Mindfulness: Its Transformative Potential for Consumer, Societal, and Environmental Well-Being
Shalini Bahl, George R. Milne, Spencer M. Ross, David Glen Mick, Sonya A. Grier, Sunaina K. Chugani, Steven S. Chan, Stephen Gould, Yoon-Na Cho, Joshua D. Dorsey, Robert M. Schindler, Mitchel R. Murdock, Sabine Boesen-Mariani
September 2016
Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 35(2): 198–210
The impact of mindfulness, as it relates to consumers, has not been thoroughly researched. This paper looks at some existing work on mindfulness, melds that research with consumer research, and presents a conceptual model and framework that sets an agenda for the future of mindful consumption research.
Managing Contradiction: Stockholder and Stakeholder Views of the Firm as Paradoxical Opportunity
Cynthia E. Clark, Erica L. Steckler, Sue Newell
March 2016
Business and Society Review. 121(1): 123-159
This study explores the ways that stockholder and stakeholder assumptions are presented by theorists and compares these with expressions of stockholder and stakeholder perspectives used by firms in practice.
Whither Simplicity? An Exploratory Study of The Antecedents of Voluntary Simplicity
Spencer M. Ross
2015
Marketing Dynamism & Sustainability: Things Change, Things Stay the Same…. Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science. Springer, Cham.
Survey data show that that consumer impulsiveness mediates both the relationship between mindfulness and voluntary simplicity (mindfulness reduces impulsiveness, which increases voluntary simplicity) and between materialism and voluntary simplicity (materialism increases mindfulness, which reduces voluntary simplicity).
Rhetorical Strategies for Claims of Corporate Sustainability
William B. Stevenson and Erica L. Steckler
September 2015
Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 59: 148-167
Ecological Uncertainty, Adaptation and Mitigation in the US Ski Resort Industry: Managing Resource Dependence and Institutional Pressures
Peter Tashman, Jorge Rivera
March 2015
Strategic Management Journal, 37(7): 1507-1525
This study demonstrates how firms that are vulnerable to the physical effects of climate change and other ecological phenomena can adapt to this vulnerability in ways that harms the natural environment.
Why Do SMEs Go Green? An Analysis of Wine Firms in South Africa
Ralph Hamann, James Smith, Peter Tashman, R. Scott Marshall
March 2015
Business & Society, 56(1): 23–56
This study explores the motivations of small and medium sized enterprises in an emerging market for adopting environmental practices.
Who and What Really Matters to The Firm: Moving Stakeholder Salience Beyond Managerial Perceptions
Peter Tashman, Jonathan Raelin
January 2015
Business Ethics Quarterly, 23(4): 591-616
This article develops the concept of stakeholder salience so that it accounts not only for those stakeholders who managers perceive as important, but also for ones who are perceived as important by other actors that affect or are affected by managers’ decisions.
Visionaries and Wayfinders: Deliberate and Emergent Pathways to Vision in Social Entrepreneurship
Erica Steckler & Sandra Waddock
November 2014
Journal of Business Ethics, 133(4): 719-734
This study explores the pathways from the aspiration to make a difference in the world to vision and action of social entrepreneurs. Based on the qualitative analysis of interviews with 23 individuals who have pioneered institutions and initiatives around corporate responsibility, we find two predominant pathways to vision. The deliberate path starts with aspiration and moves through purpose toward a relatively intentional vision that ultimately leads to, and is subsequently informed by, action. The emergent path also begins with aspiration then moves directly to action and only retrospectively to a sense of a vision behind the actions taken. The emergent path, in which action precedes vision, is contrary to the dominant assumption that vision leads to action in an entrepreneurial context and may be further characterized as either inadvertent or developmental. In advancing a conceptual model of the vision–action or action–vision trajectories of social entrepreneurs, this study highlights the iterative nature of vision. This study also demonstrates the importance of considering formative experiences that contribute to the aspiration to make some kind of a difference in the world, a sense of purpose or intentions, and core values and beliefs in examining the ethicality of social entrepreneurship.
Corporate Climate Change Adaptation
Peter Tashman, Monica Winn, Jorge Rivera
April 2014
The Routledge Companion to Non-Market Strategy, eBook ISBN9781315819389
This article reviews the existing literature on how and why firms adapt to climate change, identifies gaps in that literature and proposes future research to fill those gaps.
Half a World Away: The Integration and Assimilation of Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, and Sustainable Development in Business School Curricula
Jonathan P. Doh, Peter Tashman
December 2012
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 21(3): 131-142
This article surveys business school academics to assess their views of how well corporate social responsibility, sustainability and sustainable development are integrated into business school curricula and what barriers exist to achieving better integration.
MNE/NGO Partnerships and The Legitimacy of The Firm
Valentina Marano, Peter Tashman
December 2012
International Business Review, 21(6): 1122-1130
This article develops a theory of how multinational enterprises can improve their trust and acceptance with important stakeholder in their business environment by working with non-governmental organizations.
Revealing Themes: Applying a Positive Lens to the Chapters on Change Agency
Erica Steckler & Jean Bartunek
March 2012
Chapter in K. Golden-Biddle and J. Dutton (Eds.) Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group
Wisdom, Spirituality, Social Entrepreneurs, and Self-Sustaining Practices: What Can We Learn from Difference Makers?
Sandra Waddock & Erica Steckler
January 2012
Chapter in J. Neal (Ed.) The Handbook for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace. New York: Springer
Are Members of Business for Social Responsibility More Socially Responsible?
Peter Tashman, Jorge Rivera
September 2010
Policy Studies Journal, 38(3): 487-514
This study explores whether a firm’s members ship in a business association that promotes sustainably business behavior actually improves their social and environmental performance.
Dynamic Capabilities and Base of the Pyramid Business Strategies
Peter Tashman, Valentina Marano
February 2010
Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 89, (Suppl 4): 495–514
This article explains one way for entrepreneurs to develop innovative and profitable business models in impoverished economic environments that involve solving social and environmental issues that constrain economic development.
Developing the ‘Developmental Action Inquiry’ Approach to Teaching and Action Researching: Through Integral First-, Second-, and Third-Person Methods in Education
Erica Steckler & William Torbert
January 2010
Chapter in Esbjörn-Hargens et al. (Eds.) Integral Education: New Directions in Higher Learning. Albany, NY: SUNY