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• Across Borders: A More Personal Presentation

Research

• General Presentation of my Academic Research
• Papers on the Foundations of Measurement
• Papers on Ethical Rationality
• Papers on Business Ethics
• A Model of Rational Behavior Combining Processes and Consequences
• List of Published Academic Papers

Teaching

• Dream your way to success
• Summer School on the Precautionary Principle
• Teaching Intention

• Undergraduate Level
  • UPF: International Business Policy: An Ethical Perspective
    • Grading of Lectures’ Assignment
    • Business, Ethics and Profit: Economic Approaches (Lecture 3 with Discussion, May 8, 2017)
    • Science, Ideology and Propaganda (Seminar 5 with Debate, May 10, 2017)
    • Guest Lecture on the Environment (Monday 15th of May 2017)
    • Thinking our Natural Environment (Experiential Seminar with Discussion, May 17, 2017)
    • Marketing Practices: The Tobacco Business (Lecture 5 with Video & Discussion, May 22, 2017)
    • Business and Global Environmental Issues: The Oil Industry and Climate Change (Seminar 7 with Discussion, May 24, 2017)
    • Financial and/or Ethical Crisis: Values and the Future of Business (Lecture 6: Lecture, May 29, 2017)
    • Global Labor Markets: Child Labor in Asia (Seminar 8 with Case Study and Discussion, May 31, 2017)
    • Corruption & Obedience (Case Study and Discussion) (Seminar 9, June 7, 2017)
    • We Dream Business (Lecture 7 with Students’ Presentations, June 12, 2017)
    • Dreaming and Deciding your life (Seminar 10, discussion with experiential exercise, June 14, 2017)
    • Essay methodology for critical thinking and writing
    • Conclusion and Sharing of Key Learning (Seminar 10 with Discussion, June 14, 2017)
    • Ideas for WeDreamBusiness.Org
    • Guidelines for Groups’ Presentation
    • Introduction: Is Business Ethical? (Lecture 1, April 3, 2017)
    • Expressing your opinion (Seminar 1, April 5, 2017)
    • Goals and Success: the Parable of the Sadhu (Seminar 2, April 19, 2017)
    • Corporate Social Responsibility: The Bhopal Gas Tragedy (Lecture 2 with Video, Case Study & Discussion, April 24, 2017)
    • Social vs. Legal Responsibility: What should Dow Chemical do? (Seminar 3, April 26, 2017)
    • International Business and National Politics: Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (Seminar 4 with Case Study and Discussion, May 3, 2017)
  • UPF: Seminars of Strategic Management I
    • BNP Paribas and 2014 US sanctions
    • Business Europe
    • Fairphone
    • Fairphone: much more than a fair phone
    • Gamesa
    • GSK and the Chinese Bribery Case
    • HP Buying Autonomy
    • La Fageda
    • Lenovo buying IBM’s PC Division
    • Open Source Ecology
    • Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
    • Seminar Group 101: Wednesday 9.00 - 10.30
    • Seminar Group 102: Wednesday 13.00 - 14.30
    • Seminar Group 103: Wednesday 14.30 - 16.00
    • Seminar Group 201: Thursday 10.30 - 12.00
    • Seminar Group 202: Wednesday 12.00 - 13.30
    • Seminar Group 203: Wednesday 13.30 - 15.00
    • Tesla Motors
    • The Debian Project and the Linux Foundation
• Master Level
  • Barcelona Graduate School of Economics: Health and Ethics
    • Why the ethics debate? Managerialism in health systems. April 13, 9:00-11:00
    • Alternative Ethical strategies for Global Health in Developing Countries. June 15, 9:00-11:00
    • Actors in health care systems. April 26, 16:00-18:00
    • The politics of health care networks. April 27, 9:00-11:00
    • Policy making: Problem definition and power. May 4, 9:00-11:00
    • Agenda setting and policy decision making. May 10, 15:00-17:00
    • From Economic Rationality to Ethical Rationality. May 11, 9:00-11:00
    • Ethics in Pharmaceutical Sales. May 25, 9:00-11:00
    • The Nature of Scientific Evidence: Freedom and Precaution. June 1, 9:00-11:00
    • Global Health Institutions and Business Influence. June 8, 9:00-11:00
    • Students Projects: Ethics and Health
      • Call for Students Projects: Business Models for the Metronomics Global Health Initiative
      • Bibliographic References on New Business Models
      • New Business Models for Global Health in developing countries
      • New financing modes for global health in developing countries
      • New institutional actors for Global Health in Developing Countries
      • Strategic analysis of anti-cancer treatments in developing countries
      • Strategic analysis of Metronomic Anti-Cancer therapies in Developing Countries
  • LISBON MBA 2012
    • Fear – Failure - Fortitude
    • Values – Ethics - Decisions
  • Shanghai 2012: IMBA at Jiao Tong University: Values, Ethics and Business Decisions
    • Introduction: Why Ethics in Business? (October 1, 2012)
    • Opportunities for Ethical Business & Conclusions (October 11, 2012)
    • Corporate Social Responsibility: The Bhopal Gas Tragedy (Video, Case Study & Discussion) (October 2nd, 2012)
    • Business, Ethics and Profit: Economic Approaches (October 3rd, 2012)
    • Goals and Success: the Parable of the Sadhu (October 4, 2012)
    • The Individual, Business and Corruption: The Changmaï Case (October 5, 2012)
    • Marketing Practices: The Tobacco Business (October 8, 2012)
    • Business and Global Environmental Issues: The Oil Industry and Climate Change (October 9, 2012)
    • Financial Crisis and the Role of Money (October 10, 2012)
    • Grading of Assignments - IMBA at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    • Guidelines to Groups’ Presentations - IMBA at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • UPF - BSM: Mastering your Thesis
    • Trim 1 - Class 1: Starting the Search- Nov 22, 2012
    • Trim 1 - Class 2: Starting the Search (2)- Dec 5, 2012
    • Trim 2 - Class 3 & 4: An Inspiring and Convincing Subject (1) - January 7 & 11 2013
    • Trim 2 - Class 9, 10, 11 & 12: A Relevant Research Question & Some method January 28, February 1st, 4, 8
    • Trim 2 - Class 5, 6, 7 & 8: An Inspiring and Convincing Subject (2) - January 14, 18, 21st, 25th 2013
    • Trim 2 - Class 8 & 9: A Method to Learn
  • UPF - BSM: Rationality and Ethical Values in Management
    • Introduction: Is Business Ethical? Monday 8th of April 2013
    • Global Labor Markets: Child Labor in Asia (Role Play and Discussion) Friday 10th of May 2013
    • Combining Ethics and Profits in a New Ethical Business: The WeDreamBusiness Initiative (Monday 13th of May 2013)
    • The Internet and Multi-jurisdictional Compliance: Yahoo! on trial (Case Study and Discussion) Friday 17th of May 2013
    • Communication in Ethical Crisis: Who Won the Danone Boycott? (Case Study and Discussion) Friday 24th of June 2013
    • Technological Risks: Monsanto and Genetically Modified Organisms (Video, Role Play and Discussion) Monday 27th of May 2013
    • Financial Crisis and the Role of Money (Friday 31st of May 2013)
    • WeDreamBusiness Presentations (Monday 3rd and Friday 7th of June, 2013)
    • Conclusions with Key Learning
    • Global Business and the Environment: The Trade of Toxic Waste (Video & Discussion) Friday 12th of April 2013
    • Corporate Social Responsibility: The Bhopal Gas Tragedy (Video, Case Study & Discussion) Monday 15th of April, 2013
    • Business, Ethics and Profit: Economic Approaches (Group work & Discussion) Friday 19th of April 2013
    • Ethics and Behavior: Philosophical Approaches (Discussion & Lecture) Monday 22nd of April 2013
    • Goals, Processes and Rationality: A Parable and a Framework (Video, Case Study & Lecture) Friday 26th of April 2013
    • International Business and National Politics: Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (Group Work and Discussion) Monday 29th of April 2013
    • Marketing Practices: The Tobacco Business (Video & Discussion) Friday 3rd of May 2013
    • Business and Global Environmental Issues: The Oil Industry and Climate Change (Case Study, Group Work and Role Play) Monday 6th of May, 2013
  • BSM: Ethics and Sustainability Leadership
    • Introduction Session (Monday 3rd of April 2017)
    • Who are you? (Tuesday 4th of April, 2017)
    • Guest Lecture on the Environment (Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th of May, 2017)
    • Unethical Process and Unethical Business (Monday May 22 and Tuesday May 23rd , 2017)
    • Business Rational Unethical Behaviors (May 29th & 30st, 2017)
    • Business, Corruption and the Individual (Tuesday 6th of June, 2017)
    • Voicing your values (Thursday 8th of June 2017)
    • From Unethical Business to Ethical Selves: How to eat to be yourself? (Monday June 12th 2017)
    • Conclusion and sharing of key learning (Tuesday June 13, 2017)
    • Guest Speaker Aniol Brosa (April 18, 2017)
    • Values and Opinions (Monday 24th of April 2017)
    • The nature of ethical judgement (Tuesday 25th of April 2017)
    • Being, Thinking, Dreaming: The art of Learning (Tuesday 2nd of May, 2017)
    • Dreaming and Deciding your life (Thursday 4th of May, 2017)
    • Goals and Success (Monday 8 of May 2017)
    • Being Nature and Thinking Systemically (Tuesday May 9, 2017)
• Doctorate Level
• UPF Study Abroad
  • The Barcelona Leadership Journey towards Sustainability: Environmental, Social, Business and Inner Transformations
    • SPRING 2017_Class #10: Management Innovation & Gobernance
    • SPRING 2017_Class #11: Mid Term Exam
    • SPRING 2017_Class #12: Project Milestones #2
    • SPRING 2017_Class #13: Mindfullness & Leadership
    • SPRING 2017_Class #14 Dreaming Session
    • SPRING 2017_Class #15: Emotion of the Dark Side
    • SPRING 2017_Class #16: Humanity & Organization Evolution
    • SPRING 2017_Class #17: THE GREEN EXCHANGE
    • SPRING 2017_Class #18: Working Group II
    • SPRING 2017_Class #19: Project Milestones#3
    • SPRING 2017_Class #2: Course Introduction and Students presentation
    • SPRING 2017_Class #20: MILESTONE 3
    • SPRING 2017_Class #21: Final Exam & Course Celebration
    • SPRING 2017_Class #3: System Condition & State of the Earth
    • SPRING 2017_Class #4: Climate Change + Peak Oil
    • SPRING 2017_Class #5: Eco-system Services
    • SPRING 2017_Class #6: Circular Economy
    • SPRING 2017_Class #7: Smart City Case Studies
    • SPRING 2017_Class #8: Alternative Indicators + Emerging Worldview
    • SPRING 2017_Class #9: 5 Grade Sustainability Pilot Class
    • Resources and references on Business and Sustainability
    • SPRING 20XX_Class #21: Individual & Collective learning harvesting
    • SPRING 2018_Class #1: Course Introduction and Students presentation
• Executive Sessions
  • A Journey Through the Forest
  • Can you teach ethics to The Big Bank?
  • Compliance and the Grey Zone
  • Dreaming and Visioning
  • From Nightmares to Dreams
  • How to help business actors to apply the Precautionary Principle?
  • Nightmares, Dreams and Business Decisions : Teaching Values for Leadership Development
  • Reflections on Governance and the Africa Directors Program: at the forefront of responsible board practice?
  • Teaching Ethics to Chinese Executives
  • The Prince of Wales’s Business & Sustainability Programme: Brussels Nov. 2011
  • Values, Ethics and Business Decisions
• Coaching & Self-Development
  • Coaching and the mystery of existence
  • From global consciousness to local presence: searching for pathways

Websites

• WeDreamBusiness

Easy Pieces

• Can we prevent Policy Capture? Reflections about Public Interest in Business Decision-Making
• Can you be rational and ethical?
• Comment concilier responsabilité et compétitivité à l’heure de la mondialisation ?
• Corruption: Drawing a Line in the Grey Zone
• Ethical Risks: Identification, Mitigation and Transformation through Ethical Training
• Ethique et raison économique : à quoi rêvons-nous ?
• Faire enfin rimer éthique et économique
• Gaïa @ Rocklands: A Dream Project
• How can Business Schools continue to make people dream?
• Is Anti-Corruption Corrupted?
• Love, Ethics and Peace in Fashion
• Mort de Patrick Edlinger
• The 3 Principles of Wise Power
• The Ethics Challenge: Finding the courage
• The Key to Cultivating Agility in Decision Making
• The Wise Power of Utopian Thinking
• Thinking Ethics as a Grey Zone
• Three Inconvenient Truths about Corruption
• Violence and fear in Paris: a way forward
• What are Chinese MBA students dreaming about?

Events

• Angola: Searching for a new Spirit by Looking at the bright side
• Biased Representation of Subjective Values for Decision Models
• Business and Biodiversity: the Next Sustainability Challenge
• Immersed in Balinese Spirits: INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Conference 2012
• Late Lessons from Early Warnings: Why did industry not respond with precaution?
• Launching the Dream Business Institute!
• Management Conference 2007: Driving COWI Towards 2010
• Mesure des choses, valeurs des gens : la subjectivité aux fondements des sciences de la décision
• Nuclear Governance: Choices and Non‐Choices
• Open Forum about Management Teaching at UPF
• Sustainable decision making across generations –in business and beyond
• The Spirit and the Power of Money: A Creative Session at THNK

Ethical Business

• Foundation for a New Ethical Business
• Intergenerational Encounters on Dreaming Business
• Metronomics Global Health Initiative
• We Dream Business
• Ethical Business and Biodiversity