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Professor dr. Elvira Haezendonck and Professor dr. Nikolay Dentchev have
the pleasure to invite you to participate in the conference on “The role
of governments in the Business and Society debate”, which will take place
on 14 September 2011 at Vrije Univeristeit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050
Brussels, Belgium. This conference welcomes academic research and
practitioner’s presentations contributing to our knowledge on this topic.
Selected papers will be published in a Special Issue in Business &
Society, a leading academic journal on the topic (cf. full call for
papers).
Conference website :
http://www.vub.ac.be/events/2011/csr-and-
government/index.html
Background and topics
The very definition of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is described
as discretionary business act that reaches beyond the legal prescription
of law, and suggests automatic exclusion of active government involvement
from many topics of the business and society debate. However, such an
exclusion per default is neither supported by empiric reality, nor
desirable. It is worth to note a great part of the business and society
debate in Europe is stimulated by public governance. Moreover, policy
makers can stimulate market players trough regulation and incentives to
(i) strengthen the supply and demand of products/services of CSR
companies, (ii) adopt CSR principles in business models, and even (iii)
prevent from window dressing or green washing practices of CSR engagement.
In addition, governments are organizations that should embrace the
principles of social responsibility in their codes of conduct, as role
models and as one of the key stakeholders that can contribute to solve
both social and environmental challenges. Moreover, public organizations
have the opportunity to embed the principles of CSR in the diversity of
Public-Private-Collaborations they have with private organizations.
To conclude, we identify at least three topics as role of governments in
the Business and Society debate : (1) the role of governments as policy
makers in CSR, (2) the role of governments as role models in CSR, and (3)
the role of governments as partners of business and non-profit
organizations in CSR. We are looking forward to your provocative ideas on
these topics (not limitative list).
Key note speakers
We are happy to welcome as key note speakers, and grateful for their
contribution:
• Distinguished practitioners: Meglena Kuneva (Chair of the European
Policy Center, Former European Commissioner Consumer Affairs), Bruno
Tuybens (Member of the Belgian Federal Parliament, Mayor of Zwalm), Tom
Dodd (CSR Policy Advisor at the European Commission), Stefan Schepers
(Managing Director of EPPA), Simon Pickard (Director General of EABIS),
Claire Van Bergen (Partner Deloitte), Laurent Ledoux (Head of Public Bank
Belgium, BNP Paribas Fortis).
• Distinguished academics: Prof.dr. Ans Kolk (Universiteit van
Amsterdam), Prof.dr. Nigel Roome (Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School),
Prof.dr. Alain Verbeke (University of Calgary, Vrije Universiteit
Brussel), Prof.dr. Jonatan Pinkse (Grenoble Ecole de Management).
Deadlines
• 25 July 2011 : submission of 3-5 page abstract to
nikolay.dentchev@gmail.com
• 10 Augustus 2011 : acceptance of participation
• 25 Augustus 2011 : registration and payment of €100 for seminar
participation
For further information please contact prof.dr. Nikolay Dentchev at
nikolay.dentchev@gmail.com or +32(0)477.91.71.21
Acknowledgement
We gratefully acknowledge the support of our sponsors, BNP Paribas Fortis
and Deloitte. We also would like to thank IABS, EABIS, and Philosophie &
Management for the organizational support.
This conference is organized by the Chair of Public-Private-Partnerships
at VUB (Deloitte, Laga, Grontmij).
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