EU Commission Launches CSR Policy with Research and Education Amongst Top Priorities
The
European Commission today published its new EU Communication on
CSR and plans for a European
Allianceon the topic. CSR Europe, founding partner of EABIS, has
been closely involved in both developments following its European Roadmap on CSR
in 2005. CSR Europe and EABIS Chair, Viscount Etienne Davignon joined
Commissioners Gunter Verheugen and Vladimir Spidla at the launch today, alongside a group of leading
European CEOs including several EABIS founding partner
companies.
Specifically
related to EABIS’ mission, the Communication and Business Alliance both stress
the crucial role and importance of knowledge development and learning on
corporate responsibility in companies and academia. “Research”
and “Education”
are highlighted as 2 of the 8 priority areas, with business schools and
universities given a key role and responsibility in achieving the EU’s goals.
Re-iterating
the importance that the Commission places on these issues and EABIS’ role in
leading the EU FP6 funded “European Platform for Excellence on CSR Research”
(CSR Platform), we were today approached by the Head of Social Science Research
Policy at the Commission, who has asked to present on the “EU’s FP7 research programme
in relation to CSR” during EABIS’ event at Eichstaett Business School in Germany on the 31st
March on the topic of research and reform in European higher education.
Pedro
Ortun, Director, DG Enterprise, and responsible for
the Commission’s CSR policies, will also share his thoughts on “Corporate
Responsibility and the Changing Role of Government” at the EABIS
event on 24th March in Barcelona hosted and led by ESADE alongside BI
Norway and SDA Bocconi as part of the EABIS Corporate
Funding Programme sponsored by founding partners Shell, Unilever, Microsoft, IBM
and J&J.
These are important and empowering messages for EABIS and
its members from the EU Commission and companies in advancing the role of
business in society through the creation of a generation of managers with the
knowledge, skills and values to deliver a competitive and sustainable European
enterprise model. It comes at an excellent time as we celebrate 3 years of
growth and success as a network and we look to the future at the EABIS Business Leaders
Forum on 28th April. We look forward to discussing how
we can build on this momentum with you.
Vacancies at the University of Amsterdam Business School
The Universiteit van Amsterdam
Business School's growing Management group currently has vacancies of
one Assistant/Associate Professor of Management, with strong knowledge
of Research Methods, and one Assistant/Associate Professor of Human
Resource Management. The closing date for applications is 23 April 2006. More information
New Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility for IESE
Dr.
Antonio Argandoña, pioneer and scholar in the field, to hold chair
IESE
Business School and "la Caixa" bank recently joined forces to form
the "la Caixa" Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate
Governance, IESE’s latest research chair. Dr. Antonio Argandoña,
IESE economics professor and associate dean of the school, will hold the chair.
The bank's
philosophy involves investing profits in social, educational, scientific and
cultural projects. This is the first time that “la Caixa” has financed a
chair at a university. Sponsorship of the chair will go to support
research and other academic activities in the area of corporate social responsibility,
an area that is emphasized at IESE.
The
chair's mission is to generate and disseminate research and knowledge which
will contribute to academic debate, as well as management practice and
education. It will also support publications in specialized magazines, books,
etc, academic events (conferences, symposia, seminars, etc.) and activities for
businesses and managers.
The chair
will support courses in the MBA and Executive MBA programs on social
responsibility and corporate governance. It will also provide support to
courses already in place on similar topics, such as courses delivered by the
Center for Business in Society.
Dr. Argandoña is one of the leading pioneers in the
field of business ethics and social responsibility in Spain. At the core of his
work on business ethics and social responsibility is the impact of corruption
on companies, as well as the growth in stock options in companies, the
anthropological and ethical foundations of the economy, the use of ethics in
the elaboration of company strategy, the social dimension of the work
marketplace, and ethical investment funds. Among other things, he is a member
of the Paris-based Commission on Anti-Corruption of the International Chamber
of Commerce.
His activities in this sphere have placed him on the
editorial boards of some of the world’s most prestigious ethics-related
publications, among them the Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics
Quarterly, the Kluwer Series Issues in Business Ethics, Business Ethics: A
European Review, and the Journal of International Business Education. In 2002,
the Journal of Business Ethics ranked him as the leading European author on
publications related to business ethics.
The new “la Caixa” Chair of Corporate Social
Responsibility and Corporate Goverance is the third of similar chairs in IESE,
which also has the Grupo Santander Chair of Financial Institutions &
Corporate Governance, and a Chair of Ethics, Economics and Business, previously
held by Dr. Argandoña.
Please submit your nominations for the 2006 SIM Book Award. The winner will be announced at the August 2006 SIM business meeting. Both self-nominations and nominations of other people’s work are encouraged.
Book award committee members will choose a winning book which adheres to the following criteria:
1. The book must have been published between 1992 and 2003. 2. The book must have been reviewed in a major journal between 2001 and 2006. 3. The book may have shared authorship or be a monograph. 4. The book must not be an edited collection or a textbook. 5. The book must deserve to be read, either by virtue of its impact on the field or its potential to have impact on the field.
DEADLINE for nominations is March 24, 2006.
To nominate, send an email to Kathy Getz (kgetz@american.edu) with the following information: 1. FULL CITATION of the book 2. FULL CITATION of at least one review of the book. Please write “SIM book award nomination” in the email subject line.
Dear EABIS Academic Members / EABIS Affiliate Members,
EABIS is providing you with the following opportunity of engagement:
EABIS Networking Grant (Category C funding) - to attend 31/03 event on Bologna & impact CSR research + 01/04 meeting on CR & Education + meeting in Summer
Conditions:Exploring collaborative external funding opportunites in CR & Educational Toolsunder the EABIS umbrella
Selection criteria: Expertise & motivation
Application deadline:Monday20 March11.00 AM
Next steps: Applicants will be informed of selection on Monday 20 March
With the support of the European Commission and as part of a wider project called the CSR Platform, KUE-I, EABIS and EFMD are organising an event on "The Bologna Process & the Implications of European University Educational Reform for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Research" onFriday 31 March at the Ingolstadt School of Management (70 km from Munich).
EABIS 1st Knowledge and Learning Network Grants (Category C) Awarded: CR & Governance
EABIS is pleased to announce that the Selection Committee
has awarded the following people a travel grant to explore
external funding opportunities in the field of corporate
responsibility and governance:
Bendell,Jem, Nottingham University, UK
Campion,Dave, Royal Holloway University, UK
Gjolberg,Maria, Norwegian School of Management, Norway
Habisch, Andre, Catholic University of Eichstaett, Germany
Maccarrone, Paolo, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Nidasio, Claudio, SDA Bocconi, italy
Pederson, Esben, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Roome, Nigel, Solvay Business School, Belgium
Tywuschik, Simon, IMD, Switzerland
Van Oosterhout, Hans, RSM Erasmus University, The Netherlands
As part of the initiative, they will attend the event on "The
Changing Role of Governement and Corporate Responsibility" in Barcelona
on 24th March and have additional discussions.
We will keep you informed of the development of this
initiative. The group will become EABIS's first Knowledge and
Learning Network.
The Alcan Prize for Sustainability
2006 for US$1 million closes for entries on 31st March
2006 (Midnight GMT). Please encourage
eligible organizations to enter by nominating or indeed entering your own
organization.
This US$1 million Prize is awarded
each year to any not-for-profit, civil society or non-governmental organization
based anywhere in the world for their contributions to addressing and
progressing economic, environmental and / or social sustainability.
In addition to the US$1 million
Prize, Alcan Grants will be awarded to non winning finalists and redeemable for
a suitably qualified senior member of staff to attend the
University of
Cambridge
Program for Industry in
England and
earn a Post Graduate Certificate in Cross Sector Partnership (www.cpi.cam.ac.uk/pccp). The
Grants will be awarded on merit and at the discretion of the adjudication
panel.
Created in 2004 in association
with the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF), Prize recipients will be
selected based on an evaluation by independent assessors and a high-level,
international panel of distinguished adjudicators.
The European Commission plans to side with business in
largely excluding trade unions and non-governmental groups from a new
European corporate social responsibility initiative, according to
Commission documents obtained by the Financial Times.
Officials
confirmed the European Union's executive body would launch a
pro-business "European alliance for CSR" on March 22 in Brussels. Chief
executives from several of the companies already involved in the
initiative plan to join the launch ceremony.
Call for proposals: Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses
Issued by: European Commission, DG Research
Deadline: 17/05/2005
Average budget: between 180,000 EUR and 1,400,000 EUR (based on first call)
Start implementation: On average 6 months after deadline
Statistics first call (2 deadlines):
347 proposals, 316 eligible, 31 funded (11%)
399 proposals, 373 eligible, 30 funded (8%)
Description/object of the call for proposals:
The European Commission has launched the 4th call for proposals for
Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses (FP6-2006-Mobility-4) as
part of the Human resources and mobility activity area.
The 4th call is implemented as a ‘Series of Events’ (SCF)
for the purpose of providing training primarily to researchers with up
to ten years of experience. Projects (series of events: conferences and
training courses) should enable junior researchers to benefit from the
experience of leading researchers. Support will be given to specific
training activities (including virtual ones) that highlight particular
European achievements and interests.
This action concentrates on measures to support the
organisation of coherent series of training courses and/or conferences
with a specific training value, as well as the funding of the
participation of eligible researchers in these events.
Events can last from a few days to a few weeks, and are to be
presented as a single proposal by one or more organisers and covering
one or more particular subjects.
The events should highlight either particular European
achievements in research or alternatively research topics in which
Europe has a strong interest and where the event contributes to its
uptake in Europe. This means that the subjects to be discussed or
taught should be those where recent advances achieved in the Member
States or Associated States are worth being passed on to researchers in
the early stages of their career, or those where recent advances
achieved elsewhere, in topics of interest to Europe, need to be passed
on to researchers from the Member States and Associated States. In both
cases, the
foreseen composition of the audience and the identity of the speakers
will be a factor in determining the Community added value.
Position of Full Professor of Business and Economic Ethics available
The Ingolstadt School of Management, a department of the Catholic
University
of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, invites applications for the tenured
position of
Full Professor of Business and Economic Ethics (W3). More details are here (Word document).
You have an interesting idea/theme for an international research, education or training project ?
EABIS provides you the opportuntity to find partners and funding !
As part of the EABIS Corporate Funded Programme, EABIS makes funding available in the form of a Grant Scheme for Internal Networking with the purpose to encourage exploration of External Funding opportunities on selected themes and topics of core interest to EABIS and its membership.
Succesful applicant will establish a European Knowledge Network on a specific theme and will lead the initiative and explore opportunities collectively.
Open year round (EABIS Members Only), no deadlines, review and approval on ongoing basis. Interested to know more ? Read details of call here Any further questions ? Ask Bart Neerscholten, EABIS Research Manager: bart.neerscholten@eabis.org or by phone: +32-2-541 16 26
(CSRwire) CHESTNUT HILL, MA - A new international consortium of global businesses, lead by IBM and nine other world-class companies, is being created to define excellence in corporate citizenship and help companies manage related challenges, identify trade-offs, and balance countervailing pressures. Known as the Global Leadership Network, its objective is to improve citizenship performance and demonstrate the important role the corporate sector can play in improving economic, social, and environmental conditions in the world. ...read more here
ESADE, SDA Bocconi School of Management, the Norwegian School of Management and EABIS invite you to the workshop of Friday 24 March in Barcelona
to present the findings of the EABIS funded research project on the
Changing Role of Government and Corporate Responsibility and engage in a debate between business leaders, government representatives and NGOs.
Among the speakers taking part in the workshop will be representatives from the European Commission, the Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the Italian Centre for Social Responsibility, Microsoft, Unilever, and CSR Academy amongst others.
The latest McKinsey Quarterly
global survey finds that executives around the world overwhelmingly embrace the
idea that the role of corporations in society goes far beyond simply meeting
obligations to shareholders. More than four out of five respondents agree that
generating high returns for investors should be accompanied by broader
contributions to the public good -- for example, providing good jobs, making
philanthropic donations, and going beyond legal requirements to minimize
pollution and other negative effects of business. Only one in six agrees with
the thesis advanced by Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, that high returns should
be a corporation's sole focus, the survey found.
According to McKinsey, executives
are hard-nosed about why companies are engaging in this new agenda. Only 8
percent think that large corporations champion social or environmental causes
out of 'genuine concern.' Almost nine in ten agree that they are motivated by
public relations or profitability, or by both concern and business benefits in
equal measure.
McKinsey says the most
enthusiastic proponents of a social role for business are executives in India:
90 percent of them endorse the "public good" dimension. Executives based in
China are the most lukewarm, with 25 percent saying that investor returns should
be the sole focus of corporate activity. Looking ahead, the survey finds,
executives expect that a wide range of concerns will dominate public and
political debates. Asked which three issues will have the most impact, for
better or worse, on the shareholder value of companies in their industries
during the next five years, 41 percent choose job loss and offshoring. Also at
the top of many minds are corporate political influence and involvement;
environmental issues, including climate change; pension and retirement benefits;
and privacy and data security.
Two years ago,
Prof. Jan Jonker of Nijmegen School of Management initiated the
first Belgian-Dutch workshop for PhD students in the field of
corporate social responsibility and sustainable business. Since
then, the goal of this yearly event has been to learn from other PhD students
through the exchange of experiences and the personalized advice from
senior researchers. Building on the succes of the former editions,
the 2006 edition of our workshop will be organised in collaboration
with European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) on
5/5/2006 in Leuven, Belgium.
Please send this
message to all PhD students who might be interested in this workshop for PhD
researchers in corporate social responsibility and sustainable
business.
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When: 5 May 2006, starting at
9h30
Waar:
Leuven, Belgium (detailed information
follows)
Program :
Morning
Exchanging experiences by presenting
PhD research in small groups (max. 6 persons), followed by a reflection and discussion by the group
and the senior researcher.
Afternoon
Seminar on 'writing for publication' by external speaker, followed by a
"hands-on" workshop using papers that researchers are working on or want to
start writing.
Costs:
Thanks to the generous input of EBEN, all costs for the location,
coffee, lunch and drinks are already covered. Participation in the workshop is
free.
Senior
researchers: Prof. Luc Van Liedekerke (KULeuven), Prof. Aimé Heene
(UGent), Prof. Jan Jonker (Nijmegen School of Management) en Prof. Nigel Roome
(Erasmus University Amsterdam).
Contact: If you have any questions,
please send an email to Jan Lepoutre, jan.lepoutre@ugent.be or phone +32 479
26 90 08.
Registration!
1) You can register
by sending an email to Jan Lepoutre (janlepoutre@ugent.be). In
addition, we ask you to supply a summary of your research (700 - 1000 words) by
april 1st, containing the following
information:
- general background
of the research
- main research
question(s)
- theoretical
background and field of the research
-
methodology
- preliminary
results (if possible)
-
planning
Participation in the
conference is only possible with this summary. Our goal is NOT to criticise your
work, learning is the main objective of this workshop. Doubts and uncertainty
will be present among all of us. Rather, we want to stimulate everyone to
contribute to your own learning and that of others and so we need input from
everyone. Final confirmation of your participation will be given
onApril 15.
2) As we want to have small groups, we can only allow
24 participants in the workshop! So do not hesitate and register as soon as
possible!
3) Participants
interested in working towards publication with the papers that they bring to the
workshop: we are negotiating with "Maandtijdschrift Accountancy
en Bedrijfskunde" on organizing a special issue linked to the workshop and so
everyone is invited to submit their contibutions after the
workshop.
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