[voew-listserver] Final Call for Papers: CRR Conference 2008, Queen's University Belfast, 7-9 September 2008
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CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2008
?Challenging the Mainstream?
7-9 September 2008
Queen?s University Belfast
Northern Ireland/UK
http://www.crrconference.org
Dear Colleague,
We would like to kindly draw your attention to this year?s Corporate
Responsibility Research Conference, organized and hosted by Queen?s
University Management School, Belfast. We are very pleased about the fact
that as yet, we have received abstract submissions from 26 countries ?
please note that the call for abstracts is still open until May 30 should
you or any of your colleagues also be interested in taking part in this
event.
The conference has evolved to reflect the current corporate environment and
seeks research papers from a wide field of corporate responsibility.
Research in corporate responsibility and sustainability today looks back on
a tradition spanning several decades. Especially in recent years the
interest in corporate responsibility and sustainability has accelerated at
an unprecedented pace. In some sectors or regions corporate responsibility
has now reached the mainstream.
Some researchers see this as an opportunity - others are concerned. We
might argue that mainstreaming corporate responsibility and sustainability
is a precondition for research to be effective. That sustainability can
only be delivered if the tools and techniques, the concepts and models, the
theories and doctrines are rolled out across the largest possible spread of
companies, organizations and regions. However, it might be argued that
mainstreaming endangers the effectiveness of corporate sustainability with
a focus on incremental change finding more widespread acceptance by the
market. Yet some would argue that more radical change is required from an
ecological and social point of view.
We welcome research from all fields of corporate responsibility and
sustainability. We challenge all participants to consider how their
findings can become effective despite or through the mainstream. On the one
hand there can be great value in research that adopts mainstream views and
techniques, ensuring transferability across many sectors, regions and
stakeholder groups. On the other hand research that challenges mainstream
orthodoxies and breaks new ground ensures that corporate responsibility and
sustainability is more than mere green window dressing.
TOPICS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
* Benchmarking and evaluation
* Bottom of the pyramid
* Business ethics
* Consumer behaviour
* Corporate governance
* CR for individual, cultural and biodiversity
* CSR & environmental justice
* CSR in developing countries
* CSR in practice
* CSR models & theories
* Education
* Employment practices
* Environmental & social accounting
* Ethical and fair trade
* Globalisation
* Industrial ecology
* Innovation
* International CSR
* LCA & labelling
* NGOs
* Reporting
* Reputation and brand management
* SMEs & entrepreneurship
* Stakeholder dialogue
* Standards and tools
* Strategy
* Supply chain management
* Sustainable consumption
PhD WORKSHOP
A keynote speech will start the PhD Workshop on afternoon of 7 September.
All PhD students will be provided with feedback from a panel of experienced
PhD student supervisors in the field.
BEST PAPER AWARDS
The conference committee will review all papers presented and award two
prizes for the CRRC best overall paper and the CRRC best PhD paper at the
conference dinner on 8 September. Criteria for the selection process are
contribution to the research field, quality of the research,
innovativeness, and diversity of views.
ABSTRACTS
Initial abstracts of a maximum of 400 words should be emailed to
abstracts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx by 30 May 2008. Files should be sent in MS Word
or PDF format, and the file name should be first author?s surname. Please
include names, affiliations and contact details of authors. Authors will be
notified of acceptance or not by 15 June 2008.
PAPERS
Submissions are electronic. Participants are invited to submit papers no
later than 15 August 2008. Papers will not be accepted unless speaker(s)
have registered for the conference. Papers should not exceed 7,500 words
including references. Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the
5th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association. A word template for the preparation of manuscripts as well as
an EndNote style file can be found in the ?downloads? section of the CRRC
website.
PUBLICATION OF PAPERS
Authors have the option of submitting their paper for simultaneous
publication in the Queen?s Discussion Papers on Corporate Responsibility
Research. There is a simplified review process for this paper series. In
addition, authors of papers accepted for presentation can submit their
paper for a special issue of Management Research News
(http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=mrn) on
the best papers of CRRC 2008.
PROMISING RESEARCHER BURSARIES
There is a limited number of promising researcher bursaries available.
These bursaries cover the conference fee. The bursaries will be granted
based on the quality of the abstracts submitted. Participants from
developing countries are especially encouraged to apply for these
bursaries.
TIMETABLE
19 March 2008 Calls for abstracts opens
1 May 2008 Conference registration opens
1 May 2008 Deadline for abstracts (bursary applications)
30 May 2008 Deadline for abstracts
15 June 2008 Notification of accepted abstracts
1 August 2008 Deadline for registration
15 August 2008 Deadline for full papers
7 September 2008 CRRC PhD Workshop
8-9 September 2008 Corporate Responsibility Research Conference
http://www.crrconference.org
We would be delighted to welcome you this September in Belfast!
Yours sincerely,
Professor Frank Figge
Dr. Diane Holt
Ralf Barkemeyer
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Ralf Barkemeyer
Queen's University Management School
Queen's University Belfast
25 University Square
Belfast, BT7 1NN
Northern Ireland
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 28 90975316
r.barkemeyer@xxxxxxxxx
crrconference@xxxxxxxxx
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