J’pura Uni organises int’l business management conference

The Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura has organised the 10th International Conference on Business Management (ICBM), December 2013 under the theme of ‘Resilience a mid Turbulence: Revisiting Ethics’.

The theme will be discussed under eight main topics which will include a number of high-quality research articles completed by the university academia and also corporate personnel. Following are the topics for the research tracks: Intelligence systems for managing business disasters, Gender and society in managing business ethics, Challenges and new dimensions in managing business ethics and corporate governance, Business collaborations and ethics, Business ethics for emerging and growing business industries, Crafting an Ethical Business Climate: The role of entrepreneur, The role of media in ethical business practices, Government as a catalyst in managing ethical business climate and Professions and business ethics.

The conference will be graced by Professor Jane E. Klobas, who will also be the keynote speaker. Prof. Klobas currently serves as the Academic Icon Professor in the Department of Business Policy and Strategy, University of Malaya, Malaysia. She is also Alberto Dondena Research Fellow of the Carlo F. Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Fellow, Centre for Arts, Science and Knowledge ( ASK), Università Bocconi, Milano, Italy and Adjunct Professor of t he School of Engineering and Information Technology, Murdoch University, Australia.

ICBM 2013 will be held at The Blue Water, Wadduwa on December 10, 2013.

The Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce cordially invites practitioners, academics, industry personnel and other interested parties to participate in the conference.

Participants will be able to educate themselves regarding critical ethical issues and potential solutions for these issues. ICBM 2013 will provide an open forum for its participants to discuss and brainstorm such solutions for the benefit of the society.