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3rd International Conference on CSR, HU-Berlin, Invitation and Call for Papers

  • 1.  3rd International Conference on CSR, HU-Berlin, Invitation and Call for Papers

    Posted 05-28-2008 01:40

    Ladies and Gentlemen,

    Please find below the announcement of the 3rd International CSR-Conference in Berlin.

    We would not only like to welcome you as a participant, we are also strongly encouraging everybody (scientist as well as practitioners, politicians and members of non-profit organisations) to submit a proposal!

    Please circulate this announcement to others who may be interested. If you have further questions please do not hesitate to contact me!

    Kind Regards,

    Anja Schwerk
    Member of Program Committee
    Humboldt-University Berlin
    PS Please note, the super early registration rate ends May 30, 2008!

    Prof. Timothy Devinney
    AGSM Professorial Research Fellow
    Australian School of Business
    UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia


    ----- Forwarded by Timothy M Devinney/AGSM on 28/05/2008 03:36 PM -----



     

     
     
     
    3rd International CSR-Conference
    „Corporate Responsibility and Governance"
    October 8-10, 2008

     

    Invitation and Call for Papers
     
    Please submit an abstracts (3-5 pages) due June 15th, 2008
    For additional details (registration, submission)     see: www.cr08-berlin.de
    (Please note: to be acceptable, abstracts have to be submitted through the
    conference web site :
    http://system.cr08-berlin.de/index.php5?action=callforpapers )

     
    Special guests (among others):
    Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia University
    Peter Eigen, Chairman EITI and Founder of Transparency International
    R. Edward Freeman, University of Virginia
    Bradley Googins, Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College
    Dirk Matten, York University, Toronto
    Mark Pieth, Chairman of the OECD Working Group on Bribery and University of Basel
    Pietra Rivoli, Georgetown University
    Michael Spence, Stanford University, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
     
    Topics to be discussed will range widely within the general field of CSR but in particular centre on 'Corporate Responsibility and Governance'. The so called global governance describes the universe of mechanisms, institutions, rules and/or regulations with which different actors (e.g. governments, companies, NGOs, civil society) discuss and decide global issues. Especially, the following areas will be covered:
     


    • Collective voluntary commitments vs. governmental regulation
    • Global governance in different countries
    • Management process and corporate governance as a precondition for corporate responsibility
    • Democratic accountability: The role of different stakeholders
    • Global C(S)R issues and key challenges in certain industry sectors and governance
    • Responsible Management Education

     
    Conference program committee:
     
    Zoltan Antal-Mokos, European School of Management and Technology (ESMT), Berlin, Germany
    Michael Bürsch, Member of Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag), Berlin, Germany
    Eric Depluet, Chief Responsibility Officer, E.ON AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
    Timothy Devinney, Australian Graduate School of Management, Sydney, Australia
    Manuel Escudero, Head of Academic Initiatives, United Nations Global Compact, New York, USA
    R. Edward Freeman, The Darden School University of Virginia, Virginia, USA
    Bradley Googins, Center for Corporate Citizenship, Boston College, Boston, USA
    Susanne Lang, CCCD – Centrum für Corporate Citizenship Deutschland, Berlin, Germany
    Dirk Matten, York University, Toronto, Canada
    Joachim Schwalbach, Institute of Management, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany (Chairman)
    Anja Schwerk, Institute of Management, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany


     
    For any questions please contact Anja Schwerk: conference@cr08-berlin.de


     

     
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