Björn Fasterling
Professor
Law & Business Ethics
EDHEC Business School
France
Biography
Professor Fasterling is a full time faculty member who joined Edhec Business School as a law professor in 2003. He teaches courses in business ethics, contract law, European law, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. He also teaches an MBA course in international legal risk management. His research and publications focus on ethics and compliance management in companies, and more recently on business and human rights. Prior to joining EDHEC, professor Fasterling worked as a German lawyer in the Berlin office of the law firm WilmerHale and practised in the fields of corporate law, international commercial transactions, and international arbitration.
Research Interest
Compliance and ethics management in companies, Business and Human Rights, Tort law, insurance compensation, Comparative law
Publications
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Les codes d’éthique dans les sociétés cotées : Constitution éthique de l’entreprise et outil de management des risqué, Revue Française de Gouvernance d’Entreprise (2012), 12/2012, 29- 51. (co-authored with Christophe Roquilly)
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La recherche de légitimité par la conformité aux codes de gouvernance d’entreprise. Une analyse des déclarations de conformité des sociétés françaises du SBF 120, Management et Avenir (2014), Vol. 69 : 31-50. (co-authored with Catherine Refait-Alexandre and JeanChristophe Duhamel)
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Leaks, Legislation and Freedom of Speech: How can the law effectively promote public interest whistleblowing, International Labour Review (2014), Vol. 153 (2014), No. 1: 71-92. (co-authored with David Lewis).
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UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights – Implications for Human Rights Risk Management, Revue Internationale de la Compliance et de l’Ethique des Affaires, supplément à La Semaine Juridique Enterprise et Affaires, N°27 (2015), p. 20-23.
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The Social License to Operate, Journal of Business Ethics (2016), forthcoming (co-authored with Geert Demuijnck)
