For those of you who aren't familiar with IABS, some information about this organization and an invitation to join.
Gordon Rands
APOLOGIES FOR ANY CROSS-POSTINGS....
Now is the time to join
IABS
-- the International Association for Business & Society
- Our 300-plus members hail from more than 100 universities in over 20 countries.
- Our research domain includes corporate social responsibility and performance, business ethics, environmental ethics and management, stakeholder theory and management, corporate governance, business and government relations, international and cross-cultural issues, and many other areas at the nexus of management and social and political dynamics.
- Our annual conferences attract scholars from more than a dozen countries and have been held in such diverse places as <st1:city w:st="on">Florence</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on">Rotterdam</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on">Santa Fe</st1:city>, Kona, <st1:city w:st="on">Paris</st1:city>, and <st1:place w:st="on">Jackson Hole</st1:place>. In 2008, we'll meet in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Tampere</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Finland</st1:country-region></st1:place> from June 26-29. More information about IABS and the upcoming conference is available at http://www.IABS.net or by emailing conference coordinator Kathy Rehbein at kathleen.rehbein@marquette.edu.
- Our quarterly journal Business & Society is the only peer-reviewed scholarly journal devoted entirely to research, discussion, and analysis on the relationship between business and society. Members receive individual subscriptions good for the remainder of the calendar year; therefore, if you send us your paid membership application by January 14, 2008, you will receive all four 2008 issues.
- The IABS-L listserv allows members to exchange ideas concerning research, current events, business and society curriculum issues, and information sources around the globe.
To join IABS, use our online renewal and application system at http://www.pdcnet.org/member-iabs.html.
For more information about our organization, visit the IABS website at http://www.iabs.net.
If you have further questions about IABS or our quarterly journal Business & Society, please feel free to contact <st1:personname w:st="on">Jeff Thompson</st1:personname>, IABS membership chair, at jeff_thompson@byu.edu.