This format offers authors the opportunity to receive early-stage feedback on their research ideas related to theoretical framing, methods, and potential publication outlets. No audio-visual (A/V) support is available for these sessions. Authors should bring 10 copies of a one-page description of their research idea for distribution among the audience and receive feedback during a roundtable discussion.

Submission requirements:

⦁ Submit a one-page, single-spaced abstract of a research idea in the early to middle stages of development but not yet paper-ready.

⦁ Abstracts longer than one page will be returned.

⦁ Do not include author names or affiliations on the abstract; abstracts containing author information will be returned.

This is a standard presentation format with three or four presentations per session, with A/V support available. It is suitable for research projects that are closer to a completed paper than are discussion sessions.

Submission requirements:

⦁ Submit a 3 to 5 page, single-spaced abstract of your research briefly describing the topic, research questions, methods, and results. The page limit is not inclusive of references, figures, and tables.

⦁ Include page numbers.

⦁ Abstracts exceeding the page limit will be returned. Note that we do not accept full papers.

⦁ Do not include author names or affiliations; abstracts with author information will be returned.

A symposium can focus on a particular area of business and society research or a specific teaching-related topic. Symposia submissions are suitable when there are several papers with a common theme that could be presented as part of a cohesive session or when a group of presenters would discuss a broad topic, such as the future of business & society research or teaching CSR.

Submission requirements:

⦁ Submit a 3 to 5 page, single-spaced abstract describing the symposium’s focus.

⦁ Include presenter names, proposed session duration (usually 90 minutes), information on each participant's presentation, and an outline of how organizers will use the time.

⦁ Indicate whether A/V is needed for the session.

Workshops are working meetings that address specific research or teaching challenges. Workshop submissions are suitable when participants will be doing something during the workshop, such as discussing each other’s ongoing research projects (e.g., the annual Business and Human Rights workshop, during which participants get feedback on research in progress) or developing teaching tools.

Submission guidelines:

⦁ Submit a 3 to 5 page single-spaced abstract describing the workshop's content.

⦁ Include participant names, proposed session duration (usually 90 minutes), and an outline of how organizers will use the time.

These sessions feature activities/experiential exercises that facilitate creative reflection on the relationship between business and society, applicable to both research and teaching. Innovative sessions might take advantage of the location of the annual meeting to hear from speakers who otherwise would not be available to conference participants. Innovative sessions might also place-based or include an experiential exercise.

Submission requirements:

⦁ Submit a 3 to 5 page single-spaced abstract describing the session's content.

⦁ Please include the names of the participants, the amount of time you are proposing for the session (traditionally, innovative sessions have 90 minutes allocated), and a plan for how the organizers will use the time for the session.