8th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility

Citation

(2008), "8th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility", Social Responsibility Journal, Vol. 4 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/srj.2008.36804caa.003

8th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility

Article Type: Call for papers From: Social Responsibility Journal, Volume 4, Issue 3

University of Pretoria, South Africa, 8-10 September 2009

For the 8th conference in this series we will be visiting South Africa where the conference will be held in Pretoria and hosted by the University of Pretoria. It will be organised by the University of Pretoria in conjunction with the Social Responsibility Research Network.

Call for papers

As usual the conference is intended to be interdisciplinary and welcomes contributions from anyone who has a perspective on this important issue. This time there will be a focus on the theme of NGOs and CSR.

NGOs and CSR

Although much work has focused on corporations, there is a growing interest in the relationship between business and NGOs and how this relates to CSR. We therefore consider that it is timely to look in greater detail at this relationship, although papers addressing other areas of CSR are welcome. Thus papers are welcome on any topic related to this broad issue and suggested themes for papers include:

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  Social and Environmental Accounting

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  Corporate Accountability

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  Social and Environmental Auditing

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  Social and Environmental Marketing

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  Globalisation and Corporate Activity

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  Protests concerning Corporate Activity

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  Regulation of Corporate Social and Environmental Behaviour

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  Governmental Influences on Corporate Accountability

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  CSR and Corporate Governance

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  CSR and Stakeholders

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  CSR and Corporate Risk

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  Corporate Responsibility and Triple Bottom Line

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  Socially Responsible Investment

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  Social Entrepreneurship

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  Business, NGOs and CSR

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  Case Studies and Practical Experiences

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  Microfinance.

Offers to run workshops, symposia, poster sessions, themed tracks or alternative events are especially welcome. Please contact Professor Stella Vettori (svettori@hakuna.up.ac.za) with suggestions.

Abstracts of 200-500 words should be sent by 31 May 2009 (preferably by e-mail to davideacrowther@aol.com) or by post to Professor David Crowther, Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, Leicester Business School, The Gateway, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK.

Selected papers from this conference will be collected for publication in special issues of journals associated with the conference. It is also expected that an edited book will be produced. Full details will be provided later.

Doctoral colloquium

This year we will again be running a doctoral colloquium on the final day of the conference. The aim will be to give detailed feedback to doctoral researchers concerning their papers. Feedback will be specific to each person and their research, and will be given by an experienced academic in the field. The colloquium will be an integral part of the conference and all delegates will be expected to participate fully in the conference but the sessions will give extra time to presenters – to allow for discussion and formal feedback. This colloquium will be organised by Professor Dr Güler Aras and abstracts of 200-500 words should be sent by31 May 2009 (preferably by e-mail to guleraras@ yahoo.com). In order to allow detailed feedback full papers will be required in advance of the conference – full details will be given to participants on acceptance.

Following on from the precedent set in the 6th conference in Kuala Lumpur, a Young Academician award will be made during this colloquium.

Venue of the conference

The conference will be held in the University of Pretoria. The conference fee has been set at £350, which will include accommodation (2 nights), meals and conference materials. An optional sightseeing tour will be organised at the end of the conference, on 6 September; full details will be available later. We look forward to welcoming you to Durham in 2008 for the 7th conference in the series.

Full and updated details can be found at the conference web site: www.davideacrowther.com/7csrhome.html

Full and updated details can be found at the conference web site: www.davideacrowther.com/8csrhome.html

Stella VettoriConference Chair, University of Pretoria,South Africa(svettori@hakuna.up.ac.za)

David CrowtherProfessor of CSR, De Montfort University, UK (davideacrowther@aol.com)

Güler ArasProfessor of Finance, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey(guleraras@yahoo.com)