Responsibility and Regulation (R&R)

Consistent with the social justice mission of the wider Open University, the Faculty of Business & Law places significant emphasis on the wider responsibilities of managers and other professionals. This research centre integrates wide ranging research on legal, financial, ethical, social and environmental responsibilities and includes, among others, the following areas: social marketing and marketing ethics (ISM-Open); the surveillance society (CRISP); corporate social responsibility; sustainable enterprise; ethical aspects of taxation; surveillance; financial and accounting regulation; financial markets; and development of people’s financial capabilities. It also includes research on human rights law; corporate manslaughter; medical law; and the law and regulation relating to children and families. The Responsibility and Regulation theme links into related academic networks and themes across the Open University, such as the environment research theme, behavioural economics and research into financial capabilities and history. It also links to related research networks beyond the Open University in the wider academic sector, as well as professional bodies and institutes.

Centre directors

• Professor Jane Frecknall-Hughes (The Open University Business School)
• Dr Anja Schaefer (The Open University Business School)

Centre members

• Dr Kirstie Ball
  Reader in Surveillance and Organisation
• Professor Chris Cornforth
  Professor of Organisational Governance and Management
• Professor Elizabeth Daniel
  Professor in Information Management
• Professor Sally Dibb
  Professor in Marketing
• Dr Fiona Harris
  Lecturer in Management
• Dr Jacky Holloway
  Senior Lecturer in Management
• Dr Richard Holti
  Senior Lecturer in Human Resources Management
• Ms Maureen Meadows
  Senior Lecturer in Management
• Dr Terry O'Sullivan
  Senior Lecturer in Management and Head of the Department for Strategy and Marketing
• Professor Rob Paton
  Professor in Social Enterprise
• Dr Kristen Reid
  Lecturer in Work Based Learning
• Professor Janette Rutterford
  Professor of Financial Management
• Dr Keith Spiller
  Post Doctoral Research Associate
• Professor John Storey
  Professor in Human Resource Management
• Dr Carien van Mourik
  Lecturer in Accounting
• Dr Nik Winchester
  Lecturer in Management

Current projects

Current research degrees

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