Please excuse cross-postings.
Audrey Murrell and I are co-editing a special issue in Business &
Society on Dr. Martin Luther King's contributions to management
scholarship and practice.
Please see the Call for Papers below and attached. The date for
submissions is AUGUST 31, 2007.
-- Jeanne Logsdon
U. of New Mexico
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Special Issue of Business & Society:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Contributions to Management Scholarship
and Practice
Deadline for Submissions: August 31, 2007
This Special Issue of Business & Society invites scholars to
examine the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to the field of
business-and-society and management. Dr. King is regarded by many as one
of the greatest leaders of the 20th century. He challenged the status
quo of racial discrimination by using America's historic ideals of
freedom and opportunity in brilliant works, such as his "I Have A Dream"
speech in August 1963 and his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," published
in 1963. His work cut across racial, institutional, and cultural lines
by developing cooperative and non-violent strategies to bring attention
to the struggle for civil rights, social justice, and economic
well-being. Well-known events in which he played a pivotal role include
the Birmingham bus boycott (1955), the "Bloody Sunday" march in Selma
(1965), and the historic "March on Washington" (1963). Dr. King as a
social activist, leader, and scholar focused our collective attention on
issues of social justice not only locally, but also globally. He wrote
that "among the moral imperatives of our time, we are challenged to work
all over the world with unshakable determination to wipe out the last
vestiges of racism. It is no mere American phenomenon. Its vicious grasp
knows no national boundaries."
While Dr. King was assassinated in March 1968 at the age of 39,
his legacy is extraordinary. Less than a year after the historic March
on Washington, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the 1964 Civil
Rights Act, which banned discrimination in public facilities, such as
hotels and restaurants, and also prohibited employment discrimination.
The following year, the Voting Rights Act was enacted to be followed by
the Fair Housing Act to remove discrimination in buying and renting of
housing. These pieces of landmark legislation were accompanied by a host
of other social and organizational changes, including affirmative
action, designed to counter the legacy of discrimination and to promote
social justice.
In respectful memory of the 40th anniversary of his death,
Business & Society will publish an issue on Dr King's contributions that
relate specifically to the business-and-society field and to management
scholarship. Both macro and micro topics of scholarly importance are
appropriate for the Special Issue. We encourage authors to rely heavily
on the writings, speeches, and demonstrated impact of Dr. King's work
and to provide thought-provoking manuscripts that link his legacy to
current scholarship most relevant to readers of Business & Society.
Topics that fit the special issue theme include, but are not
limited to the following:
* progressive social values that Dr. King championed
* models of leadership (e.g., transformational, charismatic, servant) as
exemplified by King
* organizational, social, and governmental strategies for ending
discrimination
* the interface between social justice, social responsibility, and
business ethics
* the role of corporate governance and accountability for social justice
(or injustice)
* measuring the impact of social justice actions on corporate social
performance
* strategies for incorporating lessons from Dr. King into the teaching
of business-and-society and business ethics courses
* international dimensions of social justice within business-and-society
relationships
Authors are requested to submit papers electronically to both
special issue editors. Manuscripts should conform to submission
guidelines for Business & Society. The deadline for submissions is
August 31, 2007.
Dr. Jeanne M. Logsdon Dr. Audrey J. Murrell
Anderson Schools of Management Katz School of Business
MSC05 3090 312 Mervis Hall
University of New Mexico University of Pittsburgh
Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Email:
logsdon@mgt.unm.edu Email:
amurrell@katz.pitt.edu
Tel: 505-277-8352 Tel:
412-648-1651
Fax: 505-277-7108 Fax:
412-648-1693
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