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The long shadow of fatalism : a philosophical speculation on Forster’s “the Machine Stops” (1909) on the disintegration of technologically sdvanced societies back then and today

Seele, Peter

In: Philosophy of Management, 2021, no. 20, p. 431–439

EM Forster’s short story “The Machine Stops” from 1909 is widely reread and discussed again for some ten years as it portrays a science- fiction world resting on similar technological advancements as today in the digital era. Also management literature reviewed the short story with regard to centralized decision making, rationality and totalitarianism. I argue instead, that the main theme...

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Instrumental and/or Deliberative? A Typology of CSR Communication Tools

Seele, Peter ; Lock, Irina

In: Journal of Business Ethics, 2015, vol. 131, no. 2, p. 401-414

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Framing sustainability in public procurement by typologizing sustainability indicators : the case of Switzerland

Knebel, Sebastian ; Seele, Peter

In: Journal of public procurement, 2021, p. 22 p

Purpose: Sustainable public procurement (SPP) lacks common means for its operationalization within legislative latitudes. Through the translation of sustainability indicators (SIs) from CSR and corporate sustainability reporting into the needs of SPP, this paper aims to support the framing process of sustainability in public procurement. This paper does so along with the case of Switzerland....

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Introducing public procurement tenders as part of corporate communications : a typological analysis based on CSR reporting indicators

Knebel, Sebastian ; Seele, Peter

In: Corporate communications : an international journal, 2020, p. 18 p

Purpose – Corporations have to include increasingly CSR communication by responding to public procurement tenders because of the recently revised Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) concluded by the WTO. We argue that procurement tenders are to be seen as part of corporate communications, particularly when aligned with CSR reporting and performance indicators as proposed by the Global...

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Conceptualizing the "corporate nervous net" : decentralized strategic communication based on a digital reporting indicator framework

Knebel, Sebastian ; Seele, Peter

In: International journal of strategic communication, 2019, vol. 13, no. 5, p. 23 p

The digital revolution challenges strategic communication. Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, and the Internet of Things (IoT) create a rapidly changing environment for organizations as well as system complexities. To fulfill its task in ensuring the long-lasting success of organizations strategic communication needs to continuously adopt to this revolution. This article approaches the...

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Firms talk, suppliers walk : analyzing the locus of greenwashing in the blame game and introducing ‘vicarious greenwashing’

Pizzetti, Marta ; Gatti, Lucia ; Seele, Peter

In: Journal of business ethics, 2019, p. 51 p

Greenwashing is a phenomenon that is linked to scandals that often occur at the supply-chain level. Nevertheless, research on this subject remains in its infancy; much more is needed to advance our understanding of stakeholders’ reactions to greenwashing. We propose here a new typology of greenwashing, based on the locus of discrepancy, i.e. the point along the supply-chain where the...

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Experimental evidence of unethical gift reconstruction in consumer moral reasoning

Pizzetti, Marta ; Seele, Peter ; Gibbert, Michael

There are empirical evidences that consumers do not walk the talk. Although they express a preference for ethical products, they often consume indifferently. Nonetheless, we know little about the factors that facilitate unethical consumption. This article uses the experimental method to investigate the unethical consumption in the gifting experience context and the impact of psychological...