Centre for Business Organisations and Society

The Centre for Business, Organisations and Society (CBOS) was established in order to provide a forum for research in the area of Business and Society. CBOS is both issue based and interdisciplinary and its members are drawn from a range of functional backgrounds which encompass sociology, organisational behaviour, international business, marketing, economics and finance, and accounting.

CBOS is concerned with the relationship between corporations and the societies within which they operate, the ethical position of modern corporations in different societal contexts and the study of corporate social responsibility as a value-laden and strategic phenomenon. More broadly, CBOS undertakes research that informs decision makers in government, companies and finance houses of the changing nature of business responsibilities and the merits of social responsiveness. CBOS aims to examine, on an ongoing basis, the incidence, determinants, and consequences of firm social responsiveness in order to stimulate the efficient management of social issues within business organisations.

Members of staff in CBOS have close links with postgraduate taught courses within the area of Business and Society such as the MSc in Advanced Management Practice, and our new Master degree, MSc in Management with Corporate Social Responsibility. We encourage applications for postgraduate study at the doctoral and research master’s levels.