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7th ADERSE Congress, 24-26 March 2010

La Rochelle, France

ADERSE (Association pour le Développement et l’Enseignement de la Responsabilité Sociale des Entreprises) is an academic association founded in 2002. In keeping with the association’s aims, ADERSE’s first six congresses fostered the development of research and teaching themes in French universities and “grandes écoles”, with the participation of European colleagues from the first congresses of Paris and Toulouse. The congress in Lyon, co-organized with ISEOR and the “Social Issues of Management” of the Academy of Management, reinforced international partnerships. This trend continued during the congresses of Bordeaux, Grenoble and Pau (with the Society for Business Ethics as well as the International Society for Economics, Business and Ethics). The 6th congress, which took place in January 2009 and was organized by Groupe ESC-Pau and the University of Nice, sought to explore the operational consequences of ADERSE’s previous work by focusing on “CSR Tools and Practices”

To continue making CSR operational in an extremely unpredictable and complex conjectural context, the 7th Congress of the ADERSE, organized by the Group Sup de Co La Rochelle, is aimed at studying the links between CSR and Innovation. This congress seeks to offer a space for dialogue between company representatives and researchers to explore innovation, in all of its forms (technological, managerial, organizational, cultural, etc.), as a vector of CSR. It will also provide the opportunity to identify, analyze and theorize good practices.

As with previous ADERSE international congresses, papers may be proposed in three languages: English, French and Spanish. A space for exchanging information and viewpoints, the 7th Congress of the ADERSE at La Rochelle is open to company representatives, public organization members, researchers (business, economics, sociology, law, etc.) and, more largely, to all stakeholders representatives. Presentations, round tables and workshops will allow for the expression of both academic and operational viewpoints.

Society and Business Review will be sponsoring a best paper award at this event.

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