8th World Business Ethics Forum
Welcome to the 8th World Business Ethics Forum
Theme: Emerging from Crisis through Socially Responsible and Ethical Business
Date: 14 – 15 June 2023 (Wednesday & Thursday)
Venue: Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Conference Dinner will take place in Courtyard by Marriott Hong Kong, Sha Tin (Recommended Hotel nearby HSUHK)
The World Business Ethics Forum (WBEF) series aims to provide an open platform for academics and practitioners from around the world to share and discuss ideas and issues related to new thinking and research findings in the broad area of business ethics.
The 8th WBEF will be held from 14 – 15 June 2023 at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. The theme for the 2023 forum is “Emerging from Crisis through Socially Responsible and Ethical Business”. We invite the submission of research papers that advance our understanding of this broad theme for presentation at this Forum. Conceptual, empirical, and practitioner-oriented approaches are all welcome. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to the following:
- Managing ethically under Covid-19, and other disruptive contexts
- ESG, sustainability, CSV, CSR
- Values-based approaches to corporate management (e.g., the Junzi corporation, trusteeship)
- Ethical leadership, ethical reasoning and ethical decision making
- Institutional safeguards (e.g., whistle-blower protection)
- Contemporary ethical challenges in marketing (e.g., green consumerism versus “greenwashing”, integrity in consumer analytics, consumer protection)
- Contemporary ethical challenges in accounting (e.g., carbon accounting, green governance, natural capital asset valuation)
- Contemporary ethical challenges in economics and finance (e.g., fair competition, fairtrade, ethical investments, green bonds, social impact investment)
- Contemporary ethical challenges in HRM (e.g., inclusiveness, meaningful careers, quality of working life, assuring human rights of all employees)
- Supply chain management ethics (e.g., green procurement and logistics)
Keynote Speakers
John Fraedrich
Jannetides Professor of Business Ethics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA
Carl Rhodes
Dean, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Akiko Takahashi
Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff to Chairman and CEO, Melco Group, Hong Kong
Roundtable Panellists
Natalie Chan
Managing Director of Pie Strategy
Chua Hoi Wai
Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Council of Social Services
Virginia Wilson
Chief Executive Officer of Shared Value Initiative Hong KongConference Committee
| Conference Chairs: | |
| Professor Robin Stanley SNELL | Visiting Professor of Management, School of Business, the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Jean Jinghan CHEN | Vice President, China-Europe International Business Association, and formerly Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration and Chair Professor in Accounting and Finance, University of Macau |
| Organizing Committee Members: | |
| Professor Jacky Fok Loi HONG | Head of Department of Management, University of Macau |
| Professor Tiffany Cheng Han LEUNG | Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Business, City University of Macau |
| Dr Crystal WU | Lecturer of Management, School of Business, the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong |
