Please remember to send your abstracts by 15 March to
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2009:
University of Vaasa, Finland
7-9 September 2009
Topics include but are not limited to:
Responsible leadership
CR innovations
CR in developing countries
Responsible accounting and reporting
CR & Diversity
Ethical and fair trade
CR in global economy
Corporate governance
CR in supply chains
SMEs & CR
Business ethics & NGOs
CR standards and tools
Corporate sustainability management
Corporate social & cultural responsibility
Sustainable entrepreneurship
Ethical consumers
Abstracts
Initial abstracts of a maximum of 250 words should be emailed to
abstracts@crrconference.org by 15 March 2009. 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 by 15 April 2009.
PhD Workshop
Keynote speeches 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.
Papers
The conference papers of a maximum of 6,000 words including references
should be emailed to papers@crrconference.org no later than 15 July
2009. Papers will not be accepted unless speaker(s) have registered
for the conference.
Publication of Papers
Conference papers of authors who wish will be published in the
University of Vaasa Publication Series. There is a simplified review
process for this paper series. Authors of responsible leadership
papers can submit their paper also for a special issue of Corporate
Social Responsibility and Environmental Management journal with a
double-blind review process. Furthermore, a Special Issue on CR &
Innovation is planned for a new journal.
Important Dates
15 March 2009: Deadline for abstracts
15 April 2009: Notification of accepted abstracts
15 April 2009: Conference registration opens
15 July 2009: Deadline for registration
15 July 2009: Deadline for full papers
7 September 2009: CRRC PhD Workshop
8-9 September 2009: Corporate Responsibility Research Conference
More information from
Conference Chair: tarja.ketola@uwasa.fi
