World Business Ethics Forum 2006

The School of Business of Hong Kong Baptist University and Faculty of Business Administration of University of Macau are pleased to announce CALL FOR PAPERS for the “World Business Ethics Forum” and the theme for this forum is “Does East Meet West?”

Topics:

Guanxi and Western networking - A Distinction Without A Real difference?

Family in Business Ethics - Source of or Barrier to good CSR?

What Have Future Generations Done For Us - Temporal Aspects of Responsibility

Why Only Cigarettes - Should ALL Advertizing Warn of A Product's Downsides?

Has Corporate Governance Worked?

Capital and Citizens -- Are Some Stakeholders More Equal Than Others?

Windows on Windows on Windows on Windows - Should Software Be Built to Last Longer?

Trust Building in Business - Any Facts Yet Behind the Opinions and Paradigms?

Cross-cultural Differences and Business Ethics

Ethical issues in Emerging Markets
Ethics and Social Responsibility
Management Ethics

Equal Opportunities

Information System Ethics

Marketing Ethics

Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics

Accounting Ethics

Economic Ethics

Environmental Ethics

Finance and Ethics

Corporate Governance

Ethical Codes of Conduct

Religions and Values

Academic abstracts, reviews of major research areas and case studies by practitioners are encouraged. Proposals for special panels/sessions are welcome. Conference attendees will consist of both academicians and professionals.

Selected papers from the conference will be published in a special issue of Journal of Business Ethics.

Best paper awards will be given.

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Important Dates

Deadline for 2-page summary/full paper	15^th May, 2006
Notification of accepted papers	15^th June, 2006
Deadline for early-bird registration	31^st July, 2006
Deadline for full paper / revised full paper (Note 1)	22^nd August, 2006
Deadline for regular registration (Note 2)	15^th September, 2006
Conference	1^st-3^rd November, 2006

Note 1: In order to allow time for the selection of Best Paper Award and to shortlist papers for the special issue of Journal of Business Ethics (JOBE), the deadline for submission of full papers/revised full papers is 22 August 2006 (Tuesday). The submission guidelines can be downloaded from the website at www.springer.com. The final selection of papers for the special issue of JOBE will be done after the Conference.

Note 2: In order to allow sufficient time for printing the Programme and Proceedings, you need to register and settle the payment fee to confirm your participation. The new deadline for registration and fee payment for authors who intend to have their full papers to be included in the Programme and Proceedings is 15 September 2006 (Friday). If you do not want your paper to be included in the Programme and Proceedings, please indicate it in the respective item on the registration form. Please send the registration form to the Conference Secretariat (University of Macau) by e-mail at ethconf@umac.mo or by fax at (853) 838-320 .

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Keynote Speakers

Professor Alex Michalos

Editor in Chief, Journal of Business Ethics and Director of Institute for Social Research and Evaluation, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada

Professor Baocheng Liu

Director, Center for International Business Ethics, University of International Business and Economics, People's Republic of China

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Distinguished Speakers (Day 1)

	Prof. Ng Ching-fai, GBS President and Vice-Chancellor Hong Kong Baptist University
	Mr. Moses Cheng, GBS, OBE, JP Council Chairman of Hong Kong Baptist University and Founding Chairman of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors
	Prof. Simon S.M. Ho Dean of School of Business Hong Kong Baptist University
	Mr. Michael N. M. Choi, JP Chairman of Land Power International Holdings Ltd.
	Prof. Po-Keung Ip Professor of Applied Ethics of National Central University, Taiwan
	Mr. Raymond NG Executive Director of Hong Kong Ethics Development Centre
	Mr. Peter S. H. Wong Chairman, Hong Kong Institute of Directors
	Mr. Thomas Kwok, JP Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited

Distinguished Speakers (Day 2)

	Mr. David Hall Head of Group Public Affairs (Asia) HSBC Asia Pacific
	Prof. Vivienne W. M. Luk Head of Department of Management Hong Kong Baptist University
	Ms. Susanna Chiu Senior Vice President DVN (Holdings) Limited
	Mr. Joseph Lee, BBS, JP Managing Director Wofoo Plastics Limited
	Prof. Lee Kam Hon Professor of Marketing, Faculty of Business Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
	Dr. Annie S. C. Wu, SBS. JP Vice Chairman Hong Kong Beijing Air Catering Limited

Distinguished Speakers (Day 3)

	Mr. Stanley Au Chairman of Bank Delta Asia, Founding Chairman of the Macau Institute of Directors and Member of Macau's Legislature
	Mr. Grant R. Bowie President and General Manager of Wynn's Resorts Macau
	Ms. Ho Ioc San, Fanny Chief of Cabinet Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) of Macau
	Dr. Ambrose So Director of Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, S.A. and Member of the Economic Council / Cultural Consultative Council of Macau SAR Government

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Event Schedule

	Day 1 (HK) Nov 1, 2006 (WED)	Day 2 (HK and Macau) Nov 2, 2006 (THU)	Day 3 (Macau) Nov 3, 2006
Morning	Opening ceremony Keynote speech Plenary session Panel session	Plenary session in HK Panel session in HK Parallel sessions in HK	Keynote speech Parallel sessions
	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
Afternoon	Parallel sessions	Transport from HK to Macau	Parallel sessions Plenary session Closing ceremony
Evening	Cocktail session	Banquet in Macau	Cocktail session

Post-Conference Tour

Due to insufficient number of enrolled participants, the One-day Post Conference Tour to Zhuhai will been replaced by a half-day Macau World Cultural Heritage Tour on November 4, 2006.

Details of the tour: