CSR salary survey 2008/9

Always pays to be well informed on these things… click the link below to read the latest survey on CSR salaries in the UK.

http://www.csrsalarysurvey.com/

CSR and employment law

Interesting piece HERE about an (executive) employee who can claim he was unfairly dismissed because of his ‘philosophical belief in climate change’. A warning for companies whose CSR actions in practice diverge from those stated in their policies.

CSR Europe’s Toolbox of CSR resources

Lots of advice, ideas and resources relating to CSR can now be found on CSR Europe’s ‘toolbox’ website: http://www.csreurope.org/pages/en/toolbox.html

More CSR conferences / calls for papers

From the British Academy of Management December newsletter (http://www.bam.ac.uk/main/documents/December2008.pdf)

 

 

Conference: Sustainable Industrial Development in China – CALL FOR PAPERS

Abstract submission by 15 December 2008 and full paper by 1 March 2009

Dates of conference:16-17 April 2009

Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Organised jointly by Fudan University, China; Lancaster China Management Centre and Brunel

University Business School

Contact: Professor Alasdair MacBean, Conference Co-Director, a.macbean@lancaster.ac.uk

 

Website: http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/events/13807/

 

5th Annual Family Enterprise Research Conference, Canada, April 2009.

“Rethinking Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Sustainability

and Stakeholder Management: Does Family Make a Difference?”

CALL FOR PAPERS

Submission deadline: January 31st, 2009.

Further information is available at http://www.bam.ac.uk/main/documents/FFERC2009CALL.pdf

 

And the conference website: HERE

 

 

For general information please contact Reg Litz, rlitz@cc.umanitoba.ca

CSR in supply chain portal

News from Mallen Baker’s website (which is excellent by the way and you can sign up to a useful email newsletter here)… CSR Europe has launched its website toolbox on different aspects of corporate social responsibility in supply chain management… click HERE to have a look.

CSR in Business Schools

Interesting discussion piece in the Times Higher on CSR in business schools…

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=404398

Barack Obama on CSR

Interesting opinion piece HERE in Ethical Corporation on the impact that Barack Obama may have on responsible business.

2008 Page Prize for Environmental Sustainability

The Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina is honored to announce the inauguration of the Dr. Alfred N. and Lynn Manos Page Prize for Sustainability Issues in Business Curricula. The Page Prize will have two purposes: to encourage efforts to expose business students to state-of-the-art environmental sustainability knowledge and to demonstrate the Moore School’s commitment to promoting sustainability in business education. The school will house an associated national and international database on high-quality teaching/curricular materials related to environmental sustainability.

 

Who may submit:

Faculty, doctoral students, and others are invited to submit non-published materials related to innovative curricula (program design and core components), courses (including full syllabi) and/or substantial course components (e.g., case materials, simulations, and course segments) appropriate for rigorous and relevant teaching about environmental sustainability and business. Submissions must be original and made with the full consent of all authors for free public access to the submitted materials for use in business education anywhere in the world.

 

Awards:

Two Page Prizes will be awarded each year, beginning in the fall of 2008. One prize will honor the best submission from faculty in the United States; the second will be awarded to the best submission from faculty at an overseas institution. University of South Carolina faculty may not compete for the Page Prize. Initial prizes will be $1000 each. Each category will also feature honorable mention prizes. 

Deadline for submission is October 31, 2008.

 

Contact:

For more information about the competition, please contact JoAnn Turnquist by e-mail joannturnquist@moore.sc.edu or by phone 803- 777-3176.

 Additional information is available at: http://mooreschool.sc.edu/moore/RES/Page_Prize/index.html

EMAN 2009: Environmental Accounting and Sustainable Development Indicators

This came through on email which may be of interest…

 

We would like to announce the international conference EMAN 2009: Environmental Accounting and Sustainable Development Indicators which will be held on April 23-24, 2009 (Thursday-Friday) in Prague, the Czech Republic.

 

The conference has been included into the official program of Ministry of the Environment during the Czech Republic’s presidency of the European Union. It is the 12th conference in the series of annual events promoted by the EMAN-EU network. It is also the 5th Conference organized by Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem on the theme of environmental accounting and sustainable development.

 

We are aiming to bring together around 250 experts, academics, statisticians and officials to discuss to promote awareness of sustainable development concepts and tools by using indicators and environmental accounting framework. 

 

Come and get a perfect opportunity to spend a wonderful weekend in Prague, the beautiful capital of the Czech Republic!

 

Themes

This year’s conference will be focused at Environmental Accounting and Sustainable Development Indicators both at micro and macro levels.

 

Micro Perspective

- Corporate sustainability accounting,

- Corporate sustainability accounting tools,

- Corporate sustainability reporting,

- Corporate sustainability reporting tools,

- Environmental accounting best practices,

- Environmental benefit accounting,

- Latest developments and trends in environmental management accounting.

 

Macro Perspective

- Accounting of ecosystem stocks and services,

- Accounting of environmental activities and transactions,

- Carbon accounting,

- Damages, externalities and welfare: valuation, accounting and indicators,

- Ecological footprint accounting,

- Land use and land cover accounting,

- Material and energy flow accounting,

- Measurement of de-coupling and EKC testing,

- NAMEA,

- Water Framework Directive consequences,

- Environmental modeling.

 

Dates and Deadlines

20. 10. 2008 Registration start and call for abstracts

31. 12. 2008 Deadline for abstracts submission

20. 01. 2009 Notification of paper acceptance

23. 03. 2009 Deadline for submission of full papers

15. 04. 2009 Deadline for registration

 

For more information please visit:  www.ea-sdi.ujep.cz

Register at: http://www.ea-sdi.ujep.cz/en/conference-2009/registration.html

Call for abstracts: http://www.ea-sdi.ujep.cz/en/conference-2009/call-for-abstracts.html

The 11th International Business Conference, Bratislava, May 27-31, 2009

The 11th International Business Conference, Bratislava, May 27-31, 2009

 

“Striving for Competitive Advantage & Sustainability: New Challenges of Globalization”

 

Society for Global Business and Economic Development (SGBED) – see http://sbus.montclair.edu/sgbed

 

Submission deadlines:

 

Abstracts: October 31, 08

Final manuscripts: Please submit full manuscript as per the deadline of February 13, 2009 to facilitate double blind review process.