Dr Mick Blowfield

Dr Mick Blowfield

mick.blowfield [at] smithschool.ox.ac.uk

Mick Blowfield is head of the Private Sector Transformation research area at the Smith School. Mick has worked as an academic and consultant in the field of corporate social and environmental responsibility with a particular focus on the socio-political context of corporate responsibility, and the role of business in society. Building on extensive experience in international development, including living and working in twenty different countries, he began a critical examination of corporate responsibility in global supply chains in the late 1990s. He was principal investigator and programme manager for a portfolio of government and corporate-funded projects that analyzed the field of corporate responsibility in the context of developing countries. More recently he has worked with CEOs and other senior executives on the role of business as change agent in 21st century society. His current focus is business as an agent of change in the context of climate change.

As well as a number of policy papers for the UK government, the European Commission, the United Nations, and the World Bank, Mick has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals for business and development audiences, and his Corporate Responsibility: A Critical Introduction was published by Oxford University Press in 2008. He is also a Teaching Fellow at London Business School and a Visiting Professor at Middlesex Business School.

Website: http://www.sseechange.com

Recent activity:

3rd May 2012

Dr Blowfield’s new book, entitled ‘Business and Sustainability’ is now available to purchase, through Oxford University Press.

13th July 2011

Dr Blowfield was one of the invited experts, chosen from business, government, academia and civil society to participate in the Energy Opportunities Brainstorm around the threat of emissions from transport.

http://www.energyopportunities.tv/Smarter-Mobility/Live-Event-London

Recent publications:

Brown, S., Chilcott, M., Carmichael, B. 2 Degrees: White Paper Series, Sustainable Competitive Advantage – The 4th Economic Revolution: Unavoidable, opportunity, 2011.

Blowfield, M.E. & Murray, A. (2011) Corporate Responsibility.  Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-958107-8

Blowfield, M.E. “Climategate leads nowhere”, Business Strategy Review, Summer 2010

Blowfield M.E. (2010) Business and poverty – bridging the divide. In Rentdorff, J.E. (ed.) Power and Principle in the Market Place.  Ashgate.

Blowfield, M.E. and Dolan, C.S. (2010) Outsourcing governance: Fairtrade’s message for C21 global governance, Corporate Governance, Vol. 10 Iss: 4, pp.484 – 499

Blowfield, M.E. & Dolan, C.S. (2010) Fairtrade facts and fancies: what Kenyan Fairtrade tea tells us about business’ role as development agent. Journal of Business Ethics.

Blowfield, M.E. (2010) Business, corporate responsibility, and poverty. In: Utting & Marques (eds.) Business and Poverty. Palgrave MacMillan.