Established in 1976, Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC) is a Brazilian business school. FDC, a nonprofit institution, was created out of the Extension Center at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais. Approximately 40,000 executives from midsize to large companies attend FDC programs every year – in the cities of Nova Lima, Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro.FDC has strategic alliances with foreign teaching institutions such as INSEAD and Skema Business School in France and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in the U.S. FDC also has cooperative partnerships with schools in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, China, India, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
Background: Cancer incidence in Brazil is projected to reach approximately 781,000 new cases annually in 2026-2028, with persistent regional and social inequalities. School-based interventions may represent an upstream strategy to improve cancer literacy and promote equity-oriented prevention. Objective: To evaluate the immediate impact of a structured cancer education intervention on knowledge, beliefs, emotional responses, and health system navigation among Brazilian public school adolescents. Methods A repeated cross-sectional pre–post study was conducted among 8th-grade students from public schools (pre-test n = 910; post-test n = 888). The educational intervention addressed cancer epidemiology, modifiable risk factors, warning signs, stigma, and navigation within the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). Differences between assessments were analyzed using Pearson’s chi-square test. Effect sizes were estimated using Cramér’s V. Results: Significant improvements were observed in knowledge of cancer incidence (39.9
This article explores how nonbinary individuals construct and express their gender identity in Brazil. Drawing on 47 in-depth interviews and integrating queer theory, dramaturgical theory, and the literature on identity play and identity work, we identify a four-stage process (familiarizing, experimenting, testing, and expressing) through which nonbinary individuals navigate gender identity in dynamic context-sensitive ways. First, we show that these stages involve distinct frontstage and backstage performances that vary in intentionality, risk, and audience, challenging assumptions that identity play is always safe or lighthearted. Instead, we demonstrate that identity play can be strategic and risky, often blurring into identity work. Second, we contribute to the literature on indigenous psychology by highlighting the role of jeitinho, a culturally embedded form of informal problem-solving in Brazil. We show how jeitinho enables nonbinary individuals to negotiate gender expression in rigid organizational settings, often through subtle relational strategies. In doing so, we question the universal applicability of inclusion strategies derived from Global North contexts and offer a culturally grounded understanding of nonbinary identity construction in the Global South.
Resumo Este artigo analisa a dinâmica da identidade organizacional em um quilombo urbano no Sul Global. Indo além das perspectivas hegemônicas, examinamos o quilombo sob uma lente organizacional, incorporando a identidade por meio de uma abordagem narrativa fundamentada na contação de histórias. Isso foi possível graças a um estudo qualitativo baseado nas histórias de vida de mulheres idosas residentes em um quilombo urbano em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Os principais resultados revelam a dinâmica da identidade organizacional em três processos inter-relacionados: memória (construção de identidade), esquecimento (disputas organizacionais) e silêncio (em relação ao futuro organizacional), expondo uma lógica subjacente de violência e racismo. A questão persistente permanece: quem se beneficia de uma cidade moldada pelo apagamento daqueles que estão fora de seus paradigmas de planejamento urbano?
Abstract Corporate ethics and conscientious branding have attracted growing academic and managerial attention as firms face increasing demands for responsible conduct, sustainability, and credible brand positioning. This study examines the evolution, intellectual structure, and thematic development of the field through a bibliometric analysis of 1322 articles published between 1990 and July 2026 and indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. Performance analysis and science-mapping techniques reveal a prolonged period of limited production, followed by an inflection in 2018–2019 and rapid growth after 2020, with publication output peaking at 253 articles in 2025. Despite this expansion, the field remains structurally fragmented across 512 journals and 82 countries and is characterized by a small collaborative core. Co-citation analysis and global citation rankings independently identify brand authenticity, rather than stakeholder theory, as the field’s dominant intellectual anchor. However, a supplementary Jaccard analysis found that reference overlap between brand authenticity and ESG/greenwashing research was descriptively lower than the corpus-wide baseline, indicating that these prominent streams remain intellectually distinct. Based on these findings, the study proposes an evidence-based framework linking brand authenticity to customer-based brand equity, while treating integration with ESG/greenwashing scholarship as a future research challenge. Managerially, the results suggest that ethical and sustainability claims require credible organizational substantiation rather than generic promotional messaging. The proposed research agenda emphasizes theoretical integration, cross-contextual validation, and the ethical implications of digital transformation.
While literature reviews are now well established in purchasing and supply chain management, there is ongoing debate about how they contribute to theory, which is the core aim of this special issue. In this editorial, building on the methods and content of the articles included in the special issue, we reflect on this along two dimensions: (1) the theoretical stance taken shows that different tools can be applied in systematic literature reviews. This is particularly true in data analysis, which can be positioned along an inductive-to-deductive dimension. We reflect on how the papers in this special issue apply different logics of theory development, modification, refinement or extension. Almost obviously, there is no one best way to organize related arguments. (2) Turning to a content-based approach, the accepted papers are linked to the wider field that is in scope for the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. Here, four related clusters are present: (1) Individual Learning, Knowledge, and Behavior, (2) Power and Dependence, (3) Corporate Sustainability and Supply Chain Due Diligence, (4) Information and Signaling Mechanisms. The contributions include reflections on both established and emerging topics in the field, which serve as a foundation for reflections on missing topics and suggestions for future research directions.
