ESCP Impact Papers Sixth Edition Artificial Intelligence for Impact: Creativity, Ethics & the Future of Business
The proliferation of artificial intelligence is raising urgent questions about sustainability, ethical decision-making, management complexity, and shifts in global networks. AI is also creating unprecedented opportunities for organisations and individuals—fostering agility, enabling collaboration and driving impact across industries.
At this intersection of power and promise, AI can help businesses integrate technological, creative, and human intelligence to develop robust and forward-thinking strategies anchored in ethics, responsibility, and sustainability.
In this context, ESCP Business School has launched the sixth edition of its Impact Papers: Artificial Intelligence for Impact: Creativity, Ethics, and the Future of Business. This edition examines the key issues and challenges that businesses and societies must manage in the coming years and promotes innovative and creative approaches to navigate the AI revolution currently underway.
This collection embodies how AI can become a force for positive impact when guided by creativity, responsibility, sustainability, and inclusion.

Executive President and Dean of ESCP Business School
Inside this edition
Featuring 48 contributions from the ESCP community, the Impact Papers showcase ESCP’s cross-disciplinary expertise, structured around the School’s strategic ‘LIGhTS’ research themes:
- Leadership (8)
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship (8)
- Geopolitics (4)
- Human Resources management/Well-Being/Workplace (12)
- Technology (9)
- Sustainability (7)
Edited by: Régis Coeurderoy, Sonia Ben Slimane
Guest Editors: Isabella Maggioni, Louis David Benyayer, Marie Taillard, Sylvain Bureau, Yi Yang
This edition highlights important issues that will need to be managed in the coming years, and supports new approaches to overcome these issues. It involves adopting innovative and creative methods, behaviours and processes in response to global change.

Associate Dean of Research

Executive Director
ESCP Research Institute of Management (ERIM)
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About the Impact Papers
Launched in 2020, the Impact Papers offer timely research insights to support societal and innovative developments, helping managers navigate global disruptions, integrate new practices, and adapt to change. Contributions come from ESCP’s esteemed faculty, PhD students, and external experts, and address pressing economic, social, environmental, and technological challenges for Europe and the world.