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“Unethical Business Practices” Conference
June 8 and 9 at ISC Paris

ISC Paris School of Management in partnership with University College Cork (Ireland) and the Academy of Economic Studies (ASE) of Bucharest (Romania) is proud to organize “The Unethical Business Practices” symposium.

The conference will be take place at ISC Paris, 22 boulevard du Fort de Vaux, Paris in the 17th Arrondissement on Monday, June 8 from 2pm to 6pm and Tuesday, June 9 from 9am to 3pm

The symposium objectives :

•    To favour the awareness of the lack of ethics in modern societies
•    To inform on the impact of the lack of ethics on economic and political environments
•    To explain how to avoid the lack of ethics in firms and present the implementation of preventive actions to control the situation

Main topics :

Unethical Marketing practices
Over sponsoring
Independence of auditors
Aggressive sales techniques
Scam, gifts, messages, product which does not match the website’s product specifications
Misleading or intrusive advertising
Hiring discriminations
Information discrimination
Abusive recourse to external work flexibility
Pressures from clients and subcontractors
Regulation, corporate governance and direct foreign investment
Ethics and competitiveness in Tourism
Non-ethical practices in the Travel industry
Socially non responsible environments and investments
Unethical practices with sports organizations
New sponsoring practices: ambush marketing
The European Union’s role in promoting business ethics
Bribery, corruption

Organizing Committee

Michel Azaria, Associate Dean and Member of the Board (ISC Paris)

Anca Bogdan, Head of European Programs Office, ASE Bucharest (Romania)

Michael Dolan, Director of International Department (ISC Paris)

Alexis Hamel, Professor of European Economy (ISC Paris)

Yvan Loufrani, Professor of Law (ISC Paris)

Leïla Loussaief, Professor of Marketing (ISC Paris)

Marc Morin, Professor of Organizational Studies (ISC Paris)

Duc Nguyen, Professor of Finance (ISC Paris)

Anne Sachet-Milliat, Professor of Human Resources Management (ISC Paris)

Emmanuelle Schon-Quinlivan, College Lecturer, Department of Government, (University College Cork, Ireland)

Scientific Committee

Aman Agarwal, Vice President, Indian Institute of Finance, Delhi, India

Gilles Brac de la Perriere, Former President of the French Securities and Exchange Commission

Françoise de Bry, Associate Professor, University of Paris Sud, Editor of the Review “Entreprise Ethique »

Didier Cumenal, Professor, ESCEM Business School

Neil Collins, Professor, Head of the Department of Government and Dean of Commerce, University College of Cork (Ireland)

Michel Joras, Administrator of the Ethical Business Circle

Mary McKinley, Professor, ESCEM Business School

Laure Lavorata, Associate Professor, University of Paris XII

Vasile Macoviciuc, Head of the Chair of Philosophy, Political Economy and Sociology, ASE Bucharest (Romania)

Jean Paul Maréchal, University of Rennes II, Member of the Editorial Board of Alter Eco

Farzard Moussavi, Dean, College of Business Administration, University of Northern Iowa (USA)

Samuel Mercier, Director of the Institute of Management of Companies, University of Dijon

Georges Pariente, Dean for Research and Member of the Board, ISC Paris

Yvon Pesqueux, Professor, CNAM

Eric Simon, Director of Applied Research, ISC Paris

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Information for the Subscription

Abstracts (one page, 500 words) should be submitted electronically in a pdf or doc format at research@groupeisc.com with the subject “ Unethical Business Practices Conference” ;
On the first page should appear only the name and function of the author and the title of the paper;

Abstracts (less than 500 words) should be sent in English and if possible in French ;

Papers with an interdisciplinary approach and perspective are encouraged ;

Papers should be written in English or French. Length: 9,000 words maximum should be send before April 27.

The Selection Committee will send the final decision to the authors by email by the end of April 2009 before May 15.

Contact: research@groupeisc.com or Tel: Nadège Marès +33 1 40 53 99 99

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