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Should unethical behavior lead to blacklisting of companies at CBS?
Emergency services group Falck has been reported to the Danish Fraud Squad for misusing their market position by spreading fake news about their competitor Bios and pushing them out of the market. Also, Falck had a booth at CBS’ career fair. Should CBS blacklist companies that behave badly?
20 Feb 2019
New CBS program wants female entrepreneurs to rise 🚀
Only 25 percent of Denmark’s entrepreneurs are women. The Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship wants to change this by encouraging women at CBS to take the leap and join their new entrepreneurial program, RISE. “It’s about time female entrepreneurs take the lead,” says the CEO of CSE.
19 Feb 2019
Demonstration against cutbacks on international study placements: Everyone seems to lose
A movement of students from across Denmark’s universities is coming together on April 17 to protest against government cutbacks on international study placements. A total of 1,000 – 1,200 study placements must go. “This will affect the quality of education,” says one of the organizing members. CBS’ student union, CBS Students, supports the cause.
15 Feb 2019
Seven words that describe CBS’ coming chairperson: Quirky, daring, buzzing…
CBS flair, defender, international bandwidth, the best. CBS WIRE asked representatives from CBS Students, the Academic Council, the Inclusion and Diversity Council, and a professor of management studies what CBS needs to look for in a new chairperson.
13 Feb 2019
CBS celebrates diversity and inclusion with drag show and workshop
At CBS’ first-ever Winter Pride, participants were asked to put on their norm-critical glasses and find solutions to inclusion- and diversity-related cases at the GenderLab workshop. And then some gorgeous drag queens showed up…
13 Feb 2019
The first step towards fighting climate change is: Recognition
Before we can act on the effects of climate change, we need to recognize them first, argues meteorologist Jesper Theilgaard. He’s been invited to CBS on February 14 by a group of students to talk about how we can help the climate in our day-to-day lives. Students can also get inspiration and input on how to tackle the issue through a series of five workshops.
12 Feb 2019
Danske Bank in the hot seat: Students and staff asked the scandal-ridden bank 50 questions
“We want to make the bank available and talk about what happened. Hopefully, people will see that we’re taking responsibility,” said the interim CEO of Danske Bank, Jesper Nielsen when he visited CBS on February 6. Students approve of the bank’s availability, but doubt whether it will restore the bank’s credibility. Is it just talk?
08 Feb 2019
If worse comes to worst, closing down EOK will lead to layoffs
An email about possible layoffs sent to staff at the Department of Management, Society and Communication is causing insecurity. The head of the department and the employee representative say that the layoff of “six to seven staff members” is unlikely. The Dean of Research says that it’s the last resort if the volume of tasks within CBS isn’t enough for the affected staff members.
06 Feb 2019
Legislation! A walk in the park to some, a labyrinth for others
When jumping into the world of entrepreneurship it can be difficult to figure out how to fill out an employment contract or patent the product you’re selling. That’s why a group of CBS law students and CBS LAW have joined forces to establish Erhvervsjuridisk Retshjælp. An organization that helps start-ups and small businesses navigate the jungle of commercial law.
05 Feb 2019
Setting all sails!
The newly merged Department of International Economics, Government and Business applied untraditional methods to their merger process. A team of five faculty members just competed in the European Rowing Indoor Championships. Next year they expect to enter at least two teams.
01 Feb 2019
Tommy Ahlers wants universities to create large companies. Ambitious? Yes! Realistic? Maybe
In ten years’ time, the Danish universities should have created ten companies - each with a total turnover of DKK 1 billion. This is the ambition of the Danish Minister for Higher Education and Science, Tommy Ahlers. The Dean of Research at CBS, a professor, and the CEO of Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship approve of this ambition, otherwise this precious knowledge risks being filed away out of sight.
31 Jan 2019
First report on sexual harassment among students at CBS calls for further action
For the first time ever, CBS has investigated sexual harassment in the study environment. A total of 429 out of 22,000 students replied to the survey, which concludes that 41% have experienced sexual harassment, and 82% don’t know where to get help at CBS. Co-author of the report and Professor at CBS, Sara Louise Muhr says that the results are alarming, and the report calls for further action from all sides within CBS.
30 Jan 2019
Per Holten-Andersen: We discussed terminating all collaboration with Danske Bank
"If CBS wasn’t bound by Danish law, we would have considered going further in terminating its collaboration with whitewash-hit Danske Bank," says Per Holten-Andersen in CBS WIRE’s podcast ‘Grade focus, foreign researchers and Danske Bank: A farewell from Per Holten-Andersen’.
30 Jan 2019