European Journal of Training and Development: Volume 38 Issue 5

Sustainability, corporate social responsibility and HRD

Maura Sheehan, Thomas N. Garavan, Ronan Carbery

The purpose of this paper is to provide a prologue to the issue of sustainability, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and human resource development (HRD). Although issues of…

Making sense of global warming: Designing a human resource development response

Eugene Sadler-Smith

This study aims to make sense of global warming. Using the concept of design science (as distinct from explanatory science) and by drawing on recent debates in management and…

A consideration of organisational sustainability in the SME context: A resource-based view and composite model

Colette Darcy, Jimmy Hill, TJ McCabe, Philip McGovern

The purpose of this paper is to consider organisational sustainability in the small- to medium-sized enterprises (SME) context focussing on a resource-based view. The paper…

Orientation, attitude, and competency as predictors of manager’s role of CSR-implementing companies in Malaysia

Maimunah Ismail, Muhammad Ibnu Kassim, Mohd Rozi Mohd Amit, Roziah Mohd Rasdi

This exploratory study aims to investigate how the role of the CSR manager is influenced by his orientation to corporate social responsibility (CSR) responsibilities, his attitude…

The role of OD practitioners in developing corporations’ capacity to practice corporate citizenship: A sociomaterial case study

Ingo Stolz

This study aims to analyze how organization development (OD) practitioners develop corporate citizenship for the purpose of increasing their organization’s capacity to practice…

Navigating the ethical maze through design action research

Carole Tansley, Susan Kirk, Colin Fisher

The purpose of this study is to identify how ethical stances can be used to develop a frame set in the design of a web-based decision support system (DSS) for ethical…

Teaching corporate crisis management through business ethics education

Sheldene Simola

The purpose of this research was threefold, including to provide a four-point rationale for teaching corporate crisis management as a module within a course on ethical…