Hosted by the Open University of Israel in association with Kedge Business School (France)

and the Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds (UK)

 

Main conference dates: 12-13 October 2021
PhD workshop: 11 October 2021
Submission deadline for abstracts: 2 July 2021

 

The theme of the conference, “Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Times of Global Crisis” invites participants to explore CSR's contributions to society during the course of global crisis. CSR has been adopted by most corporations to the point that it has become an institutional imperative for business firms. Accordingly, numerous studies have shown that corporations use their CSR in order to improve their legitimacy and reputation and that CSR does, overall, contribute to their financial performance. Having established CSR's value for corporations, the CSR academic literature left open for debate the wider societal contribution of CSR. Therefore, the purpose of this call for papers is to bring forward questions that have not been adequately addressed in the academic literature investigating CSR, such as what is the  outcome of CSR? Does CSR contribute to stakeholders and society, especially in times of crisis? How much? To whom and when?

 

We call for papers that investigate the impact of CSR on society, with a particular focus on contributions to alleviating societal and environmental crisis. Acknowledging a broad range of possible issues, we invite papers that may address, but are not restricted to, the following questions and topics: How can we rethink the impact of CSR from a societal perspective? How do corporations contribute to sustainability challenges? Can we expect corporations to address social crisis or are corporations the source of social crisis? What impact does CSR have on economic development and recovery in emerging and developing countries? How does CSR contribute to efforts directed at alleviating the climate change crisis? How has CSR impacted the Covid-19 pandemic and what role have corporations played in addressing the societal challenges created and exasperated by Covid19? What role did corporations play in the 'race to the vaccine' and the consequential vaccine inequality between nations and within nations? How can corporations improve the societal impact of their CSR activities and what aspects of CSR should they address in times of crisis?

 

This is a cross-disciplinary conference looking for both conceptual and empirical papers filling the research and knowledge gap in both theory and practice related to the impact of CSR on society. We are interested in contributions from different disciplines and fields of study. CRRC is the ideal place to test new ideas and to experiment with new formats. Therefore, we welcome suggestions for full or partial panels and workshop streams. The tradition of CRRC is to focus on participants and the debate, as well as on social activity. Although, this year due to the ongoing crisis we will be holding the conference in an unconventional online format, we promise to include time for an informal get-together. We aim to create an environment that is welcoming and friendly yet succeeds in challenging the existing knowledge base and assumptions, and hence drives the debate around corporate responsibility forward.

 

Abstracts should be submitted via the online platform available at: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=crrc2021  by 2 July 2021. Please include names, affiliations and contact details of all authors. Please use a maximum of 350 words, answering the following questions:

 

 

Chair: Dr Fanny Salignac, Kedge Business School

 

Chair: Prof Ralf Barkemeyer, Kedge Business School

 

Chairs: Dr Elizabeth Franklin-Johnson and Dr Hugh Lee, Kedge Business School

 

Chair: Dr Julien Hanoteau, Kedge Business School

 

Chair: Dr Breeda Comyns, Kedge Business School

 

Chairs: Prof Frank Figge, Prof Lutz Preuss, and Dr Andrea Thorpe, Kedge Business School

 

Sub-theme 7: The Gradual Legalization of CSR and what Does this Mean?
Chair: Dr Orr Karassin, The Open University of Israel

 

Sub-theme 8: Sufficiency in Production & Consumption
Chair: Dr Pasi Heikkurinen, University of Helsinki

Sub-theme 9: Consumer Behavior on Sustainability Issues
Chair: Prof William Young, University of Leeds

Sub-theme 10: Sustainable Business Models and Social Impact
Chair: Ms. Outi Vehka-aho, Tampere University

Sub-theme 11: Business, Peace and CSR
Chairs: Dr Bahar Ali Kazmi, Aston Business School

Sub-theme 12: The Private Sector and the Sustainable Development Goals
Chairs: Dr Bimal Arora, Aston Business School

Sub-theme 13: CSR and Social & Environmental Impacts
Chair: Dr Robert Kudłak, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

 

After receiving notification of  abstract acceptance,  conference papers of a maximum of 6,000 words including references should be submitted online through our website at https://www.openu.ac.il/en/crrc/

Please note that papers will not be accepted or appear in the programme unless speaker(s) have registered in full for the conference.

 

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

 

This year, thanks to a generous grant from the Open University of Israel, the participation in the conference will be free of charge.
All presenters and other participant must register by the end of the registration date.

For more information on the conference please visit us at: https://www.openu.ac.il/en/crrc/

You can contact us at:  crrc@openu.ac.il