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Saturday 1 May 2010

LMBS conference

International Conference on Corporate Responsibility
Corporate Responsibility and Global Challenges
August 25-27, 2010
Centre for Corporate Responsibility
London Metropolitan Business School, London
Call for Papers
The conference is intended to provide a leading international forum for presentation and discussion of research in corporate responsibility and sustainability. We welcome contributions from researchers, practitioners, community representatives, and anyone who has a perspective on these issues.
Theme: Global Challenges for Sustainability and Equity
The fashionable language in CSR circles has for a while now centred on sustainability. However, one party’s idea of a sustainable strategy may easily conflict with other stakeholders’ priorities. The notion of sustainability seems under-examined, its meaning taken for granted. Further, as important as the long view is, there is a danger of other equally important markers of human development being sidelined, such as equity, meaning fair or just outcomes. Which begs the question ‘what is fair or just’?, and ‘who gets to decide what is equitable’?

Among the areas where the rhetoric of sustainability and the demand for equity are proving challenging are the financial crisis and climate change; issues demanding coordinated responses at a global level, yet equally any ‘solutions’ need to be locally relevant and equitable. In these and other areas issues of economic power, political influence and competing ethical perspectives seem embedded in any attempt to develop sustainable strategies and undoubtedly shape what counts as equitable. With these challenges in mind we need to explore and conceive innovative approaches to social and economic development that are both sustainable and equitable.
Scope
The scope of the conference is interdisciplinary. We encourage contributions that focus both on single issues whether social, environmental, economic or technological, as well as contributions that focus on the challenges and opportunities where these streams seem to merge. We seek to develop nuanced knowledge and locally relevant practice. Such ambition requires perspectives that are critical, situated in the context of an evolving global dynamic.
Submission
Participants are invited to submit proposals involving either 30 minutes presentations or 60 minute workshops. 30 minute presentations comprise 15-20 minutes presentation and 10-15 minutes questions and brief discussion. Workshops are intended for topics that seek to stimulate much more audience participation and debate than can be achieved in a 30 minute presentation. Papers may focus on practice, research or theory, and may be Full Papers or Developmental Papers. We also encourage Doctoral researchers to submit Work-in-Progress papers and Posters.


Submission Options
• Full Papers
• Developmental (Work-in-Progress) Papers
• Workshop Proposals
Deadlines
• January 2010 - call for papers
• Monday 29th March - deadline for all papers (full, developmental, workshop)
• 1st April to 18th April - refereeing period
• 30th April - authors receive decisions on accepted papers
• 30th June - deadline for revisions to accepted papers
• 20th July - papers and draft Track schedules available online
Please send papers and enquiries to the secretariat at csrconf2010@londonmet.ac.uk

Papers will be published as Conference proceedings. Further publishing opportunities will be offered at the conference.
Track Chairs
We need volunteers to Chair Presentations and Workshops, and poster sessions. The Conference will be divided into streams, representing loosely related perspectives and interests, and we aim to program parallel sessions relating to each stream.