Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to attend our PDW titled "Role of the Business Academic in the Face of Existential Crises". We plan to develop a manifesto and action plan for change that is proportional to the grand challenges and force change at scale, scope, and urgency…
Session 20041 sponsored by CMS, SIM and MED; More info at https://cdmcd.co/yKAw6M
Where: Bella Center Hall A- A1-m3
When: Sunday, July 27, 2025; 14:30 - 16:00 CEST
Abstract: In light of the current existential polycrisis that threatens the planet and all its inhabitants, we take a long, hard, and critical view of ourselves to examine the role we have played as business academics in causing and perpetuating this crisis. We are deeply concerned that, even though there have been many calls for urgent action, key indicators make it abundantly clear that an extremely dystopian world looms, unless we launch a proportionate response to the grand challenges of our time. The irony is that we educate the youth to perpetuate the polycrisis that threatens their own futures! This PDW calls business school academics to rise up to the challenges and develop a manifesto and action plan for change that is proportional to the grand challenges and force change at scale, scope, and urgency by countering the dominant and powerful forces that work hard to maintain the status quo.
Please share this invitation with your networks. While we do not require registration, we would greatly appreciate you indicating your interest by visiting https://cdmcd.co/yKAw6M and adding it your program.
Warm regards,
Gerard Farias, Suneetha Saagurthi, Christine Farias, Sanjeeb Kakoty and Paul Shrivastava
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Gerard Farias
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Rockaway NJ
gfarias@fdu.edu------------------------------