Dear colleagues,
We would like to bring to your attention the call for papers for the European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS) 2008 sub-theme
'Climate Change: Challenging Business, Transforming Politics'
Important dates are:
- Deadline for abstract submissions: 13 January 2008
- Response to authors: 8 February 2008
- Deadline for full paper submissions: 1 June 2008
For more information on paper/abstract guidelines and the sub-theme, please
find attached the call for papers. If you have any questions, feel free to
contact Jens Blokland at
st.erim5@rsm.nl, or any of the convenors at their
given e-mail addresses (see below).
Best wishes,
Bettina Wittneben.
European Group for Organizational Studies
'Upsetting Organizations', July 10-12, 2008
Vrije University Amsterdam, NL
www.egosnet.org
Call for Papers
Climate Change: Challenging Business, Transforming Politics
Global climate change has become a vital issue for industry, policy and
civil society in the 21st century. Increasing awareness of the role of
business in global greenhouse gas emissions as well as the impact of climate
change on the economy has led to growing contention that business has both
moral and commercial obligations to take the lead in the effort to combat
climate change. Elsewhere, there are claims that governments must do more to
regulate corporations in a bid to avert the dangers posed by climate change.
However, amidst this growing call for a change in philosophy, business is
being looked upon to finance economic growth and meet the growing demand of
consumer goods and services worldwide. At the same time, the last two
decades have witnessed profound transformations in the political economy
landscape characterised by deep interconnections between the political and
the economic domains as well as a blurring of the traditional divide between
the private and the public. As a result, it is difficult to determine how
much can be demanded from business actors, who would be best placed to
demand such changes given the blurred lines between public and private
domains as well as whether business is actually capable of responding to
such demands. Furthermore, whilst in practice there are immense variations
in the responsibilities, orientations and abilities of corporate actors to
operate within the context of global climate governance, most literatures
continue to treat business as a single homogenous entity. This conflation,
to a large extent, leads to poor understandings of the roles of individual
corporate leaders, organisational culture, alternate organisational forms
and socio-political contexts in shaping corporate strategies to address
climate change. This subtheme hopes to bring diverse scholarship from
international relations, political economy, management studies and
organisation theory to consider the pertinent questions relating to the
international political economy and business of climate change.
Papers that address one or a combination of the following issues are
particularly welcome:
¨ In-depth accounts of the role of individual or groups of organisations
in causing climate change.
¨ Institutional contexts and organisational strategies that can address
climate change. What can we expect from organisations in terms of climate
change mitigation action taking into account an assessment of the required
institutional context to meet such expectations?
¨ Assessment of the precise roles of corporations in propelling
structural change, global values and approaches to climate change policies
as well as related motivations and institutional barriers.
¨ The relationship between the political and the economic and how this
either facilitates or hinders corporate actions on climate change.
¨ Global governance issues relating to climate change.
¨ Assessment of the long-term challenges of global warming to
corporations and how we may expect this to affect corporate action/power and
strategies in the long run. What are the potentials for fundamental
structural change, what factors will trigger this and in what directions are
such changes most likely to occur?
¨ Driving forces of increased corporate involvement in climate change
governance. What factors and dynamics account for the increasing rise of
corporate actors in climate change governance?
¨ Comparative studies of corporations highlighting the role of
organisational culture, individual leadership, socio-cultural and political
contexts in shaping corporate strategies and responses to climate change
¨ Empirical accounts of initiatives that are neither corporate nor state
induced
¨ Role of the media in reporting, assessing and promoting climate change
mitigation
¨ The dynamics of power between different stakeholders in climate change
negotiations
The Convenors:
Bettina Wittneben
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Business-Society Management
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, NL
Email:
bwittneben@rsm.nl
(corresponding convenor)
Chukwumerije Okereke
Senior Research Associate
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Email:
c.okereke@uea.ac.uk
Bobby Banerjee
Professor of Management and Associate Dean of Research
College of Business, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Email:
b.banerjee@uws.edu.au
There may be an opportunity for theme participants to submit their papers
to a special issue edited by the convenors. More information will be
forthcoming.
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