For the 9th year, this 2-day conference will again bring together those who are responsible for the ethics, compliance or business conduct programmes within their organisations. You will share with your peers practical information and experiences relating to current best practices and explore together some of the problems that are raised in doing business ethically. The meeting follows up on the last conference held in London in February 2011. It is an invaluable opportunity to network with a broad European peer group of corporate managers working in this field. Attendance is by invitation only to organisations with over 500 employees and is strictly limited to those responsible for ethics, compliance and corporate responsibility within their organisations. Spaces are initially limited to three per company, although more may be held on a waiting list should spaces become available.

A growing number of businesses is dealing with corporate sustainability issues. As corporate sustainability covers a wide range of complex topics such as emission reductions, biodiversity management, sustainability-oriented product and service innovation, sustainable supply chain management, or corporate influences on communities and regional development, its successful implementation depends on the contributions of experts from various disciplines in management, environmental science, psychology, sociology, economics, and related disciplines. In fact, the complexity of many sustainability challenges requires problem-solving approaches that transcend not only boundaries between academic disciplines but also between academics and practitioners. This is what transdisciplinarity is about. Situated at one of Europe’s most reputable sustainable universities, the conference will enable leading researchers and high-level decision-makers to meet in a transdisciplinary setting with a goal of creating new insights to help move sustainability forward. To accomplish this, 60% of the participants (researchers and decision-makers) will be invited, while 40% will be selected by a rigorous peer-review of an international board. The track "Transdisciplinarity in Corporate Sustainability" is offered by the Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM) and the The Academy of Business in Society (EABIS). The deadline for abstract submission (500 words) is 31 October, 2011. The full call is available at: http://www.leuphana.de/sustainability-summit Submissions are also considered for the call for papers of the Special Issue in the Journal Business Strategy and the Environment titled “Transdisciplinarity in Corporate Sustainability”. The special issues is edited by Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger, Prof. Dr. Markus Beckmann and Dr. Erik G. Hansen (see http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291099-0836/homepage/custom_copy.htm)

Auch im Frühjahr 2012 wird das Forum wieder Beiträge zu normativen Fragen wirtschaftlichen Handelns aus unterschiedlichen Forschungsperspektiven diskutieren. Ob unter dem Stichwort Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik, Nachhaltigkeit oder CSR – das Ziel des Forums ist es, mit gutem Beispiel voranzugehen und „echten“ Dialog zwischen Wirtschaftsethikern, Nachhaltigkeitsexperten, Philosophen, Ökonomen u.a. Vertretern zu fördern. Die Teilnehmerzahl der zweitägigen Treffen wird bewusst begrenzt gehalten, um einen intensiven Austausch zu ermöglichen. Allen Teilnehmern werden vorab die jeweiligen Argumentations- bzw. Gliederungsentwürfe zur Vorbereitung auf die Diskussionen zugesandt. An Vorträgen oder einer Teilnahme als Mitdiskutant/in ohne Vortrag Interessierte melden sich bitte bis Montag, 01.03.2012 mit einem kurzen Abstract von ca. 300 Wörtern bei: chhaller@mail.uni-mannheim.de Für jeden Referenten steht insgesamt eine Stunde für Vortrag und Diskussion zur Verfügung.

European Group of Organization Studies EGOS Colloquium, Helsinki, Finland, July 5–7, 2012 Aalto University & Hanken School of Economics Call for Papers The Changing Role of Business in Global Society SWG Standing Workshop Group (SWG 10) SWG convenors: Andreas Georg Scherer, University of Zurich Hans van Oosterhout, Erasmus University Kathleen Rehbein, Marquette University Deadline for paper submissions January 16, 2012. For further information please see the attached CfP or visit the EGOS website: http://www.egos2012.net/2011/06/sub-theme-10-swg-the-changing-role-of-business-in-global-society/