On Cognitive & Affective Empathy and Corporate Sustainability

This essay was written for a class on Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility in November 2018 as part of my MSc on Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey.

“What is the role empathy has for managing the corporate sustainability agenda? When should it not be applied?”

Upon getting this particular self-inflicted assignment on empathy, I looked forward to diving deep into a topic of great personal interest…