The 3rd Annual ARCS Conference was sponsored by the Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL) at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

This research conference brought together approximately 130 scholars from 72 institutions and eleven countries, representing a variety of disciplinary and methodological perspectives of those interested in advancing research on corporate sustainability. The conference was hosted by Professor Eric Orts at Wharton, with support from IGEL Associate Director Joanne Spigonardo, and the organizing committee listed below. This event follows the inaugural ARCS Conference at the University of Michigan and the 2nd Annual ARCS Conference at Harvard Business School.

The call for papers [pdf] sought submissions of unpublished working papers focused on business and sustainability issues (both social and environmental) from all disciplines and methodologies. Click here for conference papers and slide presentations.

Watch a slideshow of conference photos (below) or click here to see the Picasa web album.

ARCS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Tima Bansal
Professor, U Western Ontario

Lori Bennear
Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy, Duke

Marian Chertow
Associate Professor of Industrial Environmental Management, Yale

Daniel Diermeier
IBM Professor of Regulation and Competitive Practice, Northwestern

Glen Dowell
Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations, Cornell

Andy Hoffman
Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, U Michigan

Andrew King
Professor of Business, Dartmouth

Mike Lenox
Samuel Slover Professor of Business, U Virginia

Tom Lyon

Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce, U Michigan

John Maxwell
W. George Pinnell Professor, Indiana

Eric Orts
Guardsmark Professor, U Pennsylvania - Conference Chair

N. Craig Smith
INSEAD Chaired Professor of Ethics and Social Responsibility, INSEAD

Mike Toffel
Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard

David Vogel
Solomon P. Lee Chair in Business Ethics, U California-Berkeley

GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM AND ARCS

Erika Herz
Managing Director, ARCS
Ph 434-982-2656