EVENTS
CALENDAR OF BUSINESS ETHICS RELATED EVENTS
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The Annual EBEN
Research Conference
is in Paris
12-13 October 2023
at
ESSCA School of Management
on its Parisian campus in Boulogne Billancourt
“Multiple responsibilities of organisations: grasp all, lose all?”
Details are here
Submission deadline: May 15th, 2023
The 34th EBEN Annual Conference is being hosted by EBEN ITALY
May 24th-26th 2023 at unibo or
Bologna University’s Rimini Campus on the Adriatic Coast
“Poverty, Profit and Ethics in dialogue toward new Business paradigms”
Details are here
EBEN Belgium hosted an excellent ESG or Environmental, Social and Governance event on Friday 25th November 2022 from Brussels with details below and at http://www.eben-belgium.com
The 2022 EBEN Research Conference was held from 28th September 2022 discussing topics including strategies for business ethics, sustainable finance and whistle-blowing. This is the schedule.
GEKoS Global Ethics Key of Sustainability
EBEN Romania hosted online GEKoS events on
Friday 20th May 2022 and 14th May 2021 from Bucharest
with speakers including GEKoS President Ed Freeman, EBEN President Jacob Dahl Rendtorff, former President Geert Demuijnck, Yotam Lurie, Iuliu Sttocklosa and speakers from Italy, Russia, Japan, Greece, Georgia, Israel, Ireland, Brunei and more as well as hosts Romania, chaired by EBEN Romania’s Adriana Grigorescu
Global Ethics–Key of Sustainability GEKoS
2021: Global Ethics–Key of Sustainability
2021 GEKoS PROGRAMME INCLUDING AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS
At the 2022 event EBENI’s Julian Clarke presented some of his research into the myriad of societal challenges posed by leaders with Personality Disorders, with a specific focus on a Ruthless Absence of Conscience.
4 EBEN Online Workshops were held during Spring 2021 as the usual two major annual conferences were a casualty of the Covid pandemic:
April 28th– May 20th 2021
- May 7th: Shared Responsibilities for a New Social Contract
- May 12th: Responsibility & inclusion revisited in the Organisation of Sport
- May 14th: Rethinking Political Economy in the age of crisis
- May 20th (& April 28th): Self-Regulation of Market Ethics (2 sessions)
Prior to Covid the EBEN international conferences that were planned for 2020 were:
EBEN 33rd Annual Conference
June 23-26 2020, Saint Petersburg:
“In Search of Excellence: Self-Regulation of Market Ethics”
Website: https://rben.ru/eben-2020
EBEN Research Conference
September 28-29 2020, Frankfurt am Main:
Prior to Covid the most recent event in Ireland we were supportive of was:
26th International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference (IVBEC) 2019
ETHICS & CAPITALISM
October 24th to October 26th, 2019
Dublin City University, All Hallows Campus, Ireland
EBENI Chair Julian Clarke gave a presentation entitled
“The Leadership Fallacy: The Challenge Posed by Self-Centred Leaders”
at which he proposed the following definition of a “Disordered Leader”:
“Someone trusted with supervisory, managerial or leadership responsibilities who, due to what may be indicative of a mental and/or personality disorder(s), could be considered to be incapable of consistently responsible, trustworthy, harmonious, prosocial and accountable management or leadership with integrity, including prioritising the interests of stakeholders other than themselves, especially when this may impede satisfying their self-interest.”
The EBEN international conferences held prior to Covid were:
EBEN Research Conference 2019
Roskilde, Denmark
26-28 September 2019
Further details are at http://www.eben-net.org/
EBEN Annual Conference 2019
Valencia, Spain
12-14 June 2019
“The enterprise at the service of society in the 21st century”
Further details are at http://www.eben-net.org/
EBEN Research Conference 2018
Vienna, Austria
6-8 September 2018
“Beyond Corruption – Fraudulent Behaviour in and of Corporations”
Topics:
Theories on Corruption and Fraudulent Business Practices Empirical Findings on Corporate Misbehavior Case Studies on Corporate Scandals Compliance and Corporate Misbehavior Organiser: EBEN Austria in cooperation with Vienna Center for Corporate Governance & Business Ethics / University of Applied Science Vienna
Conference Venue: Palais Eschenbach, Eschenbachgasse 9/11, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Prior local events we were supportive appropriately included:
BECOMING AN ETHICAL LEADER
Creating a culture of continuous improvement
IRELAND Friday 28th September 2018
This standalone event was also Module 6 of a six-module Ethical Leadership programme held during 2017 and 2018 at Lismullin Conference Centre near Navan, County Meath, Ireland, 40 minutes from Dublin. The previous event on 1st June asked:
Can an organisation’s culture be changed?
This stand alone event featuring Enrique Aznar and Connor Flanagan which is being held at Lismullin on Friday 1st June is also 5th of a 6 model programme, further details below.
Having heard Enrique, with a background in Values Transformation and Corporate Governance in large well-known firms, speaking and leading such events a number of times since his first involvement in 2013, this partly case study led event is highly recommended.
Nearly 50 such one day events have been held since their inception in 2006. Having been involved from the outset and attended most of these, often featuring professors from leading international business schools, these highly interactive one day events have been of a consistently high ‘MBA’ standard featuring ample opportunity for discussion not only during main and breakout sessions but also at lunch and dinner, organised by their catering school! The setting is superb with 5 star overnight accommodation for those travelling some distance and their own grounds permitting both peaceful reflection and hearty discussions with business people from many positions and sectors. No need to travel overseas for events of this quality! Booking at +3531 676 0731. Anyone who can resist the homemade shortbread biscuits deserves to be applauded by Oscar Wilde who appropriately remarked for an integrity related event: “I can resist everything – except temptation”. Participants are requested NOT to use a weighing scales before or after the event!! Lismullin also features a Catering School so the quality of everything culinary matches that of the business discussion and debate! Details of the previous modules and some of the other Lismullin events are lower down on the homepage of this website.
EBEN Annual Conference 2018
Tilburg, the Netherlands
27-29 June 2018
“Reinventing Capitalism – Business Ethics and its contribution to the “Doux Commmerce“
DETAILS AT:
EBEN Annual Conference 2018
EBEN Research Conference 2017
Athens 6-8 September 2017 “Ethics, the Economy and the Idea of Justice”
DETAILS AT: EBEN Research Conference 2017
30th EBEN Annual Conference Finland 14-16 June 2017 “Searching for Sustainability in Future Working Life”
Place: Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Finland
The 2017 EBEN Annual Conference took place from June 14-16, at the University of Jyväskylä School of Business and Economics, JSBE (Finland), and was preceded by a one-day workshop for doctoral students on June 13.
DETAILS AT:
https://www.jyu.fi/jsbe/ebenac2017.
Ethics & Trust in Finance Prize 2016/17
Open to young authors, the Ethics & Trust in Finance Prize promotes greater awareness of the importance of ethics in financial activities. The competition invites young professionals and academics under 35 years of age to submit unpublished papers:
- maximum of 5000 words
- analytical or practical topics• rigourous argumentation
- innovativeapproach
- clear conclusions.
An international jury, comprising prominent experts in finance and ethics, will designate one or more prize winners and allocate the sum of USD 20,000 between them. The deadline was June 2016 but the event will be held in Switzerland on 31st July 2017.
- Details at www.ethicsinfinance.org
29th EBEN Annual Conference
Nottingham, England 20-22 June 2016
The 2016 EBEN Annual Conference was organised by Nottingham Trent University (UK) with the theme: “”The Development of Responsible and Sustainable Business Practices””
In 2016 the EBEN annual conference was run in parallel with the 3rd UK and Ireland PRME Regional Chapter Conference and involved some joint sessions. There were two interrelated sub-themes, convened by two separate teams of conveners:
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Sub-theme 1: Changing habits, rethinking business models
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Sub-theme 2: Pedagogy beyond the business school
12th European Business Ethics Forum
Paris, 4-6 February 2015
This Forum was aimed at those responsible for the ethics, compliance or business conduct programmes within their organisations. Participants shared with their peers practical information and experiences relating to current best practices and explore together some of the problems that are raised in doing business ethically around the globe. Further details at: www.ebef.eu
5th annual International Crisis & Risk Communication Conference
Florida, USA, March 2-4
Accountability, Metrics and Critique
Crisis Communication is a key determinant in organisational reputation and the 5th annual ICRC Conference calls professionals and academics to discuss the rising demand for accountability for all types of crisis and risk communication. We have attended and spoken at this superb event and can testify that it seamlessly combines the contributions of industry professionals and academics at the Nicholson School of Communication of the University of Central Florida, the 2nd largest university in the US. The Guest Networking Reception will be hosted at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center! http://communication.cos.ucf.edu/icrc/conference-agenda/
Ethics in Finance Award 2015
Deadline 15th April
This competition was open to people under 35 and features a Prize of USD 20,000 for essays on “Innovative Ideas for Ethics in Finance”.
Further details including prior years essays are at: http://www.robincosgroveprize.org EBEN Ireland hosted the 2011 EBEN Research Conference “Does Integrity Matter?” in Dublin which featured two full plenary sessions on Integrity in Finance.
Some of the papers are summarised under ‘Conference 2011′ on this website.
3rd biannual Symposium on Ethics & Social Responsibility Research
Badajoz, Spain, 28-29 May 2015
This symposium, organized by M@rkDO Research Group and INVE Research Group, of the University of Extremadura, was in collaboration with the Business Research Unit of the ISCTE-IUL, will feature Prof Madan Pillutla (London Business School, UK) who will keynote on “Morality, Social Indentity and Ethical Behaviour“.
As well as ethics, sustainability and social responsibility in organisations, the complexities of individual ethical decision-making processes in organisational settings and the prevention of misconduct were addressed in the context of economic crises.
Further details at sesrr.iscte-iul.pt
28th EBEN Annual Conference
Istanbul, 26-28 June 2015
The 2015 EBEN Annual Conference was organised by the Hacettepe University in Istanbul with the theme: “Business Ethics, Peace and Environmental Issues” Fans of Liverpool FC hd the opportunity to visit where the Miracle in Istanbul happened a decade after they beat AC Milan, having been 0-3 down at half-time in the Champions League Final to capture the club’s fifth European Cup!! All other non football details can be found on the conference website.
Global Ethics Forum
Geneva, Switzerland 25-27 June 2015
The Global Ethics Forum (GEF) is Globethics.net’s flagship, international, multistakeholder, think-and-do tank event for values-based transformation. GEF 2015’s topic was Responsible Leadership in Action: The Value of Values. The conference took place in Geneva, Switzerland from 25 to 27 June 2015. Its focus on action meant workshops are at the heart of the programme, the goal being the discussion of existing tools for responsible leadership on the first day, and the development of plans to amplify the impact of these tools on the second day.
Society for Business Ethics 2015 Annual Meeting
Vancouver, Canada, August 6-9
As well as great content at this major event, a superb location this year at the Metropolitan Hotel near historic Gastown in downtown Vancouver close to amazing sites such as Stanley Park, the Vancouver Art Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Theatre,and Granville Island. Further details at: www.sbeonline.org SBE sponsors the Business Ethics Quarterly Journal: http://sbeonline.org/?page_id=633
EBEN Research Conference
Copenhagen, 1-3 October 2015
The 2015 EBEN Research Conference took place in Copenhagen. The conference theme was “Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics”. The organisers led by the tremendous prof Jacob Dahl Rendtorff had the primary focus was on the theoretical foundations of business ethics, and in particular on the PHILOSOPHY OF MANAGEMENT. This implies identifying and discussing conflicts as well as agreement with regard to the philosophical and other foundations of business and management.
2014 and previous years events:
EBENI & LISMULLIN LEADERSHIP FORUM
Transformational Leadership
November 21st 2014 Navan
30 mins from Dublin The 2014 EBEN Ireland event was on TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP and ETHICAL LEADERSHIP opportunities in the area of Data Protection.
IESE Barcelona
June 30th – July 1st 2014
The 18th International Symposium on Ethics, Business and Society ETHICS IN ACCOUNTING, FINANCE, AND BANKING: TOWARD A MORE COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATION was held at IESE Business School, Barcelona, June 30 – July 1st 2014. This truly superb bi-annual event was again organised by the wonderful Prof. Domènec Melé who can be contacted on +34 93 253 42 00 or 18symposium@iese.edu
http://www.iese.edu/en/faculty-research/chairs/business-ethics/international-symposium-ethics/
USA:
Society for Business Ethics 2014 Annual Meeting
August 1-3 2014, Philadelphia
Further details at: www.sbeonline.org particularly http://sbeonline.org/?page_id=2040 SBE sponsors the Business Ethics Quarterly Journal: http://sbeonline.org/?page_id=633
EBEN Research Conference
October 9-11 2014 Lisbon
Following the EBEN Annual Conference 2014 which was held in Berlin June 12-14. the 2014 EBEN Research Conference took place in Lisbon at INDEG-IUL – ISCTE Executive Education, The theme of the EBEN RC was “Ethics in a Time of Crisis”.
Cleraun Media Integrity Conference
October 17-19 2014 Dublin
Investigative Journalism
Getting it Right Next Time was the 15th bi-annual Cleraun Media Integrity Conference, whose location has been moved from Cleraun to the Camden Court Hotel, Dublin 2.
The full schedule of high calibre speakers and panellists is at: http://www.cleraunmedia.com/files/file/CMC%20brochure%202014.pdf
IVBEC Conference
October 29 – November 1 2014 Dublin
21st Vincentian Business Ethics Conference, All Hallows College, November 2014 Theme of the IVBEC 2014 was 
The Impact of Business Ethics on Public Life
Further details on our home page and at
http://www.allhallows.ie/events/21st-vincentian-business-ethics-conference-all-hallows-college-november-2014/
4th Annual Australasian Business Ethics Network (ABEN) Conference
Sydney, 1st and 2nd December 2014
http://www.anzam.org/2014/04/papers/4th-annual-australasian-business-ethics-network-aben-conference-sydney-1st-2nd-december-2014/ Deadline for submissions is 31st July. PRIOR EVENTS: Research Symposium Tuesday 17 June 2014 Reading
Inter-Disciplinary Symposium on Business Ethics & Business/Economic History: “The Challenges of Capitalism for the Common Good”
This one day research symposium took place at Henley Business School, the University of Reading. EBEN Annual Conference June 12-14 Berlin
The 2014 European Business Ethics Network EBEN Annual Conference 2014 was held in Berlin at the European School of Management and Technology, June 12-14, preceded by a Doctoral Workshop. The theme of the EBEN conference is “Business Ethics in a European Perspective – A Case for Unity in Diversity?” http://www.dnwe.de/eben-ac-2014.html
The 24th Lismullin Leadership Forum was held just outside Dublin on June 6th 2014. The prior 23 have been superb! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Enrique Aznar from VimpelCom in Moscow will address “Ethical Leadership – The Need for a Moral Compass” with Matt Kavanagh from Dublin proving “Ethics is Good for Business” with some Irish examples. Contact paulharman3@gmail.com or +3531 676 0731
IRELAND: November 19th and 20th 2013 – Dublin: EBEN Ireland Conference “Corporate Conscience” Further details available from this site, both the home page and under Conference 2013!
IRELAND: May 16-17 2013 – Dublin Conference Centre “Actions for Better Business – 12th Annual European Corporate Governance & Company Law Conference 2013”
Part of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, supported by PwC, Arthur Cox and the Irish Stock Exchange. Debate includes European Commission’s plans to modernise corporate governance and company law as set out in the recent Action Plan: European company law and corporate governance – a modern legal framework for more engaged shareholder and sustainable companies. With an overall objective of making companies more competitive and sustainable, the event also highlights corporate governance best practices and the key role corporate governance plays for sustainable business and future economic stability and investment. Further information:http://www.corpgov2013.com A short, confidential survey: https://www.research.net/s/EUCorpGov
SPAIN: June 6-8 2013 – Pamplona: EBEN Research Conference
“Corporate Reputation: Being and Looking Good” Further details at: EBEN Research Conference 2013 USA: August 8-11 2013 – Lake Buena Vista, Florida: Society for Business Ethics 2013 Annual Meeting Although held this year at the Walt Disney resort, this is far from a ‘mickey mouse’ conference! Indeed having attended it in Philadelphia in 2007 we can confirm it is one of the world’s leading business ethics events! Further details at: www.sbeonline.org.
FRANCE: September 12-14 2013 – Lille: EBEN Annual Conference “License to Operate” This year’s EBEN Annual Conference will take place in Lille, France, at EDHEC Business School, September 12-14, preceded by a Doctoral Workshop on September 11.
Further details at EBEN Annual Conference 2013 IRELAND: September 20 2013 – Lismullin Leadership Forum EBENI Chair Julian Clarke will be hosting a discussion on TRUST RESTORATION at the Lismullin Leadership Forum near Navan, half an hour from Dublin. Moscow based Enrique Aznar will first be hosting a case study led discussion on Enron’s Jeffrey Skilling, Bernie Madoff and other ‘Smartest Guys in the Room’ involved with serious fraud as well as three mini cases on dealing with difficult people entitled “how managers, teams and corporations can drive you crazy”. Enrique Aznar is Group Chief Compliance Officer with VimpelCom, the world’s 6th largest mobile network operator by subscribers (214 million) with over 60,000 employees and annual revenues of $23bn. It is listed as an ADS on the New York Stock Exchange. Enrique’s previous positions included Millicom International Cellular, Nokia Siemens Networks’ Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Deputy General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer EMEA for Tyco International. Earlier, he worked with Dell Inc, Freshfields, PwC and Arthur Andersen.
Anyone wishing to attend can contact organiser Paul Harman on paulharman3@gmail.com or +35386 859 6052. We have attended most of the prior 20 tri-annual events and they have been of a consistently high quality opening up intriguing discussions between business people from a wide variety of backgrounds.
USA: October 17th-19th 2013 – Chicago: 20th Annual International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference ‘‘Business Ethics in the 21st Century: The Globalization of Corporate Responsibilities’’ http://appe.indiana.edu/opportunities/call-for-papers/10-18-call-20th-annual-international-vincentian-business-ethics-conference/
AFRICA: October 30th-November 1st 2013 – Lagos Business School, Nigeria: 14th Annual Business Ethics Network – Africa Conference http://www.benafrica.org http://www.benafrica.org/conference-papers-and-presentations/ The Business Ethics Network of Africa’s mission is to strengthen the commitment and competence of Africans to do business with moral integrity by facilitating interaction between academics and practitioners who share an interest in business ethics. In order to achieve this mission BEN-Africa is committed to achieving the following goals:
- To facilitate interaction between academics and practitioners who share an interest in business ethics
- To gather and disseminate information on business ethics in Africa
- To strengthen the commitment and competence of our members to improve the business ethics record of Africa.
This year, the scope of the conference has been broadened to include sessions that cater for the academic practitioner and networking wings of the organisation. These sessions will include, among other things, academic presentations and keynote speeches on matters related to business ethics; workshops with a focus on matters of mutual concern for academics, practitioners and professionals; networking opportunities to build relationships and allow people to organise projects for post-conference work; learning journeys to expose attendees to local and contextual matters of business ethics (including social, business, educational and cultural perspectives); and an opportunity to consolidate on vision and strategy for BEN-Africa. Due to this broadened scope, less conference slots will be allocated to the delivery of formal academic presentations. An implication of this is that the selection process for academic presentations will be quite rigorous. Papers for the conference will not be restricted to a specific theme.
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