Teaching
- Corporate Social Responsibility (PGE)
- Business Ethics (IBPM)
- Managing Sustainability (EMBA)
- Advanced Qualitative Methodology (Doctoral Studies)
Qualifications
- Doctorate in Social Sciences, International Graduate School Zittau, Germany
- Diplom in Sociology, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Service
Service to the Community
- 1992 – 1993
Seventh Day Adventist School Mattru, Sierra Leone, Volunteer Primary school teacher
Honours/Awards Award
- 2008
Academy of Management Annual Meetings. Best review SIM section
- 1995-1999
Evangelisches Studienwerk e.V. Villigst
Editor: Academic PRJ
- 2014
- Journal of Business Ethics, Section Editor for Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise.
The Journal of Business Ethics is part of the Financial Time, FNEGE, CRNS and ABS journal lists. It publishes 7 volumes per year, 4 issues per volume.
Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise
Articles submitted to this section should focus on expanding our understanding beyond the multinational enterprise to include organisations of different, clearly defined, organisational size and those with primarily social objectives. Research articles which focus on (social) entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial process are also invited as are articles addressing small businesses within supply chains. All submissions are expected to draw from and build on relevant literatures from across disciplinary divides, for example the small business, social enterprise and entrepreneurship literature as well as business ethics and social responsibility. High quality empirical papers (both quantitative and qualitative) and theoretical pieces are all welcome.
Other Professional Service Activities
- 2003 – 2012
Talks at Banz, Facilitator of the Talks at Banz which are the Annual Stakeholder Dialog forum of the PUMA AG.
Presentation
- 2013
ESC Rennes, Rennes, France.
Pedagogical Lunch on the use of TurnItIn for giving feedback to students
Reviewer: Ad Hoc Reviewer for a Journal
- 2010
International Journal of Workplace Health Management
- 2010
Building Research & Information
- 2009
Business & Society
- 2003 – 2007
Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik
Reviewer: Conference Paper
- 2007
EABIS 16th Annual Colloquium, Barcelona, Spain
Research interests
- Business Ethics
- Stakeholder Management
- Social Standards in Supply Chains
- Social Change
Work experience
Academic
- Full Professor, Rennes School of Business, Organisation and Management Academic Area (September, 2019 – Present)
- Head of Organization and Management Academic Area, Rennes School of Business, (February 2019 – February 2020)
- Associate Professor, Rennes School of Business, Organisation and Management Academic Area (September, 2009 – September, 2019)
- Head of the Center for Responsible Business (October 2013 – December 2018)
- Assistant Professor, ESC Rennes School of Business, Organisation and Management Department (March, 2007 – September, 2009).
- Academic Teaching and Research, Social Science Department of the International Graduate School Zittau (Internationales Hochschulinstitut Zittau) (May, 2000 – August, 2006).
- Research Assistant, Christoph-Dornier-Foundation for Clinical Psychology, Institute (February, 2000 – April, 2000).
- Consultant, Lebenshilfe für Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung, Kreisvereinigung Gießen (December, 1999 – February, 2000).
Intellectual contributions
Refereed Articles Discipline-Based Scholarship
Surviving or Solidarity? Crisis Responses of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Authors:Roloff; J. Published in:Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12537 Date:2023
Athletes’ self-representation on Instagram and the implications of nudity on their brand image.
Authors:Dakroub, R., Roloff, J., & Issa, H. Published in:The International Journal of Sport and Society. 14 (1): 173-192 Date:2022
Business Versus Ethics? Thoughts on the Future of Business Ethics.
Authors:Dacin, M.T., Harrison, J.S., Hess, D., Killian, S, Roloff, J. Published in:Journal of Business Ethics; 180(3): 879 – 902 Date:2022
Protecting environment or people? Pitfalls and merits of informal labor in the Congolese recycling industry
Authors:Roloff, J., Longondjo Etambakonga, C. Published in:Journal of Business Ethics Volume 161, pp. 815–834 Date:2020
Null Findings, Replications, and Pre-Registered Studies in Business Ethics Research
Authors:Roloff, J., Zyphur, M.J. Published in:Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 160(3), pp. 609-619 Date:2019
Non-Wage Benefits, Corporate Ownership and Firm Performance in Post-Communist Economies: Evidence from Ukraine
Authors:Michelotti, M., Vocino, A., Gahan, P., Roloff, J. Published in:International Journal of Human Resource Management , Vol. 28, N° 20, pp. 2861-2892 Date:2017
Stakeholder dialogue: strategic tool or wasted words?
Authors:Guibert, L., Roloff, J. Published in:Journal of Business Strategy, Vol 38, 2017 issue 5, pp 3-11 Date:2017
Suppliers as Stewards? Managing Social Standards at First and Second Tier Suppliers.
Authors:Aßländer, M.S., Roloff, J., Nayir, D.Z. Published in:Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 139, (2016), pp. 661-683 Date:2016
The supplier perspective: forging strong partnerships with buyers
Authors:Roloff, Julia, Michael S. Aßländer, and Dilek Zamantili Nayir Published in:Journal of Business Strategy Date:2015
The Link between Legitimacy and Responsibility. The Case of DeBeers in Namibia.
Authors:Claasen, C. & Roloff, J. Published in:Journal of Business Ethics Date:2012
Meilenstein oder Fußnote auf dem Weg zur gesellschaftlich verantwortungsvollen Unternehmung?
Authors:Roloff, J Published in:Zur Bedeutung des Leitfadens ISO 26000. Forum Wirtschaftsethik, 19 (1), 29/40. Date:2011
Corporate Autonomy and Buyer-Supplier Relationships: The Case of Unsafe Mattel Toys.
Authors:Roloff, J Published in:Journal of Business Ethics Date:2010
Endangering Social and Economic Sustainability: Supplier Management in the Automobile Industry
Authors:Aßländer, M. S. & Roloff, J. Published in:International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management, 2 (3), 256-273. Date:2010
Corporate Responsibility in Sport Combating Doping at the Tour de France.
Authors:Blumrodt, J. & Roloff, J Published in:Cahier de la Recherche de l'ISC Paris Date:2009
Krise in der Krise. Der Überlebenskampf europäischer Automobilzulieferer.
Authors:Aßländer, M. S. & Roloff, J Published in:Forum Wirtschaftsethik Date:2009
A life cycle model of multi-stakeholder networks.
Authors:Roloff, J Published in:Journal of Business Ethics Date:2008
Learning from Multi-Stakeholder Networks: Issue-Focused Stakeholder Management
Authors:Roloff, J. Published in:Journal of Business Ethics Date:2008
Business as Usual. Der deutsche und französische Beitrag zur Korrumpierung des Oil for Food-Programms
Authors:Roloff, J Published in:Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik, 8 (3), 299-314. Date:2007
Refereed Proceedings Discipline-Based Scholarship
From start-up to market leader: Google’s, Facebook’s and Twitter’s legitimacy discourse in the media
Authors:Roloff, J., Piepenbrink, A. Published in:83rd AOM, Boston, USA, 2-8 August 2023 Date:2023
The two faces of routines: Combating and enabling process failure.
Authors:Roloff, J., Longondjo, C. Published in:83rd AOM, Boston, USA, 2-8 August 2023 Date:2023
The people versus the algorithm: stakeholders and ai accountability.
Authors:Roloff, J., Arsenyan, J. Published in:82nd AOM, Seattle, USA, 4-10 August 2022 Date:2022
Google, Facebook and Twitter defining and defending their legitimacy in the media.
Authors:Roloff, J., Piepenbrink, A. Published in:11th Trans-Atlantic Business Ethics Conference (TABEC), Vienna, Austria, 5-7 May 2022 Date:2022
Seeking and Exercising power ? Google, facebook and twitter defining and defending their legitimacy in the media
Authors:Seeking and Exercising power ? Google, facebook and twitter defining and defending their legitimacy in the media Published in:EGOS, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, July 2019 Date:2019
They are impossible to talk to. The value of stakeholders civic capabilities to companies.
Authors:Roloff, Julia Published in:Academy of Management Specialized Conference (AOM), Boston, United States of America, August 2019 Date:2019
Multi-Stakeholder Networks: An Issue-Centred Stakeholder Approach
Authors:Roloff, Julia Published in:Research Conference of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN), Vienna, Austria, September 2018 Date:2018
Dictators or Democats: How do online service providers address their political CSR?
Authors:Roloff, Julia, Anke Piepenbrink Published in:78th Academy of Management Annual Meeting , Chicago, United States of America, August 2018 Date:2018
Political corporates in cyberspace
Authors:Roloff, Julia, Anke Piepenbrink Published in:EBEN, Athens, Greece, September 2017 Date:2017
The role of managerial and organizational cognition on business model design
Authors:Béatrix-Barbier, C., Schneckenberg, D., Roloff, J. & Noblet, L. Published in:Academy of Management 2016 Annual Conference, Anaheim, USA, August 2016 Date:2016
Innovating the brand image of professional football clubs by communicating CSR: The case of the French First League.
Authors:Roloff, Julia and Jens Blumrodt. Published in:6th ISBEE World Congress, Shanghai, China, July 2016 Date:2016
Innovating how we study the link between corporate social and financial performance
Authors:Roloff, Julia and Renauld Mc Gilchrist. Published in:6th ISBEE World Congress, Shanghai, China, July 2016 Date:2016
How to build ethical capacities in organizations : the example of Anit corruption Management at Siemens
Authors:Aßländer, M., Roloff, J. Published in:EBEN Annual Conference, Istanbuk, Turkey, June 2015 Date:2015
Learning ethical behavior on the job: an aristotelian approach
Authors:Aßländer, M., Roloff, J. Published in:Society of Business Ethics Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, August 2015 Date:2015
A Bayesian belief network exploring relationships between corporate environmental, social and governance performance
Authors:Roloff, Julia and Renauld Mc Gilchrist. Published in:Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, August 2015 Date:2015
Unlearning Corruption: The Interplay of Ethical and dianoethic Virtues.
Authors:Roloff, Julia Published in:Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, August 2015 Date:2015
Public-Private Partnerships in the African extractive industry: Venues for empowerment or embezzlement?
Authors:Roloff, J., Claasen, C., & Weir, D Published in:29th EGOS Colloquium on the topic "Bridging Continents, Cultures and Worldviews Date:2013
Managing Businesses with a Strong Community Impact by Strengthening Stakeholder Ties
Authors:Roloff, J. & Boutilier, R Published in:Annual Research Conference of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN). Date:2011
Organization of a Special Track on ISO26000. Symposium on Social Responsibility
Authors:Roloff, J Published in:Entrepreneurship and the Common Good in Rennes, France, 17 Jan. 2010. Date:2010
Boundaries of Responsibility, Corporate Ownership and Social Standards in Transition Economies: Evidence from Ukraine.
Authors:Roloff, J., Hultén, P., & Michelotti, M Published in:Annual Research Conference of the European Business Ethics Network EBEN Date:2010
Best of Class or Smallest Common Denominator? Symposium on Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship and the Common Good.
Authors:Roloff, J Published in:Entrepreneurship and the Common Good. Date:2010
Endangering social and economic sustainability: supply chain management in the automobile industry
Authors:Aßländer, M. S. & Roloff, J Published in:Academy of Management Annual Meetings. Date:2009
Political Responsibility in Public-Private Joint Ventures. The Example of the Diamond Mining Industry in Botswana
Authors:Claasen, C. & Roloff, J. Published in:Academy of Management Annual Meetings. Date:2009
Autonomy as a Prerequisite for Corporate Responsibility. Annual Research Conference of the European Business Ethics Network
Authors:Aßländer, M. S. & Roloff, J Published in:Annual Research Conference of the European Business Ethics Network Date:2009
Drivers and Brakes for Corporate Responsibility. A Comparison of German and French SME.
Authors:Roloff, J., Hudson, S., Klein, S., & Vorbohle, K Published in:A Comparison of German and French SME. USE2009. Date:2009
L'industrie du sport et la RSE ; l'Exemple du sport spectacle professionnel. C
Authors:Roloff, J. & Blumrodt, J. Published in:Conférence internationale sur la responsabilité sociale des Entreprises, RIODD, Agadir, Maroc, February 26-28. Date:2009
Buyer-Supplier-Conflicts in the Automotive Industry – A Failure of Governance Structures?
Authors:Aßländer, M. S. & Roloff, J Published in:Annual Research Conference of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN). Date:2009
Autonomy in Buyer-Supplier Relationships. Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management.
Authors:Roloff, J. & Aßländer, M Published in:Proceedings of the Academy of Management Date:2008
Autonomy in Buyer-Supplier Relationships.
Authors:Aßländer, M. S. & Roloff, J. Published in:Academy of Management Annual Meetings. Date:2008
Divided by Compliance and Non-Compliance: The Clothing Industry after the Introduction of Social and Environmental Standards.
Authors:Roloff, J. Published in:Fourth International Society of Business, Economics and Ethics (ISBEE) World Congress 2008. Date:2008
Autonomy in Corporate Partnerships.
Authors:Aßländer, M. S. & Roloff, J. Published in:Annual Research Conference of the European Business Ethics Network Date:2008
Autonomy in Corporate Partnerships
Authors:Aßländer, M. S. & Roloff, J Published in:Annual Research Conference of the European Business Ethics Network Date:2008
Corporate Responsibility in Sport. Combating Doping at the Tour de France.
Authors:Blumrodt, J. & Roloff, J Published in:Réseau Internationale de Recherche sur les Organisations et le Développement Durable (RIODD). Date:2008
Business as Usual. Der deutsche und französische Beitrag zur Korrumpierung des Oil for Food-Programms. Jahrestagung des Deutschen Netzwerks Wirtschaftsethik
Authors:Roloff, J Published in:Jahrestagung des Deutschen Netzwerks Wirtschaftsethik - EBEN Germany. Date:2007
Financing Saddam Hussein. French and German Companies in the Oil-for-Food Scandal.
Authors:Roloff, J Published in:Annual Research Conference of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN). Date:2007
Corporations and Stakeholders between Conflict and Collaboration. Managing Social and Environmental Concerns.
Authors:Roloff, J Published in:European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) 6th Annual Colloquium. Date:2007
Books, Monographs, Compilations, Manuals Book
Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship and the Common Good
Authors:Bonanni, C., Lepineux, F., & Roloff, J Published in:Palgrave Macmillan Date:2011
Sozialer Wandel durch deliberative Prozesse. Die Einführung von Sozialstandards in marokkanischen Textilunternehmen
Authors:Roloff, J Published in:Metripolis Verlag Date:2006
Chapters, Cases, Readings, Supplements Chapter
19 Public Private Partnerships und Multistakeholder-Initiativen
Authors:Roloff, J. Published in:In Assländer (Ed) Handbuch Wirtschaftsethik, 2., aktualisierte und erweiterte Aufl. 2022. 2022; 837 pages J.B. Metzler. ISBN 978-3-476-05805-8 Date:2022
49 Social Audits
Authors:Roloff, J. Published in:In Assländer (Ed) Handbuch Wirtschaftsethik, 2., aktualisierte und erweiterte Aufl. 2022. 2022; 837 pages J.B. Metzler. ISBN 978-3-476-05805-8 Date:2022
62 Benefit Corporation und Social Entrepreneurship
Authors:Roloff, J. Published in:In Assländer (Ed) Handbuch Wirtschaftsethik, 2., aktualisierte und erweiterte Aufl. 2022. 2022; 837 pages J.B. Metzler. ISBN 978-3-476-05805-8 Date:2022
87 Micro-Credits.
Authors:Roloff, J. Published in:In Assländer (Ed) Handbuch Wirtschaftsethik, 2., aktualisierte und erweiterte Aufl. 2022. 2022; 837 pages J.B. Metzler. ISBN 978-3-476-05805-8 Date:2022
Sector-specific Corporate Responsibility in France.
Authors:Roloff, J. Published in:Corporate Responsibility in Europe. Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung. Date:2013
Sozialstandards", In Aßländer, Michael S.
Authors:Roloff, J. Published in:Handbuch Wirtschaftsethik. Stuttgart, Germany: J.B. Metzler. Date:2011
Public Private Partnerships und Multistakeholder-Initiativen
Authors:Roloff, J Published in:Handbuch Wirtschaftsethik. Stuttgart, Germany: J.B. Metzler. Date:2011
Ethics in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
Authors:Hudson, S. & Roloff, J Published in:Search of Sustainability? SMEs in Brittany, France, (pp. 193 – 214). Springer. Date:2010
Public-Private Joint Ventures in the Diamond Mining Industry: Development at the Expense of the Environment?
Authors:Roloff, J. & Classen, C. Published in:In Urbaniec, Maria, Stec, Piotr & Dolata, Stanisław (Eds.) Partnerstwo Publiczno-Prywatne Jako Instrument Rozwoju Zrównowaźonego, (pp. 273-284). Częstochowa, Poland: Wydawnictwo „Educator'. Date:2009
Idealism, compliance or cooperation – Why do Breton SMEs engage in corporate social responsibility?
Authors:Hudson, S. & Roloff, J Published in:In Urbaniec, Maria & Halavach, Ema (Eds.) Wdraźanie Rozwoju Zrównowaźnoego: Strategie I Instrumenty, (pp. 227-239). Częstochowa, Poland: Wydawnictwo „Educator'. Date:2008
Presentations of Refereed Papers International
Suppliers as Stewards – Managing Social Standards at First and Second Tier Suppliers.
Authors:Roloff, J., Aßländer, M., & Zamantili Nayir, D Published in:Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida. Date:2013
The challenge of measuring the social licence to operate: Comparing narrations and scales collected from African mining stakeholders.
Authors:Roloff, J., Claasen, C., & Acheampong, G Published in:33rd Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Date:2013
Measuring the social licence to operate: Exploring validity and reliability by triangulating qualitative and quantitative data.
Authors:Roloff, J. & Claasen, C Published in:26th Annual Conference of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) on the topic "License to operate", Lille, France. Date:2013
Towards a Concept of Political Responsability.
Authors:Roloff, J. Published in:Conference, September 15-17,2011, Antwerp, Belgium. Date:2011
The Link Between Legitimacy and Responsibility. European Academy of Business in Society
Authors:Roloff, J. & Claasen, C. Published in:10th Annual Colloquium, Fontainebleau, France. Date:2011
Managing Businesses with a Strong Community Impact by Strengthening Stakeholder Ties.
Authors:Roloff, J. & Boutilier, R Published in:Annual Research Conference of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN), Antwerp, Belgium. Date:2011
Boundaries of Responsibility, Corporate Ownership and Social Standards in Transition Economies: Evidence from Ukraine
Authors:Roloff, J., Hultén, P., & Michelotti, M Published in:Annual Research Conference of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN), Tampere, Finland. Date:2010
Best of Class or Smallest Common Denominator? Symposium on Social Responsibility
Authors:Roloff, J. Published in:Entrepreneurship and the Common Good, Rennes, France. Date:2010
Endangering social and economic sustainability: supply chain management in the automobile industry
Authors:Aßländer, M. S. & Roloff, J. Published in:Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Chicago, Illinois. Date:2009
Buyer-Supplier-Conflicts in the Automotive Industry – A Failure of Governance Structures?
Authors:Aßländer, M. S. & Roloff, J. Published in:Annual Research Conference of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN), Beer-Sheva, Israel. Date:2009
Autonomy as a Prerequisite for Corporate Responsibility.
Authors:Aßländer, M. S. & Roloff, J. Published in:Annual Research Conference of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN), Athens, Greece Date:2009
Political Responsibility in Public-Private Joint Ventures. The Example of the Diamond Mining Industry in Botswana
Authors:Claasen, C. & Roloff, J Published in:Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Chicago, Illinois. Date:2009
Drivers and Brakes for Corporate Responsibility.
Authors:Roloff, J., Hudson, S., Klein, S., & Vorbohle, K. Published in:A Comparison of German and French SME. USE2009, Helsingør, Denmark. Date:2009
Autonomy in Buyer-Supplier Relationships.
Authors:Aßländer, M. S. & Roloff, J Published in:Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Anaheim, California Date:2008
Autonomy in Corporate Partnerships
Authors:Aßländer, M. S. & Roloff, J. Published in:Research Conference of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN), Lille, France Date:2008
Corporate Responsibility in Sport. Combating Doping at the Tour de France. R
Authors:Blumrodt, J. & Roloff, J. Published in:Réseau Internationale de Recherche sur les Organisations et le Développement Durable (RIODD), Lyon, France Date:2008
Divided by Compliance and Non-Compliance: The Clothing Industry after the Introduction of Social and Environmental Standards.
Authors:Roloff, J Published in:Fourth International Society of Business, Economics and Ethics (ISBEE) World Congress 2008, Cape Town, South Africa. Date:2008
Financing Saddam Hussein. French and German Companies in the Oil-for-Food Scandal.
Authors:Roloff, J Published in:Annual Research Conference of the European Business Ethics Network Date:2007
Corporations and Stakeholders between Conflict and Collaboration. Managing Social and Environmental Concerns
Authors:Roloff, J Published in:European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) 6th Annual Colloquium, Barcelona, Spain Date:2007
National
Public-Private Partnerships in the African extractive industry: Venues for empowerment or embezzlement?
Authors:Claasen, C., Roloff, J., & Weir, D. Published in:29th EGOS Colloquium on the topic, Montréal, Canada. Date:2013
Corporate Responsibility in Sport. Combating Doping at the Tour de France.
Authors:Blumrodt, J. & Roloff, J Published in:Réseau Internationale de Recherche sur les Organisations et le Développement Durable (RIODD), Lyon, France Date:2008
Corporate Responsibility and Sport Sponsoring. Fighting Doping at the Tour de France.
Authors:Roloff, J. & Blumrodt, J Published in:Second Annual Conference of the French section of the European Business Ethics Network, Paris, France Date:2008
Research Reports
Corporate Responsibility through Self- and Co-regulation., submitted to Bertelsmann Stiftung.
Authors:Bertelsmann Stiftung, B., Published in:Bertelsmann Stiftung Date:2013
