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Seminar 2019
Corporate Social Responsibility,
Business Grand Challenges
& Society and Sustainability:
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towards Sustainable Business:
19 -21 June 2019 @ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)
Empowering Conference website: abri.vu.nl/bsseminar2019
Stakeholders for Sustainable Innovation,
Production, and Consumption
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Dates: June 20th-22nd, 2018
Host Institution: University of Mannheim, Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility
Location: Mannheim Castle, Mannheim Business School Conference Center
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19
The Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility of the University of Mannheim Business School is
hosting the 8th edition of the Business and Society Research Seminar for PhD students and
13:30 – emerging
14:00 Refreshments & registration
scholars. AGORA meeting space

14:00 – 14:15 You are aWelcome & introduction

PhD candidate by organizing
or an emerging committee
scholar? AGORA 1
You are conducting research on Business and Society relationships, Sustainable
14:15 – 15:45 Practitioner keynote: Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) AGORA 1
Business, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Innovation or a related topic?
Challenges and trends in sustainability reporting
You want to thoroughly discuss one of your papers or your PhD project with leading
15:45 – 16:15 scholars?Coffee break AGORA meeting space
You want to enhance your ability to write and review scholarly publications?
16:15 – 17:45 You wantPanel discussion
to meet “Academiascholars
other emerging meets practice”: AGORAin1 the field to
and experienced academics
The sustainability
develop your network? research agenda for the next decade
Magdalena Steijger
Then we encourage you to (GRI);
submitMichelle Samson (Schiphol Airport
your contribution!
Group); Dror Etzion (McGill University Montreal);
OBJECTIVES tbc (Sustainalize Consulting); Moderator: Laura-Marie
Edinger-Schons (University of Mannheim)
The objective of this two-day “Business and Society Research Seminar” (formerly “CSR Research
17:45 – Seminar”)
19:00 is to Drinks
bring reception
together @ The Basket
doctoral rooftop bar
students, emerging scholars, VU
andcampus
more square
experienced
academics to present and discuss their research projects and receive feedback. We will explore
commonalities as well as differences in each other’s research approaches and themes in an
inspiring, sociable, and convivial academic setting. Similarly to previous editions of the seminar,
the two-day research event will THURSDAY,
be composed JUNE 20 thematic, and workshop sessions
of plenary,
dedicated to research methodology and publication strategy. Furthermore, we will put an
emphasis on collaboration
9.00 – 10:30 and dialogue
Academic keynote: Prof. Dr. with
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will involve
1 fellow PhD
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(Stockholm and of
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Economics)
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ORGANIZING INSTITUTIONS
Reflections on the talk-action relationship
This year’s seminar is hosted by the Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility at the University of
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
Mannheim Business School in collaboration with the Louvain CSR NetworkAGORA
of the meeting
LouRIMspace
Louvain
Research Institute in Management and Organizations (Belgium), University of Namur (Belgium),
Audencia Business School (France), IÉSEG Center for Organizational Responsibility (ICOR) at
IÉSEG School of Management (France), and ICHEC Brussels Management School (Belgium).
11:00 – 12:00 “Meet the editors”: Insights about the journal publication AGORA 1
Call for Contributions
process. Featuring Business & Society (Frank de Bakker);
Corporate Reputation Review (Guido Berens); Journal of
Business
Business Ethics (Valerie& Society
Swaen); Journal ofSeminar
Management 2018
Studies (Christopher Wickert); Organization Studies (Frank
The Transformation
den Hond). towards Sustainable Business:
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
Empowering AGORA meeting space
Stakeholders for Sustainable Innovation,
13:00 – 14:30 Production,
Parallel paper sessions 1 & 2 and Consumption
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, 2018 CSR professionals and micro-level dynamics
Room: AGORA 1 Room: AGORA 3
Host Institution: University of Mannheim, Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility
Chair: Christopher Wickert (VU) Chair: Jean-Pascal Gond
Susana Esper, Mannheim
Location: Frank de Bakker & Nico
Castle, Heuvinck Business
Mannheim Stephanie
SchoolSchrage (University
Conference of Hamburg)
Center
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Daniela Ortiz-Avram
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Research Paper Proposal: Exploring the (Alba Business School) & Valérie Swaen
You areofacorporate
microfoundations PhD candidate or an emerging
social responsibility scholar?
(UCLouvain)
in small and medium-sized enterprises Understanding
You are conducting research on Business and Society how environmentalSustainable
relationships, CSR
Business, Corporate Social Responsibility, characteristics organizational
Social Innovation or a citizenship behavior
related topic?
for the environment: the mediating role of CSR
You want to thoroughly discuss one of your papers or your PhD project with leading
causal attributions and moral emotions
scholars?
Michael Verbücheln & Laura Marie Edinger-Schons Jenni Puroila & Tina Sendlhofer (Stockholm
(UniversityYou want to enhance your ability to write
of Mannheim) andof
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Economics)
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OBJECTIVES
14:30 – 14:45 Break AGORA meeting space
The objective of this two-day “Business and Society Research Seminar” (formerly “CSR Research
14:45Seminar”)
– 16:15 is to Parallel
bring together doctoral
paper sessions 3 & 4students, emerging scholars, and more experienced
academics to present and discuss their research projects and receive feedback. We will explore
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political economy
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and convivial academic setting. AGORA 3 to previous editions of the seminar,
Chair:
the Laura-Marie Edinger-Schons
two-day research event (Mannheim)
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of François Maon
plenary, (IESEG) and workshop sessions
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Vincenzo Buffa (Audencia Nantes) Adrian Gombert
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emphasis on collaboration and dialogue with practitioners. All sessions will involve fellow PhD
Impact Bonds The Role of Host States in Political Corporate Social
students, emerging scholars, and more experienced researchers.
Responsibility
Julie Solbreux (Université
ORGANIZING de Namur)
INSTITUTIONS Onna van den Broek (King’s College London)
Sketching Social and Sustainable Entrepreneurship CSR Opens Political Doors: Is it Really that Simple?
This year’s
Education seminar is hosted by the Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility at the University of
(SSEE)
Mannheim Business School in collaboration with the Louvain CSR Network of the LouRIM Louvain
Research Institute in Management and Organizations (Belgium), University of Namur (Belgium),
Audencia Business School (France), IÉSEG Center for Organizational Responsibility (ICOR) at
IÉSEG School of Management (France), and ICHEC Brussels Management School (Belgium).
 Stephanie Maas (Rotterdam School of Iteke van Hille (VU), Frank de Bakker (IESEG) &
Management) Peter Groenewegen (VU)
Call for
Organizational Ownership as a Performative: The
Contributions
Crossing borders in coffee: addressing the tension
Case of Corporate Foundations of uniformity versus plurality in collaborative
Business & Society Seminar
sustainability strategies 2018

The Transformation towards Sustainable Business:

16:15 – 16:45 Coffee break AGORA meeting space
Empowering Stakeholders for Sustainable Innovation,
16:45 - 18:00 Process research in Business & Society (Frank Boons; AGORA 1
UniversityProduction,
of Manchester) and Consumption
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– open June 20 -22
19:30Dates: , 2018dinner @ Hannekes Boom (see below for directions)
Conference
Best paper award ceremony
Host Institution: University of Mannheim, Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility
Location: Mannheim Castle, Mannheim Business School Conference Center
The Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility of the University of Mannheim Business School is
FRIDAY, JUNE 21
hosting the 8th edition of the Business and Society Research Seminar for PhD students and
emerging scholars.
9:00 – 10:30 Parallel paper sessions 5 & 6
You are a PhD candidate or an emerging scholar?
CSR and theYou are conducting research on Business
SDGs CSR and Society
as a driver forrelationships, Sustainable
change in business & society
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publications?
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You want to meet other emerging scholars and experienced academics in the field to
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develop your network?
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context of Then
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Attention to the Sustainable Development Goals Strategizing for society’s challenges: A review of
academics to present and discuss their research projects and receive feedback. We will explore
strategy-as-practice literature from business and
commonalities as well as differences in each other’s research approaches and themes in an
society-perspective
inspiring,
Ann Verbeke,sociable, and &
Valérie Swaen convivial academic setting.
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previousAlves,
editions of the seminar,
Larissa
the two-day research event
(Université Catholique de Louvain) will be composed
Marchiori Pacheco, Adriana Cristina Ferreira sessions
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dos Santos
students, emerging scholars, and more experienced (University of São Paulo; Fundação Getulio Vargas)
researchers.
What Do Regenerative Organizations Pay Attention
ORGANIZING INSTITUTIONS To? Insights From a Fuzzy-Set Approach
This year’s seminar is hosted by the Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility at the University of
Mannheim Business School in collaboration with the Louvain CSR Network of the LouRIM Louvain
Research Institute in Management and Organizations (Belgium), University of Namur (Belgium),
Audencia Business School (France), IÉSEG Center for Organizational Responsibility (ICOR) at
IÉSEG School of Management (France), and ICHEC Brussels Management School (Belgium).
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break Restaurant F-Niveau
(above cafeteria in
Call for Contributions main building)

11:00 – 12:30 Business

Parallel paper sessions 7&& Society
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Room: AGORA 2 Room: AGORA 3
Empowering StakeholdersChair:
Chair: Valerie Swaen (UCLouvain) forJohan
Sustainable
Wempe (VU) Innovation,
Bjoern C. Mitzinneck (University of Groningen) Rebecca Ruehle (Halle University)
Ending Fossil Energy: Micro-Level Production,
Dynamics of and Consumption
Influencing employees for a “good cause” –
Institutional Disruption
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Mapping the field of nudging in business ethics
Dates: June 20 -22 , 2018
Sascha Alavi (Ruhr University Bochum), Laura Yogi Hendlin (Rotterdam School of Management),
Marie Edinger-Schons (University of Mannheim), Timothy Dewhirst (University of Guelph) & Pamela
Host Institution: University of Mannheim, Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility
Johannes Habel, Urs Müller (ESMT) & Jenni Sipilä Ling (University of California)
(University
Location: of Mannheim)
Mannheim Castle, Mannheim Business Diversification for Profit or the
School Conference Public Good? Drivers
Center
The Crux of the Morality Halo: The Interplay of of Cigarette Company Acquisition of the Smokeless
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the Business and Society Research Seminar for PhD students and
Coralie Muylaert (Université
emerging scholars. de Liége) Wafa Ben Khaled (University of Birmingham) &
Product Service System: A Vector of Consumer Nicolas Berland (Paris Dauphine University)
You are
Practice Changes a PhDMore
Towards candidate or an emerging
Sustainability scholar?
In search for business ethics practice: A study of
You are conducting research on Business ethical
andrisk integration
Society through ethical
relationships, tools’
Sustainable
formalisation
Business, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Innovation or a related topic?
You want to thoroughly discuss one of your papers or your PhD project with leading
scholars?
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch AGORA meeting space
You want to enhance your ability to write and review scholarly publications?
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to meetpaper
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develop your network?
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OBJECTIVES
Chair: Luc Glasbeek (VU) Chair: Christine Moser (VU)
Steffi Sandra Singhe (Audencia Nantes) Elisabeth Gebka & Annick Castiaux (University of
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Seminar”) Institutions:
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University)
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& Partners)
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profit maximizers survival: empirical evidence on how firms will put an
knowledge for Responsible Innovation
emphasis on collaboration and dialogue with practitioners. All sessions will involve fellow PhD
Cécile Godfroid
students, & Marc Labie
emerging (UMONS)
scholars, and more experiencedSzilvia Mosonyi (Queen Mary University London),
researchers.
Identification in Hybrid Organizations: A Jean-Pascal Gond and Laura Empson (Cass Business
Particularly Complex Process
ORGANIZING INSTITUTIONS School)
From hippies to suits: Nested paradoxical tensions
This year’s seminar is hosted by the Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility
in CSR consultants’ identity work at the University of
Mannheim Business School in collaboration with the Louvain CSR Network of the LouRIM Louvain
Research Institute in Management and Organizations (Belgium), University of Namur (Belgium),
Audencia Business School (France), IÉSEG Center for Organizational Responsibility (ICOR) at
IÉSEG School of Management (France), and ICHEC Brussels Management School (Belgium).
15:00 – 15:15 Break AGORA meeting space
Call for Contributions
15:15 – 16:15 Mastering Career Challenges in Academia (Laura-Marie AGORA 2
Business
Edinger-Schons &Swaen)
& Valerie Society Seminar 2018
16:15 – open The Transformation
Closing – drinks towards Sustainable Business:
AGORA meeting space

Empowering Stakeholders for Sustainable Innovation,

Production, and Consumption
Dates: June 20th-22nd, 2018 LOGISTICS et al.
Host Institution: University of Mannheim, Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility
Conference venue & how to find the rooms
Location: Mannheim Castle, Mannheim Business School Conference Center
The seminar will take place in the main building of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV
Amsterdam. For general
The Chair directions,
of Corporate see https://www.abri.vu.nl/en/events/business-and-
Social Responsibility of the University of Mannheim Business School is
society/practical/index.aspx.
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hosting the 8 edition of the Business and Society Research Seminar for PhD students and
emerging
The rooms scholars.
are located in the university’s executive education space, called “AGORA”. They are located on the
rd
3 floor of the VU main building, accessible by stairs or the main elevators behind the book store. Signs will
guide. You are a PhD candidate or an emerging scholar?
You are conducting research on Business and Society relationships, Sustainable
Business,Boom
How to find Hannekes Corporate Socialdinner
(conference Responsibility,
location) Social Innovation or a related topic?
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then head eastwards along the waterfront.
develop your network? Google maps on your smartphone may also help ;-)
Then we encourage you to submit your contribution!
Scientific committee
MoreOBJECTIVES
than 25 experienced researchers in the field are invited to attend the seminar. Next to the organizing
committee, confirmed guests include Guido Berens, Frank Boons, Johan Bruneel, Simon de Colle, Frank den
The objective of this two-day “Business and Society Research Seminar” (formerly “CSR Research
Hond, Dror Etzion, Panikos Georgallis, Ursula Golob, Jean-Pascal Gond, Marke Hudon, Arno Kourula, Mette
Seminar”)
Morsing, ChristineisMoser,
to bring together
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de Roeck, Christian scholars,
Vögtlin, Katinkaand more &experienced
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academics
Wempe. to present and discuss their research projects and receive feedback. We will explore
commonalities as well as differences in each other’s research approaches and themes in an
inspiring,
Organizing sociable, and convivial academic setting. Similarly to previous editions of the seminar,
committee
the two-day research
Valérie Swaen (UCLouvain, event
LouRIM will beResearch
- Louvain composed of in
Institute plenary, thematic,
Management and workshop
and Organizations, sessions
Belgium &
IÉSEGdedicated to researchFrance);
School of Management, methodology and publication
Frank de Bakker and Françoisstrategy.
Maon (IÉSEGFurthermore, we will put an
School of Management,
emphasis
France); on collaboration
Céline Louche and dialogue
(Audencia Business with practitioners.
School, France); Christel DumasAll(ICHEC
sessions willManagement
Brussels involve fellow PhD
students,
School, Belgium);emerging scholars,
Annick Castiaux and and
Sophiemore experienced
Pondeville researchers.
(University of Namur, Belgium); Laura Marie Edinger-
Schons (Chair of CSR, University of Mannheim Business School); Christopher Wickert and Koen van Bommel
ORGANIZING
(VU Amsterdam). INSTITUTIONS

This year’s seminar is hosted by the Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility at the University of
Mannheim Business School in collaboration with the Louvain CSR Network of the LouRIM Louvain
Research Institute in Management and Organizations (Belgium), University of Namur (Belgium),
Audencia Business School (France), IÉSEG Center for Organizational Responsibility (ICOR) at
IÉSEG School of Management (France), and ICHEC Brussels Management School (Belgium).
Sponsors
Callfree
The Business & Society seminars are generally forof charge
Contributions
in order to facilitate participation of emerging
scholars to build an inclusive scholarly community. The 2019 edition of the Business & Society seminar is
financially supported by VU University’s
Business Department of Management
& Society & Organization
Seminar 2018 and the Amsterdam
Business Research Institute (ABRI). Further sponsors are the Society for the Advancement of Management
Studies (SAMS), the Louvain CSR Network of the LouRIM Louvain Research Institute in Management and
The Transformation towards Sustainable Business:
Organizations (UCLouvain, Belgium), University of Namur (Belgium), the Chair in Corporate Social
Responsibility at Audencia Business School (France), IÉSEG Center for Organizational Responsibility (ICOR) at
IÉSEG SchoolEmpowering
of Management (France),Stakeholders for Sustainable
and ICHEC Brussels Management School (Belgium)Innovation,
and the Chair in CSR
at University of Mannheim (Germany).
Production, and Consumption
Dates: June 20th-22nd, 2018
Contact
If youHost
are lost or need help,
Institution: please contact
University bss.sbe@vu.nl.
of Mannheim, Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility
Location: Mannheim Castle, Mannheim Business School Conference Center
The Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility of the University of Mannheim Business School is
hosting the 8th edition of the Business and Society Research Seminar for PhD students and
emerging scholars.

You are a PhD candidate or an emerging scholar?

You are conducting research on Business and Society relationships, Sustainable
Business, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Innovation or a related topic?
You want to thoroughly discuss one of your papers or your PhD project with leading
scholars?
You want to enhance your ability to write and review scholarly publications?
You want to meet other emerging scholars and experienced academics in the field to
develop your network?
Then we encourage you to submit your contribution!
OBJECTIVES
The objective of this two-day “Business and Society Research Seminar” (formerly “CSR Research
Seminar”) is to bring together doctoral students, emerging scholars, and more experienced
academics to present and discuss their research projects and receive feedback. We will explore
commonalities as well as differences in each other’s research approaches and themes in an
inspiring, sociable, and convivial academic setting. Similarly to previous editions of the seminar,
the two-day research event will be composed of plenary, thematic, and workshop sessions
dedicated to research methodology and publication strategy. Furthermore, we will put an
emphasis on collaboration and dialogue with practitioners. All sessions will involve fellow PhD
students, emerging scholars, and more experienced researchers.
ORGANIZING INSTITUTIONS
This year’s seminar is hosted by the Chair of Corporate Social Responsibility at the University of
Mannheim Business School in collaboration with the Louvain CSR Network of the LouRIM Louvain
Research Institute in Management and Organizations (Belgium), University of Namur (Belgium),
Audencia Business School (France), IÉSEG Center for Organizational Responsibility (ICOR) at
IÉSEG School of Management (France), and ICHEC Brussels Management School (Belgium).