9th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility: CSR and Global Governance

June 16-18, 2010

The conference will be held in Zagreb, Croatia, and hosted by Zagreb School of Economics and Management (ZSEM). It will be organised by Zagreb School of Economics and Management in conjunction with the Social Responsibility Research Network (SRRNet) and Publishing House MATE.

The current financial crisis, much as previous ones, has highlighted failures in governance and failures in regulation. Indeed some have argued that the regulators are more guilty even than the perpetrators and should be sanctioned accordingly. There is of course one flaw in this argument and one problem with managing the prevention of future financial crises and this is concerned with the recognition of and regulation of a truly global market for finance, trade, labour etc. We therefore consider that it is timely to look in greater detail at this issue. Therefore, the 9th international conference on corporate social responsibility will be focusing on one of the most urgent issues of the present – CSR and Global Governance.

 

Historical rundown

The Social Responsibility Research Network (SRRN) has held the Corporate Social Responsibility conference 8 times prior to this upcoming event in Zagreb.

The list of prior conferences organized to support a comparative and collaborative research network on CSR began in 2003 and includes the following dates, hosts, and locations:

  1. 2003, September 3-5, London Metropolitan University, London, UK
  2. 2004, November 21-23, Ansted University, Penang, Malaysia
  3. 2005, February 21-23, Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India
  4. 2005, September 7-9, London Metropolitan University, London, UK
  5. 2006, May 1-4, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
  6. 2007, June 11-14, Unversiti Teknologi MARA, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  7. 2008, September 3-5, University of Durham Business School, Durham, UK
  8. 2008, September 8-10, University of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
  9. * 2010, June 16-19, Zagreb School of Economics and Management, Zagreb, Croatia

Attendance of this event has ranged between 70 and 150 participants. It is projected that there will be around 130 participants at the Zagreb gathering. ZSEM will then pass the host baton over to partners in New Orleans, USA for 2011 and Finland for the 2012 events.

Meaning of holding in Croatia this year
Impacting our world

Croatia is an ideal backdrop for the theme of Global Governance and CSR as it offers a dynamic country moving from a transitional economy to an innovation based economy. This juxtaposition will offer vigourous discussions and debates from observations in the field to theoretical approaches shaping the future of CSR research.

Zagreb School of Economics and Management is an ideal host for the 9th annual event as it comes to Central Eastern Europe for the first time. ZSEM has been leading research on CSR in the market and region since 2004 when it began its annual report. We encourage all who are interested to view the results of the 2009 edition entitled Reporting on Corporate Social Responsibility in Leading Croatian Firms and the First Annual Survey of Corporate Governance Codex Disclosure Statement, click here.

Abstracts and publishing

Although preference will be given to full papers, abstracts of 200-500 words will also be considered. All papers and abstracts should be sent by 1st March 2010 by email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . No more than 2 papers will be accepted from any author. We will publish proceedings at the event. Details concerning other publishing opportunities for accepted papers presented at the conference will be provided during the conference.

Alternative events

Offers to run workshops, symposia, poster sessions, themed tracks or alternative events are especially welcome. Please contact Jelena Debeljak ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) with suggestions. Also, we are preparing an optional tourist extension package for those who are interested taking advantage of Croatia’s extensive cultural and resort offerings. For updated information, please visit the conference website http://csrevent.zsem.hr .

Doctoral Colloquium

This year we will again be running a doctoral colloquium on one day of the conference. The aim will be to give detailed feedback to doctoral researchers concerning their papers. Feedback will be specific to each person and their research, and will be given by an experienced academic in the field. The colloquium will be an integral part of the conference and all delegates will be expected to participate fully in the conference but the sessions will give extra time to presenters – to allow for discussion and formal feedback. This colloquium will be organised by Professor Dr Güler Aras and abstracts of 200-500 words should be sent by 1st March 2010 by email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . In order to allow detailed feedback full papers will be required in advance of the conference – full details will be given to participants upon acceptance. Following the tradition established at the 6th conference in Kuala Lumpur, a Young Academician award will be made during this colloquium.