The Fifth ISBEE World Congress 2012

Programme

DAY 1 - Wednesday, 11 JULY 2012

14.00- 16.00

The Art of Teaching Business Ethics

Moderator: Joanne B. Ciulla, University of Richmond, USA

Presenters:

Richard De George, University of Kansas, USA
Zucheng Zhou, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Cecilia Arruda, Fundação Getulio Vargas - EAESP, Brazil
Álvaro Pezoa, University of the Andes - ESE, Chile

This session will consist of short presentations by experienced teachers about their course objectives, the way that they teach the class, and the kinds of teaching materials that they use. Participants will be encouraged to ask questions and share their ideas and experiences with the group.

16.15-18.15

Professional Development Workshop for Junior Scholars

Moderator: Prof. Laura J. Spence, School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Panel 1: Author experiences of publishing

Anja Schaefer, Senior Lecturer, Open University, UK
Julia Roloff, Associate Professor, ESC Rennes, France
Maria Aluchna, Assistant Professor, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Piet Naude, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
Dorothea Baur, Senior Research Fellow,University of St Gallen, Switzerland
Daryl Koehn, Chair in Business Ethics, University of St. Thomas, USA

A range of published scholars will reflect on their learning process as authors: initial steps, getting the idea, managing co-authorship & targeting journals, converting data into a paper and building theory, writing for publication, language and style, when is it ready to submit?, responding to reviewers’ comments, ambitious publishing.

Panel 2: The Editor Perspective

Mollie Painter-Morland, Associate Professor, DePaul University, USA & University of Pretoria, South Africa
Harry van Buren III, Associate Professor, University of New Mexico, USA
Wesley Cragg, Professor Emeritus, York University, Canada
Thomas Maak, Associate Professor, ESADE, Spain

Editors and Editorial Board Members of key journals in business ethics (Business & Society, Business & Professional Ethics Journal, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics) will give their perspective on what they are looking for in a publishable paper and how the process works.

18.15 Open ISBEE meeting for new members

19.00 Welcome reception at Kozminski University

DAY 2 - Thursday, 12 JULY 2012

From 8.00 Registration

9.00 – 9.30	CONGRESS OPENING Prof. W. Gasparski, Business Ethics Centre, Kozminski University Prof. W. Bielecki, Rector, Kozminski University Prof. P. Werhane, President, ISBEE
9.30 - 10.00	KEYNOTE SPECIAL GUEST: LECH WALESA - Former President of Poland, Noble Peace Prize Laureate
10.00 -11.30	PLENARY SESSION I: THE VIRTUE OF RESPONSIBILITY Chair: Simon Pickard, Director General, The Academy of Business in Society Keynote: Prof. Klaus Leisinger, President and Managing Director of the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development Panel discussion: Prof. K. Leisinger Prof. P. Werhane, DePaul University, Chicago, USA, ISBEE President M. Witucki, CEO, Orange Poland Prof. D. Rossouw, Ethics Institute of South Africa, University of Pretoria
11.30-12.00	coffee break
12.00 - 13.30	Parallel academic session No 1 with moderators track 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1
13.30-14.30	lunch
14.30 - 17.00	Interactive discussion session - parallel tracks A, B, C, D
	A. SPIRITUALITY IN BUSINESS, ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT Chair: Prof. Laszlo Zsolnai, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary Speakers: Luk Bouckaert, Catholic University of Leuven & European SPES Forum Yochanan Altman, London Metropolitan University and Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion Sharda S. Nandram, Nyenrode University Panelists: Thomas Donaldson, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA Kenneth E. Goodpaster, University of St. Thomas, USA Georges Enderle, University of Notre Dame, USA
	B. BE & CSR: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT OR KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER in CEE Chair: Mirella Panek-Owsianska, President, Responsible Business Forum Speakers: Natalia Cwik, Knowledge Manager in Responsible Business Forum Tomasz Rudolf, Chief Innovation Igniter, Innovatika Malgorzata Marek, CEE CR Coordinator, PwC Prof. Bill Ferns, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York Practical experiences from Knowledge and HR Managers in companies operating in Poland and other CEE countries - in partnership with Responsible Business Forum (FOB)
	C. ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Co-Chair: Prof. Timo Airaksinen, Helsinki University & Prof. Wojciech Gasparski, Kozminski University Prof. Tadeusz Borys, Wroclaw University of Economics, Department of Quality and Environment Management, Poland Prof. Heta Alexandra Gylling, University of Helsinki, Finland Dr. Tomas Kavaliauskas, Kaunas University, Lithuania Simo Kyllönen, Social and Moral Philosophy, Department of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland Dr Boleslaw Rok, Kozminski University Dr Arto Siitonen, University of Helsinki, Finland Prof. Ladislaw Tondl, Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Science, Czech Republic Environmental issues are practical, ethical, and political. The practical part means efficiency and effectiveness of various procedures which aim at preservation of our environment and correction of damage. Ethical issues are based on value considerations. Both are hinged on politics in its various forms. This round table wants to explore the political issues of environmental thinking, decision making, problem awareness, and practical work.
	D. ETHICS IN FINANCE Chair: Prof. Paul H. Dembinski, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Prof. John R. Boatright, Loyola University Chicago, USA Prof. Tamar Frankel, Harvard Law School, USA Roza Milic-Czerniak, Ethics Committee, The Polish Bank Association Slawomir Lachowski (tbc)
17.00-17.30	coffee break
17.30 – 19.00	Parallel academic session no 2 with moderators - track 1.2, 2.2, 3.2, 4.2, 5.2, 6.2, 7.2, 8.2, 9.2, 10.2

20.30 Gala Dinner at the Kubicki Arcades (Arkady Kubickiego),

The Royal Castle

20.45 Special Lecture: "Globalization, Crisis, and What the Next? - Values,

Institutions, and Practices", Prof. G. Kolodko, Kozminski University

DAY 3 - Friday, 13 JULY 2012

9.00 – 10.30	Parallel academic session no 3 with moderators - track 1.3, 2.3, 3.3, 4.3, 5.3, 6.3, 7.3, 8.3, 9.3, 10.3
10.30-11.00	coffee break
11.00 – 13.00	PLENARY SESSION II: ETHICAL LEADERSHIP Chair: Prof. Laura Spence, Centre for Research into Sustainability, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Keynote: Prof. Eric Cornuel,HEC, Paris; EFMD Panel discussion: Prof. Eric Cornuel Brother Leo V. Ryan, C.S.V., Professor of Management-Emeritus, DePaul University, Chicago Archbishop Henryk Hoser, S.A.C, Bishop of Warszawa-Praga, Poland Prof. Joanne B. Ciulla, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond, USA
13.00-14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 16.30	PLENARY SESSION III A (parallel): GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC ETHICS AS FIELD OF TRAINING, TEACHING AND RESEARCH Moderator: Prof. Christoph Stueckelberger, University of Basel, Switzerland North American perspective: Prof. Joseph Petrick, Raj Soin College of Business, Wright State University, USA Latin American perspective: Prof. Alvaro Pezoa, Centro Empresa y Humanismo, University of the Andes - ESE, Chile Sub-Saharan Africa perspective: Prof. Deon Rossouw, Ethics Institute of South Africa, University of Pretoria, South Africa European perspective: Prof. Luc van Liedekerke, Centre for Economics and Ethics,Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Central Asian perspective: Prof. Carolyn Erdener, KIMEP, Kazakhstan East Asian perspective: Prof Zucheng Zhou, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Oceanian perspective: Prof. Royston Gustavson, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
14.00 – 16.30	PLENARY SESSION III B (parallel): GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING Co-sponsored by the Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) Moderator: Mollie Painter-Morland Panel discussion: John Swannick, Executive Director, EABIS Kathy Dhanda, DePaul University Pieter Conradie, University of Pretoria René Moretti, Former Vice-President of Sustainable Development of LaFarge Group, independent consultant Jowita Twardowska, CSR Manager, LOTOS, Poland The purpose of this session is to bring together a group of academics and practitioners from around the world to reflect on the current state of Sustainability Reporting globally. The goal is to go beyond theoretical models towards discussing the practical challenges, as well as opportunities, that companies come across in implementing sustainability/ CSR reporting.
16.30-17.00	coffee break
17:00 – 19.00	Interactive discussion session - parallel tracks E, F, G, H
	E. THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT – AN ASSESSMENT OF THE 10 YEARS PROGRESS, ACHIEVEMENT AND SHORTFALLS Co-Chair: Prof. S. Prakash Sethi, Baruch College, The City University of New York & Prof. Donald Schepers, Baruch College, The City University of New York An assessment of the potential future impact of the Global Compact in enhancing corporate social responsibility among business corporations through integration of the GC principles in the companies’ core business operations.
	F. HOW TO EDUCATE PEOPLE TO MAKE BETTER MORAL DECISIONS Chair: Prof. Maria Cecilia Coutinho de Arruda,MCD, FGV-EAESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil In partnership with ALENE* (Latin America Association* of Business, Economics and Ethics) Speakers: Prof. Ashly Pinnington, Dean - Faculty of Business, The British University in Dubai, Arab Emirates Prof. Xiaohe Lu, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China Prof. Heidi von Weltzien Høivik, Center for Ethics and Leadership, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway Panelists: Prof. Orlando de la Vega, Vice-Rector, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile; President ALENE Prof. Jorge Mendoza, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile In all regions of the globe companies and governmental agencies seem to go back to the fundamentals of ethics, as more and more events of corruption and human rights abuses in private and public organizations are brought through the media. An increasing demand for training and/or creation of ethics and compliance programs might reveal that education in ethics remains crucial. The idea of this Interactive Session is to discuss the topic in a global perspective, in terms of education for people in companies and in schools, with consultancy, or using publications, whatever participants find relevant in their countries/regions to educate people to make better moral decisions.
	G. LIVABLE CITIES: THE HUMAN FUTURE OF URBANIZATION Chair: Prof. Lindsay J Thompson, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, USA Roundtable presenters are invited to present issue analysis or case studies of their own cities as exemplars of models and approaches to managing the livability challenges of rapid urbanization.
	H. SECTOR-ORIENTED CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY: PUBLIC SECTOR INVOLVEMENT Chair: Dr Janusz Reichel, University of Lodz, IMPACT Foundation, Poland Thomas Hajduk, Universität St. Gallen, Switzerland Dr. Anja Schaefer, Open University Business School, UK Prof. Julia Roloff, ESC Rennes School of Business, France Eva Pardo, UNED, Spain Results of CSR policies are of great importance for the whole society. This is acknowledged by public authorities who have got involved in development of CSR policies. In some cases these policies are addressed to special target groups. One can observe the development of initiatives that refer to chosen industrial sectors.

20.30 Entertainment at Forteca

DAY 4 - Saturday, 14 JULY 2012

9.00 – 10.30	Parallel academic session no 4 with moderators - track 1.4, 2.4, 3.4, 4.4, 5.4, 6.4, 7.4, 8.4, 9.4, 10.4
10.30-11.00	coffee break
11.00 – 13.00	PLENARY SESSION IV: NEW HORIZONS IN BUSINESS AND ETHICS Chair: Prof. A. Kozminski, President of Kozminski University Keynote: Prof. Hermann Simon, Simon-Kutcher & Partners Strategy & Marketing Consultants Panel discussion: Prof. H. Simon Prof. Tamar Frankel, Harvard Law School, USA (tbc) Prof. Luc Van Liedekerke, European Business Ethics Network, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium F. Colombie, (Auchan, CEO)
13.00 – 13.30	CLOSING SESSION Co-Chair: Prof. P. Werhane, President, ISBEE & Prof. W. Gasparski, Business Ethics Centre, Kozminski University
13.30 – 15.00	ISBEE General Assembly

Lunch

Farewell drinks