·      Personal Details

Name: Noa Sharir

Mobile: 972-545-772722

Email: sharirn@bgu.ac.il

• Education

02.1994           BA, Tel Aviv University, The Eitan Berglas School of Economics.

10.2004           MA, Tel Aviv University, The Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas.

Masters Thesis: The Debate Concerning Sir William Hamilton’s Philosophy: A Proposal for an Alternative Explanation. (Supervisor: Prof. Menachem Fisch)

01.2005           EMBA, International Program in English, Haifa University, The Haifa Graduate School of Business.

(The "Building Business Bridges" EMBA program is an international and multi-cultural program. Students (mainly, Israeli – Jews, Israeli – Arabs and Palestinians) take part in an enrichment program which includes lectures regarding Palestinian-Israeli relationship issues, pertinent cross-cultural training and hands on experience in the international arena with a special emphasis on the Middle East. The program was sponsored by the European Union, the United States Wye River People to People Program, the Netherlands and the Belgium Foreign Ministries.)

2007 -              Ph.D. Candidate, The Guilford Glazer School of Business and Management, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

Ph.D. Dissertation: "Patterns of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Foreign Multinational Enterprises operating in Israel".

(Supervisor: Prof. Benjamin Gidron)

·      Research  abstract:

Patterns of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Foreign Multinational Enterprises (FMNE's) operating in Israel

(Supervisor: Prof. Benjamin Gidron)

This study examines patterns of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Foreign Multinational Enterprises (FMNE's) operating in Israel, in the aim of determining to what extent and under which conditions those could be classified into each of the three ideal types of CSR:

• Ethical CSR, driven by Ethics as a serious business and a feeling of doing what is right,
• Altruistic CSR, driven by good corporate citizenship and the will to be good and to do good and give back to society as an inherent part of the enterprise's values and culture,
• Strategic CSR, driven by strategic decision making, the reduction of social and political risks and development of financial advantages and performance interests.

The study will involve the description, documentation and analysis of CSR policies and initiatives of a sample of 30 FMNE's ranked in the Dow Jones World Sustainability Index, operating in Israel in various industry sectors.

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The study is exploratory, and, therefore, will be conducted through qualitative methods of in-depth interviews and review of internal documents.

·      Presentation of papers at conferences and meetings:

9th European Civil Society Ph.D. Network Meeting, May 28th-31st, 2009, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium –

""Global Means – Local Ends": Patterns of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Foreign Multinational Enterprises (FMNE’s) Operating in Israel".

European Summer School on Social Economy, July 6th-11th, 2009, Bologna University Residential Centre of Bertinoro, Italy - 

"Patterns of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Foreign Multinational Enterprises (FMNE’s) Operating in Israel".