My teaching
I have been teaching graduate business and finance students about ESG investing, corporate social responsibility, and ethics for more than ten years. I have taught at Warwick Business School, EDHEC, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Rotterdam School of Management, Nova School of Business and Economics, Grenoble Ecole de Management, and IESEG.
My approach to teaching ethics is less focused on normative theory and more focused on developing practical skills of ethical expression. That seems to me the best use of the limited space available for ethics instruction in business education programmes. Students enjoy working building competence in applying the tools developed for the Giving Voice to Values curriculum.
For ESG investing, on the other hand, I begin in a more philosophical vein. Certain forms of ESG investing are still so young that there remains much conceptual confusion to be identified and remedied, and the ethical and political environment that drives the necessity for ESG investing rewards investigation, too. But thereafter we get into the linkages between ESG factors and equity and fixed income valuation as well as the purpose of and approaches to active ownership. Where there is time we focus on the investment risks presented by climate change, and the transition financing imperative.
When I teach corporate social responsibility I find that major case studies come into their own.
My approach to teaching ethics is less focused on normative theory and more focused on developing practical skills of ethical expression. That seems to me the best use of the limited space available for ethics instruction in business education programmes. Students enjoy working building competence in applying the tools developed for the Giving Voice to Values curriculum.
For ESG investing, on the other hand, I begin in a more philosophical vein. Certain forms of ESG investing are still so young that there remains much conceptual confusion to be identified and remedied, and the ethical and political environment that drives the necessity for ESG investing rewards investigation, too. But thereafter we get into the linkages between ESG factors and equity and fixed income valuation as well as the purpose of and approaches to active ownership. Where there is time we focus on the investment risks presented by climate change, and the transition financing imperative.
When I teach corporate social responsibility I find that major case studies come into their own.
