Sixth International Critical Management Conference
Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK: July 13-15, 2009
Stream Description: To date the political economy and socio-cultural aspects of enterprise development and entrepreneurship have been under-discussed themes in critical management studies. The stream aims to highlight entrepreneurship and enterprise development as a rich field requiring theoretical attention from critical management studies.
CMS6 presents a timely opportunity for critical management scholars to come together around analyses that draw attention to the dynamics of power and the ways power connects, intersects, transforms or disrupts subjectivities, such as ethnicity, Indigeneity, gender, sexuality and geographies of place in relation to entrepreneurship (Fletcher, 2003).
Practice based and theory presentations are welcome which deconstruct mainstream ideologies in this field and address questions such as:
How do ‘mainstream’ entrepreneurial discourses both constrain and enhance enterprising cultures?
How do the dynamics of power, gender, resistance, sexuality, identity, space, emotions, ethnicity - interplay to shape (or be shaped by) entrepreneurial activity?
In what ways does culture shape entrepreneurial activity and/or its organizational form?
Do emergent ‘minority’ enterprises generate new hybridities of cultural and social entrepreneuring in either developing or ‘host’ nation contexts?
Abstracts have to be submitted until November 1, 2008.
EURAM 2009 CSR Track - “Corporate Social Responsibility : Towards a new governance mode in a post-Fordian context”
European Academy of Management - Liverpool, UK on May 11-14, 2009
Michel Capron (Paris VIII), Jean-Pascal Gond (Nottingham),Jean Pasquero (UQAM Montreal) and Julienne Brabet, IRG, University Paris XII are organising a special CSR track for the EURAM 2009 conference: “Corporate Social Responsibility : Towards a new governance mode in a post-Fordian context”.
The track runs over 5 sessions. Its purpose is to explore the conditions under which Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can efficiently contribute to the advent of a new form of societal governance in replacement of the fading “Fordian compromise” typical of the mid-20th century (Business-Government-Unions governance of socio-economic matters).
The aim is bringing together scholars from various fields of the social sciences (management, law, sociology, economics, political science, social psychology), but sharing a common interest for CSR and institutionalization processes, in order to explore the diverse dimensions of this question. All papers drawing on theoretical and /or empirical research addressing this issue are welcome.
The FIR "Finance and Sustainability" European Research Award 2009
The FIR "Finance and Sustainability" European Research Award 2009
- Call for applications -
The French Forum for Socially Responsible Investment (French SIF) is inviting students to submit their research work to the FIR "Finance and Sustainability" European Research Award 2009. PRI is proud to support the award and serve on the awards selection committee and jury.
The FIR Award was launched to foster academic research, still emerging in the Finance and Sustainability domain. By building bridges between the academic and the finance communities, as well as their stakeholders, the FIR Award aims to widen the scope of university and academic research until it brings innovative ideas to practitioners. In addition, the Award promotes university and academic research on finance and sustainability to a larger European audience and helps legitimise Socially Responsible Invesment (SRI). Lastly, it contributes to build a network of researchers in this field.
Categories rewarded
The award accepts submissions from students or researchers enrolled at European Universities or graduate schools, written in French or English.
Three 5,000 awards and three 3,000 research grants are rewarded:
* Master's Thesis award.
* PhD Thesis award.
* Academic Article award.
* One research grant on "financial instruments".
* One Research grant on "social issues".
* One Research grant on "Marketing SRI".
Deadlines
* Application deadline :October 31, 2008 at the latest
* Selection Committee: November 20, 2008
* Jury: December 11, 2008.
* FIR Award Ceremony: January 19, 2009 at the Palais Brongniart (Paris)
Call for Papers - EBEN Research Conference 2009 - Conflicts in the World of Business Ethics
Research Conference 2009 Israel, June 15-17
Aim of the Research Conference Contributions are invited from a wide range of academic and practical perspectives from different fields of business ethics research.
Possible topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Types of Conflicts (e.g. conflicts between stakeholders; conflicts in multinational or multicultural business; conflicts between law and ethics).
Causes and reasons of Conflicts (e.g. conflicts as a result of competition; conflicts as result of hierarchy and culture; conflicts as a result of commitments and obligations).
Dealing with conflicts and methods for conflict resolution.
Virtue ethics and conflict-resolution in business and management
Conflicts between different values (e.g. ethics and profit; ethics and loyalty; ethics and social groups, gender, minorities, migrants)
Conflicts between professional codes and organizational norms inside the organization or with other organizations.
Academics and practitioners interested in responding to the need to investigate the conflicts in the world of business ethics are invited to submit proposals for papers or work in progress. Papers that respond to the topics indicated or other topics related to the theme of the conference are particularly sought.
Proposals should be sent in Word of RTF format by e-mail to eben-rc2009@som.bgu.ac.il not later than February 15, 2009. Participants are asked to provide a detailed abstract of their planned presentation (about 500 words) accompanied by a short biographical note (100 words) and full mailing and e-mail addresses. Notification of acceptance for presentation will be given by March 31, 2009.
Further information, programme and practical information, will be posted on the following website: http://www.eben-net.org/
The International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility is holding its sixth annual symposium on Friday 7th November 2008 with the theme: "Spheres of Influence/Spheres of Responsibility: Multinational Corporations and Human Rights".
In his third report as Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises, Professor John Ruggie has argued that:
States' have a duty to protect human rights
Corporations' have a responsibility to respect human rights;
States' have a duty to ensure that when and if corporations fail to respect human rights, these failures be investigated, punished and redressed.
These arguments are of vital interest to business ethics and business and society scholars and practitioners. Ruggie's suggestions arguably represent a reassertion of a more traditional division of labour between business and government: A reassertion of the belief that businesses should predominantly be concerned with the production of goods and services (and obeying laws and more generally recognized moral precepts); whilst governments should be concerned with the establishment and enforcement of these "rules of the game".
Confirmed Keynotes & Contributors Professor Robert McCorquodale - Director of the British Institute of International and Compartive Law. Chris Avery - Director, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre formerly Legal Adviser and Deputy Head of Research Department, Amnesty International
Professor Denis Arnold - Surtman Distinguished Scholar in Business Ethics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Additional Keynotes and contributors to be confirmed.
Call for Papers - The History of Corporate Social Responsibility in Companies and Banks
The Institute for Corporate Culture Affairs (ICCA) and the European Association for Banking and Financial History (EABH) both based in Frankfurt, are organising a colloquium on "The History of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Companies and Banks".
The aim of the event is to bring together experts, historians, researchers and academics from around the world working in the field of business history, Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate History to exchange experiences and positions from different perspectives and results of research.
The Colloquium is to cover the entire spectrum of the research area "The History of CSR in Companies and Banks". Topics include (but are not limited to):
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Citizenship
Social and Cultural Engagement
Philanthropy
Corporate Culture
There are two ways to submit contributions: either full contributions which present unique work on a subject in the field of history of CSR in companies and banks or a short paper which presents new research ideas, positions or work in progress.
Submission deadline 31 December 2008 Author's notification 25 January 2009
Event Date: *Spring 2009, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Hosted by: Ashridge Business School
13 September 2008
For the sixth consecutive year, the EABIS PhD Conference brings together doctoral candidates from across Europe and beyond to share their research experience, their findings, and the challenges they face in their studies on corporate responsibility.
The EABIS PhD Conference is an outstanding opportunity for PhD students to:
Explore research questions, methodologies and thematic issues around corporate responsibility and the role of business in society
Benefit from one to one interaction and feedback from senior professors, leading researchers and business representatives
Gain insights from Editors of renowned journals on practical approaches to publishing doctoral work
Network with peers from around Europe and beyond
In line with the theme of the 7th Annual EABIS Colloquium – “Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability: Leadership and Organisational Change” – the focus this year is on leadership and organisational change as key corporate responsibility and sustainability drivers.
In keeping with previous years, EABIS, Ashridge and Cranfield, are committed to delivering an event with high added value to its participants, through the quality of insight provided by senior academics, as well as the practical tools and approaches generated by in-depth discussion of doctoral work.
EABIS and Cranfield SOM to hold one of the world's largest collaborative Business-Academic conferences in the field: The 2008 EABIS Colloquium.
This year's Colloquium will explore vital issues and priorities around the topic of "Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability: Leadership and Organisational Change". Keynote speeches will be given by Sir Michael Rake, Chairman of BT Group plc and former Chairman of KPMG International, John Elkington, Founder of SustainAbility, and Prof. Dexter Dunphy from the University of Technology Sydney.
Additional high level inputs will be provided by, among others:
Nigel Doughty, CEO, Doughty-Hanson
Jonathan Donner, Global VP, Unilever
Peter White, Global Sustainability Director, Procter & Gamble
Mike Patrick, Director Corporate Responsibility, TNT Express
Dorothy Mackenzie, CEO, Dragon International
Prof. Alfons Sauquet, Dean, ESADE Business School
Chris Bones, Principal, Henley Management College
Kai Peters, CEO, Ashridge
Prof. Gilbert Lenssen, President, EABIS
Prof Kim Turnbull-James, Director, Cranfield SOM Executive Education
Prof. Jane Nelson, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Richard Howitt, Rapporteur on CSR, European Parliament
Daniel Franklin, Executive Editor, The Economist
Stefan Stern, The Financial Times
Expecting more than 300 participants from academia, business, policy and leading stakeholder bodies, the conference will feature a combination of plenary, break-out sessions, and an International Gala Dinner. Around 80 papers and case studies on Organisational Change and Sustainability from senior researchers, business managers and international think-tanks will also be presented in an interactive debate on latest thought leadership and practice.
Linking Strategy to Business Performance - CR Seminar in Barcelona - Discount for EABIS members
Corporate Responsibility is not a new concept but is often misunderstood. What is imperative today is that all business need to integrate CR in a wide range of topics. When CR strategies are incorporated properly, it means a precious, though precarious, trust and ultimately a competitive advantage that can add value to your business.
CR can be defined as successfully anticipating changes in the way business & society connect. There is very little practical guidance on how to be a responsible organisation, that is why many of the worlds largest & most successful companies in the field of Corporate Responsibility will join the CSR Seminar organised on October 8&9 in Barcelona.
The two-day day seminar will offer the opportunity to hear from and share experience with some of the world's leading organisations that have successfully implemented CR strategies to increase business value.
"Corporations have a social responsibility and moral duty to use the power of markets to make globalalisation a positive force for all" United Nations
EXTENDED DEADLINE: Call for Papers Special Issue of Business Strategy and the Environment - Trade-Offs in Corporate Sustainability
Please note that the deadline for submissions of papers to the special issues of Business Strategy and the Environment on “Trade-Offs in Corporate Sustainability” has been extended to 30 September 2008.
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