Racial justice and social theory
The second webinar in the 2021 Series of Racial Justice at the Intersection of Business and Society.
12 February 2021
About this event
The second webinar in the 2021 Series of Racial Justice at the Intersection of Business and Society was organised by the Racial Justice Committee, Social Issues in Management (SIM) Division, Academy of Management.
The event was hosted by:
- Dr Paul T. Harper (University of Pittsburgh)
- Dr Cristina Neesham (Newcastle University Business School)
The webinar included three presentations from world-renowned academics:
- Rabbi Gideon Pogrund (University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science): Insights and Perspectives from South Africa
- Dr Smriti Sharma (Newcastle University Business School): Caste in India: Where are we today?
- Dr Paul T. Harper (University of Pittsburgh): A primer on racial justice and philosophical business ethics
The aim of this series was “to expand the conversation of race and identity in the business academy…[and] to spur novel ideas for the development of new research programs and innovative pedagogical and practitioner approaches” (SIM Racial Justice Committee, 2021).