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11^th European Business Ethics Network – <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> Conference

9^th Ethics and Human Resource Management Conference

April 12-13^th 2007 The Business School, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Cheltenham</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>.

"Ain't Misbehaving?:  Organisations, Ethics and Misbehaviour"

The 2007 EBEN-UK/EHRM conference will be hosted by the <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Gloucestershire</st1:placename>'s  <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype>, <st1:city w:st="on">Cheltenham</st1:city>, UK., one of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s larger  business schools, which provides a spectacular conference venue.

<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Cheltenham</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s Regency Spa town, is the centre for the Cotswolds – an area of outstanding natural beauty.  Wide, tree lined streets, elegant architecture, fine parks and gardens give <st1:place w:st="on">Cheltenham</st1:place> a stylish air.

Cheltenham is located to the west of <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> and there are direct bus services from the centre of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city> and Heathrow airport.  The town is also in easy reach, by road or rail, of <st1:city w:st="on">Birmingham</st1:city> and <st1:city w:st="on">Bristol</st1:city> (with their international airports) and <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oxford</st1:place></st1:city>.

The theme for the conference is "Ain't Misbehaving?:  Misbehaviour, Ethics and Organisations".   

Misbehaviour is a part of everyday life in organisations as people challenge accepted norms, but the ethics of this phenomenon has seen limited debate.  Is the nature of individual and organisational misbehaviour the same?  What is the impact of this misbehaviour?  How should we view this misbehaviour?  When should misbehaviour be welcomed and discouraged?  Whilst welcoming submissions from any area of business ethics, it is these questions that this conference highlights. 

The conference will run from the 12^th to 13^th of April 2007 and we welcome submissions on all aspects of ethics in organisational life and the areas below in particular:

• Issues of misbehaviour in organisations
• Corporate social responsibility and philanthropy
• Environmental and social auditing
• Ethical and critical theory
• Ethics in not-for-profit organisations
• Globalisation and trade
• HRM and ethics
• Management knowledge
• Research methods for business ethics
• SMEs and ethics 
• Socially responsible investment
• Teaching business ethics

Papers will be selected by peer review.  Please submit either: 

• an outline proposal for a paper (about 500 words long) headed by your title, name, address and email address OR
• a completed paper and an abstract (100 – 200 words long) headed by your title, name, address and email address

Please follow the submission guidelines on our website to ensure correct formatting.

Proposals should be submitted by December 15^th 2006 to Joanna Page, EBEN Conference Administrator at EBENUK2007@glos.ac.uk.

For further information please visit www.ebenuk2007.org or contact the conference organiser, David Dawson, at ddawson@glos.ac.uk.