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CSR in BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Countries
Special issue call for papers from Social Responsibility Journal (Ranked A
on the Australian Research Council)
The BRIC (Brazil, China, India and Russia) countries are respectively the
8th, 2nd, 11th and 12th largest economies in the world (World Bank, 2009).
However, massive economic growth over the last 20 year has come at the
expense of environmental degradation, institutional development and poor
income distribution. India still has up to 60% of its population living on
less than 1$US per day (World Bank, 2010), Russia is ranked 154th out of
178 countries for corruption (Transparency International 2010), whilst
Brazil has some of the highest levels of income inequality in the world
(World CIA Report 2009). In addition, China has no functioning democracy,
and Russia has taken radical steps to curtail freedom of the press and
control civil society organisations since 2000.
To date CSR research in emerging and transitioning countries has tended to
focus on multi-national companies doing CSR in emerging and/or
developing contexts (Akpan, 2008; Amaeshi and Amao, 2009; Hamann, 2006;
Mishra and Suar, 2010), rather than on the CSR activity of domestic firms.
To address this gap, this special edition will encourage a broader insight
into the type, nature and scope of CSR within domestic firms within some
of the worlds fastest growing economies.
Papers are invited that address the theme of this issue within the BRIC.
Important aspects include;
Motivators for CSR
The influence of MNC and globalisation on CSR
Sustainability and environmental management issues
Influence of social movements on CSR activity
Employee and human rights
Poverty alleviation
Corruption
Sustainable Development
Ethics and corporate behaviour including philanthropic activity
Reflections on contextualising CSR for non-western settings
The deadline for submission of full papers is November 1st 2011 but early
submission is encouraged with an estimated publication date of 2012.
Guest Editors
Professor Jo Crotty
Professor of Strategy and CSR
Salford Business School
Manchester
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Dr Sarah Marie Hall
Research Associate
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Keele University (Staffordshire) and Marches Energy Agency (Shrewsbury)
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Submission of papers
Authors should submit their manuscripts electronically (preferably in Word
format) to Jo at the email provided above. The length of submitted paper
should not exceed 10000 words including all references, tables, figure,
author bios, abstract and keywords, although in some cases, involving
mainly the reporting of qualitative data, longer manuscripts may be
accepted. All authors' details must be printed on a separate sheet and
authors should not be identified anywhere else in the article. A title of
not more than eight words should be provided. An abstract of no more than
250 words should accompany the paper along with 6 key words.
All papers will be subject to the normal blind refereeing process. Authors
wishing to discuss their paper prior to submission may contact either
guest editor.
For more information, please see:
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm?id=3395
Many thanks
Sarah Marie Hall and Jo Crotty
Dr Sarah Marie Hall
Keele University and Marches Energy Agency
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