Annual CSR Conference Partnership
To help cultivate continued research in the CSR field, the Center is part of an annual CSR conference collaboration with Boston University 's School of Management, London Business School, and the Aspen Institute 's Business and Society Program.
Geared towards both academics and practitioners, the conference features keynote speakers and presentations on academic papers submitted for peer review. Each year, the conference host rotates to one of the collaborating schools, with the CSR-focused topic selected by the host. Select papers are published in a future edition of the Haas School of Business' California Management Review.
The partnership was created in 2003 by C.B. Bhattachayra from Boston University, N. Craig Smith from London Business School, and David Vogel from the Haas School of Business.
Annual Conferences
July 2006
Corporate Responsibility and Global Business: Implications for Corporate and Marketing Strategy
Hosted by the London Business School
The London Business School hosted the third in a series of international corporate responsibility conferences - Corporate Responsibility and Global Business - which addressed the implications of corporate responsibility for business and marketing strategy in the context of globalisation and global business. The conference was attended by more than 150 practitioners, business leaders, policy makers and NGOs, as well as academics. The outstanding line-up of speakers and paper presentations guided, taught, excited and challenged participants to bring CSR to the top of their organisations' agenda. Conference presentations are available at the conference website.
April 2005
Measuring and Reporting Social, Environmental, and Financial Performance
Hosted by the Center for Responsible Business at the Haas School of Business
The Center hosted the second conference in the partnership, which focused on social performance metrics. The conference featured keynotes from John Elkington, Co-founder of SustainAbility and Gavin Power, Senior Advisor to the United Nations Global Compact, and included thirteen research presentations on a wide-range of topics, including theory and evidence on trends in reporting, disclosure, accountability, and measurement
September 2003
Integrating Corporate Social Initiatives and Marketing Strategy
Hosted by Boston University, the first conference in the partnership focused on the integration of social responsibility and marketing strategy. Attended by more than seventy-five participants from academia and the corporate sector, several papers from the conference were featured in the Fall 2004 issue of the California Management Review. The issue was co-edited by C.B. Bhattacharya, N. Craig Smith, and David Vogel.
