Category: Responsible Business
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Coffee with Prof Domenec Melé and Natural Law Business Ethics
This weekend, I had the pleasure of hosting a Coffee with an Author session and presenting a paper at the annual conference of the Society for Business Ethics in Copenhagen. With co-host Dr Giancarlo Ianulardo (University of Exeter), I interviewed Rev Prof Melé (IESE) about his new book, The Humanistic Person-centered Company: Conceptual Foundations (Springer…
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Does Feminism Need Rebranding?
In 2015, I worked as an event manager for the Power Shift Forum at Saïd Business School. The Forum was my first foray into the corporate philanthropy space and, to my delight, I haven’t left that space just yet. Recently, a friend and colleague from the Forum sent me this video — a veritable blast…
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AI Hackathon at GS
Recently, I had the pleasure of facilitating the AI working group at the first ever 10KSB Hackathon hosted at Goldman Sachs International. The full-day event culminated on stage, where our 10KSB alumni presented their policy ideas to leaders in the UK small business ecosystem. The cherry on top? Varun Chandra, Business and Investment Advisor to…
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Supporting Black Business
This past week, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK and Saïd Business School hosted a conversation with a distinguished panel of Black business leaders from across the UK, representing diverse sectors and organisations. I facilitated the half-day conversation, inviting participants to reflect on challenges faced by Black entrepreneurs and how best to support them in…
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Stevie Awards 2024
This summer, I’ll sit on a judging panel for the Stevie Awards 2024. The Stevie Awards are the the world’s premier business awards. And I’ll assess entries under the Entrepreneur and Thought Leadership categories. Learn more by clicking on the image below. Many thanks to Justin Lowes of Scriveiner London for the connection. Best of luck to…
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The Mimetic Workplace: Finding the Admirable amidst Rules and Rivalry
03 November 2023. An essay for the first Novitate Conference. Laws, if reasonable, are meant to foster the common good of a society. They do not favor one set of interests over another. And they do not narrow our moral vision; indeed, they broaden that vision by pointing to good, reasonable ends—free speech and assembly,…
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Ethical Role Models in the Workplace
11 Oct 2023. I have entered an agreement with Cambridge University Press to write a short monograph on ethical role models in the workplace. The book engages with social learning theory as well as moral psychology and philosophy. It will be an engaging read for academics and will be accessible to industry practitioners. God willing,…
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Counting on Black Business
Black-led employers make up just 0.1% of UK small and medium sized businesses. By Edward David and Joel Byman for Oxford Answers. Roni Savage is many things to many people: founder of Jomas Associates, an award-winning engineering firm, adviser to the Federation of Small Businesses, a proud mother of three sons, and one of our outstanding…
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Work as a Calling, by Garrett Potts
My review of Garrett Potts’ Work as a Calling: from Meaningful Work to Good Work is now available at Business Ethics Quarterly (BEQ). It’s a fabulous read for anyone interested in finding meaning at work … and beyond. Congratulations, Garrett! “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world” (Wittgenstein 2021 [1922], 5.6, italics…
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11th Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute
Stepping in for a friend, I’ll be speaking at the 11th Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute on 20th March 2023 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. My session, entitled ‘Ethics in the workplace’ will: The session will feature plenty of peer-learning (the attendees will be the real experts in the room!), mixed in with ethical insights from…
Edward A. David 