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Catherine McDonald

Catherine McDonald

Catherine McDonald

Wissenschaftliche Assistentin

Institut für Wirtschaftsethik
Girtannerstrasse 8
9000 St. Gallen
Tel: +41 71 224 3147
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Schwerpunkte

Business and Human Rights

Grand Challenges

Corporate Diplomacy

Corporate Social Responsibility

Extractive industries and society

Responsible and innovative finance

Forschungsgebiete

Business and Human Rights

Organization Studies

Management

Ausbildung
  • Visiting Fellow, Harvard University (2023)
  • Master in International Affairs (M.I.A.) The Graduate Institute (IHEID) (2017-2019).
  • Bachelor of Arts Honours (B.A.H.), Certificate in Business and Certificate in International Studies, Queen’s University (2013-2017).
Berufserfahrung
  • Research Assistant, Institute for Business Ethics, University of St. Gallen (October 2020 - Present)
  • International Committee of the Red Cross, Office of the Economic Advisor on Business and Human Rights, Geneva (September – September 2020).
  • United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Geneva (July – September 2019)
  • Swiss Sustainable Finance (December 2018)
  • Partners for a New Economy Foundation (August – December 2018)
  • United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative (UNSSE), Geneva (March 2018 – June 2019)
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York (July – August 2016 & June – August 2017)
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Kosovo (April – July 2015 & May – June 2016)
Lehraktivitäten
  • Guest presentation in the module Responsibility and Ethics of Business at Nova Business School (Portugal), "Blockchain from a Business & Human Rights Perspective: The Case of Cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo," (13 April 2023).
  • Guest presentation in the master's course Business & Human Rights: Ethical, Legal & Moral Perspectives at the University of St. Gallen, "Cobalt Mining in the DRC: A Business & Human Rights Perspective," (25 October 2022).
  • Guest presentation in the course Finance & Society at the University of St. Gallen, "International Organizations: Contributions to Finance & Society," (30 November 2021).
Projekte
  • (2022 - Present) Business & Human Rights Journal Fellow, Cambridge University Press & Assessment
  • (2021 – 2022) Business and Human Rights Young Researchers Summit
  • (2020 – Present) PhD research on the topic of corporate diplomacy, under the supervision of Professor Florian Wettstein (University of St. Gallen) & Nien-hê Hsieh (Harvard Business School)
  • (2020 – Present) Supporting the work of the editorial board for the Business and Human Rights Journal.
Mitgliedschaften
  • Academy of Management (AOM)
  • Society for Business Ethics (SBE)
  • European Academy of Management (EURAM)
  • International Society of Business, Economics and Ethics (ISBEE)
Auszeichnungen
  • Leader of Tomorrow, 50th St. Gallen Symposium (May 2021) • Selected to participate in the Global Leadership Challenge, hosted by the St. Gallen Symposium, Oxford University and the Alibaba Entrepreneurship Fund (December 2020).
  • Leader of Tomorrow, 49th St. Gallen Symposium (May 2019)
  • Queen’s University Dean’s Honours List (2015-2017)
  • Alfie Pierce Admission Award, Queen’s University
  • Queen’s University Excellence Scholarship (academic average of 90 – 94.9%)
Vorträge
  • Guest presentation at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, “An Introduction to Sustainability,” (14 March 2019).
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