This special issue focuses on the importance of publishing research that yields null or negative findings in corporate social responsibility and corporate social advocacy studies. The issue seeks to challenge the publication bias toward positive results and highlight how non-findings contribute valuable insights to advancing knowledge in these fields.

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Timeline

• January 5, 2027: Submission deadline

Elena Cedrola, Macerata University

Cinzia Colapinto, Venice School of Management

Lauren Gurrieri, RMIT University

Stefania Masè, IPAG Business School

Alisa Minina Jeunemaître, Emlyon Business School

Shumaila Yousafzai, Nazarbayev University

While some countries have advanced gender equality, many now experience significant backlash undermining this progress. Recent developments include government policy shifts limiting gender recognition, major corporations scaling back diversity initiatives, and the rise of online movements promoting traditional gender roles alongside broader polarization around diversity and inclusion policies.

This special issue examines how gender issues are negotiated and contested across organizations, markets, and society. It brings together fragmented research on intersections of gender with leadership, labor, media, and consumer experiences, exploring how corporate engagement with gender equity generates support and backlash while raising questions about authenticity and performativity.

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Potential topics

• Critical reflections on gender equity and its contemporary resistance in organizational settings and media ecosystems
• How leaders and organizations engage with gender issues (and associated backlash) through activism, partnerships, internal policies, and public critique
• Intersectional perspectives on gender, race, class, and sexuality and the dynamics of progress and regression
• How gender biases are (re)addressed and (re)produced in the realms of innovation, tech, and entrepreneurship
• Analyzing gender inequality and its stagnation in workforce participation, compensation, and promotion opportunities
• Gender fluidity and non-binary representations in the corporate world and organizational practices, and the implications of their political reception
• Examining ethical and sustainable practices through a gender lens to address inclusivity in environmental and social initiatives
• Exploring non-western perspectives and representations of diversity, equity and inclusion and backlash
• How gender identities (feminine, masculine, non-binary, and trans) are constructed, challenged, or reinforced across media, advertising, and popular culture
• How stereotypical gender roles are being reimagined, revived, or resisted in contemporary branding, media, and organizational discourse
• What social, cultural, or emotional forces shape the renewed appeal of stereotypical femininities and masculinities in contemporary consumer and organizational life
• What narratives, rituals, or aesthetic strategies are used to communicate shifting gender dynamics, and how are they received across different cultural and generational contexts

Timeline

• October 31, 2026: Submission Deadline

Jay Joseph, American University of Beirut

Harry Van Buren III, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Jennifer Oetzel, American University

Angelika Rettberg, Universidad de los Andes

Global peace is needed now more than ever, yet "peace" still fails to feature in mainstream business and society debates. For over 20 years, "business and peace" has led this debate in business and management studies. Business and peace has generated a broad array of research studies that link business activity to peacebuilding; however, the high volume of descriptive, case-based, and practice-based research in the field, combined with the growing number of parallel contributions to conflict and peace-related topics in general management studies, presents challenges for moving a coherent debate on peace and business forward.

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Potential topics

• Stakeholder-based theories associated with business and peace
• Systems perspectives on business and peace
• Intergroup and contact theories in business contexts
• Business and human rights frameworks
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and political CSR
• Governance processes in business and peace
• Organizing processes and organization studies
• Normative and ethical frameworks addressing corruption and corporate misconduct
• International business frameworks in conflict settings
• Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial models for conflict-resolution and peace
• Advanced conceptual development for conflict and peace research
• Boundary work to clarify field domains in business and peace
• Theoretical consolidation and advancement of business and peace foundations

Timeline

• June 4, 2026: 2nd Annual IABS Business and Peace Workshop and IABS Conference in Providence, RI
• January 31, 2027: Submission window opens for first submission due
• March 1, 2027: First submission due - Full paper submissions due
• June 1, 2027: Reject and resubmit decisions made for first submission
• October 1, 2027: Second submission due
• May 1, 2028: Reject and resubmit decisions made for second submission

Dorothee Maria Winkler, Bern University of Applied Sciences

David Risi, Bern University of Applied Sciences

Christopher Wickert, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Onna Malou van den Broek, Copenhagen Business School

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has a long and influential history as one of the dominant paradigms in managing the business-society interface. For years, CSR has served as the normative and strategic blueprint for companies in managing growing societal expectations such as climate change, corruption, and inequality, fundamentally shaping corporate behavior across sustainability, ethics, and stakeholder engagement. Over the past decade, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria seemed to be moving from the periphery to the center of attention for companies, and the formalization and legalization of CSR-related criteria have reinforced the importance of corporate responsibility and consolidated its position as a central area of concern for business firms.

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Potential topics

• What responsibilities do firms assume when navigating heightened political and societal tensions?
• What does "responsible" corporate behavior mean in today's polarized global political economy?
• How is CSR evolving to address the complex moral and strategic challenges of an increasingly divided world?
• Do corporations counter populist and illiberal politics, or primarily align with dominant power structures?
• How do firms recalibrate ESG and CSR commitments while maintaining legitimacy across diverse stakeholders?
• Which role does CSR play in specific industries such as defense industrial complex, including defense-focused tech firms?
• To what extent has CSR enabled corporate political activity (CPA) that influences democratic governance in ways that advance corporate interests?
• How do new forms of "reverse CSR" or politically adaptive responsibility emerge?
• How does the geographical context influence the conceptualization of CSR?
• Is CSR diffusing from autocratic to democratic contexts as a tool of political signaling rather than social progress?
• How do the underlying philosophical and epistemological assumptions of CSR differ across contexts?
• How can established theoretical perspectives account for geopolitically fragmented CSR models?
• How can nationalistic or "Western populist" CSR be conceptualized in a priori democratic contexts?
• What theoretical frameworks need to be developed to account for the instrumentalization of CSR for national and geopolitical purposes?
• Which role does CSR play in contexts of violent conflict?
• How do security demands shape CSR's definition and scope?
• What new priorities emerge when CSR is applied in the defense industry, particularly regarding process vs. product dimensions?
• How do polarization, politicization, and securitization collectively shape CSR trajectories, and what role do businesses, governments, and other stakeholders play?
• How do businesses weigh and prioritize imperatives posed by polarization, politicization, and securitization, and how does this influence their CSR agendas?
• How do businesses recalibrate their CSR strategies to account for new and competing societal priorities?
• How do governments integrate these dynamics when devising or revising CSR regulations?
• Do we see emerging surveillance states arising from mutually beneficial collaborations between the defense-industrial complex (including tech firms) and governments?
• Do we observe any sidelining or dismantling of international institutions and cooperation structures established after the Second World War?
• How do societal stakeholders navigate this nexus when formulating expectations towards businesses and exerting pressure?

Timeline

• September 1, 2026: Deadline for extended abstract submission for paper development workshop
• October 5, 2026: Online pre-submission workshop (participation optional)
• August 1, 2027: Submission window opens
• August 31, 2027: Submission window closes

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Timeline

• September 30, 2026: Submission deadline