Research

Jacob Dahl Rendtorff, PhD and Dr. Scient. Adm. is professor of philosophy and ethics at the Department of Business and Social Sciences, Roskilde University, Denmark. Rendtorff’s research has a broad perspective on philosophy and ethics, philosophy of management and business philosophy, organization theory, management, responsibility, ethics and legitimacy of business firms and corporations, corporate social responsibility, business ethics, sustainability, bioethics and biolaw, human rights, political theory and philosophy of law. Rendtorff is educated in philosophy and political sciences in Copenhagen, Paris and Berlin, and he has been visiting professor in many universities (Utrecht, Rome, Freiburg, Boston, Stanford, Santa Clara, Louvain, Shanghai, Besancon, Paris, Tübingen, Oslo and Rennes). Rendtorff has written and edited books on issues of existentialism and hermeneutics, French philosophy (Sartre, Ricoeur, Derrida), ethics, bioethics, business ethics and philosophy of management as well as philosophy of law. Rendtorff’s recent publications are Encyclopedia of Stakeholder Management, Edward Elgar 2023, Handbook of Business Legitimacy, Springer 2020, Philosophy of Management and Sustainability, Emerald 2019, Cosmopolitan Business Ethics. Towards a Global Ethos of Management, Routledge 2017 and Stakeholder Theory a Model for Strategic Management, Springer 2016. Rendtorff is president of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) and he former member of the Steering Committee of FISP (International Federation of Philosophical Societies) (2008-2024). Rendtorff is editor the International Journal of Ethics and Systems (Emerald) and of the Springer Series Ethical Economy, associate editor of Social Responsibility Journal (Emerald) and European editor of Journal of Business Ethics Education. Presently, Rendtorff’ s main research interests are philosophy and ethics, ontology, philosophy of management, stakeholder theory, sustainability, CSR, and cosmopolitan business ethics (Kant).