Virtual Reputation Symposium 2021
Registration is required
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
Date: 1 September 2021, 16:00 (Wednesday, 19th week, Trinity 2021)
Venue: Saïd Business School, Park End Street OX1 1HP
Venue Details: Zoom webinar
Speaker: Various Speakers
Organiser contact email address: reputation@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.cvent.com/d/hmqwk7
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Sarah Livingstone