The German Council for Sustainable Development (Rat für Nachhaltige
Entwicklung) has prepared a draft policy paper with recommendations to
promote CSR. The recommendations adress the German government and business
(trade and industry). The recommendations list the next steps for promoting
corporate policy towards CSR and sustainable development.

The draft is being submitted for discussion. The Council members will meet
for a final consultation following a public dialogue phase lasting till May
2006.

More information and download:
http://www.nachhaltigkeitsrat.de/projects/csr/index.html

Emerald Group Publishing Limited and CEEMAN seek to celebrate excellence in management research in Central and Eastern Europe by sponsoring a Doctoral Research Prize.

The research must address an issue that is of relevance to accelerating and improving management development in Central and Eastern Europe. The Prize is open to those who have completed and satisfied examination requirements for a Doctoral award, or will do so, between 1 June 2004 and 1 June 2006 and are from a CEEMAN member institution.

The winning entry will receive:

- a cash prize of €1,500 (or other currency equivalent)

- a certificate and the prospect of an offer of publication in an Emerald journal as a full paper, or as an executive summary/research note, at the discretion of the Editor.

In addition, a number of Highly Commended awards will be bestowed.

Submission deadline – July 2006.

For more information please write to ceeman@iedc.si or go to
www.ceeman.org

Céline Louche was granted an award for her doctoral thesis on the institutionalisation process of socially responsible investment between 1990 and 2002.  She based her analysis on the evolution of the discourse and practices of the main Dutch ethical funds and of six  Dutch listed companies from three different sectors: petrochemicals, agribusiness and the media.
The article published in Le Monde on her thesis is available in the EABIS Main Communities.

The oikos foundation for economy and ecology at the Universityof St.
Gallen, Switzerland, is now inviting applications from qualified
candidates for its new PhD Fellowship Programme. oikos PhD Fellows
receive a grant for three years to conduct their research at the
University of St. Gallen and contribute to concrete oikos projects.

Application deadline is March 30, 2006.

Please follow the links below for more information on the fellowship programme and the application
process.

Call for Applications
http://www.oikos-foundation.unisg.ch/homepage/call_for_applications.pdf

Programme Website:
http://www.oikos-foundation.unisg.ch/homepage/Fellowship.htm

Download Application form:
http://www.oikos-foundation.unisg.ch/homepage/application_fellowship.doc

There are two tracks organized by EABIS members at the IFSAM conference in September 2006. Deadline for papers submissions is February 28, 2006

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY,Convenors: Ans Kolk, University of Amsterdam Business School, NL,  Dirk Matten, School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

ENHANCING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIVENESS TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES, Track Chairs: Sybille Sachs (University of Applied Sciences Zurich), James E. Post (Boston University)

More info www.ctw-congress.de/ifsam/cfp.html

Papers from the EABIS Colloquium 2005 in Warsaw are now available at the Public community of the Intranet http://intranet.eabis.org/dotlrn/clubs/public/  in the Public library section. 

econsense - Forum for Sustainable Development of German Business is a sponsor of the oikos Tell Your Faculty About Sustainable Development program (TYFASD), a podium for dialogue between academia and the student community. The oikos TYFASD helps students approach their professors, departments or universities with the goal of influencing them in offering an education that integrates sustainable development concerns and knowledge. www.oikos.tyfasd.org

BizEd has published an article in their latest edition on IESE-led and EABIS-supported project on social entrepreneurship. EABIS Members can check the article here (EABIS Main community). 

"Will Responsible Business Increase the Competitiveness of Developing Countries?"
http://rru.worldbank.org/Discussions/topics/topic72.aspx