Antonio Argandoña

Jury 2018

Antonio Argandoña is Emeritus Professor of Economics and holder of the CaixaBank Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility at IESE. He teaches mainly in the areas of macroeconomics, monetary economics and international economics, and publishes research on business ethics, corporate social responsibility and organizational governance.

An economist by training, Antonio Argandoña received his Ph.D. in Economics and Management (summa cum laude) from the University of Barcelona in 1969. He is a member of Spain’s Royal Academy of Economics and Finance (1999).

Antonio Argandoña is a member of the Advisory Board of the Catalan Finance Institute (ICF), chairman of the Professional Standards and Ethics Committee of the Economists Association of Catalonia, member of the Commission on Corporate Social Responsibility and Anti-Corruption of the Paris International Chamber of Commerce, member of the Arbitration Tribunal of Catalonia (TATC), and member of the Ethical Standards Committee of AENOR. He also serves on the ethics committees of various financial institutions, business associations and media, as well as on the editorial boards of Journal of Business EthicsBusiness Ethics: A European Review, and Journal of International Business Education, among other scientific publications. In addition, he is director of IESE Insight and IESE Alumni Magazine.

His research activity was recognized in 2008 by the European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) and the Aspen Institute for Business in Society, which granted him the Life Achievement Award for his fruitful career. He has also been acknowledged as the world’s third most prominent author in business ethics and CSR between 1999 and 2008 (K.C. Chan, H-G. Fung and J. Yan, “Business ethics research: a global perspective”, Journal of Business Ethics, 2009). In 2008, the Financial Studies Institute (IEF) awarded him the Prize for outstanding personal achievement in financial education.

He has published numerous books and articles on macroeconomics, monetary economics, the Spanish and international economy, business ethics and corporate social responsibility.

Jurado 2018

Antonio Argandoña Rámiz es Profesor Emérito de Economía y de Ética de la Empresa y titular de la Cátedra CaixaBank de Responsabilidad Social Corporativa del IESE, Universidad de Navarra.

Recibió su doctorado (summa cum laude) en Economía por la Universidad de Barcelona en 1969. Catedrático de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico (jubilado), ha impartido clases en las universidades de Barcelona, Málaga y Navarra.

Es Académico Numerario de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras de España; Presidente del Comité de Normativa y Ética Profesional del Colegio de Economistas de Cataluña; miembro de la Comission on Corporate Social Responsibility and Anti-Corruption de la International Chamber of Commerce de París, y pertenece a comités éticos de instituciones financieras, asociaciones empresariales y medios de comunicación, así como al consejo editorial de varias publicaciones científicas de prestigio internacional. Es también el Director del IESE Insight y del IESE Alumni Magazine.

Recibió la Medalla de Oro de la Universidad de Navarra en 2016 y fue nombrado Colegial de Mérito del Colegio de Economistas de Cataluña en 2005, entre otros galardones.

Además, su actividad investigadora fue reconocida en 2008 por la European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) y el Aspen Institute for Business in Society, que le concedieron el Life Achievement Award por su fecunda carrera. Ha sido también reconocido como el tercer más prominente autor mundial sobre ética en los negocios y responsabilidad social corporativa entre 1999 y 2008 (K.C. Chan, H-G. Fung and J. Yan, “Business ethics research: a global perspective”, Journal of Business Ethics, 2009). En 2008 el Instituto de Estudios Financieros (IEF) le concedió una distinción por sus destacados logros personales en educación financiera.

Autor de numerosos libros y artículos sobre macroeconomía, economía española y europea, ética aplicada a la economía y a la empresa, responsabilidad social corporativa y gobierno corporativo.