Dr Julia ROLOFF

Full Professor

Department : Management and Organisation

Nationalities :

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