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Keynote Speakers

• John Kay, Visiting Professor at London School of Economics: "The business of business is business - from corporate social responsibility to competitive advantage"
• Panel Discussion (Day 1) with
  • John Kay, Visiting Professor at London School of Economics
  • Simon Wilson, Director, Social Platform
  • Roy Jones, Senior Policy Advisor, Trade Union Advisory + Committee to the OECD
  • Patrick De Smedt, Chairman, Microsoft EMEA
  • André Van Heemstra, Personnel Director of the Executive Committee Unilever

Moderator: Louis Verbeke, Chairman of Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School

• Edward Freeman, Professor at Darden School, University of Virginia: "Stakeholder Theory and Corporate Responsibility:Some Practical Questions"
• Panel Discussion (Day 2) with
  • R. Edward Freeman, Professor at Darden School, University of Virginia
  • Peter Hartman, Managing Director & COO/Deputy CEO, KLM
  • Christopher Deri, Senior Vice President, Corporate Social Responsability, Edelman
  • Bernard Giraud, Executive Director CSR Europe, Director of Sustainability Danone
  • Pedro Ortun, Director, Enterprise Directorate General, European Commission
  • Gilbert Lenssen, President, EABIS

Moderator: Prof Dr Lutgart Van den Berghe, Partner of Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School

PhD Day

Workshops

1. Corporate Governance
   1. Patrick De Groote, CEO, Zenitel NV, The role of the independent director as a representative of stakeholders (abstract, presentation)
   2. Donald Kalff, Former Member of the Executive Committee at KLM, Visiting Professor Leiden University School of Management, Independence for Europe, Breaking away from the American enterprise model (full paper)
   3. Jeremy Roche, Chief Executive Officer, CODA Group, Accountability through accounting - Taking a balanced business approach to corporate accountability and financial reporting to meet stakeholder expectations (abstract, presentation)
   4. Klaus Körner, Changing governance patterns and CSR (abstract, full paper)
   5. Chris Marsden, Chair Amnesty International Business Group, Dealing with Joel Bakan's Pathological Corporation: A strategy for campaigning human rights and environmental NGOs (full paper)
   6. Delia Ionascu, Lauge Rasmussen, and Jette Steen Knudsen, The Copenhagen Centre & Steen Thomsen, Copenhagen Business School, What determines outsiders' perception of how socially responsible a company is? Evidence from Denmark 1998-2003.(abstract, full paper)
   7. Dino Sola and Martin Rahe, EADA, Competitiveness, Continuity and Governance of Family Businesses: The Case of the Catalan Region (abstract, full paper)
   8. Michael Yaziji, IMD, Fight the Power: How Radical Organizations Effect Institutional Change through Campaigns against Corporations (abstract, full paper)
   9. Mary C. Gentile, Aspen Institute Business & Society Program, Corporate Governance and Accountability: What Do We Know and What Do We Teach Future Business Leaders? (abstract, full paper)
   10. Joan Enric Ricart, Miguel Angel Rodríguez and Pablo Sánchez, IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Sustainability in the Boardroom: An Empirical Examination of Dow Jones Sustainability World Index Leaders (abstract, full paper and article from the special edition of Corporate Governance journal)
   11. Nigel Roome, Sustainable Enterprise and Transformation at Erasmus University Rotterdam & Robert-Paul Doove & Marcel Postema, Catholic University Nijmegen, Causal Factors in Corporate Social Responsibility: Social movement and Business Practice (abstract, full paper)
   12. Sune Skadegard Thorsen, Partner, Lawhouse.dk, The core of Corporate Social Responsibility (full paper)
2. Corporate and Business Strategy
   1. Esther Trujillo Giménez, Deputy to the Managing Director, CSR, Brand and Reputation Department, Telefonica, A multistakeholders approach to corporate reputation (presentation, full paper)
   2. Michael Yaziji, IMD, Turning Gadflies into Allies (full paper)
   3. Axel Klein, ECC Kohtes Klewes GmbH, Secret Mission? German companies in stakeholder dialogues. Results of an empirical survey (abstract, full paper)
   4. Jane Fiona Cumming, Neela Bettridge and Paul Toyne, Article 13, Business Unusual (abstract, full paperand article from the special edition of Corporate Governance journal)
   5. David Grayson, Former Managing Director of Business in the Community & Adrian Hodges, Managing Director of the International Business Leaders Forum, Corporate Social Opportunities! Seven Steps to Make Corprate Social Responsibility Work for Your Business (full paper)
   6. Jake Reynolds, Assistant Director, University of Cambridge Programme for Industry (CPI), Leading Sustainable Development (abstract, full paper)
   7. Dr. Guido Palazzo and Ulf Richter, University of Lausanne, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC), CSR business as usual? The case of the tobacco industry (abstract, full paper)
   8. Ans Kolk and Jonatan Pinkse, University of Amsterdam, The evolution of multinationals' responses to climate change (abstrac, full paper)
   9. Atle Midttun and Tore Dirdal, The Norwegian School of Management, Corporate Responsibility: Are Nordic Companies all that good? (abstract, full paper)
   10. Johanna Mair, IESE - University of Navarra &Christian Seelos, SSCG, Social Entrepreneurship: Creating New Business Models to Serve the Poor (abstract, full paper)
   11. Sybille Sachs, Edwin Rühli and Veronika Mittnacht, University of Zurich, A CSR Framework due to multiculturalism: The Swiss Re case (abstract, full paper and article from the special edition of Corporate Governance journal)
   12. Kai Hockerts, Centre for the Management of Environmental and Social Responsibility (CMER), INSEAD, Social entrepreneurship and the management of antagonistic assets (abstract, full paper)
3. Marketing and Market Development  
   1. Frank van Ooijen, Director Corporate Communications, Nutreco Holding nv, Can sustainability help you to extend your business success? The Nutreco Case
   2. P.R. White Associate Director for Corporate Sustainable Development, Procter & Gamble & Beatrijs Buyle, Manager for Corporate Sustainable Development, Procter & Gamble, Strombeek-Bever, Belgium, Sustainable Development: a Corporate Social Opportunity (abstract, full paper)
   3. Vincent Denby-Wilkes, EDF Group - EDF-ACCESS programme, Dealing with a global issue: contributing to poverty alleviation (abstract, full paper and article from the special edition of Corporate Governance journal)
   4. Gilbert Lenssen, President EABIS, A Business Case for Renewable Energy and Social Development? The case of BP Solar (abstract, presentation)
   5. Andreas F. Grein and Stephen J. Gould, Zicklin School of Business Baruch College, the City University of New York, The Role of Group Membership Salience in Communicating Voluntary Codes of Conduct: A Globally Integrated Marketing Communications Perspective (abstract, full paper)
   6. Cristina Boari, Lucia Marchegiani and Manuela Presutti, University of Bologna, A social capital approach to competitive advantage: some empirical inquiries about business relationships' management (abstract, full paper)
   7. Mike Peirce, University of Cambridge Programme for Industry & Katherine Madden, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Engaging the Marketers: Exploring a Functional Approach to Organisational Change (abstract, full paper)
   8. Claus-Heinrich Daub and Ylva Karlsson, Institute for Sustainable Management, Addressing Stakeholders communication needs (abstract, full paper)
   9. Claudio Aqueveque, Bocconi University, Signaling Corporate Values: Consumers' Suspicious Minds (abstract, full paper and article from the special edition of Corporate Governance journal)
   10. Barbara Del Bosco, IEGI, Bocconi University, Internet use for the management of CSR-related information (abstract, full paper)
4. Leadership and Human Resource Management  
   1. Georges Taels, Managing Director GITP, The Pliva Case: Corporate Development and Leadership Program (full paper)
   2. Dr Tony Mobbs, Associate Partner, Cynefin Centre for Organisational Complexity IBM Business Consulting Services, Disposing of yesterday's ineffective management styles, Learning from nature to redefine the notion of leadership, Chaos as the spark for creativity and innovation Cynefin & Leadership (abstract, full paper)
   3. Mia Vanstraelen, Director of HR Learning EMEA, IBM (paper)
   4. Sara Boas, Founding Director, Boas, Transformations of power through holistic leadership coaching (abstract)
   5. Peter Birch, The Praxis Centre, Cranfield School of Management, UK, Initiating dialogue as a matter of leadership - a metaphorical context in which to model alignment of differing value-sets (abstract, full paper)
   6. André Christoph Martin and Christopher Ernst, Center for Creative Leadership, Exploring the Changing Nature of Leadership In Times of Paradox and Complexity (abstract, full paper and article from the special edition of Corporate Governance journal)
   7. Juliet Roper, University of Waikato & George Cheney, University of Utah, Social entrepreneurship: History, Theory, Practice, and Critique (abstract, full paper and article from the special edition of Corporate Governance journal)
   8. Rolf Lunheim, Norwegian University of Science and technology, Building the Myth of Corporate Social Responsibility: CSR and New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis (abstract, full paper)
   9. Andromache Athanasopoulou, Said Business School - University of Oxford, Corporate Social Responsibility: Managers' Views and Work Implications (abstract, full paper)
   10. Domènec Melé, IESE Business School, Business entreprise: a relational approach (abstract, full paper)
5. Operations and Supply Chain Management  
   1. Bert Stevens, General Manager, Nike, Stakeholder Management@Work
   2. George Jaksch, Sr. Director Corporate Responsibility and Public Affairs, Chiquita Brands International, Integrating Sustainability and CSR in Supply Chain Management: the Chiquita Experience (abstract, presentation)
   3. Monique de Wit, Advisor Social Performance, Shell International B.V., Social Performance: Key lessons from recent experience within Shell (paper)
   4. John Swannick, Manager, Public Affairs, Lloyds TSB & Nikos Avlonas, Professor of Management, American College of Greece, The EFQM framework for Corporate Social Responsibility & Tools/ways for integrating CSR into Policy & Strategy (abstract, full paper, presentation)
   5. Christian Seelos, SSCG, Finding a path in the sustainability jungle - a framework for corporate action (abstract, full paper)
   6. Michael Blowfield, Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College Carroll School of Management, Going Global: How to identify and manage societal expectations in supply chains (abstract and article from the special edition of Corporate Governance journal)
   7. Mario Molteni, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Social reporting and intangible resources development (abstract, full paper)
   8. Aileen Ionescu-Somers and Ulrich Steger, International Institute for Management Development, The Economic Foundations of Corporate Sustainability (abstract, presentation, full paper)
   9. Deborah Rigling Gallagher, Nicholas School of the Environment & Earth Sciences, Duke University, From TQM to EMS to SMS: Incorporating Sustainability into a Management System Framework (abstract, full paper)
6. Finance and Accounting   
   1. Jérôme Tagger, Head of Research, Eurosif, SRI & Pensions: Presentation of Eurosif's Pension Toolkit 2004 (abstract, full paper)
   2. Marc Buelens, Professor, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School & Bruno Tuybens, KBC Bank Belgium, SRSI Manager, Psychometric properties of the cut-off score used in a sustainable fund (full paper)
   3. Eveline Van de Velde, Junior Asset Manager, Sustainable Management, Dexia Asset Management & Wim Vermeir, Global Head of Equity and Sustainable Management, Dexia Asset Management & Filip Corten, Senior Asset Manager, Sustainable Management, Dexia Asset Management, Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance (abstract, full paper, presentation and article from the special edition of Corporate Governance journal)
   4. Filip Corten, Senior Asset Manager, Sustainable Management, Dexia Asset Management & Wim Vermeir, Global Head of Equity and Sustainable Management, Dexia Asset Management, Sustainable indices: Risk and return characteristics (full paper)
   5. Prof Rob Dixon and Amr E. Abdel Aziz, Durham Business School, University of Durham, The Contingent Variables that Affect the Usage of the Performance Measurement Techniques in the Organizations (abstract, full paper)
   6. Frank Jan de Graaf, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, Corporate Responsibility Foundation & J.J. Bouma, Erasmus University Rotterdam, A process approach in social accounting: Overcoming dichotomies by an neo-institutional approach (abstract, full paper)
   7. Danyelle Guyatt, University of Bath, Meeting Organisational Objectives and Resisting Conventions: A Focus on Institutional Investors and Long Term Responsible Investing (abstract, full paper and article from the special edition of Corporate Governance journal)
   8. Reggiani Francesco, Universita Bocconi, Intangible assets as a link between the social performance and the financial performance in the telecommunication industry (abstract, full paper)
   9. Robert Rubinstein, Brooklyn Bridge-Connections to the Future, TBLI-The New Money Flows. Business, Career and Educational Opportunities
   10. Céline Louche, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Ethical Investment: Processes and mechanisms of institutionalisation in the Netherlands (full paper)
7. Policy Making and the Role of Government
   1. Corinne Dreyfus Politronacci, Administrator, European Commission, Directorate General for Trade, The OECD Guidelines for MNEs (full paper)
   2. Claudia Gintersdorfer, Administrator, European Commission, Entreprise Directorate-General, Corporate Social Responsibility on the EU policy agenda (presentation)
   3. Peter Cornelius, Shell International, Corporate Behaviour and National Competitiveness: What do country rankings tell us? (abstract, full paper and article from the special edition of Corporate Governance journal)
   4. Dr Harry P. Bowen, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School and Dr Wim Moesen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Benchmarking the Competitiveness of Nations: Non-Uniform Weigthing and Non-Economic Dimensions (abstract, full paper)
   5. Dominique Bé, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Employment & Social Affairs, European Commission, Corporate social responsibility and governance (presentation)
   6. Tamyko Ysa, Josep M. Lozano and Laura Albareda, ESADE, Governments and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) (abstract, full paper)
   7. Atle Midttun, The Norwegian School of Management, Corporate (Social) Realigning Business, Government and Civil Society: The C(S)R model compared to the (neo) liberal and welfare state models (abstract, full paper and article from the special edition of Corporate Governance journal)
   8. Enrico Guarini, SDA Bocconi School of Management ­ Bocconi University, Integrating social responsibility of business, civil society and government: new perspectives on measuring public value (abstract, full paper)
   9. Jan Lepoutre, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven & Nikolay Dentchev, Aimé Heene, Ghent University, On the role of the government in the corporate social responsibility debate (abstract, full paper)
   10. Claudio Nidasio, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Implementing CSR on a large scale: The role of Government (full paper)
   11. Jacob Dahl Rendtorff, Roskilde University, The Ethics and Law of corporate social responsibility - A comparison between some policy developments in the US and the EU (abstract, full paper)