S4 E2: Alysha Shivji — A PhD in Business and worker-driven social responsibility

On this week’s episode, we talk to Alysha Shivji, a postdoc researcher, who got her PhD in Business and Human Rights, located in Nottingham, UK. We learn about the worker-driven social responsibility model and what led Alysha to get her PhD in human rights. Alysha talks a bit about her PhD research where we learn about the Coalition of the Immokalee Workers, and how Taco Bell fits into this discussion on human rights. Alysha also shares with us an interesting approach to discovering human rights issues within corporate supply chains. We get to hear a little bit about Alysha’s work as a Teaching Assistant at her University and she gives us hope for the students entering into business PhD programs. She also teaches us a little bit about the ideas around decolonizing business school, what that means and who’s leading that charge. This is an amazing episode full of academic information shared in an accessible context, that will leave you feeling hopeful and informed!

Alysha is Zahra's long long time best friend. She is currently a Postdoc research fellow at the University of Nottingham. Last year she got her PhD in Business and Human Rights from the University of Manchester. Her research and life interests include workers' rights, corporate accountability, decolonial studies, surfing, ice cream, the sun and dogs.

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers https://ciw-online.org/ 

The Decolonizing Business School Manifesto https://www.bayes.city.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/656110/manifesto-for-decolonizing-the-business-school-curriculum.pdf 

Tony’s Chocolate (100% slave free chocolate) - https://tonyschocolonely.com/us/en 

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