Professor Andy Crane

Andrew Crane is a Professor of Business and Society and Director, Centre for Business, Organisations and Society (CBOS) at University of Bath, School of Management in the UK. He is a multi-award winning author and teacher, as well as a popular speaker and media commentator.

For the past 25 years, he has been examining the changing roles and responsibilities of the corporation in the global economy. He specialises in issues of corporate social responsibility and business ethics, with a particular focus on modern slavery, the political role of business, cross-sector partnerships, and communication.

He is a member of the Transparency in Supply Chains Advisory Group at the Home Office for the UK Government and a founding member of the Data Strategy Board for TISC (an open data platform committed to ending corruption, supply chain labour abuses and modern slavery.

I am most interested in business and modern slavery – and business and human rights more generally and the political role and influence of business – including CEO activism.
Professor Andy Crane