Harry Van Buren
hjvb3.bsky.social
Harry Van Buren
@hjvb3.bsky.social
Business ethicist at the University of Tennessee - Chattanooga and Queen’s University Belfast, working on business and human rights. Cricket and Arsenal fan.
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Aurora in the woods!
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
A fantastic piece by someone I’ve admired for a long time (and who does the Serious Trouble podcast).
September 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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@nihrc.bsky.social and @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social staff led a session to discuss shaping the next steps of business and human rights in NI. Finally, Prof Harry van Buren @hjvb3.bsky.social concluded the session. Thank you to all participants and speakers for joining us!
June 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
RIP Pope Francis. This from the Stations of the Cross he led last Friday:

“Today’s builders of Babel tell us that there is no room for losers, and that those who fall along the way are losers. Theirs is the construction site of Hell.”
April 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I feel this every day.
I can’t go to sleep at 8:22, right?
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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February 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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We’re closing this term’s R:ETRO seminars with the wonderful Tanusree Jain from CBS: “Unpacking the status of token women in corporate boardrooms.” This is a necessary and urgent conversation. Don’t forget to register!
@drtanusreejain.bsky.social

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R:ETRO seminar with Tanusree Jain
The last of our Hilary term 2025 R:ETRO webinars – Reputation: Ethics, Trust, and Relationships at Oxford.
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February 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Wanna learn more about what constitutes the wrong of exploitation? Join us on Thursday for a R:ETRO seminar with Brian Berkey from The Wharton School. So looking forward to it!
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R:ETRO seminar with Brian Berkey
The third of our Hilary term 2025 R:ETRO webinars – Reputation: Ethics, Trust, and Relationships at Oxford.
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February 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Welcome to teaching any sort of ethics in 2025 and for the foreseeable future . . .
Teaching an ethics class next semester and this is genuinely a wild time to discuss personal ethics and moral reasoning.
January 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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The percentage of employees who strongly agree that their organization cares about their overall wellbeing tied a record low of 21% in early 2024 and remained just above that mark in August.
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December 31, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Heartily co-sign this. We have to preserve our humanity and energy for what lies ahead . . .
Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:

1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;

2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;

3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
December 17, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Given the choice today between grading student papers almost certainly written using AI and preparing my webinar presentation tomorrow on business involvement in war crimes, I’m definitely preferring the latter. #teachingintheAIerasucks
December 12, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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Whatever happens next, the fall of the Assad regime means the end of a horrible tyranny. Thinking tonight of its many many victims.
December 8, 2024 at 3:41 AM
I’m doing a webinar on human rights in conflict zones. Join us on December 13 for what will be an interesting, if not cheerful, discussion. fau.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 29, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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Join us next week for the last R:ETRO seminar of this term, with Alison Taylor (NYU Stern): “Higher Ground: Stakeholder Trust and the Limits of Reputational Risk Management” 💡
@followalisont.bsky.social
#businessethics #oxfordsbs #stakeholdertrust #reputation

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R:ETRO seminar with Alison Taylor
The last of our Michaelmas term 2024 R:ETRO webinars – Reputation: Ethics, Trust, and Relationships at Oxford.
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November 29, 2024 at 6:42 AM
Someone at the UN Business and Human Rights Forum in Geneva described himself as a “constructive pessimist,” which is an excellent description of my research stance!
November 26, 2024 at 10:31 AM
@ritamota.bsky.social is pretty much my only source for new music. People should follow her just for her taste in that arena, not to mention her passion for human rights and social justice!
November 24, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Such an incredible pleasure! Thanks so much for inviting me to the magical place that is Barcelona.
How can I ever thank @hjvb3.bsky.social enough for yesterday’s wonderful BHR workshop and today’s fascinating seminar at Esade? 🥹🙌
#bhr #bizhumanrights #businessandhumanrights #barcelona #academicfriends
November 21, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Thanks to @ritamota.bsky.social from @esade.bsky.social and Jordi Vives from IESE for hosting a joint workshop on business and human rights yesterday. We had participants from across Barcelona and had a wonderful conversation!
November 21, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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Last call for scholars in and around Barcelona with an interest in human rights. This is a double gift: time with the great @hjvb3.bsky.social and a chance to build community. Register here before the end of the day: forms.office.com/e/bJSpBB14SS
#bizhumanrights #bhr #Barcelona
November 19, 2024 at 6:13 AM
It’s so great to see lots of #businessandhumanrights folks here. I’ll be posting more here about BHR and other topics related to social justice.
November 17, 2024 at 7:46 AM
My first post here as I transition away from the Bad Place. Any human rights/BHR folks here?
November 16, 2023 at 10:41 PM