Dr Mike Gow: Invited Guest Lecture at University of Cambridge's Centre for Geopolitics

EHU Business School's Dr. Mike Gow presented a lecture exploring the nature of business ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in contemporary China.

On Wednesday 31st January, EHU Business School lecturer Dr Mike Gow was invited to present a guest lecture at the Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge.

My research explores the way in which the Chinese state is mobilising the private sector in service of state-building projects.

Dr. Gow asks questions about how this state vision gives rise to a business ethics which appears to reorder the four key CSR priorities of corporations operating in Xi’s China: economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic.

This reordering constitutes a rejection of free market ideology, acknowledging the political role of business whilst also relegating the private sector under the auspices of Xi’s superstructural reforms.

Mike’s current research examines the challenges this emergent “Corporate Socialist Responsibility” presents to multinational corporations operating within the PRC, identifying a “CSR Trilemma” faced by overseas companies operating in China.

Dr. Mike Gow is currently Lecturer in Business and Management at Edge Hill University Business School.