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July 15 -16, 2010

University of Washington, Tacoma, USA

Theme: Connecting Across the Disciplines

 The growing body of research on the social and environmental impact of businesses raises new questions that span across disciplines. The Center for Leadership and Social Responsibility invites scholars to participate in a conference featuring high quality, rigorous scholarship on a wide range of social responsibility issues. The conference will showcase the most current research within the disciplines and allow participants to identify points of intersection across disciplines. Panel sessions feature distinguished scholars and academic journal editors. 

Scholars Panel

Jeanne Logsdon, University of New Mexico (management)

Ronald Hill, Villanova University (marketing and business law)

Dennis Patten, Illinois State University (accounting) 

Editors Panel

R. Duane Ireland, Academy of Management Journal

Steven J. Kachelmeier, The Accounting Review

Ajay Kohli, Journal of Marketing

Theoretical and empirical papers are welcomed on a wide range of topics related to social practices of businesses.  The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2010.  Papers may link to the conference theme "Connecting Across the Disciplines" or may focus on a specific topic related to social responsibility.  Examples of research topics include, but are not limited to:

·         Sustainability

·         Strategic CSR

·         Corporate Citizenship

·         Cause-related Marketing

·         Green Marketing or Management

·         Reputation and Branding

·         Performance Reporting

·         Governance and Accountability

·         Social and Environmental Accounting

For details on the conference and submitting a paper, please visit:

http://cms.tacoma.washington.edu/clsr/academic-conference-social-responsibility