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Position in Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability

  • 1.  Position in Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability

    Posted 07-24-2008 15:26

    Dear Professor Roman,

    Could you please post thefollowing to the  SIM listserv,
    Thank you & do excuse the cross-posting.

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                  Position in Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada

                  Concordia University invites applications for a tenure track position (rank open) in CSR/Sustainability to begin July 2009 located in the Management Department of the John Molson School of Business. The department is looking for candidates with a research focus on relevant CSR/Sustainability topics and a disciplinary background in strategy & organization or international business. The successful candidate should also possess high quality teaching skills and demonstrate initiative in curriculum development.
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                  The Department of Management and the John Molson School of Business provide a superior institutional infrastructure for scholarship in CSR/Sustainability. The school is currently building a critical mass for CSR scholarship, with a growing core group of researchers not just in the Management Department, but also in Accounting. JMSB will move into its new, LEED certified building in 2009, and funding has been secured for a Senior Distinguished Professorship in Sustainability. JMSB is one of the first 100 signatories to the recent UN-initiated Principles for Responsible Management Education and enjoys strong business as well as student support for research, programs, and courses in CSR/Sustainability. JMSB's academic programs are ranked near the top of the Aspen Institute's Beyond Gray Pinstripes and Corporate Knights. Concordia University houses a student-led organization for realizing sustainability projects, will soon found a Centre for Excellence of Research in Sustainability and Sustainability Programs, and has included 'sustainability' as a key area of its strategic signature. JMSB is one of the largest business schools in Canada and offers AACSB accredited programs at the UG, MBA, Executive MBA, M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels. The University's language of instruction is English. Concordia University is located in downtown Montréal and offers a multicultural urban environment, strong ties with the business community, and a collegial research environment. More information about the school can be found at http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/
                  Requirements: ~ Qualifications include Ph.D. in hand or anticipated, evidence of strong research record or potential and evidence of teaching ability. Rank and salary are commensurate with qualifications. Concordia University is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from women, aboriginal peoples, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities.          

    Application procedure: Qualified candidates should forward statements of teaching and research interests, vita, teaching evaluations [if available] and three letters of reference by email to Professor Kai Lamertz at klamertz@jmsb.concordia.ca no later than October 15, 2008. The subject line of your email should read CSR/Sustainability Position. Application files will be shared with departmental faculty. For more information about the position contact Professor Lamertz.

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    Michael Carney
    Professor, Department of Management
    John Molson School of Business
    Concordia University
    1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, GM 503-51
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1M8
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