Kernaghan Webb

Associate Professor Founding Director, Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility Ted Rogers School of Management Toronto, Ontario kernaghan.webb@torontomu.ca Office: (416) 979-5000 ext. 552478

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Corporate accountability Corporate social responsibility Regulating private sector impact Sustainable development Voluntary sector regulation

Bio/Research

Dr. Kernaghan Webb is an Associate Professor in the Law and Business department. He teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels on law and business issues, including corporate social responsibility and consumer protection. He is also the Director of the Toronto Metropolitan University Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility. He holds Bachelors, Masters, and PhD degrees in law. Dr. Webb’s teaching, research and action has focused on innovative approaches to regulation, including the role of market-based non-coercive instruments (codes, standards, certification, voluntary approaches) in support of conventional state-based regulatory approaches (at the national and international level), and the regulation of the voluntary sector. The intersection of corporate social responsibility and the law is of particular interest, both in his research and teaching.

Dr. Webb has published extensively on regulatory and CSR issues, and his work on regulatory offences has been cited and followed by the Supreme Court of Canada. Dr. Webb has written on consumer protection/Competition Act issues. He has extensive background and experience in public policy, law, and regulation.

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