Magalì
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Post-Doctoral Researcher University of Bologna Core Faculty
Magalì is a post-doctoral researcher and member of the Yunus Social Business Center of the University of Bologna. She graduated with honors in economics in March 2012 at the University of Trento. She obtained her doctoral degree in Law and Economics in July 2016 at the University of Turin – Collegio Carlo Alberto. She was visiting PhD in the United States at the Cornell Law School. She has been post-doctoral researcher at Politecnico of Milan (Italy) until September 2019. Her researches and publications cover business ethics topics and also the governance of enterprises, universities and innovation policies and include theoretical and empirical works. She also carries out research activities and follows projects with public and private institutions on research and innovation policies, social innovation and public policy evaluation with a focus on social impact issues and the relationship between governance and performance. She taught the Social Innovation course in the Master “Sustainability and Business Innovation” of The Bologna Business School. She is a member of the scientific committee of the EconomEtica Center on Business Ethics.
COURSES
Introduction to social innovation and concrete practices for transforming the organizational culture of sustainability from the reputational to the productive area.
Sustainability and Business InnovationSustainability Transition Management
The great social challenges of our time, incorporated into the 2030 agenda of the United Nations through the objectives of sustainable development and the crisis of modern capitalism based on maximum shareholder value, require a change of course in traditional business models and put the issue of corporate sustainability back at the centre. In this context, a new model of entrepreneurship is emerging where companies respond to social problems through new models, methods and products and services combining the objectives of economic and financial performance with the pursuit of a positive social impact. The module addresses the main concepts, approaches and practices to understand the main forms of social innovation and their impact on production and organisational processes and the effects on the reputation of enterprises.
Sustainability Transition Management (Part-time)This course explores the ethical, social responsibility, and governance challenges facing businesses and individuals today and how individuals and firms can address those challenges. The course aims to enhance the skills and expertise of participants through combining an examination of ethical, social responsibility, corporate governance and managerial theory with a discussion of common ethical, sustainability, and governance problems in
different contexts. The course material includes individual moral theory, stakeholder theory, theories of corporate governance, and the development of ethical organizational culture. The course also covers the development and evaluation of ethical, governance, and sustainability management systems designed to respond to ethical, governance, and sustainability challenges. The course also includes many discussions regarding current major trends, challenges, and opportunities in the field of ethical business, corporate governance, and social responsibility. Finally, the course covers how business ethics, social responsibility, and corporate governance affect society at large by impeding or fostering the achievement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
