The theme of this presentation is about the role of compassion in business and management research. She will begin with presenting some facts about suffering in our societies, then go on to an analysis of increasing instances of compassion, including corporate compassion, and some exciting research on the positive results and benefits of caring.
She then turns her attention to us, members of the management research profession and ask the question of “What does compassion mean for us? Why should we care?” The presentation will end with a challenge to all management researchers to take up the challenging of engaging in more compassionate research and less dispassionate research because the worth of scholarship has to be proved by its service to society. The presentation is about 60 minutes. After that, Prof. Tsui will invite the audience to discuss the implications of the message in this address for members of IACMR and management researchers in China.