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The World Forum: Sustainability & Business Practices: Implications for Our Schools

Saint Louis University’s John Cook School of Business, the International Association of Jesuit Business Schools, and the Colleagues in Jesuit Business Education present “The World Forum: Sustainability & Business Practices - Implications for our Schools” taking place July 14-16, 2013 at the John and Lucy Cook Hall, 3674 Lindell Blvd. St. Louis, MO. 

The event serves as the 16th Annual Meeting of the Jesuit Colleagues in Jesuit Business (CJBE) and the 19th Annual Meeting of the International Assocation of Jesuit Business Schools (IAJBS).

Conference Registration

Registration for the CJBE-IAJBS joint meeting is now open. We invite you to review the World Forum Program by downloading a copy of the scheduled conference events.

When you are ready to register, please click on the respective button to register for the conference on July 14-16, 2013:

Accomodations

The John Cook School of Business at Saint Louis University has resereved room accomodations for conference participants at the following:

* Please note that Hotel Ignacio is in walking distance of St. Louis University. Water Tower Inn while not in walking distance of the university provides a free shuttle The Village Apartments are located on campus and comprised of four private rooms per apartment.

** Please note the Village Apartments are suite style apartments with four private rooms but common space and two bathrooms. If you wish to request a preferrred suite-mate register online, but call Linda Paglusch at (314) 977-3872 or email her at lpaglusc@slu.edu 

Conference Preview

Businesses from every sector have increasingly urgent obligations to lead society in assuring the quality of life for future generations

The theme for the World Forum is focused on the role that Jesuit business schools must play in driving change that makes sustainability become a key part of the planning and operations of all businesses across the globe.

The joint meeting of the IAJBS and CJBE at the Cook School will encourage discussion of the scholarship, pedagogy, and practice of sustainability under the following general themes:

• Sustainability and Business Operations 
• Sustainability and Social Justice 
• Sustainability and Emerging Economies 
• Sustainability in Higher Education

Want to Learn More? Download a Copy of the World Forum Program

Call For Papers

The call for papers is meant to encourage submissions that cover the following topics:

• Sustainability and Business Operations 
• Sustainability an Social Justice 
• Sustainability and Emerging Economies 
• Sustainability in Higher Education 

While these topics are the main focus we will consider unique contributions from authors that connect to the World Forum theme in other topical areas as well.

Authors of accepted papers will have the opportunity to submit their articles for review and publication in the Journal of Jesuit Business Education (JJBE), as well as the Journal of Management for Global Sustainability (JMGS).