Call for Papers

Case Focus – Case Submission for Issue 4 is Now Open!

Case Focus offers a journal publication outlet for high-quality, peer reviewed teaching cases, with a focus on management and business situations in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Call for cases are welcomed on all areas of business, management and government that are set in the MEA region. Cases must have been written for teaching purposes and be accompanied by a teaching note.

Cases can be based on published sources or field research. Fictional cases, or those from generalized experience, are not accepted.Authors Cases and their accompanying teaching notes must be copyrighted to an organization located in the MEA region. Authors must be a business or management teacher. Cases can be written by a team of two or more authors. Students and research assistants can be part of a writing team, but it must be led by a faculty member. The submission deadline is 9 September 2022.

Call for Cases

Cases

Cases are welcomed on all areas of business, management and government that are set in the MEA region. Cases must have been written for teaching purposes and be accompanied by a teaching note.

Cases can be based on published sources or field research. Fictional cases, or those from generalized experience, are not accepted.

Authors

Cases and their accompanying teaching notes must be copyrighted to an organisation located in the MEA region.

Authors must be a business or management teacher. Cases can be written by a team of two or more authors. Students and research assistants can be part of a writing team, but it must be led by a faculty member.

Submit to Case Focus

We are currently accepting submissions for Issue 4. The submission deadline is 9 September 2022.

Once you have checked that your case and teaching note meet our submission requirements it’s quick and easy to submit via our online form.

Benefits of submitting

Peer-review: all cases that meet the submission requirements will be double-blind reviewed. Feedback from the reviewers will be provided to authors to improve the quality of their cases and teaching notes.

Worldwide distribution: cases accepted to the journal for publication will be distributed and promoted to a global audience.

Retain your copyright: unlike other journals Case Focus does not require the authors or authoring organisation to sign over the copyright of cases that are published.

Earn a royalty: cases accepted to the journal for publication will be eligible for a royalty payment on any sales. The authoring school must be a member of The Case Centre to be eligible to receive royalties. 

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Second Call for Contributions: Autumn 2021 Encyclopedia on Corporate Social Responsibility- Nottingham University Business School

Editors

Dr. Lee Matthews, Dr. Lara Bianchi, Dr. Claire Ingram

International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ICCSR), Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham, UK

csr-encyclopedia@nottingham.ac.uk

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing

After a successful first call for entries for the Encyclopedia on Corporate Social Responsibility in July 2021, we are pleased to announce a second call for entries.

Purpose of the Encyclopedia

The International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ICCSR), Nottingham University Business School, is editing an Encyclopedia on Corporate Social Responsibility that will be the most up to date compilation of knowledge on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) when published in 2023. It will discuss the evolution of and future for CSR, as well as situate CSR in relation to the themes of sustainability, stakeholder management, governance, and business and human rights.

The Encyclopedia has the following aims:

  1. To offer comprehensive guidance on CSR;
  2. To critically present the evolution of CSR;
  3. To discuss the state of the art within the field of CSR (such as key concepts, debates frameworks, standards, measures, and practices);
  4. To demonstrate the impacts of CSR;
  5. To discuss the future of CSR.

Guidelines

The writing style for the Encyclopedia will be critical and reflective, with entries grounded in ongoing debates on CSR. The Encyclopedia should be accessible to students yet interesting for and useful to academics, practitioners, and policymakers. Entries will vary in length but will range from 1,000 – 3,000 words. A Guidance for Authors will be made available to confirmed Contributors.

Call for Contributions

If you would like to contribute towards the Encyclopedia, please send an expression of interest (EOI) to csr-encyclopedia@nottingham.ac.uk, stating your entry topic, by the 31st of October. The Encyclopedia currently has over 170 entries planned. Please consider that a first call for contributors was issued in July 2021 and the majority of entries have already been covered. However, a few key entries are still available. The Editors welcome further suggestions.

Currently Available Entries

Corporate Philanthropy, Corporate Sustainability, CSR and different forms of organizations, CSR and NGOs, Decolonising CSR, Environmental Justice, Explicit and Implicit CSR, Feminism and CSR, Global Value Chains, Intersectionality, Responsibilities towards Shareholders, Social and Environmental Auditing, Social and Environmental Innovation, Stakeholder Theory, Strategic CSR.

Early Career, PhD students and practitioners are welcome to contribute. Contributions from non-European Institutions are particularly encouraged. Each contributor will be asked to provide 1-2 reviews of entries relevant to their academic expertise. Each contributor will get a free electronic copy of the Encyclopedia.

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Case Focus: The Journal of Business & Management Teaching Cases- The Case Centre, Middle East and Africa Edition Call for Cases Issue 3

Case Focus offers a journal publication outlet for high-quality, peer reviewed teaching cases, with a focus on management and business situations in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region.

Call For Cases for Issue 3

The Case Centre are calling for high-quality, well-written teaching cases on all areas of business, management and government, that are set in the MEA region.

Cases submitted to the journal must be:

  • written by authors based in the MEA region
  • unpublished, and not under consideration. for publication elsewhere
  • from published sources or field research
  • no more than 7,500 words, excluding exhibits, appendices and references.

Key Dates

  • 21 October 2021 – Deadline for case submissions
  • June 2022 – Journal publication
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Call for Proposals & Abstracts: VIRTUAL DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM on Driving Agenda 2030: Research for Societal and Business Sustainability- Goa Institute of Management

Center for Social Sensitivity and Action: Goa Institute of Management

The year 2015 witnessed crucial shifts in the discourse on human development. The United Nations launched the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), otherwise known as the Global Goals. The 17 Goals of Sustainable Development constituted a universal call to action to end poverty, eliminate all forms of inequalities, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. While, the SDGs largely drew from the framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), they also included new areas of focus such as climate change, economic inequality, innovation, sustainable consumption, peace and justice, among other priorities. The Global Goals are ambitious and will require collaboration between government, business, and academia. 

Since 2015, sustainability has also been a key focus of higher education. With more than 190 countries pledged to meet the 17 SDGs by 2030, there has been a growing global interest among scholars to research various topics related to sustainable development. Further, as part of the mission of the higher education institutes (HEIs) to link academic knowledge to industry, the contributions of business and management scholars working on various sustainable development goals and their impact for business organizations has also grown exponentially.

With less than a decade left to realise the aspirations of the 2030 Agenda, it is the right time to review and understand the engagement of scholars in the management disciplines with SDGs, point out gaps in the research on SDGs, and identify ways in which academic research can be used by industry to effectively contribute to achieving various SDGs 

With this background, The Center of Social Sensitivity and Action at the Goa Institute of Management, announces a two-day virtual Doctoral Colloquium on Driving Agenda 2030: Research for Societal and Business Sustainability 

The colloquium invites doctoral students from management institutes and universities across India to share their research on topics related to SDGs. The Colloquium will be held on 18 -19 November, 2021. 

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Objectives

The doctoral colloquium will address a variety of normative and empirical concerns pertaining to governance, finance, implementation, technology, and partnerships required for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda as well as for the localizing of SDGs in India.

The colloquium will: 

  • Highlight current research trends on SDGs with regard to the management discipline and discuss ways to conduct high impact research on SDGs; 
  • Provide interdisciplinary networking opportunities and open up possibilities for collaboration and integrated research initiatives; 
  • Promote sustainability-oriented research that is relevant to academia and the industry 

Benefits for Doctoral Students

The colloquium will benefit doctoral students by:

  • Enhancing understanding of the importance of research on SDGs
  • Providing opportunities to deliberate on the complexity and interdependence among SDGs
  • Exploring avenues for integrating diverse topics related to sustainability and responsibility in management research;
  • Providing a platform to early career scholars to interact with experts on sustainability and SDGs for impactful research and provide networking opportunities

Call for Proposals for Paper Presentations

We welcome submissions from doctoral students for paper presentations on a wide variety of topics related to sustainability that are relevant to academia or the industry. We will give particular weight to submissions that focus on two broad themes:

1) Responsible Management and Business
2) SDGs and Social Engagements (Academia, Government and NGOs).

Further, each theme includes several sub-themes.

  1. Responsible Management and Business:
    Today corporations have begun innovating and integrating responsible management practices throughout their entire value chain. Their efforts to strike a balance between profit and purpose helps them to address SDG 9 (Industry and Innovation) along with SDG 8 (Decent work and Economic Growth). For example, taking responsible sourcing as an aspect of responsible management, this is reflected in the way companies are adopting sustainable processes of selection, monitoring, evaluating and building long-term relations with suppliers based on their commitment to social or environmental causes. To accelerate the process of mainstreaming responsible management more broadly across industry, it is essential for research to address questions such as, “What specific process innovations have companies introduced that ensure responsible procurement? What challenges do companies encounter when adopting responsible procurement policies and practices? and How have companies addressed them? What business and social outcomes have resulted from the adoption of responsible procurement? The fashion industry is another sector where conscious effort has been made recently to integrate principles of responsible management principles into in their business operations. For example, proposal might submit proposals that address research on the kinds of new interventions undertaken by textile companies after 2015, to promote sustainable fashion, and to adopt ethical business practices.

    Extended abstracts can be related to one or more of the sub-themes listed below.
    • Decent Work and Sustainability Practices in Organisations
    • Engagement of Industry with Diversity, Inclusion and Human Rights in
    • Role of Business in Responsible Production (e.g Responsible Sourcing, Circular Economy, Green Financing, Green Marketing)
    • Innovation for Responsible Production and Consumption in Industries
    • Reducing Waste Generation (e.g. food waste, plastic waste)
    • Marketing Sustainable lifestyle

  2. SDGs and Social Engagement (Academia, Government and NGOs):
    It is widely acknowledged that the SDGs are interlinked, and that success in achieving one SDG is often dependent on addressing issues related to other SDGs. It has also become evident that an effective response to SDGs requires the involvement of multiple stakeholders, i.e government, NGOs, civil society, academia, and industry. The sub-themes included in this broader theme explore how academia, government and NGOs have conceptualised responsible management; what kind of administrative structures, systems and processes have evolved to promote a culture that facilitates these shareholders in pursuing the various goals of sustainable development. Also included in this theme are topics related to the critical challenges involved in creating appropriate governance structures and mindsets for implementation of SDGs.

    Extended abstracts can be related to one or more of the sub-themes listed below.
    • Health, Well-being and SDGs
    • Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development
    • ICT for Sustainable Development
    • Capacity Building for Localizing SDGs at the grassroot level
    • Partnerships for Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals
    • Sustainable Development and Government policies
    • International Sustainability Standards and Relevance of ESG Reporting

Call for Extended Abstracts

The papers for presentation in the Doctoral Colloquium would be selected through extended abstracts. The extended abstract should be a summary of a research and is expected to meet the academic standards.

  • Cover Page of the Extended Abstract should include:
    • Theme: As per the suggested two themes
    • Sub-theme (as mentioned under each theme)
    • Title of the paper
    • Names of Author(s): First author’s First Name, First Author Last Name; Second author’s First name, second author’s Last Name; and so on
    • Name of the university/institute you are pursuing your doctoral thesis: Department, University/Institute, Country
    • Contact details of the Author(s): email addresses
  • Your Extended Abstract should consist of:
    • Purpose/Rationale
    • Methodology
    • Brief Literature Review
    • Empirical/Theoretical results
    • Managerial Implications
  • Font & size: Times New Roman, size 12
  • Line Space: Single space
  • Word count: 1500-2000 words

Guidelines for Submissions

Abstracts (in English) should be submitted via e-mail as an attachment in word format.

  • Share you biographic (within 50 words)
  • Notification of acceptance/rejection of the abstracts will be sent to you via e-mail
  • The colloquium committee reserves the right to decide on the acceptance/rejection of the abstract and the method of presentation
  • By submitting an abstract you grant permission to the organizers to publish the abstract in electronic format or in print format
  • Payment of registration fees is necessary to participate or to present at the colloquium or to publish your abstract in the compendium

The committee will review the extended abstracts and send all decision letters by 30 September, 2021. The evaluation will be based on the relevance of submission to the colloquium theme, originality, academic rigour. Accepted abstracts will be published as proceedings in the form of a colloquium compendium. Scholars invited for presentations must register by 20 October, 2021, in order to secure their position in the program.

Submit your extended abstract to – researchsdg@gim.ac.in

Important Dates

Submission Deadline of Extended Abstracts 05 October 2021 
Notification of Acceptance of Extended Abstracts 10 October 2021 
Registration Deadline 25 October 2021 
Date of the virtual doctoral colloquium 18 – 19 November 2021 

Registration Fees

INR 750 for Indian Scholars (Fee paid before 05 October 2021)
INR 1000 for India Scholars (Fee paid after 05 October 2021)
USD 25 (Fee paid before 05 October 2021)
USD 50 (Fee paid after 05 October 2021)

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1ST AUTUMN DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM ON BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKING: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

OCTOBER 29TH, 2020, HALF-DAY VIRTUAL EVENT

The Risk, Uncertainty, and Decisions (RUD) group at IE University (Spain) is hosting its 1st Autumn Doctoral Consortium on Behavioral Decision Making. PhD scholars, 3rd year and above, are invited to submit an abstract of their work related to decision-making, broadly defined. Open for scholars from business schools in the fields of Decision Sciences, Entrepreneurship, Marketing & Organizational Behavior.

Keynote Speaker:

Professor Gerben A. van Kleef, University of Amsterdam, Associate Editor at OBHDP

Selected participants will present their research in a 20-minute talk. Dedicated faculty panel will provide feedback. Best Student Paper prizes will be awarded.

Guidelines for Abstract Submission

• Deadline for submission: 31st August, 2020, 5 pm Madrid time.
• Extended abstract (single-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point type, left-aligned, and in PDF format only) of no more than 1000 words.
• Include names of all co-authors and their university affiliations. Clearly identify the presenting student author.
• Research work should be ongoing and not published.
• Email your submissions to rudgroupie@gmail.com.

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Call for Papers: Responsible Leadership Reimagined Conference-University of Stellenbosch Business School

Call for Papers

Responsible leadership research has soared over the past ten years and entered corporate boardrooms. This is not only due to recurring corporate scandals, aggravation of global warming, and the COVID-19 pandemic but also to business leaders growing awareness and recognition of their co-responsibility in resolving societal issues and global sustainability challenges.

Responsible leadership is understood as a leadership approach that addresses responsibilities and accountabilities of business leaders vis- à-vis different stakeholders insides and outside the organization, is driven by purpose and positive social impact, and promotes a relational, inclusive, and caring approach in leader-stakeholder relationships.

However, responsible leadership is not the same in the mind of all and differs depending on individual opinion, industry mindset, ownership structure, and country culture and history.

We still have a limited understanding of the meaning and scope of the concept in the African context: What are the particular stakeholder expectations of a responsible leader in the Africa countries? What is the scope of a leader’s responsibility and accountability, and how is this influenced by the cultural context? What are the challenges that leaders in business and society are facing? And what are the challenges of behaving ethically and responsibly?

Further collaboration, imagination and development is needed to specify responsible leadership for the African context, to make sense of the concept and to co-create meaning with stakeholders and leaders from different sectors to shape a better and more sustainable future.

The Conference Aim and Topics

The conference seeks to address these questions and encourage further research and academic-practitioner dialogue to advance the discussion on responsible leadership in Africa.

The aim is to move towards a common understanding of what responsible leadership is and what it can achieve on the African continent. We seek contributions that theoretically and empirically assess responsible leadership and its relation to individual ethical decision-making, best responsible business practice (in for-profit, non-profit, hybrid, international organizations and government), stakeholder engagement, community partnerships, and cross-sector collaboration.

The full call for papers and proposals can be found below.

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The Conference as a Collaborative Project

Responsible Leadership Reimagined will be hosted by the USB Centre for Responsible Leadership Studies, collaboration with the Allan Gray Centre for Values-based Leadership (University of Cape Town), the Albert Luthuli Leadership Institute (University of Pretoria) and the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative.

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Submission Deadlines

  • October 31, 2021: Scholarly paper abstract submissions
  • October 31, 2021: Practitioner presentation submissions
  • November 30, 2021: Notification of review results of abstract/presentation submissions
  • January 31, 2022: Final paper submissions
  • March 16-18, 2022: Responsible Leadership Reimagined Conference

Contact

Email address for submissions: RLRConference@usb.ac.za
Conference Logistical Coordinator: Sheena Maneveld, sheena@usb.co.za

Call for Submissions – GBSN Going BEYOND Awards

Overview

The Going BEYOND Awards are designed to highlight institutional programs or initiatives that demonstrate community impact, embody the spirit of inclusive and sustainable development and represents the spirit and values of GBSN Beyond. Institutions from across the globe are invited to submit an entry for the Going BEYOND Awards.

Leaders from institutions submitting qualifying entries will be invited to deliver short talks (8-10 minutes) about the program at one of four Impact Roundtables as part of the Leaders Track of GBSN Beyond. This open sharing process will involve not only other Leaders presenting, but also an audience of leaders from business, civil society, and government.

Submission Details

Qualifying entries describe programs that have demonstrated positive impact on society BEYOND the traditional degree programs offered by institutions and academic research published journals.

Entries will follow a standard format that includes:

  • Program Description
  • Program Impact and SDG Progress
  • Program Outlook
  • School Profile

Important Date/Deadlines

  • October 10, 2021 – Call for Awards Submissions Closes
  • October 2021 – Impact Roundtables are Hosted (Dates TBA)
  • November 15-17, 2021 – GBSN Beyond
  • November 17, 2021 – Virtual Awards Ceremony announcing the winner of the Going BEYOND Awards

Learn more about the award values, submission details and Impact Roundtables.

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Call for Chapters – Teaching Ethics across the Management Curriculum – Volume 4

Editors: Kemi Ogunyemi, Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria

Email Address: kogunyemi@lbs.edu.ng

Please send a one-page chapter proposal, dealing with or related to the themes to the editor’s email address

About the Book

Title: Teaching Ethics across the Management Curriculum (Volume 4)

Summary: This book series goes beyond the current literature by providing unique insights into the experience of seasoned academics regarding embedding business ethics into their teaching of the practice of management, especially in the light of new global happenings.The series provides faculty in business schools with knowledgeable discourse about the current ethical issues within their fields. Specifically, this call is soliciting chapter proposals from a multidisciplinary array of scholars. 

Full Description

The need to embed business ethics in the teaching of management disciplines has at times given rise to a debate as to whether ethics should be taught as a standalone course or in an embedded manner. So far, the majority of the opinions favors a consensus that both approaches are relevant and should be used complementarily for optimal results. This book series goes beyond the current literature by providing unique insights into the experience of seasoned academics regarding embedding business ethics into their teaching of the practice of management, especially in the light of new global happenings.

The series provides faculty in business schools with knowledgeable discourse about the current ethical issues within their fields. The book fits into Area 1, educator guides, of the PRME Collection, as a supplementary textbook for the business student (to highlight ethical dilemmas for all the different managerial functional roles covered in the book) and a handbook for business faculty, and promotes PRME principles 1, 2 and 3. For example, a chapter on embedding ethics in teaching operations management in this digital world would be used by faculty and students as a supplement to the usual textbooks for operations management courses.

Principle 1 states: We will develop the capabilities of students to be future generators of sustainable value for business and society at large and to work for an inclusive and sustainable global economy. The ‘Teaching Ethics across the Management Curriculum’ series enables faculty to ensure that their students grasp the moral dimension of running a business whether it be at the moment of drawing up sustainable business plans, of raising finance, of appraising employees, of executing operation strategies, of buying software, or of implementing a customer loyalty plan. This latest addition to the series takes into consideration the ethical questions raised by new realities in today’s world.

Principle 2 states: We will incorporate into our academic activities and curricula the values of global social responsibility as portrayed in international initiatives such as the United Nations Global Compact. This objective of this book is precisely to facilitate this task for faculty.

Principle 3 states: We will create educational frameworks, materials, processes and environments that enable effective learning experiences for responsible leadership. The ‘Teaching Ethics across the Management Curriculum’ series provides a platform for faculty to share their experiences of how to teach ethical profitability with their peers. This contributes to resolving the concerns that faculty in other disciplines may experience when they wish to incorporate ethics into their teaching but may feel that they lack the preparation for doing this or ideas of how to go about it.

Specifically, this call is soliciting chapter proposals from a multidisciplinary array of scholars. Their aim should be to contribute to the knowledge of how to embed ethics in various management disciplines either by sharing knowledge and experiences related to current business realities of a globalized and digitized world, or by providing case studies that embed ethics in the their learning objectives apart from those specified for the course discipline. Thematic ideas about the former are listed in the tentative chapter content segment, below. Regarding the latter, for example, we welcome ethical decision-making cases to be used in teaching Strategy or Business Policy, Decision-Making, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Operations and Service Management, Marketing, Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Organizational Behavior, Management Communication, Team Building, Negotiation, Business Leadership, Project Management, Business Law, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, etc. The multidisciplinary approach of the book is expected to make its content very rich (actual table of contents to be derived from accepted chapter proposals).

The Plan

Schedule for publication of the book:
· Book chapter proposals received: August 15, 2021
· Notification of accepted chapter proposals: August 22, 2021
· Receipt of full book chapters for review: November 28, 2021
· Peer review of book chapters and revision feedback: December 8 – 31, 2021
· Receipt by editors of final draft of book chapters: January 25, 2022
· Book delivered to the publisher: February 14, 2022
· Anticipated publication: August 15, 2022

Authors of selected proposals will be invited to submit full chapters for publication in this next volume in the series. Authors of accepted full chapters will be required to participate in the review process (two chapters each).


Please submit your chapter proposal as a Microsoft Word document attached to an email to kogunyemi@lbs.edu.ng no later than August 15, 2021.

We would appreciate a one-page proposal describing your chapter, identifying your discipline and outlining the broad scope of your proposed chapter content (preferably not exceeding 250 words). Please include as a separate Word file a brief biography covering your current institutional affiliation and position, a listing of your relevant publications and educational background, and or any other pertinent information on your qualifications for contributing to this manuscript (preferably not exceeding 250 words).


Please email all proposals and enquiries to Kemi Ogunyemi Associate Professor, Business Ethics, Sustainability Management, and Managerial Anthropology Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria

Call for Chapters – Responsible Management of Work Value Shifts Post Covid-19

Editors: Kemi Ogunyemi and Adaora Onaga, Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria
Email addresses: kogunyemi@lbs.edu.ng, aonaga@pau.edu.ng
Publishers: In review with Emerald Publishing
Please send a 200-word chapter proposal to the above email addresses by August 15, 2021.

About the Book

Title: Responsible Management of Work Value Shifts Post Covid-19
Summary: The Covid-19 pandemic is leaving an indelible mark on history. This book aims to reflect on past and present events influencing its global impact and the shifts towards new directions in responsible management of human relationships and workforce dynamics. Future adaptations to heighten responsibility are explored and recommendations are proffered.

Full Description

Covid 19 has deepened the VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) context of the world we live in globally and thus heightened the need for responsibility, accountability, and ethics in the use and management of resources for the common good of all humanity. Big value shifts have taken place both at individual and collective levels – families, companies, communities, countries, etc. New and wicked problems emerged and tested the moral mettle of many – physically, emotionally and spiritually. While the pandemic has had (and continues having) unprecedented effects on our personal and professional lives, it has surfaced physical, emotional, and spiritual gaps and strengths which may have been previously unappreciated. These changes have had a direct impact on the workforce especially with businesses and healthcare. There is however, no aspect of the globalized society that has been left untouched. Thus, it can be considered a special pandemic which is not only relevant to the present but has future implications and will benefit from lessons from the past. For this reason, in this project, we start with a study of past major pandemics and epidemics in relation to their influence on workplace dynamics. This influence is theorized to be at the same time positive and detrimental to development. An analysis of the reasons for growth or otherwise can help with understanding and directing the future post Covid 19.

The pandemic has forced the rapid actualization, worldwide, of a digital potential that was already considered to be speedily developing. However, the progress already made shows that there is still potential for even swifter technological progress to directly and positively impact personal, professional, and social lives while minimizing externalities. The resulting accelerated progress has led to hybrid work models, the automation of services previously provided by human individuals, and the pressured acquisition of new skills and tools in a relatively short time – in all these, responsible management has sometimes taken a hit. We are interested in unpacking what has happened during the period and also in the future directions of this shift in technological skills and ways of thinking about the workplace and work values. Our interest is particularly directed at organizations that have borne the direct impact of changes with Covid and the health sector responsible for its control and prevention. What did it mean and what does it mean to have responsible management in these new circumstances? Where gender equity, social responsibility, and responsible taxation of businesses were previously relevant before the pandemic, what direction should these discussions be taking?

The future of our post-Covid world is of primary concern. It requires active agency to ensure that it is a world that places work in its right context for growth and development and this entails greater responsibility for those who control and distribute resources or make decisions that affect them. How this is achieved will be influenced by the personal and organizational preparation to make it happen. What impact will the workplace shifts have on our physical, psychological, and spiritual health?

The final section of the work looks at the generational impact, relevant virtues, and the physical, psychological, and spiritual adaptations that may be necessary for directing workplace shifts to a wholesome and fulfilling one for humanity. In the wake of Covid 19, the book will aid businesses by providing further insight into the changes that have been caused by the pandemic and how to proactively and responsibly react to them. It will reinforce the efforts they are already making in this regard and broaden their perspectives and provoke them to think outside of the box to do things right. The case studies showcase best practices to guide others who wish to act responsibly. There is an intentional focus on the future of work and management which are rapidly evolving and require deep reflections about their direction and its quality.

Tentative Table of Contents: Please send a 200-word chapter proposal, dealing with or related to the themes below, to the editors’ email addresses (as above) by August 15, 2021.

Section 1- Pandemics and Workplace Dynamics: A Longitudinal Perspective (Taking the long view)

  • Past epidemics, moral questions raised, and their historical impact on development
  • Ethical leadership in crises and pandemics – a dilemmatic review
  • Shifts in CSR and sustainability imperatives over the years due to ‘natural disasters’
  • The impact of pandemics on governance and public services

Section 2- Covid-19 Impact on Businesses and Organizations (Systemic responsibility)

  • Applying ethical theories and principles in unusual situations – practical approaches to decision making
  • Responsible people management and fairness during Covid 19
  • Working from home and the dynamics for gender equity and the digital divide
  • Expat quotas, knowledge transfer dynamics and work from home

Section 3- Responsible Healthcare: Gains and Challenges with Covid 19 (Health in crisis)

  • Resource management and healthcare accountability with Covid 19
  • New perspectives in occupational health and safety for businesses
  • Responsible personal care and the logic of lockdowns
  • Triaging and managing Covid – ethical decision-making
  • Covid vaccinations and moral questions (production, inclusivity, etc.)
  • Health and business intersections – profitability and the common good


Section 4- People Management in Fluid Workspaces: Transplanting Corporate Values and Ethical Culture into the New Normal (Recreating responsibility)

  • Developing resilient people and upskilling
  • Work ethic from home – (mis)trust and (dis)honesty
  • Tensions and solutions in upholding organizational culture and values; challenges to resilience
  • Responsible private-public partnerships for the pandemic – guiding principles for collaborations

Section 5- Directing the Future of Work Value Shifts Responsibly (Work value shifts and the future)

  • Flexibility as virtue (or vice) in future work dynamics
  • Generational impact for the future of responsible management of the generations
  • Preparing for the next pandemic – legacy learnings
  • Psychological needs for future work value shifts
  • Dealing ethically with legal restrictions and the implications of contractual failures
  • Protecting against abuses of trust – private, public, NGOs, media actors; future trust issues
  • Religion and spirituality in management in a post-Covid world

There is an intentional focus on the future of work and management, which are rapidly evolving and require deep reflections about their direction and its quality. Please send a 200-word proposal to kogunyemi@lbs.edu.ng by August 15, 2021.

Call for Poster Session Contributions at the 29th CEEMAN Annual Conference

CEEMAN invites faculty members and researchers to showcase their work at the traditional CEEMAN poster session related to the overall theme of the 29th CEEMAN Annual Conference, “Management Education at the Crossroads“. The conference is taking place on 22-24 September 2021 in Trieste, Italy. The poster session will take place in the hybrid format, allowing participants to join online or in person.

The poster session is an opportunity to display innovations faculty members and researchers have implemented during the last years. Even when these innovations are still at an experimental phase, presenting them to the CEEMAN community will give the chance of finding support and receiving valuable feedback, and a publication in the Conference Proceedings.

Poster session co-chairs:

  • Claudio Rivera, RTU Riga Business School, Latvia
  • Zoltán Buzády, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary 

Details about Posters and Submissions

The goals of the poster session are:
(a) to raise the visibility of new, emerging or proven, successful pedagogical innovations of faculty members at CEEMAN member and partner institutions
(b) to promote the exchange of new research findings and tools
(c) to foster networking among faculty members and researchers
(d) to create a new platform for publishing and disseminating research findings, teaching materials and solutions

CEEMAN encourages you to submit your proposal for a poster presentation in one or several of the following subtracks:

  1. Your teaching case study,which you have developed yourself and already use in your teaching practice;
  2. Your research work,which may be a fundamental or applied research project, or alternately your concrete, new research findings which have a clear reference to their application in management/business teaching;
  3. Your teaching tool & technique, which you have developed or adopted successfully in your course/program;
  4. Your other experience, which you would like to present and is relevant to the conference theme.

The potential contributors need to:

1. Submit your poster presentation abstract by 10 July 2021 to claudio.rivera@rbs.lv (with email subject “CEEMAN Poster Session”). Your submission should indicate the sub-track of your poster (teaching case study / research / teaching tool or technique / other experience), what is your poster presentation topic, what aspects you plan to present and how it relates to the conference theme. All submissions will be reviewed by a selection board for possible inclusion in the conference poster session. 

2. Prepare an online poster and if attending in person, also bring one paper poster or any other brief visual presentation (sized A1) about their pedagogical/research work, which will remain posted throughout the conference.

3. Present their ideas and proposal in an open session to other participants of the 29th CEEMAN Annual Conference in about 10 minutes on Wednesday, 22 September 2021.

4. Submit a high-quality photo of their poster work and a final write-up of their presentation for publication (two pages) by 18 October 2021 for publication in the Conference proceedings.

We recommend that each poster includes the following elements:

  • A clear statement informing everyone on ‘What is this poster about?’
  • An outline of the related topics or elements
  • A recommendation where and how the proposal object can be used in teaching/management education
  • Your name, affiliation and contact

Please note that many tips and tricks on preparing a poster presentation are on the internet.  

Conditions of participation:

The cost of participation in the poster session only (without attending the conference) is EUR 150. All poster presenters are entitled to a 10% discount for attending the 29th CEEMAN Annual Conference (covers attendance of all conference events, conference materials, coffee breaks, lunches and dinners, transportation between the venues as specified in the conference program). The fee does NOT cover travel, airport shuttle, accommodation, participation of accompanying persons, or sightseeing tour.

Important Dates/Deadlines

  • 10 July, 2021 – Submission Deadline
  • 22 September, 2021 – Conference Presentation Date (virtual or in-person)

Contact

For any questions or clarification, please contact poster session co-chair Claudio Rivera at claudio.rivera@rbs.lv (with email subject “CEEMAN Poster Session”).

For more information about the conference, logistics and conditions, please visit: http://www.ceeman.org/29thconference.

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