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Apologies for cross posting. Pleases see below an invitation to attend a one day workshop critically exploring the relationship between drugs, intoxication and organisation, to be held at Nottingham University Business School on 8th September 2005. Places are limited so please book a.s.a.p to avoid disapointment! Registration details are included at the end of the mail. Regards, Ed Wray-Bliss. Intoxicating Organisation: Fostering dialogue on workplace drug and alcohol policies A one day workshop, sponsored by the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, to be held at Nottingham University Business School 8th September 2005. Applications to attend the above workshop are now invited. Context: 2004 saw publication of the report of the 18 month long Independent Inquiry into Drug testing at work. This report seriously questioned the efficacy and legitimacy of workforce drug testing. It found that evidence of deleterious effects of employee drug use for organisational performance or health and safety was poor, and it highlighted a range of significant ethical and political concerns over workplace drug testing. Notwithstanding the above, the report also concluded that a major expansion of such drug testing in UK workplaces is a genuine possibility. This report, and the issue of drugs and the workplace to which it attends, raises important questions. Questions such as: What is, and what should be, the relationship between drugs and the workplace, between intoxication and organisation? Is drug use a problem that should be managed? Are attempts to manage drug use themselves problematic? Does drug use represent a threat, a response, or something entirely other to organisation? By bringing together a range of speakers and participants this workshop explores the complex and controversial relationship between drugs, work, intoxication and organisation philosophically, politically and practically. Speakers include: Professor Andy Crane, ICCSR, Nottingham University Business School, presenting on the ethics of workforce drug testing. Professor Yvonne Guerrier, Roehampton University, presenting on alcohol in the workplace based on her extensive research of tour reps. Professor Alf Rehn, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, presenting An Ethno-Toxicology of Organisation exploring the effect of legal drugs on the organisation. Marcus Roberts, DrugScope, author of Drug Testing in the Workplace the report of the independent inquiry into drug testing at work. Dr. David Wray and Dr Peter Francis, Northumbria University, co-authors of Workforce Drug Testing: A Review of the Literature. Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Dr. Edward Wray-Bliss, Nottingham University Business School, and Samantha Warren, University of Portsmouth, presenting on directions for future research on drugs, intoxication and organisation. The cost of attending the workshop is £50.00 (£25.00 for students), inclusive of refreshments and lunch. To receive a registration form email: [log in to unmask] heading your mail Intoxicating Organisation Workshop. For further enquiries please email: [log in to unmask]