Kathryn Kearins
Biographic Data
| ID | 1315424 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathryn Kearins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathryn |
| FAMILY NAME | Kearins |
| SIGNATURE | KEARINS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Auckland University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1729-3375 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Social, Environmental and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Research
What process of socioeconomic transformation might move humanity towards sustainability-as-flourishing, an ideal view of sustainability where life flourishes indefinitely on Earth? We suggest entrepreneurship as one such process and review the literature on three types of entrepreneurship said to transform society by creating value beyond profit: social, environmental and sustainable entrepreneurship. From environmental and social scientific lite…
The Politics of Knowing “Organizational Sustainable Development”
We critically examine organizational representations of sustainable development in 197 publicly available corporate reports. Using a discourse theoretical approach, we analyze how these organizations have come to “know” sustainable development, and we consider the conditions that made this knowledge possible. Themes identified are (a) enlightened self-interest and the business case, (b) organizational sustainable development as a balancing act, (…
Attribution of words versus attribution of responsibilities
This article examines a case of academic plagiarism and the subsequent treatment of the issues across several academic institutions. It calls for academic leaders in universities to act on what constitutes a serious breach of standards, engendered in part by broader institutional norms and values promoting the need for publications in a ‘publish or perish’ environment. While universities often promote high-sounding ideals and would generally wish…
Looking for Joan of Arc
This article adapts Actor Network Theory to illustrate the construction of heroes and their abandonment. It focuses more specifically on the rise and fall of an iconic New Zealand private training enterprise, Carich, and its founding entrepreneur Caron Taurima. Drawing on media, web sources and interviews, the study reflects on the uncritical way heroes are constructed and makes comparisons with the story of Joan of Arc. It shows how the notion o…
Creating Adventures in Wonderland
This paper provides a critical exploration of the journey metaphor promoted in much business discourse on sustainability—in corporate reports and advertisements, and in commentaries by business and professional associations. The portrayal of ‘sustainability as a journey’ evokes images of organizational adaptation, learning, progress, and a movement away from business-as-usual practices. The journey metaphor, however, masks the issue of towards wh…
Genealogical method and analysis
This paper outlines and exemplifies the use of a method for analysing power relations based on the work of French social theorist, Michel Foucault. The overall research aim of genealogical analysis is to produce “a history of the present”, a history which is essentially critical with its focus on locating forms of power, the channels it takes and the discourses it permeates. Research combining Foucauldian theorisation and method necessarily invol…
Transparent and Caring Corporations
This article analyzes sustainability values reports published by The Body Shop International and bythe Royal Dutch/Shell Group. The authors show how corporate discourses expressed in these precedent-setting texts both reflect and influence sociopolitical struggle over the meanings and practices of sustainable development. Specifically, the authors examine metaphors of transparencyand care used to describe corporate rationales for increasing stake…
Gaining legitimacy? Sustainable development in business school curricula
Exploring reasons why sustainable development remains largely at the margins of business school curricula and seeking to develop courses of action to embed its ethos more firmly in the institutions in which they work, the authors review international evidence and reflect on their experiences. A number of related factors appear to contribute to the marginalization of sustainable development in business school curricula. There is the tendency for t…
Gaining legitimacy? Sustainable development in business school curricula
Exploring reasons why sustainable development remains largely at the margins of business school curricula and seeking to develop courses of action to embed its ethos more firmly in the institutions in which they work, the authors review international evidence and reflect on their experiences. A number of related factors appear to contribute to the marginalization of sustainable development in business school curricula. There is the tendency for t…
Gaining legitimacy? Sustainable development in business school curricula
Exploring reasons why sustainable development remains largely at the margins of business school curricula and seeking to develop courses of action to embed its ethos more firmly in the institutions in which they work, the authors review international evidence and reflect on their experiences. A number of related factors appear to contribute to the marginalization of sustainable development in business school curricula. There is the tendency for t…
Genealogical method and analysis
This paper outlines and exemplifies the use of a method for analysing power relations based on the work of French social theorist, Michel Foucault. The overall research aim of genealogical analysis is to produce “a history of the present”, a history which is essentially critical with its focus on locating forms of power, the channels it takes and the discourses it permeates. Research combining Foucauldian theorisation and method necessarily invol…
Transparent and Caring Corporations
This article analyzes sustainability values reports published by The Body Shop International and bythe Royal Dutch/Shell Group. The authors show how corporate discourses expressed in these precedent-setting texts both reflect and influence sociopolitical struggle over the meanings and practices of sustainable development. Specifically, the authors examine metaphors of transparencyand care used to describe corporate rationales for increasing stake…
Creating Adventures in Wonderland
This paper provides a critical exploration of the journey metaphor promoted in much business discourse on sustainability—in corporate reports and advertisements, and in commentaries by business and professional associations. The portrayal of ‘sustainability as a journey’ evokes images of organizational adaptation, learning, progress, and a movement away from business-as-usual practices. The journey metaphor, however, masks the issue of towards wh…
Looking for Joan of Arc
This article adapts Actor Network Theory to illustrate the construction of heroes and their abandonment. It focuses more specifically on the rise and fall of an iconic New Zealand private training enterprise, Carich, and its founding entrepreneur Caron Taurima. Drawing on media, web sources and interviews, the study reflects on the uncritical way heroes are constructed and makes comparisons with the story of Joan of Arc. It shows how the notion o…
Attribution of words versus attribution of responsibilities
This article examines a case of academic plagiarism and the subsequent treatment of the issues across several academic institutions. It calls for academic leaders in universities to act on what constitutes a serious breach of standards, engendered in part by broader institutional norms and values promoting the need for publications in a ‘publish or perish’ environment. While universities often promote high-sounding ideals and would generally wish…
The Politics of Knowing “Organizational Sustainable Development”
We critically examine organizational representations of sustainable development in 197 publicly available corporate reports. Using a discourse theoretical approach, we analyze how these organizations have come to “know” sustainable development, and we consider the conditions that made this knowledge possible. Themes identified are (a) enlightened self-interest and the business case, (b) organizational sustainable development as a balancing act, (…
Social, Environmental and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Research
What process of socioeconomic transformation might move humanity towards sustainability-as-flourishing, an ideal view of sustainability where life flourishes indefinitely on Earth? We suggest entrepreneurship as one such process and review the literature on three types of entrepreneurship said to transform society by creating value beyond profit: social, environmental and sustainable entrepreneurship. From environmental and social scientific lite…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Sustainability (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Management and Organizational Studies (4 works) · Sustainable development (4 works) · Corporate social responsibility (3 works) · Environmental Sustainability in Business (3 works) · Politics (3 works)