Theme: Managing Ethically in Times of Disruption and Conflict
Date: 18-19 June 2025 (Wednesday & Thursday)
Venue: City University of Macau, Macau
The World Business Ethics Forum (WBEF) series aims to provide an open platform for academics and practitioners from around the world to share and discuss ideas and issues related to new thinking and research findings in the broad area of business ethics.
The 9th WBEF will be held from 18-19 June 2025 at the City University of Macau. The theme for the 2025 forum is “Managing Ethically in Times of Disruption and Conflict”. We invite the submission of research papers that advance our understanding of this broad theme for presentation at this Forum. Conceptual, empirical, and practitioner-oriented approaches are all welcome. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to the following:
Managing ethically under post-Covid-19, and other disruptive contexts
ESG, sustainability, CSV, CSR, and circular economy, Triple-bottom line (TBL)
Values-based approaches to corporate management (e.g., the Junzi corporation, trusteeship)
Ethical leadership, ethical reasoning and ethical decision making
Institutional safeguards (e.g., whistle-blower protection, anti-money laundering, and anticorruption)
Contemporary ethical challenges in marketing (e.g., KOL influence, green consumerism versus “greenwashing”, integrity in consumer analytics, consumer protection, and social marketing)
Contemporary ethical challenges in accounting (e.g., carbon accounting, green governance, natural capital asset valuation, earnings management, and transparency)
Contemporary ethical challenges in economics and finance (e.g., fair competition, fairtrade, ethical investments, green bonds, social impact investment, and digital currency)
Contemporary ethical challenges in HRM (e.g., green HRM, diversity equality inclusion (DEI), meaningful careers, quality of working life, assuring human rights of all employees)
Supply chain management ethics (e.g., sustainable procurement and green logistics)
AI: Threat to or opportunity for a better world
Keynote Speaker
| Professor Andrew Crane | Director, Centre for Business, Organisations and Society, University of Bath, UK |
Other Speakers
| Professor Simon HO | President, Hang Seng University of Hong Kong |
| Professor Jose C. ALVES | Dean, Faculty of Business, City University of Macau |
| Ms. Ruby O | Assistant Vice President, Sustainability & Business Synergy, Sustainability, MGM Macau |
| Dr. William YU | Founder and CEO, World Green Organization |
| Ms. Mary SUEN | Founder and Executive Chairman, Chief Happiness Officer Association |
| Dr. Serge STINCKWICH | Head of Research, United Nations University |
| Mr. Antonio TAM | Senior Associate, MdME Former Legal Advisor, Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM) |
| The Organizing Committee | |
|---|---|
| Dr. Tiffany C. H. LEUNG | City University of Macau (Co-Chair) |
| Dr. Lawrence LEI | Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (Co-Chair) |
| Professor Jose C. ALVES | City University of Macau (Member) |
| Professor José Paulo Afonso ESPERANCA | City University of Macau (Member) |
| Professor Justin Dejun XIE | City University of Macau (Member) |
| Dr. Bowen DONG | City University of Macau (Member) |
| Dr. Danni MA | City University of Macau (Member) |
| Ms. Wei Wei SEAH | City University of Macau (Member) |
| Professor Robin Stanley SNELL | Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (Member) |
| Professor Michael SEGON | Central Queensland University, Australia (Member) |
Co-organizer
