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Corporate Responsibility Research Conference 2012
Beyond the limits – below potential

This year's Corporate Responsibility Research Conference (CRRC) will be organised by BEM Management School Bordeaux (France) and Euromed Management School (Marseille/France) in association with the University of Leeds (UK) and will take place from 12th – 14th September 2012 at BEM Management School in Bordeaux.
Below you will find the call for abstracts together with some more conference information. More information can be found on the conference website www.crrconference.org.

We would love to welcome you in Southern France in September.

Christoph Bey, Frank Figge and Tobias Hahn

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Corporate Responsibility Research Conference 2012
Beyond the limits – below potential

Society must stay within given limits of environmental and social boundaries to be sustainable. There is a growing realisation that society has passed these limits and that businesses are responsible for a large share of the burden that is inflicted on society. Critics and optimists point to the potential that businesses can and should contribute to solving these problems. There is a growing realisation that society will continue living beyond its limits as long as businesses stay below their problem solving potential.
New and better tools are as much required as are analyses why businesses do not tap their full potential for contributing to a more sustainable society. Competition between market actors for better solutions is needed as much as cooperation with competitors and stakeholders. The ease of simple solutions is as necessary as the breadth of answers to complex challenges.
The tradition of the CRRC is to focus on the participants and the debate. We aim to create an environment that is welcoming and friendly yet challenges the existing knowledge base and drives the debate around corporate responsibility forward. We are keen to invite a wide variety of participants from across disciplinary backgrounds and from a variety of academic departments. 
CRRC is the ideal place to test new ideas and to experiment with new formats. Therefore we also welcome suggestions for special workshop streams and innovative ideas.

Topics include but are not limited to:

Topics

Abstracts

Initial abstracts of a maximum of 300 words should be emailed toabstracts@crrconference.org by 31st May 2012. Files should be sent in MS Word format, and the file name should be first author's surname. Please include names, affiliations and contact details of all authors. Abstracts will be reviewed and selected by the scientific committee of the conference. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 22nd June 2011.

Papers

The conference papers of a maximum of 6,000 words including references should be emailed to papers@crrconference.org no later than 15th August 2012. Please note that papers will not be accepted unless speaker(s) have registered in full for the conference.

PhD Workshop

Our popular pre-conference PhD Workshop will be held on the afternoon of 12 September. It will appeal to first-time attendees as well as those who have attended throughout their PhD career. This annual workshop provides a relaxed environment to allow lively exchange and discussion between PhD students as well as the opportunity to gain helpful advice and feedback from a panel of experienced PhD supervisors in the field. We've expanded the PhD workshop last year and we want to continue talking about Post PhD opportunities and we will of course cover needs of PhD students throughout their studies. Be sure to join us and have your voice heard in setting a course for the future of CSR research.

Best Paper Awards

The scientific committee of the conference will review all papers presented and award two prizes for the CRRC best overall paper and the CRRC best PhD paper at the conference dinner. Criteria for the selection process are contribution to the research field, quality of the research, innovativeness, and diversity of views.

Important dates