Date
24 June 2024
Time
10:00 – 16:00
Location
Room C14, Monica Partridge Building, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD
Organisers
Nottingham University

The Event
The Politics of CSR: What’s next?
Keynote Speaker: Professor Jeremy Moon (Copenhagen Business School)
Practitioner Speaker: Simon Graham (De Courcy Alexander Ltd, London)
The understanding and practice of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has evolved over the last century from a limited to an expanded view of the role of business in society. This evolution has been shaped by historical, social-economic and political events, including the adoption of mandatory CSR (and sustainability/ESG) regulations that reflect ever-changing societal expectations of the social responsibilities and accountabilities of firms. The idea of social responsibility is inherently political in nature. CSR is constructed differently by various stakeholders in light of their contested expectations of business and the role business actors should play in societal governance beyond the narrow economic ‘can do good’ (make money) by ‘doing good’ (acting responsibly) philosophy. This symposium brings together academics and practitioners to share and discuss the politics of responsibility, accountability and justice, and shape the future agenda for business and society scholarship. This event will also see the launch of a new CSR Encyclopedia: see Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (e-elgar.com) edited by members of the ICCSR namely, Lee Matthews, Lara Bianchi and Claire Ingram. For planning purposes, the organisers kindly request you to confirm your attendance by completing this registration form https://forms.office.com/e/R5vCFYbsYv no later than Friday 14 June 2024.
Agenda
10.00 am Arrival
10.15 am Welcome & Opening remarks
10.25 am The meaning and politics of being responsible
10.45 am A practitioners’ perspective on the politics of responsibility
11.00 am Coffee break
11.30 am Roundtable on Responsibility, Accountability and Justice
1.00 pm Networking lunch
2.00 pm Future directions: The implications for CSR scholarship and practice
3.30 pm Launch of the Concise Encyclopedia of CSR
4.00 pm End of event
Register
For planning purposes, the organisers kindly request you to confirm your attendance no later than 14 June.