Sven Helin
Position: Senior Lecturer School/office: School of Behavioural, Social and Legal SciencesEmail: c3Zlbi5oZWxpbjtvcnUuc2U=
Phone: +46 19 303379
Room: L2465
Research subject
Research environments
About Sven Helin
Associate Professor, PhD
Teaching: Business Ethics, CSR, Management Accounting, Accounting, Sustainability reporting
Research: Business Ethics, Code of Ethics, CSR, Sustainability Control, Stakeholder Management, E-commerce, Information Security Management, Valuation of Intangibles
Research groups:
CEROC - Center for Empirical Research on Organizational Control
CSB - Center for Sustainable Business
Research projects
Active projects
Completed projects
- Corporate codes of ethics and globalization
- E-commerce and FMCG - Impact on economy, sustainability and network organization of distribution
- Ethical support structures in retail
- How corporate codes of ethics travel in organizations: the responsible vs the morally-distanced corporation
- Identity of leaders - principals in school
- INTERORG
- Micro-dynamics of emergent organizational identity changes
- Organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) in organizations
- Power and ethics in stakeholder management
- Pregnancy and employment
- Prerequisites for sustainability reporting within the Swedish district heating sector: Problems and opportunities
Research groups
Publications
Articles in journals |
Articles, reviews/surveys |
Books |
Chapters in books |
Conference papers |
Conference proceedings (editor) |
Doctoral theses, monographs |
Licentiate theses, monographs |
Reports |
Articles in journals
- Lundh, S. , Seger, K. , Frostenson, M. & Helin, S. (2024). Accounting as a means to legitimacy: The case of internally generated intangibles. Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management/Emerald, 21 (2), 77-104. [BibTeX]
- Borglund, T. , Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Arbin, K. (2023). The Professional Logic of Sustainability Managers: Finding Underlying Dynamics. Journal of Business Ethics, 182 (1), 59-76. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Arbin, K. (2022). Organizational sustainability identity: Constructing oneself as sustainable. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 38 (3). [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, F. , Hedström, K. , Frostenson, M. , Prenkert, F. , Kolkowska, E. & Helin, S. (2021). Attempts to share information between public sector organisations over time: A case-based exploration of value conflicts. Information Polity, 26 (3), 289-310. [BibTeX]
- Arbin, K. , Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Borglund, T. (2021). Explaining workers’ resistance against a health and safety programme: An understanding based on hierarchical and social accountability. Safety Science, 136. [BibTeX]
- Borglund, T. , Prenkert, F. , Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Du Rietz, S. (2019). External facilitators as ‘Legitimizers’ in designing a master's program in sustainable business at a Swedish business school: A typology of industry collaborator roles in RME. The International Journal of Management Education, 17 (3). [BibTeX]
- Borglund, T. , Frostenson, M. & Helin, S. (2018). Understanding Responsible Management Education from the Inside: A Case Study of a Case Study in an Insurance and Savings Company. Journal of Business Ethics Education, 15, 97-124. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. & Helin, S. (2017). Ideas in conflict: a case study on tensions in the process of preparing sustainability reports. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 8 (2), 166-190. [BibTeX]
- Karlsson, F. , Frostenson, M. , Prenkert, F. , Kolkowska, E. & Helin, S. (2017). Inter-organisational information sharing in the public sector: A longitudinal case study on the reshaping of success factors. Government Information Quarterly, 34 (4), 567-577. [BibTeX]
- Jensen, T. , Sandström, J. & Helin, S. (2015). One Code to Rule Them All: Management Control and Individual Responsibility in Contexts. Business and Professional Ethics Journal, 34 (2), 259-290. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. & Babri, M. (2015). Travelling with a code of ethics: a contextual study of a Swedish MNC auditing a Chinese supplier. Journal of Cleaner Production, 107, 41-53. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. , Jensen, T. & Sandstrom, J. (2013). "Like a battalion of tanks": A critical analysis of stakeholder management. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 29 (3), 209-218. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2012). The internal significance of codes of conduct in retail companies. Business Ethics. A European Review, 21 (3), 263-275. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. , Jensen, T. & Sandström, J. (2011). On the dark side of codes!: Domination not enlightenment. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 27 (1), 24-33. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2011). Organising corporate responsibility communication through filtration: a study of web communication patterns in Swedish retail. Journal of Business Ethics, 100 (1), 31-43. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2010). Resisting a corporate code of ethics and the reinforcement of management control. Organization Studies, 31 (5), 583-604. [BibTeX]
- Jensen, T. , Sandström, J. & Helin, S. (2009). Corporate codes of ethics and the bending of moral space. Organization, 16 (4), 529-545. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2008). Codes, ethics and cross-cultural differences: stories from the implementation of a corporate code of ethics in a MNC subsidiary. Journal of Business Ethics, 82 (2), 281-291. [BibTeX]
Articles, reviews/surveys
- Babri, M. , Davidson, B. & Helin, S. (2021). An Updated Inquiry into the Study of Corporate Codes of Ethics: 2005–2016. Journal of Business Ethics, 168 (1), 71-108. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2007). An inquiry into the study of corporate codes of ethics. Journal of Business Ethics, 75 (3), 253-271. [BibTeX]
Books
- Alexandersson, Ö. , Helin, S. , Seger, K. & Uhman, B. (2020). Noas nävertråd AB: ett praktikfall i externredovisning (2ed.). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
- Alexandersson, Ö. , Helin, S. , Seger, K. & Uhman, B. (2020). Wai-King Trading AB: ett praktikfall i externredovisning (4ed.). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. & Helin, S. (2018). Hållbarhetsredovisning: Grunder, praktik och funktion (3ed.). Stockholm: Liber. [BibTeX]
- Alexandersson, Ö. , Helin, S. , Seger, K. & Uhman, B. (2018). Tebe färg AB: ett praktikfall i externredovisning (4ed.). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Hasche, N. , Helin, S. & Prenkert, F. (2017). E-handel: Organisering, distribution och hållbarhet (1ed.). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
- Alexandersson, Ö. , Helin, S. , Seger, K. & Uhman, B. (2016). Externredovisning: praktikfallet Wai-King Trading AB (3ed.). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2015). Hållbarhetsredovisning: grunder, praktik och funktion (2ed.). Stockholm: Liber. [BibTeX]
- Alexandersson, Ö. , Helin, S. , Seger, K. & Uhman, B. (2015). Tebe färg AB: ett praktikfall i externredovisning (3ed.). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
- Alexandersson, Ö. , Helin, S. , Seger, K. & Uhman, B. (2013). Externredovisning: Praktikfallet Noas Nävertråd AB. Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2012). Hållbarhetsredovisning: grunder, praktik och funktion (1ed.). Malmö: Liber. [BibTeX]
- Alexandersson, Ö. , Helin, S. , Seger, K. & Uhman, B. (2008). Externredovisning: praktikfallet Tebe Färg AB (2ed.). Lund: Studentlitteratur. [BibTeX]
Chapters in books
- Frostenson, M. , Hasche, N. , Helin, S. & Prenkert, F. (2017). Ethical Issues in E-Commerce: A renewed analysis based on the multiplicity of customer relationships. In: Jacob Dahl Rendtorff, Perspectives on Philosophy of Management and Business Ethics: Including a Special Section on Business and Human Rights (pp. 181-195). . Springer. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Hedström, K. , Helin, S. , Karlsson, F. , Kolkowska, E. & Prenkert, F. (2017). Samverkan mellan aktörer i industriella nätverk skapar nya utmaningar för informationssäkerheten. In: J. Hallberg, P. Johansson, F. Karlsson, F. Lundberg, B. Lundgren, M. Törner, Informationssäkerhet och organisationskultur (pp. 61-75). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2012). Communicating processes for sustainability in retail: corporate disclosure or concealment?. In: Johan Hagberg, Ulrika Holmberg, Malin Sundström, Lars Walter, Nordic retail research: emerging diversity (pp. 325-343). Göteborg: Bokförlaget BAS. [BibTeX]
- Jensen, T. , Sandström, J. & Helin, S. (2010). Translating corporate codes of ethics. In: Dobers, Peter, Corporate Social Responsibility: Challenges and Practice (pp. 53-70). Stockholm: Santérus Academic Press Sweden. [BibTeX]
Conference papers
- Lundh, S. , Seger, K. , Frostenson, M. & Helin, S. (2019). Appearing to others: On the relevance of the external image to internal accounting choices. Paper presented at Nationella Redovisningskonferensen 2019, Linköping, Sweden, November 7-8, 2019. (pp. 1-4). [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Hasche, N. , Helin, S. & Prenkert, F. (2016). Understanding e-commerce strategies anew: What happens when everyone turns hybrid?. Paper presented at Nordic Retail and Wholesale Conference 2016, Aarhus, Denmark, November 8-19, 2016. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Hasche, N. , Helin, S. & Prenkert, F. (2015). Ethical issues in e-commerce: A renewed analysis based on the multiplicity of customer relationships. In: EBEN Research Conference 2015. Paper presented at EBEN Research Conference 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 1-3, 2015. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. & Helin, S. (2013). Etikutbildningens meningsfullhet – leder den till bättre etik?. Paper presented at FEKIS 2013, Företagsekonomisk ämneskonferens, Lund,23-24 okt. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. (2013). Hållbarhetsredovisning och interna organisatoriska processer för ökad hållbarhet. Paper presented at Fekis 2013. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. (2013). Research in Business Ethics, CSR and Sustainability Reporting. Paper presented at Seminar i næringslivsetikk EBEN Skandinavia’, BI Oslo. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2012). Control or accountability?: An empirical investigation into the nature of sustainability control in retail. Paper presented at 3rd Nordic Retail & Wholesale Conference, Lund, Sweden 7-8 November 2012. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. (2012). Responsible stakeholder management in a global supply chain: the use of a corporate code of ethics in audit processes. Paper presented at 2nd Annual Australasian Business Ethics Network (ABEN) Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 12-14 December 2012. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2012). Sustainability reporting as negotiated storytelling. Paper presented at EBEN Annual Conference 2012. [BibTeX]
- Jensen, T. , Sandström, J. & Helin, S. (2011). Guns and doves: rejecting the separation thesis in dialogue with shut down stakeholders. Paper presented at EGOS conference in Gothenburg 6-9 July, 2011. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2011). Just showing figures?: The role of GRI in triggering sustainability processes. Paper presented at The EBEN Annual Conference in Antwerp, 15-17 Spetember, 2011. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. & Helin, S. (2011). Sustainability Reporting and Management Control. Paper presented at 10th CSEAR Australasian Conference, 5th-7th December 2011, Launceston Campus, University of Tasmania, Australia. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. , Jensen, T. & Sandström, J. (2010). A global ethnography of a corporate code of ethics. Paper presented at EBEN Annual Conference in Trento, 9-11 Spetember, 2010. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2010). Decoupled but necessary: The internal significance of codes of conduct in retail firms. Paper presented at EBEN Resarch Conference in Tampere, Finland, June 14-16 2010. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. , Jensen, T. & Sandström, J. (2010). Power and politics in stakeholder management. Paper presented at EBEN Annual Conference in Trento, 9-11 Spetember, 2010. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2010). Understanding internal processes for sustainability in retail: Corporate disclosure or concealment?. Paper presented at The 2nd Nordic Retail and Wholesale Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, November 10-11, 2010. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2009). Finding the right level: corporate responsibility communication in Swedish retail. Paper presented at EBEN Annual conference in Athens 10-12 September 2009. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. & Helin, S. (2009). Management control och business ethics control: rules in conflict?. Paper presented at EBEN Research Conference in Israel, June 15-17. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2008). Corporate codes of ethics and identity. Paper presented at EBEN Annual Conference, Turkey, 17-19 October, 2008. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. , Jensen, T. & Sandström, J. (2008). Powerful Codes! How corporate codes of ethics influence power relations in organizations. Paper presented at The European Business Ethics Network Research Conference, Lille, France, 19-21 June, 2008. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2008). Responding responsibly: web communication on corporate responsibility in Swedish retail. Paper presented at Nordic Retail & Wholesale Conference, Norrtälje, 5-6 November 2008. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2008). Responding responsibly: Web communication on corporate responsibility in Swedish retail. Paper presented at Nordic Retail and Wholesale Conference, Norrtälje, Sverige, 6-7 november, 2008. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2007). Corporate codes of ethics, identity and culture: code implementation as a trigger of identity-work and cross-cultural differences. Paper presented at Scandinavian Academy of Management (NFF) conference, Bergen, Norway, 9-11 August, 2007. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2007). Distancing ethics in the process of implementing a corporate code of ethics. Paper presented at European Academy of Management (EURAM) conference, Paris, 17-19 May, 2007. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2006). Corporate Codes of Ethics and Organizational Transformation. Paper presented at WBEF conference in Hong Kong & Macau, 1-3 November, 2006. [BibTeX]
- Jensen, T. , Sandström, J. & Helin, S. (2006). Translating Corporate Codes of Ethics. Paper presented at EBEN Annual conference in Vienna 21-23 September, 2006. [BibTeX]
- Abrahamsson, G. , Gerdin, J. & Helin, S. (2005). Management accounting and organizational change - an institutional perspective. Paper presented at MCA-ENROAC Research conference on the changing roles of management accounting as control system, University of Antwerp, Belgium 7-9 April, 2005. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2005). Process orientation as the ugly duckling?: A review of studies on corporate codes of ethics. Paper presented at Scandinavian Academy of Management (NFF) conference, Århus, Denmark, 18-20 August, 2005. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2004). Constructing the corporate citizen: How corporate codes of ethics travel in organizations. Paper presented at European Academy of Management (EURAM) conference, St Andrews, 5-8 May, 2004. [BibTeX]
- Abrahamsson, G. & Helin, S. (2001). 'It's the singer not the song'- how Management Accounting Influence Problem Solving Activities on Shop Floor Level: a Case Study. Paper presented at Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association in Athen, Greece, April, 2001. [BibTeX]
- Abrahamsson, G. & Helin, S. (2000). Continuous Improvement-work under Ambiguity: the role of Management Accounting Control. Paper presented at 23rd Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association in Munich, Germany, 29-31 March, 2000. [BibTeX]
- Abrahamsson, G. & Helin, S. (1999). Hur kan ekonomistyrningen stödja eller hindra ett kontinuerligt och systematiskt förändringsarbete?. Paper presented at IV Workshop in Management Accounting in Process-oriented Organizations, Gothenburg Business School, 4-5 February 1999. [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. (1997). Kvalitetsstrategi och ekonomistyrning - stödjer företags ekonomistyrsystem den tillämpade kvalitetsstrategin?. Paper presented at PhD conference at the 14th Nordic Conference on Business Studies, Bodö, Norway, 12-17 August 1997. [BibTeX]
Conference proceedings (editor)
- Abrahamsson, G. (ed.) & Helin, S. (ed.) (1998). Accounting and Continuous Improvements: some notes on how accounting can support or hinder establishment of Continuous Improvements. Enchede: Enchede University (Proceedings from 2nd International EuroCINet Conference on Continuous Improvement: from idea to reality ). [BibTeX]
Doctoral theses, monographs
- Abrahamsson, G. & Helin, S. (2004). Problemlösningsarbete på låg organisatorisk nivå - två studier om implementering och konkretisering av idéer om kundorderstyrd tillverkning. (Doctoral dissertation). Uppsala: Uppsala universitet. [BibTeX]
- Abrahamsson, G. & Helin, S. (2004). Problemlösningsarbete på låg organisatorisk nivå: två studier om implementering respektive konkretisering av idéer om kundorderstyrd tillverkning. (Doctoral dissertation). Uppsala: Uppsala universitet. [BibTeX]
Licentiate theses, monographs
- Abrahamsson, G. & Helin, S. (2000). Ekonomistyrning och förbättringsarbete: En fallstudie om hur ekonomistyrning kan stödja respektive hindra förbättringsarbete. Lic. Uppsala: Uppsala universitet. [BibTeX]
Reports
- Prenkert, F. , Hasche, N. , Frostenson, M. & Helin, S. (2016). Mat på nätet: E-handelns distributionssystem och affärsmodeller. Stockholm: Handelsrådet (Handelsrådets rapportserie 2016:9). [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2013). Hållbarhetsredovisning i svensk detaljhandel: Roll, relevans och nytta. Stockholm: Handelns Utvecklingsråd. [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. , Helin, S. & Sandström, J. (2010). CSR från webben till butiken: etiska stödstrukturer för arbetstagare inom handeln.. Handelns utvecklingsråd (Handelns Utvecklingsråds rapportserie 7). [BibTeX]
- Helin, S. & Frostenson, M. (2009). Förutsättningar för hållbarhetsredovisning i fjärrvärmebranschen: Problem och möjligheter. Stockholm: Svensk Fjärrvärme (Fjärrsyn 2009:36). [BibTeX]
- Frostenson, M. & Helin, S. (2009). Principer för hållbarhetsredovisning i teori och pratktik: En studie av fjärrvärmebranschen.. (Working paper 5). [BibTeX]