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By entering the Ethical Corporation Awards, you will:

Gain recognition from your peers as a global leader in Corporate Sustainability Get the acknowledgement you deserve for your company’s commitment to responsible business practice.

Boost your reputation for ethical best practice with the largest CSR community in the world.

For more info, go here.

At the International Green Awards held on 24 November at the Natural History Museum in London. Oxford-based Earthwatch was awarded the gold award in the best Green Employee Engagement category¹, for Engaging HSBC Employees in Sustainability.  Marks & Spencer’s Plan A Employee Engagement won the silver award, and Deutsche Bank’s Earth Week the bronze.

Over the last five years, Earthwatch has successfully engaged more than one third of HSBC’s global workforce on climate change issues through a combination of activities: online learning modules; one-day local volunteering opportunities; and an immersive scientific field research programme. 

Earthwatch’s key achievements over the past five years as part of the HSBC Climate Partnership include:

• More than 62,000 employee volunteers have participated in environmental projects in their communities, to gain practical knowledge of tackling climate change locally. The original target was 22,000 participants.
• 2,233 HSBC employees (known as Climate Champions) have spent time at five Earthwatch Regional Climate Centres, helping Earthwatch scientists build a comprehensive picture of the carbon cycle in temperate and tropical forests worldwide. The original target was 2,200 participants.
• Climate Champions worldwide have made over 63,000 hours of ‘hands-on’ contribution to data gathering on how forests are adapting to climate change. 
• Creating a global ‘green taskforce’ of HSBC employees, with 96% of Climate Champions agreeing the programme increased their knowledge of climate change and 92% their commitment to taking action on climate change. 79% said their participation made them more strongly committed to HSBC as an organisation.

James Campbell, head of Earthwatch’s global programme with HSBC said: “This award is a great tribute to all the team who have been involved with all our work with HSBC.  Looking at the competition in this category, Earthwatch is clearly succeeding in delivering effective employee engagement programmes at a significant level in the corporate world.”

More information on the Earthwatch global programme and the International Green Awards is available on http://www.greenawards.com/winners

Parallel streams will address more focused questions about CSR futures from such perspectives as Consumer Responsibility; Business and Development; CSR in Asia; CSR Context and Dynamics; CSR and Governance; CSR Impact; Leadership for Sustainability; Organisational Change for Sustainability.

Confirmed speakers include:
Professor Tom Donaldson, Mark O. Winkelman Professor in Ethics & Law at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania 

Professor Ruth Aguilera, Associate Professor in Business Administration, Labor, Industrial Relations, Sociology & Law, University of Illinois 

Clare Short (Secretary of State for International Development, 1997 to 2003, MP for Ladywood 1983 – 2010; Chair, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative)

Key conference dates (2012):
Deadline for call for papers 13th January
Notice that abstract accepted 30th January
Registration Opens 6th February
Full Paper Submission 2nd March
Final Programme 5th April
Registration Closes 16th April

Journal of Business Ethics
The conference track “Beyond the Attitude-Behaviour Gap: Novel Perspectives on Consumer Ethics” will be guest editing a thematic symposium of the Journal of Business Ethics. Follow the ICCSR and JBE Call for Papers (under resource downloads) for further details.

Conference Registration will start on 6th February 2012

Conference Fees
Early Bird Registration Fee £120    (up to 30th March 2012)
Conference Registration Fee £150    (after 30th March 2012)
Unwaged / Full Time Students Fee £75   (proof of status required)

Download here the call for contributions.

We encourage contributors to explore different applications of CSR used by corporate entities of all sizes SMEs, multinationals and non-profit seeking entities which propagate CSR while bringing to the fore the positive and negative effects as well as demonstrating the good examples that help multinationals or countries achieve good reputation and improve the bottom line.

It is backed by a major international publishing house, and our target is to create a world class book on the subject.

If you are interested in this project and would like to contribute to the book, please send us a short abstract of about 300 words, a chapter proposal and full contact details (including your job title, phone and fax numbers, postal and e-mail address). If your abstract is accepted, we would expect your full paper.  A peer review process will be used in the project.

In the final version, each chapter would be about 10 pages (around 6000-8000 words) and the book would hopefully be published about the summer of 2012.

All submitted work must be original and not have previously been published or rejected by another project.

Important Deadlines:

Call  for chapters: November 28 , 2011

Collecting abstracts from authors: Deceember  22, 2011

Sending comments about abstract: December 31, 2011

Agreement with author on chapter: December 31 , 2011

Collecting full papers: January 31, 2012

Peer-reviw of papers: March  30, 2012

Correcting chapters: May 31, 2012

Submission book to Publisher: June 8, 2012

Publication date: September, 2012

Manuscript Style:

• Your abstract should be no more than 500 words in length.
• Please use font 12 and Palatino Linotype style in the text.
• Your chapter should be 6000-8000 words.
• Please apply APA 5 (Journal of American Pscyhology Association) while writing your  chapter.
• Introduction, Methodology, Findings, Discussion and Bibliography  should be included in the chapter.

Important Note for the Chapter Authors:

• Please send original papers for the book.
• The submission of the chapter is also an indication of copyright transfer by the author of their manuscript  to the editors and ultimately  to the Publisher.

EDITORS:

Asli Yuksel Mermod, Marmara University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Istanbul - TURKEY  asli@asliyuksel.com   

Samuel O Idowu, London Metropolitan University, UK  s.idowu@londonmet.ac.uk

Stakeholders Matter challenges the basic assumptions of this model, in particular traditional economic views on the theory of the firm and dominant theories of strategic management, and develops a new understanding of value creation away from pure self-interest toward mutuality.

This new ‘stakeholder paradigm’ is based on a network view, whereby mutuality enhances benefits and reduces risks for the firm and its stakeholders. The understanding of mutual value creation is operationalized according to the license to operate, to innovate and to compete.

Link to more information

The global event will address the most challenging topics of universal access to health and will highlight four different perspectives through the involvement of prominent academics, policymakers and leaders from around the world, including:

Irene Akua Agyepong - Regional Director, Ghana Health Services, Ghana
Gérard de Pouvourville - ESSEC, France
Mike Drummond - York University, UK
Timothy G. Evans - James P. Grant School of Public Health at BRAC University, Bangladesh;
Nancy Kane - Harvard School of Public Health, US;
Martin McKee - LSHTM, UK;
Mark Pearson - OECD, France
Walter Ricciardi - The Catholic University, Italy
Peter Spurgeon - Warwick University, UK
Guido Tabellini - Università Bocconi, Italy
Paola Testori Coggi - Direcotrate-General Health and Comsumers, European Commission, Belgium
and global decision-makers like WHO, World Bank and Private Sector.

For more information on the program and registration: www.sdabocconi.it/universalhealth

Earlybird registration deadline: 15 December 2011.

The report sets out the main achievements, timeline in 2010-2011, insights given by partners and collaborators, and a progress update.

For those interested, please follow this link to download the pfd version.

This exciting book explores the role of business schools through 3 key dimensions:

- How business school legitimacy has been challenged by the recent economic crisis and corporate scandals;

- How schools contribute to shaping and transforming business conduct; and

- How institutions, past and present, develop their identities to face the challenges presented by the ongoing globalization process.

Combining global perspectives from business school Deans, scholars and stakeholders, this book presents a unique discussion of the current and future challenges facing business schools and their contributions to society.

Direct link to the book @Sage.

The first seminar will explore the nature of responsible leadership in small firms, arguing for the ethics of care as a suitable lens through which to understand the form that responsible leadership takes in this context.

This seminar is the first in a four part series of CSR-related events held in both Hull and London led by Hull University Business School and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), bringing together theory with practice and inviting participation not only in the seminars themselves but by putting learning into action.

About the speaker Prof Laura Spence is Director of the Centre for Research into Sustainability and a Reader in Business Ethics at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

The event is free to attend with refreshments and networking opportunities available from 5.30pm. Book online to reserve your place at this event.

For further information contact:

Julie Arnold

Events and Widening Participation Manager

hubscomms@hull.ac.uk
T +44 (0)1482 463596

The first seminar will explore the nature of responsible leadership in small firms, arguing for the ethics of care as a suitable lens through which to understand the form that responsible leadership takes in this context.

This seminar is the first in a four part series of CSR-related events held in both Hull and London led by Hull University Business School and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), bringing together theory with practice and inviting participation not only in the seminars themselves but by putting learning into action.

About the speaker Prof Laura Spence is Director of the Centre for Research into Sustainability and a Reader in Business Ethics at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

The event is free to attend with refreshments and networking opportunities available from 5.30pm. Book online to reserve your place at this event.

For further information contact:

Julie Arnold

Events and Widening Participation Manager

hubscomms@hull.ac.uk
T +44 (0)1482 463596

I am a Visiting Fellow of Cranfield University’s Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility and also Chair of Trustees of both the Institute for Human Rights and Business and the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. I have been asked by Professor David Grayson, Director of the Cranfield Centre, to design a 140 minute MBA/ Executive course module on what every business person needs to know and understand about determining their company’s impact on human rights and how to manage it.

Read more on the initial ideas and provide feedback through the comments field below or by emailing clmarsden@ntlworld.com.

I am a Visiting Fellow of Cranfield University’s Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility and also Chair of Trustees of both the Institute for Human Rights and Business and the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. I have been asked by Professor David Grayson, Director of the Cranfield Centre, to design a 140 minute MBA/ Executive course module on what every business person needs to know and understand about determining their company’s impact on human rights and how to manage it.

Read more on the initial ideas and provide feedback through the comments field below or by emailing clmarsden@ntlworld.com.

The Erasmus Centre of Behavioural Ethics (ECBE; www.erim.nl/behaviouralethics) fosters and promotes basic (social) psychological research in behavioural ethics that has implications for a wide variety of fields such as management, organizational behavior, behavioral economics and social sciences in general.

We are looking for a researcher who can strengthen our current research program. Successful candidates have a strong research record and have an interest in publishing in the top tier journals in social psychology, management and organizational behavior. Ideally, the candidate has a PhD in social or organizational psychology, behavioral economics, or management or a related field.

The deadline to submit applications is November 15, 2011. To apply, please, email a motivation letter and CV to the following address: ecbe@rsm.nl.

Please include in your motivation letter also a short description of your training and describe briefly the type of research that you have conducted and your teaching experience (max. 1 page).

For more information please contact Prof. David De Cremer (ddecremer@rsm.nl) or Dr. Marius van Dijke (mvandijke@rsm.nl).

The Erasmus Centre of Behavioural Ethics (ECBE; www.erim.nl/behaviouralethics) fosters and promotes basic (social) psychological research in behavioural ethics that has implications for a wide variety of fields such as management, organizational behavior, behavioral economics and social sciences in general.

We are looking for a researcher who can strengthen our current research program. Successful candidates have a strong research record and have an interest in publishing in the top tier journals in social psychology, management and organizational behavior. Ideally, the candidate has a PhD in social or organizational psychology, behavioral economics, or management or a related field.

The deadline to submit applications is November 15, 2011. To apply, please, email a motivation letter and CV to the following address: ecbe@rsm.nl.

Please include in your motivation letter also a short description of your training and describe briefly the type of research that you have conducted and your teaching experience (max. 1 page).

For more information please contact Prof. David De Cremer (ddecremer@rsm.nl) or Dr. Marius van Dijke (mvandijke@rsm.nl).

This autumn, C:F invites youth 18 - 30 years old to participate in three new challenges.

Each one bringing many opportunities:

• Scholarships of up to EUR 2,500 per person to attend the Challenge:Future Academy
• Summit 2012 in beautiful Slovenia
• Financial support for project realisation
• Internships
• Speaking opportunities at global events and,
• Various other prices.

Please find enclosed the Challenge:Future Autumn Challenges Poster, which can be placed on the announcement boards at your institution.

If you would need additional support materials or if you have any further questions, please contact Sandra Jekabsone at sandra@challengefuture.org.

This autumn, C:F invites youth 18 - 30 years old to participate in three new challenges.

Each one bringing many opportunities:

• Scholarships of up to EUR 2,500 per person to attend the Challenge:Future Academy
• Summit 2012 in beautiful Slovenia
• Financial support for project realisation
• Internships
• Speaking opportunities at global events and,
• Various other prices.

Please find enclosed the Challenge:Future Autumn Challenges Poster, which can be placed on the announcement boards at your institution.

If you would need additional support materials or if you have any further questions, please contact Sandra Jekabsone at sandra@challengefuture.org.

The PRME Anti-Poverty Working Group will present the report at the 3rd PRME Global Forum in Rio de Janeiro on 28-29 May 2012.

Please fill in the questionnaire at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Challenges_and_Solutions, and feel free to invite your colleagues (deans, faculty, and administrators of business schools and universities) to contribute with their views, best practices, and ideas.

The PRME Anti-Poverty Working Group will present the report at the 3rd PRME Global Forum in Rio de Janeiro on 28-29 May 2012.

Please fill in the questionnaire at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Challenges_and_Solutions, and feel free to invite your colleagues (deans, faculty, and administrators of business schools and universities) to contribute with their views, best practices, and ideas.

There will be four roundtable discussions in total, with the following speakers:

• Remy Briand, Managing Director, Global Head of Index and ESG Research at MSCI Inc. - Switzerland.
• Sabine Schels, Senior Director, Head of Fundamental Commodity Research at BofA Merrill Lynch - United Kingdom,
• Julia Balandina Jaquier, Founder of 3P Capital Partners - Switzerland,
• Ewoud Goudswaard, General Manager at ASN Bank - The Netherlands.

Some of our workshop speakers are:

• Richard Mattison, Trucost - United Kingdom,
• Christopher McKnett, State Street Global Advisors - USA,
• Alexia Zavos, SRI Manager, Cazenove Capital - United Kingdom,
• Mariana Bozesan, Founder and President of AQAL Investing - Germany.

Click here for more information on new workshop themes and topics.

There will be four roundtable discussions in total, with the following speakers:

• Remy Briand, Managing Director, Global Head of Index and ESG Research at MSCI Inc. - Switzerland.
• Sabine Schels, Senior Director, Head of Fundamental Commodity Research at BofA Merrill Lynch - United Kingdom,
• Julia Balandina Jaquier, Founder of 3P Capital Partners - Switzerland,
• Ewoud Goudswaard, General Manager at ASN Bank - The Netherlands.

Some of our workshop speakers are:

• Richard Mattison, Trucost - United Kingdom,
• Christopher McKnett, State Street Global Advisors - USA,
• Alexia Zavos, SRI Manager, Cazenove Capital - United Kingdom,
• Mariana Bozesan, Founder and President of AQAL Investing - Germany.

Click here for more information on new workshop themes and topics.