Business Ethics in a Global World: China, India, and Beyond.
March 8-10, 2007, Santa Clara University Campus

Two of the world’s fastest growing economies-China and India-will be the focus of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics fourth biennial business ethics conference. The themes will center on the cultural, economic, and social factors that form the ethical business practices in these countries and the challenges facing global business organizations in creating a consistent and effective ethical culture capable of crossing national boundaries.

The 2005 conference attracted 145 academics from 11 countries and 50 senior business executives from the San Francisco Bay Area. Past conferences have featured executives from Adobe Systems, Cisco Systems, Agilent, Network Associates, and Hewlett-Packard. Scholars such as Richard De George, Patricia Werhane, Linda Trevino, S. Prakash Sethi, James O’Toole, and David Vogel have participated.

The Conference is divided into three segments:

Day One (3/8-p.m.): Corporate Visits will feature an on-site visit for scholars to the corporate headquarters of a major Silicon Valley company. Presentations and discus-sions will focus on the challenges of creating and maintaining an effective, global ethical culture while dealing with the unique ethical issues involved in information technology. The day will conclude with a dinner where a CEO of a second Silicon Valley organization will share experiences, frustrations, and successes in creating and maintaining an ethical organizational culture.

Day Two (3/9-a.m. and p.m.): Executive Forum will offer business executives and scholars the opportunity to hear from several prominent executives with extensive business experience in India and China. These presentations will be followed by panels and interactive discussion with scholar attendees to further explore the conference themes. The panels will include subject matter experts, experienced business personnel, and academicians. The day will conclude with a session identifying five questions posed by the executive attendees that might be the focus of future research.

Day Three (3/10-a.m. and p.m.): Academic Forum will provide a platform for scholars to discuss contemporary topics in business ethics and a forum for the presentation of selected research. Two plenary sessions will anchor the day, one a retrospective and the other a forward-looking survey of the discipline. In the morning, sessions conducted by established scholars will be featured on topics of their choosing. In the afternoon, papers by emerging (non-tenured) scholars will be featured. The Markkula Center is proud to have supported such scholars as Joshua Margolis (Harvard Business School), Rob Philips (Richmond), Lori Ryan (San Diego State), Alexei Marcoux (Loyola Chicago), and Scott Reynolds (Washington) early in their careers in previous conferences.

Submission Guidelines
Submission Deadline: October 15, 2006

Established Scholars should submit abstracts or panel proposals to Dennis Moberg, SCU professor of management: DMoberg@scu.edu

Emerging Scholars should submit abstracts to Shawn Berman, SCU assistant professor of management: SBerman@scu.edu

All submissions must be in electronic Word form-nothing in PDF, rich text format, etc.

Abstracts, 3-5 pages double spaced, should fully describe the objectives and scope of your research. All conference proposals will be subjected to a blind review process. Each submission should include a cover sheet with author information (name, address, phone, fax, e-mail).

We expect 6-8 papers/panels will be selected; topics in support of the conference themes will be given priority; notification will take place by December 15. Recommendations for publication of papers in the Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics Quarterly, or Business and Professional Ethics Journal will be forthcoming after the conference’s conclusion.

Submission of an abstract for review constitutes a commitment that one paper author will attend the conference if the submission is accepted.

All lodging expenses and meals for full-time faculty members will be borne by the Ethics Center. Travel expenses are the responsibility of attendees. Authors of papers in the emerging scholars’ session will also have their reasonable and customary travel expenses reimbursed by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.

For additional information about the conference, contact Markkula Ethics Center Executive-in-Residence Jim Balassone: JBalassone@scu.edu.