The History of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Companies and Banks

The Institute for Corporate Culture Affairs (ICCA) and the European Association for Banking and Financial History (EABH) both based in Frankfurt are organising a colloquium on “The History of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Companies and Banks”

Event Date: Spring 2009, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

http://www.cca-institute.org

Colloquium Outline

The aim of the event is to bring together experts, historians, researchers and academics from around the world working in the field of business history, Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate History to exchange experiences and positions from different perspectives and results of research.

Social engagement, CSR and philanthropy are rich areas of interest revealing much about how companies and banks viewed and view themselves and their role in society throughout their history. In what way, for example, have companies’ actions and perception of CSR changed and developed? How did companies sponsor and undertake philanthropy in the past? What were the motivations and focus? Have these changed? How did CSR compare across countries and sectors? To what extent did philanthropy and social engagement follow a strategic purpose? These are just some of the questions the conference will analyse and explore.

The results and papers of this colloquium will be published by ICCA soon after the event.


Colloquium Topics

The Colloquium is to cover the entire spectrum of the research area “The History of CSR in Companies and Banks”. Topics include (but are not limited to):

• Corporate Social Responsibility
  
• Corporate Citizenship
  
• Social and Cultural Engagement
  
• Philanthropy
  
• Corporate Culture
  
  

The Colloquium will be divided into different subjects; apart from lectures there will also be moderated discussions. Furthermore sufficient space for individual discussions will be provided.


Submission of Contributions

There are two ways to submit contributions. You can submit either full contributions which present unique work on a subject in the field of history of CSR in companies and banks or you can submit a short paper which presents new research ideas, positions or work in progress.

All submissions should be written in English and should contain the following information:

• Names and contact details of the authors and a short description of their relevant experience and publications
  
• Title and brief description of the proposed presentation
  
  

Please ensure that your submission has not been published elsewhere and that it is not under review for any other publication.

All presentations during the event will be held in English. All contributions should be submitted in word document format.


Colloquium Organisers

Nick Tolhurst, Managing Director, ICCA
n.tolhurst@cca-institute.org

Sandra Huble, Project Manager, ICCA
s.huble@cca-institute.org

Marnie Giuranna, Secretary General, EABH
m.giuranna@bankinghistory.de


Important Dates

Submission deadline 31 December 2008

Author’s notification 25 January 2008

Colloquium takes place Spring 2009


Location

The colloquium will be held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Details on transport, lodging, program, etc. will be available on this web page soon. For further information please contact the event organisers.