Competing to be the representative meta-organization: an epistemic governance perspective. The case of the French addiction field

LIBERATING CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: OPENING UP THE CANON OF KNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNITION OF DIFFERENCE. In 2013, we lauched a new workshop calling for more visibility for critical and alternative thinking in corporate governance. The aim was to open a new space for debating and theorising outside the mainstream thinking. A space were new ideas (frameworks, methodologies and contexts) about corporations, their directions and their roles in societies may be challenged and echoed.Ten years later, even if we observe an increase in academic production related to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability themes, we consider that corporate governance theorising is still trapped in the limits of the neo-liberal capitalism and the shareholder primacy frameworks.The global health crisis, the threats of climate change and the increase of intra-nations inequalities are among the strongest signals/warnings that our old global system is no longer viable neither sustainable. Corporate governance regulations and theorisation are despite all the warnings globally responding with standardized sets of rules, relations and recommendations. We consider that new approaches are welcome to address the complex, non-linear and organic nature of business activities and their interaction with life in general (including society and the natural environment).