SIG OFFICERS (2021-2022):
Edoardo Mollona (University of Bologna), SIG CHAIR (edoardo.mollona@unibo.it)
Davide Bizjak (University of Naples Federico II), GENERAL TRACK CHAIR (davbiz@unina.it)
Lucia Michela Daniele (Università Degli Studi Della Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli), GT CO-CHAIR (luciamichela.daniele@unicampania.it)
Ilaria Tutore (Università degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope”), COMMUNICATION OFFICER (ilaria.tutore@uniparthenope.it)
Luigi Corvo (Università degli Studi Roma Tor Vergata), PROGRAMME CHAIR (luigi.corvo@uniroma2.it)
GT01_00 Business for Society General Track
The Business for Society General Track addresses how organizations interact with their social, political and natural environment. Consistently with the interdisciplinary nature of this field, the general track aims at cross-fertilisations with colleagues from economics, political sciences, sociology, humanities, who investigate the conditions under which organizations may contribute to sustainable development. Coherently with EURAM 2022 theme: “Leading the Digital Transformation”, the track welcomes work that explores how demographic, political and technological digitalization challenge management scholars. The general track particularly welcomes contributions not explicitly covered by other B4S tracks.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 10: Reducing inequalities, Goal 13: Climate action
Davide Bizjak , University of Naples Federico II, davbiz@unina.it
BUSINESS FOR SOCIETY SIG STANDING TRACKS
ST01_01/ST02_01 – Rethinking the Responsible Corporation: Bridging Management, Law & Governance
(co-sponsored by Business for Society SIG-01 and Corporate Governance SIG-02)
With this track, we aim to develop new perspectives on the responsible corporation. We focus both on corporate governance and on institutional or legal frameworks that enable corporations to better manage sustainability-related matters and responsible innovation. We encourage contributions that further our understanding of responsible corporations from various angles: theoretical or comparative approaches to corporate governance; hybrid organizations or alternative forms of business organizations; historical as well as recent cases like Danone and Unilever; and recent institutional developments in sustainable finance or in corporate law, such as purpose-driven corporations.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Kevin Levillain , MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, kevin.levillain@mines-paristech.fr
ST01_02 -Measuring, managing and communicating on performance for sustainability: new trends and innovative tools
Measuring, managing and communicating performance for sustainability play a central role in the implementation of the sustainability strategy, and developing relationships with stakeholders. It comprises practices and mechanisms to measure, represent, report and communicate firm’s performance, embracing environmental, social and economic aspects. We aim to attract papers which critically review and advance theory, methodology and practice on: sustainability and environmental reporting, social balance sheet, Integrated reporting, non financial disclosure, management control and performance measurement systems for sustainability, quality and assurance of sustainability disclosure and IR, the effects on the organization and its stakeholders, the role of CFO and the controller.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people, Goal 5: Gender equality, Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation, Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy, Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Goal 10: Reducing inequalities, Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production, Goal 13: Climate action, Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Lucrezia Songini, University of Eastern Piedmont, lucrezia.songini@uniupo.it
ST01_03 – Finance and Economy for Society: Inclusion, Empowerment and Sustainability
The growing financialization of the world economy and dysfunction of the global financial system which culminated in the 2008 global economic meltdown calls for an in-depth analysis of the financial and banking mechanisms and regulations. Financialization and commodification have, in turn, been at the origin of social tumults and economic upheavals. There is an urgent need to de-financialize and de-carbonize the economy. The track invites theoretical, conceptual and empirical contributions that propose a critical analysis of mainstream theories and practices and propose alternative models to create a sustainable, inclusive and empowered society by engaging in democratic and polycentric governance.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 1: No poverty, Goal 2: Zero hunger, Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people, Goal 4: Quality education, Goal 5: Gender equality, Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy, Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 10: Reducing inequalities, Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production, Goal 13: Climate action, Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Sharam Alijani, NEOMA Business School, sharam.alijani@neoma-bs.fr
BUSINESS FOR SOCIETY SIG TRACKS
T01_04 – Arts for Business and society. Responsible HRM
We welcome contributions that put arts at the core of ‘business for society’ research, looking “Now“ at the past to pursue the future. Arts and management have been studied as separated concepts either looking at how applying Business to the artistic field or finding how the artists’ activities could be managed. We look at art as a source of knowledge, by which management should learn. Accordingly, we refer to the etymological meaning of art, which derives from the latin word Ar-tem (the practice of giving value to the human action) and formerly from the Aryan root Ar (moving onwards).
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 4: Quality education, Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 10: Reducing inequalities
Davide Bizjak, University of Naples Federico II – davbiz@unina.it
T01_05 Approaching sustainable digitalization anew: Benefits and costs of industrial transformation
We seek through this topic proposal for scholars to engage in developing a more fine-grained understanding about the relationship of benefits and costs of digital transformation for sustainable development, and to highlight the relevance of an improved understanding for the strategic guidance of practitioners. The contributions and discussions will be open to all kinds of paradigmatic orientations and methodologies.
This topic, motivated by the impelling objectives of practitioners and policy makers, has theoretical and practical importance both currently and in the coming years. Major contributions are the acknowledgement and research advancement towards a new stream of sustainability and innovation.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people, Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation, Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy, Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities, Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production, Goal 13: Climate action
Jean-Pierre Imbrogiano , University of Helsinki, jean-pierre.imbrogiano@helsinki.fi
T01_06 Cultural and organizational challenges in front of FinTech innovation
Through the track based on this topic, we want to focus our attention on FinTech cultures and organizational design applied to financial service providers in response to FinTech disruption. It makes the important point that, in order to successfully analyse the FinTech innovation revolution, one must also consider relations between FinTech with corporate culture and organizational changes. Literature to date has so far largely neglected the importance of corporate culture and organizational design for financial service providers in the context of FinTech disruption, putting limited attention on demand and supply side of the financial services markets.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 4: Quality education, Goal 5: Gender equality, Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Goal 10: Reducing inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities, Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production, Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Daniele Previati , Department of Business Studies – Roma Tre University, daniele.previati@uniroma3.it
T01_07 Decision making and errors: the effects of digitalization in the financial sector
The digital revolution is affecting consumers perceptions about financial intermediaries and their behaviour, making it relevant for managers in the financial sector the understanding of the ongoing changes to evaluate new strategies and competencies. The objective of this Topic is to deepen, adopting a customer perspective, the understanding of the influence of digitalization on consumers decisions, trust, and satisfaction in the financial industry. The session, promoting an interdisciplinary approach, will bring together experts from different disciplines such as banking, finance, general management, innovation, marketing, information systems, neuroscience, psychology.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Lucrezia Fattobene , University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, lucrezia.fattobene@uniroma2.it
T01_08 Philosophy for business ethics
The topic aims to collect any kind of study that successfully applies and adopt philosophical paradigms to explain, interpret, and impact ethical behaviours in management and business. We are looking for novel or established approaches to create synergies between philosophical studies and managerial disciplines. Both in terms of theoretical paradigms and methods of analysis employed, we are open to a broad range of elements: Virtue Ethics, Consequential and Non-consequential Ethics, Marxist and Gramscian Ethics, Ancient Philosophies, Continental Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Corporate Misconduct and Corporate Political Activity, Business and Human Rights, Ethics of Care, Non-Western Tradition, etc.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Guglielmo Faldetta , Kore University of Enna, guglielmo.faldetta@unikore.it
T01_09 Social Innovation, impact culture and the Next Generation Economy
Social innovations are urgently needed as we confront complex social problems. As these social problems feature substantial interdependencies among multiple systems and actors, developing and implementing innovative solutions involve the re-negotiating of settled institutions or the building of new ones (Wijk et al., 2018). The never-ending fascination shown by scholars and practitioners for social innovation might depend on the relation between the “crisis society” (Moralli, Allegrini, 2020) and the need for a radical rethinking of the way in which capitalism has been conceived in the last decades (Cuz et al., 2017).
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Goal 10: Reducing inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities, Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions, Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Luigi Corvo, Department of Management and Law, University of Roma – luigi.corvo@uniroma2.it
T01_10 Sustainable food innovations: how can emerging trends and technologies shape the food sustainability footprint?
The establishment of sustainable food innovations is becoming crucial for companies focused on business and society. Especially in current days, new trends (e.g. entomophagy, sustainable agriculture practices) are emerging and different innovations in the field and new digital technologies (e.g. extended realities) can play a powerful role for encouraging the shift towards more sustainable, inclusive, and healthier food practices. We encourage submissions of both theoretical and empirical papers that explore “sustainable food innovations”, which focus on how new trends can be managed properly in order to achieve consumer, business and society well-being.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Monica Mendini , University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, monica.mendini@supsi.ch
T01_11 – Market for Society: A new deal in the post-COVID 19 era?
This topic aims to analyze the impact of the Covid 19 crisis on practices within the market focusing on new forms of cooperation amongst consumers, retailers and suppliers. This year, we will focus on the consequences of this sanitary crisis on firms’ ethical practices, ethical consumption, actors’ ethical behavior and try to analyze its impact on market and its future transformation. This topic aims to contribute to the development of the society by taking a critical perspective on current consumers’ approaches and seeking to better understand the mechanisms conducting to a cooperative sustainable model.
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):
Laure Lavorata , University of Reims Champagne Ardenne, laure.lavorata@univ-reims.fr