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Social Issues in Management (SIM)

The Social Issues in Management Division studies the social issues, institutions, interactions, and impacts of management. The common logic of SIM scholarship is our shared interest in understanding responsible behavior by organizations and the people and groups working in and around them. Such investigation leads us to ask fundamental questions about the ethical systems, roles, functioning, and legitimacy of business institutions. Members also bridge scholarship to applied social practices, developing understanding and methods to promote social change and sustainable development.

Specifically, the Division addresses: individual and organizational ethics; behavioral work covers and individual characteristics; group/organizational influences, and firm-environment interactions; prescriptive work that includes ethical theories; e.g., rights and justice, and the study of norms, values, and moral principles; organizational and systemic governance; the study of relationships and responsibilities covering both top-level corporate and within-organization governance, and social/environmental governance, including regulatory partnerships, corporate corruption/compliance, strategic issues/public affairs management, and corporate political activity, along with stakeholder behaviors, relationships, and systems.

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Domain Statement

Social Issues in Management examines the social issues, institutions, interactions, and impacts of management. SIM shares an interest in understanding the behavior of organizations and the people and groups working in and around them. The group questions the ethical systems, roles, functioning, and legitimacy of business institutions. Members will develop an understanding of applied social practices and methods by connecting scholarship to promote social change and sustainable development.