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ISSN : 1951-0187 ISSUES TWICE A YEAR N° 1 • DECEMBER 2006-JANUARY 2007
Professor Jacques IGALENS, Editor, Toulouse University, IAE-LIRHE Jean-Pascal GOND, Associate editor, Nottingham University Business School - ICCSR Assâad EL AKREMI, Associate editor, Toulouse University, IAE-LIRHE
José ALLOUCHE Université de Paris 1 Sorbonne, IAE Frank BOURNOIS Université de Paris 2, CIFFOP Françoise DE BRY Université de Paris-Sud Jean-Pierre DUDEZERT CNFPT Pia IMBS IAE de Strasbourg Michel JORAS Cercle d’Études pour le développement Sociétal Eric LOISELET Cabinet Terra Nova Louis MALLET CNRS, Université de Toulouse 1, LIRHE Hervé PENAN Université de Toulouse 1, IAE Jean-Marie PERETTI Université de Corte et ESSEC Jean-Michel PLANE Université de Montpellier 3 Roland PEREZ Université de Montpellier 1 Christian SZYLAR Royal Bank of Scotland (Luxembourg) Thierry WEIDEMANN GOIRAN MACIF GESTION Véronique ZARDET Université de Lyon 3, ISEOR
The theme of corporate social responsibility has a long history. One finds traces of it in 19th century paternalism or to the Captains of Industry of the last century. But we have to recognise that it is at the turn of our century that this issue has taken on new importance and become a vital issue, since it reflects the place and the role of companies in the globalized economy. How companies relate to time, space, and to their stakeholders has changed more in the last ten years than in the whole of the last century. Through the environmental consequences of their activities, companies have a clear responsibility to future generations. By contracting with or purchasing from businesses operating in developing countries, companies have responsibilities for workers who are not on their own payrolls. Because of the expectations of consumers, communities, those living nearby and NGOs, companies have to ask themselves new questions about the conditions under which they operate and in some cases reconsider their objectives. Financial markets are not the last to take account of this new dimension, through the development of socially responsible investments and rating agencies using criteria beyond just the economic return on investments. Socially responsible consumption and fair-trade commerce also present new problems, both for producers and distributors. Management sciences are contributing to the search for solutions by producing and disseminating validated knowledge, by sparking a scientific debate comparable to what we encounter in the current foci in English-speaking circles, under such headings as business ethics, social issues and corporate social performance. The cultural dimension is more important in these fields than in others; this is why we have considered it appropriate to propose a journal in which articles will appear in French and English. The Journal will accept articles in either language. All articles in French will include an abstract in English so that the keywords and results are clearly presented to English readers; reciprocally, all articles in English will provide this information for French readers. Finally, it goes without saying that the ROR. will operate according to the established principles of international scientific journals: authors will submit articles, the senior editor will identify three reviewers who will examine the submissions (ensuring anonymity of authorship) and the appropriate to-and-fro with authors should the articles need revision before being published. However, our Journal will be careful not to become simply a filter, selecting the best articles for publication: it will endeavour, within its means, to help authors to advance in the production of scientifically validated knowledge. To order
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