Research Centres, Initiatives and Networks
The Centre for Corporate Reputation is an independent research centre within Oxford University’s Saïd Business School. We aim to understand how the reputations of organisations are created, sustained, enhanced, destroyed and rehabilitated. In 2018 we produced a book capturing some of our first 10 years of work, including summaries of our research projects, publications and events.
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We are fortunate to have the support of an outstanding group of International Research Fellows from academic institutions around the world, as well as many distinguished Visiting Fellows from business, the media and other organisations.
Reputation is at the core of every decision made today by progressive and thoughtful organisations. The centre’s groundbreaking research and engagement with the wider world have advanced our understanding immeasurably.
We teach a course on the school’s MBA, underpinned by academic research and including contributions from leading figures from the business world.
We also work with Executive Education at Oxford Saïd on a number of courses, and run the Corporate Affairs Academy programme.
Our main event is the annual Reputation Symposium, held over three days in August-September, including professional development workshops for young scholars, and the presentation of our annual awards for Best Published Paper and Best Dissertation. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2020 and 2021 we had to host virtual symposiums online. We are delighted that our 2022 Reputation Symposium will once again be in person, and we look forward to three days of great research and discussion for invited researchers from 30 August to 1 September. For more information about past symposia, see below under 'Selected past events', or email reputation@sbs.ox.ac.uk.
Rita Mota, our Intesa Sanpaolo Research Fellow, and Alan Morrison, Professor of Law and Finance at Saïd Business School, organise a series of seminars exploring reputation, trust, ethics, and relationships. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, these R:ETRO seminars now take place online.
To see the current programme and to view past online seminars and abstracts, see R:ETRO seminar series - Reputation: Ethics, Trust, and Relationships at Oxford.
Rohini Jalan and Eva Schlindwein, our Postdoctoral Research Fellows, and Tom Lawrence, Professor of Strategic Management at Saïd Business School, held a series of online seminars providing a forum to discuss research on how organisations navigate stigma, status and authenticity in a variety of contexts, including social innovation and community-based entrepreneurship. To view the recordings, see SOAR seminar series - Stigma, Organisations, Authenticity, and Reputation.
To be added to our events mailing list, please email reputation@sbs.ox.ac.uk.
The centre’s work would be impossible without generous support from a number of organisations. In particular, we would like to thank Eni, the major global integrated energy company; Intesa Sanpaolo, one of the largest banks in the eurozone; Roland Berger Strategy Consultants; Man GLG; and Santander. We would also like to express our gratitude to our Visiting Fellows, whose expertise and guidance is invaluable to our work.
