Three brilliant panels for online discussions focused on reputation, morality, ethics, misrepresentation, and authenticity. This year the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation is hosting a Virtual Reputation Symposium focused on reputation in the context of ESG strategies and claims.

Organisations and their leaders are increasingly expected to address these concerns in a meaningful way. How they do this poses difficult questions relating to moral and ethical frames of reference and exposes them to charges of greenwashing if they misstep.

Session 1: Morality, Human Rights, and Reputation
Wednesday 1 September 16:00 – 17:30 (BST).

Panellists:
Grant Rozeboom, Assistant Professor of Business Ethics & Social Responsibility, School of Economics & Business Administration, Saint Mary’s College of California
Judith Schrempf-Stirling, Associate Professor of Responsible Management, Geneva School of Economics and Management
Kendy Hess, Brake-Smith Associate Professor in Social Philosophy and Ethics, College of the Holy Cross
Michael H Posner, Jerome Kohlberg Professor of Ethics and Finance, and Director of the Center for Business and Human Rights at NYU Stern School of Business.

Moderators:
Alan Morrison, Professor of Law and Finance, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Rita Mota, Intesa Sanpaolo Research Fellow, Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation.

Focus: each speaker will speak on the importance of social evaluation and the ‘court of public opinion’ in policing human rights in business, and upon the validity of corporate activism as a response to reputational shocks and to state failures in human rights matters.

Session 2: Authenticity: Enabling or Constraining Individual and Corporate Growth?
Thursday 2 September 16:00 – 17:30 (BST).

Panellists
Balázs Kovács, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Yale School of Management: Authenticity – Meanings, Targets, Audiences and Third Parties (co-authored with Glenn Carroll, Adams Distinguished Professor in Management, Stanford University).
Marie Sarita Gaytán, Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Utah: Going Corporate – Extending Authenticity in the Craft Marketplace.
George E Newman, Associate Professor of Marketing and Management, Yale School of Management: Is the True Self Impulsive or Deliberative?

Moderator:
Michael Jensen, Professor of Strategy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.

Session 3: Fraud, Malpractice, and Reputation
Friday 3 September 16.00 – 17.30 (BST)

Panellists
David A Kirsch, Associate Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland: Reputation and Misrepresentation in Tesla’s Rise.
Brooke Harrington, Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth College: Professionals, Reputation, and Malpractice.
Frank Partnoy, Professor of Law, Berkeley School of Law, University of California: Fraud and Reputation from a Legal Perspective.

Moderators:
Chris McKenna, Reader in Business History and Strategy, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Frank Partnoy, Professor of Law, Berkeley School of Law, University of California