It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites. About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4

How much do elites influence societal polarization? Quite much, it turns out. This is such an intriguing study that shows how a handful of influential voices is enough to drive dramatic societal rifts - even in a country with a strong tradition of political plurality, such as Finland.

Finland’s President Alexander Stubb @alexstubb.bsky.social made an excellent short 3 minute speech at the G20 summit in South Africa about multilateralism and urging nations to cooperate fairly following the rules to achieve sustainability. Worth watching:

Commercial news #media face dual climate duties: cutting their own footprint and weighing the impact of their #journalism. A new MedieKultur article by Meri Frig, @lauraonen.bsky.social & @maaritjii.bsky.social shows how #Nordic newsrooms navigate both. nordmedianetwork.org/latest/news/...

We are waiting for your submissions! The call for the International CSR Communication Conference in Finland closes on March 31, 2026 📢 The conference theme is "CSR Communication in the age of political instability: Building hope in a hopeless world"🕊️ csr-com.org/call-for-pap... #CSRCOM2026 @lut.fi

Tässä muutama kysymys, jotka auttavat arvioimaan törkyriskiä: ❓ Ärsyttääkö tutkimusaiheemme räyhäoikeistoa tai kiihkouskonnollisia? ❓ Voiko tutkimusaiheemme kuulostaa banaalilta, jos sitä katsoo tarkoitushakuisesti? ❓ Olemmeko saaneet 6-numeroisen summan julkista tutkimusrahoitusta?

In this NYT piece, Finland gets billed as Europe’s radical climate leader. Meanwhile the distance between promises and policy is growing. The story boosts the 2035 net-zero brand without asking if this cabinet is on course. Targets haven’t changed. Implementation has, and not for the better. 🧵

Call for inclusive and diverse universities by Finnish Education Employers, The Union of Research Professionals, and The Council of Rectors of Finnish Universities.

Join us on Bluesky! We are proud to introduce our brand new strategy, System Earth 2030. 🚀 We are seeking solutions to global issues with our expertise in technology, business, and social sciences. ➔ Learn more about us and watch our video: www.lut.fi/en/about-us/... #unilut

"Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week." This is the direct and predictable result of policy decisions, not random happenstance. #visionzero #publichealth yle.fi/a/74-20174831

When lost in the #AOM2025 maze, just try, try again 🤞

Hello @aomconnect.bsky.social #AOM2025 Copenhagen! Corporate political activity, activism & qualitative methods and more on my sunny agenda (spotting bikes in weird places as a bonus) 🚲

CSR Communication Conference 2026 is hosted by @lut.fi LUT Business School! The deadline for abstracts and session proposals is March 31 📨 This interdisciplinary conference is open to anyone working in the intersection of CSR and communication - welcome to Lappeenranta! #CSRCOM2026 csr-com.org

We’re wasting the remaining carbon budget on war and AI.

The Enlightenment. Well, it was nice while it lasted.

Kiitos @procom.fi tämän vuoden ProCom-päivästä kauniissa Finlandia-talossa 🕊️ Mieleen jäi erityisesti Anna Perhon kannustus opetella kehtaamaan 🔥 #procomday #viestintä

My US-based colleagues, FYI: Finnish Research Council is about to announce a special call to fund researchers abroad to relocate to Finland. By all means this is not intended to lure you into moving to Finland, it just happens to be planned right now by pure chance.

The UK has now issued a travel warning for the US: possible arrest or detention for failing to meet entry requirements.

All the silly hysterical media debates of 2023 about how AI may pose an existential threat to humankind really missed the mark. The harms are here, & they are not caused by AI autonomy. They are the result of how bosses & autocrats use machine learning systems to discipline & destroy.

I am already hearing many European academics becoming unwilling to travel to the US for political reasons Stories like these 👇 add safety concerns to the list. Especially, as access to social media accounts are required to enter How do we best support our US academic colleagues as things escalate?

Mike spotted this before the rest of us. 🫡 Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter.

Responsible Business Research Conference is kicked off by Rajat Panwar. He makes a call for "Big, Hairy, Audacious Research"(!!!), urging us to be bold, ambitious, and transformative. This means defying structures, going out of comfort zones, and "not building theories when the house is on fire".

Democracies stand with Ukraine.

The history books will have a list of companies that complied in advance with xenophobic, illegal, & authoritarian demands of a moody and thin-skinned megalomaniac. Don't be on that list.

Lahden kaupunki luopuu Pride-liputuksesta korostaakseen "neutraalia linjaa ja tasapuolista toimintatapaa kaikkia asukkaita kohtaan". Kahtiajakautuneissa teemoissa neutraalia ei useinkaan ole, eikä päätöksestä tule neutraali sillä että sen sanotaan olevan sellainen. Käytännössä tämäkin on kannanotto.

Why am I sharing this? I’m sharing it because over time, more topics will be seen as “controversial” and more and more scientists will find themselves a target of politicization. The ongoing dismantling of scientistific institutions is only the beginning and while it might seem easier…

According to this list, my research topic, corporate activism & its connections to DEI, LGBTQ rights and climate change, would now be banned. Academia is not academia without the ability to address and understand current phenomena 🚨

First of all, don't indulge in false comfort if you are lucky enough to not be in the US. Odds are, the neoliberals/fascists in your country are, at this very moment, looking at Trump&Musk, learning, and planning the ways they can take down your own democracy and government. 3/

CFP for Special Issue "Disaggregating Corporate Politics through Political Work: Implications for Business Ethics" in Journal of Business Ethics - now with an extended deadline (March 31)! link.springer.com/collections/... @onnamalou.bsky.social @tazeeb.bsky.social @frankdebakker.bsky.social

Science has to be objective, yes, but it cannot be neutral for the reason stated below. 🫴

Pretty much the only climate news we need, in a nutshell 📈

Ronny Chieng explained climate change on the Daily Show a year ago and it remains as relevant as ever!

This has been the hardest year to decide what to pick for "the Future of Business Ethics" session on my course. Usually, it has been a place to discuss interesting new developments and progress. This year, I'm struggling not to make it too bleak. Students, it's time to learn about moral backsliding!

"At no point in history have so few people controlled so much of global communication, while also being so closely aligned with an authoritarian leader." New commentary by @aurelmondon.bsky.social and me bylinetimes.com/2025/01/26/t...

Not all hope (in billionaires) is gone.

This is not marginal. 40% of people now agree with the sentiment "I approve of hostile activism", according to the 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer. Richard Edelman to the audience at Davos: "Pay attention. I'm telling you something important."

Welcome to teaching any sort of ethics in 2025 and for the foreseeable future . . .

Maybe woke capitalism never existed, maybe it was always impossible to be an ethical billionaire, maybe woke-washing was real and all of it could be erased when it suited www.ft.com/content/cf87...

Tärkeä näkökulma. Suomella ei olisi varaa tällaiseen kulttuurisotaan. www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...

Corporate activism is not just about global brands and high-profile campaigns - a lot is happening locally. Take a look at this @uniofbath.bsky.social blog for thoughts about my work in the Nordics. How invested are companies in societal debate and what should we know about their stance-taking?

My favorite EIBA2024 session was about alternative approaches to theorizing. Plus a visit to the designated relaxation room in the middle of a busy day! 🧘

Looking for researchers of sustainability, CSR, business ethics and more? See this great list of Business & Society scholars by @frankdebakker.bsky.social

It's a wrap for the YHYS 30th Anniversary Colloquium at LUT University 🌱 During the two days, we discussed the theme of the Anthropocene and how to prevent the collapse with action and agency. Thank you organizers Jess Fishburn, Laura Albareda and Pasi Heikkurinen!

The YHYS Colloquium 2024 has started at LUT University with a pre-day for the doctoral students ✨ Wonderful hosts Laura Albareda and Jessica Fishburn are welcoming a full house at the sauna seminar! #lutbiz

Help needed! I'm building a Starter Pack on business and society researchers that could use some more weight - please circulate and suggest additions! Including CSR, ESG, BHR scholars as well. go.bsky.app/6JEpopf

Toimitusjohtaja-aktivismi on yleistyvä ilmiö, joka edellyttää keskustelua yritysjohdon viestinnän vastuullisuudesta ja vaikutuksista, kirjoittavat @lauraonen.bsky.social, @kaisapekkala.bsky.social ja @hannakainen.bsky.social Teksti luettavissa Viestijät-blogissa: www.procom.fi/viestijat/va...

For 143 days, we have done everything we can to enact a meaningful humanitarian response. We need a #ceasefire, now in #Gaza.

Finnish political culture is something special, especially yesterday. Immediately after the results, the new president-elect Alexander Stubb visited the election party of his opponent Pekka Haavisto 🕊️ “You're one of the nicest people I have ever met,” he said. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Kiehtooko yritykset ja politiikka? LUT-kauppakorkeakoululla on väitöskirjatekijän palkallinen paikka auki juuri tällä profiililla 🚀 Mahtava tilaisuus kehittyä erittäin ajankohtaisen aiheen huippuasiantuntijaksi! Hakemukset 15.1. mennessä #viestintä #vastuullisuus lut.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...

#FollowFriday LUT Business School 🚀 Dean's updates @saarenke.bsky.social AI, platforms, sustainability @paavoritala.bsky.social Sustainable consumption @tiialotta.bsky.social Sustainability & SMEs @mariau.bsky.social Supply mgmt @malacina.bsky.social Regenerative business @kirsisalonen.bsky.social