{"id":376,"date":"2018-04-06T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/business-and-society\/?p=376"},"modified":"2018-04-09T14:20:21","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T13:20:21","slug":"introducing-the-thinklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/business-and-society\/2018\/04\/06\/introducing-the-thinklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the #thinklist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who are the digital movers and shakers in the world of responsible business scholarship? Today we launch our #thinklist: a quarterly list of the 20 most influential faculty thinkers on issues of responsible business in social media.<\/em><\/p>\n

There are many different ways in which we identify key influencers in the field of responsible business scholarship. Citation reports and journal rankings tell us which researchers are shaping the field. We attend conferences where inspirational talks are given from accomplished keynotes. We can even turn to the names that are influencing minds in the classroom in the guise of book sales and set texts for courses.<\/p>\n

What is often overlooked is the digital life of these influencers: the clicks, the likes, the shares, the reposting. The online engagement of responsible business faculty plays a key role in helping get new thinking and robust scholarship out of the ivory towers and into the hands of the public and practitioners. \u00a0 So which responsible business faculty are active on social media and who is having the most influence? While the Business Ethics Journal Review offer lists of Business Ethics Professors on Twitter<\/a> and SustMeme500<\/a> provides a weekly ranking of the \u2018Top 500 influencers\u2019 in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Sustainable, Green and Ethical Business, Socially Responsible Investment across public and private sectors, what we have been missing is a dedicated ranking of the most influential academic thinkers in the area of responsible business. Until now.<\/p>\n

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What is the #thinklist?<\/h3>\n

Today we launch our #thinklist: a quarterly list of the 20 most influential faculty thinkers on issues of responsible business in social media. First, we compiled a list of just over one hundred responsible business academics who are active on social media. Using Klout<\/a> scores, we then whittled down this list to discern the 20 key faculty thinkers in responsible business.\u00a0 Our aim with the #thinklist is to spark conversation and inspiration around how social media influences and supports research activity in the world of responsible business. Aside from its practical utility in helping you to find out who to follow, we also want to use the #thinklist to celebrate the activities of those who are truly shaping our field. \u00a0 In order to identify our key thinkers, our #thinklist involved some key decision rules:<\/p>\n