SMEs and CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN SUPPLY CHAINS: AN EMERGING/DEVELOPING COUNTRIES PERSPECTIVE
Date: Tuesday 31st March 2015
Time: 10.00 am -16.00 pm
Venue: University of Nottingham, The Exchange Building, Lecture Theatre LT1, Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, NG8 1BB
The ICCSR and Nottingham University Business are hosts for this seminar which is part of a series on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Developing Countries. The integration of CSR and SMEs into local, regional, and international supply chains is a debated topic. This seminar critically explores the requirements, contingencies and conflicts of supply chains spanning to and operating in developing/emerging countries. We examine various issues of supply chain governance and inclusive business models, and seek to understand the opportunities, trade-offs, and challenges for embracing multi-dimensional sustainability among SMEs.
The seminar will consist of three themed sessions with papers accepted for:
· Supply Chain Governance
· Inclusive Business Models
· Opportunities and Challenges of Embracing Multi-dimensional Sustainability
**There is still time to submit a paper for presentation - the closing date is Friday 20th February 2015. Papers submitted will be considered for a special issue in the Business Ethics: A European Review edited by Jedrzej George Frynas, Judy Muthuri and Stefan Gold. The Call for Papers is attached.
Notable Speakers include:
Peter Lund-Thomsen, Associate Professor, Copenhagen Business School & Associate Editor of Business Ethics – A European Review Pam Farmer, Independent HR Consultant to small, medium and large businesses on Employee Relations and Diversity and Inclusion issues
REGISTERING FOR THE EVENT:
Online registration is free and opens on the 20th February 2015. For more information please visit our website<http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/ICCSR/events.php?e=124>. If you have any general enquiries please email iccsr@nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:iccsr@nottingham.ac.uk> or telephone: 0115 8466976
Laura J. Spence
Professor of Business Ethics
Royal Holloway, University of London, UK