Deadline for Abstracts: 1th July\, 2013
Editors: \; \; \;Claus Strue Frederiksen\, University of Copenhagen\, Denmark
\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Samuel O Idowu\, London Metropolitan University\, UK
\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Asli Yü\;ksel Mermod\, Marmara University\, Turkey
\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Morten Ebbe Juul Nielsen\, University of Copenhagen\, Denmark
Description
Many businesses and organizations are involved in the practice of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)\, and all of them in Governance &ndash\; they are \;constantly involved in decision-making\, managing etc. Whereas both CSR and \;Governance have attracted a good deal of academic attention\, the relation(s) \;between them are unclear. However\, CSR could be viewed as a form of \;governance\, and governance could be seen through the lens of CSR &ndash\; practices
of governance could be analysed and criticised from the point of view of \;&ldquo\;social responsibility&rdquo\;.
One area where the relationship between CSR and governance becomes even \;clearer concerns the issue of standards. Businesses and organizations \;actively engaged in CSR often refer to one or the other standard\, e.g.\, UNGC \;(UN&rsquo\;s Global Compact)\, AccountAbility&rsquo\;s AS1000 (etc.) standard\, the ISO26000 \;standard or the framework of the &ldquo\;Triple Bottom Line&rdquo\;. Ideally\, relying on a \;standard provides good guidance for the CSR-policies of companies\, that is\, \;their governance\, and moreover makes it possible to benchmark the level of \;engagement and competence of the businesses.
A series of corporate scandals which have affected corporations in virtually \;every continent of the world have in fact reinforced the importance of good \;corporate governance in companies regardless of where these companies are \;based in the world. The UK took the lead with the Cadbury Report of 1992 and \;a series of others which followed that in providing some guidelines on good \;governance. The OECD Seven Principles on Good Governance of 1999 and a \;revised version in 2004 have been used globally by governments and stock \;exchanges in setting the scene for good governance. All these are the \;preconditions for scholarly activities to thrive on corporate governance.
We welcome original contributions that relate to &ldquo\;CSR as Governance&rdquo\;\, or \;that can shed light on any of these concepts\, both theoretically and \;practically.
Some of the issues we would like to see addressed are:
Contrubutions from philosophers working in the areas of business ethics\, \;applied ethics\, CSR and related are STRONGLY encouraged!
Hopefully\, chapters in the book will provide insightful and thought \;provoking answers to these and many other important questions relating to \;CSR standards.
Key audience: We believe that the issues focused on by the book are of \;interest to both practitioners (e.g.\, consultants\, key personnel responsible \;for CSR in organizations)\, academics (in business schools and other \;institutions that engage in CSR-studies) and of course the relevant \;students. Moreover\, we hope to mix &ldquo\;on the ground&rdquo\; observations and \;empirical focus (&ldquo\;Practices&rdquo\;) and theoretical criticism and deliberation \;(&ldquo\;theories&rdquo\;) seem to us the ideal way of approaching the issue of CSR and \;good governance.
Contributions
\nContributors would fall in two main categories: practitioners (e.g.\, \;consultants or NGO-representatives) with solid knowledge and experience as \;concerns specific CSR and/or governance\; and academics with solid \;credentials within the fields of governance\, business ethics and CSR.
Each of the Chapters would be between 5\,000 &ndash\; 7\,000 words. Relevant cases \;under each of the sub-themes are also welcome. \;
Schedule
\nMain deadlines:
\nAll papers shall be peer-reviewed by contributors. The submission deadline \;for initial expressions of interest in the form of abstracts of \;approximately 300 words is Thursday 1st July 2013. Abstracts should be sent \;as e-mail attachments to any of the four Editors Claus Strue Frederiksen \;clausf@hum.ku.dk \;Samuel O Idowu \;s.idowu@londonmet.ac.uk\, Asli Yuksel Mermod\, \;asliyuksel@marmara.edu.tr \;Morten Ebbe Juul Nielsen\, \;mejn@hum.ku.dk
The book will be published by a major European publishing company.