www.euronews.com/green/2024/1...

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‪With Michiel de Roo, Chris Wickert and Tom Elfring, we examined how CSR managers engage w/ external stakeholders and internal buyers using three dynamic tactics: mobilizing external stakeholders, buffering external expectations, and moderating between parties (journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....)