RC 38 has proposed four panels for the IPSA Congress in Madrid in 2012:

Business and Sustainability 1 (convenor) This panel will review critically the challenges of the sustainable development agenda, in all its forms (environmental, economic, social and cultural), for business and the ways in which business actors have engaged with this agenda.

Business and Sustainability 2 (convenor) This panel will review critically the challenges of the sustainable development agenda, in all its forms (environmental, economic, social and cultural), for business and the ways in which business actors have engaged with this agenda.

Business Organisation Beyond the Nation-State (convenor) Globalisation has raised new challenges for business actors, requiring engagement with various kinds of supranational bodies, from economic integration organisations such as the European Union to the multilateral organisations of the United Nations. This panel will focus on the representation of interests in such arenas.

New Developments in Politics and Business (convenor) The Global Financial Crisis, following quickly a rapid period of globalisation, has raised new challenges for business politics, including those posed by countervailing groups. This panel will provide the opportunity to explore the responses of business actors to these contemporary challenges.

If you wish to propose s paper for any of these panels, please contact Aynsley Kellow, Chair RC 38 at: akellow@utas.edu.au