Call for Papers

 “Four Fridays for Corruption”

A Mini Online Workshop Series on

Corruption, Rent-Seeking Behaviour and Informal Practices in Institutional Contexts

every Friday in November 2020

(November 6, 13, 20, 27)

  Organised by

Institute for International Management (Loughborough University London)

Centre for Political Economy and Institutional Studies (Birkbeck University of London)

Centre for Comparative Studies of Emerging Economies (University College London)

  This mini-series of online workshops aims to bring together researchers from different disciplines to improve our theoretical, empirical and methodological understanding of different aspects of corruption, rent-seeking behaviours, and informal practices within different institutional contexts. 

 A general consensus exists that corruption and other forms of rent-seeking behaviour impose tremendous costs on society, because they reduce funds devoted to public goods including safety, social services, and infrastructure. They create economic distortions, lower economic growth, and increase inequality. From the institutional perspective, institutions – as rules and norms able to constrain and shape human interactions (Hodgson 2006; North, 1990) – should minimise these collective action problems by discouraging and penalising rent-seeking behaviours. Within the literature on individuals’ conformity and compliance to rules (broadly defined as social norms), emphasis has been placed on the study of the reasons why institutions designed to contain such behaviours fail to act as expected (Batory 2012). Across different social science disciplines a consensus is emerging that corruption and other forms of rent-seeking behaviours cannot be reduced to a lack of institutional quality.

 This workshop aims to provide an ad-hoc research platform to further this debate. We are interested in work that sheds light on corruption and other forms of rent-seeking behaviours within different institutional and socio-cultural contexts from a broad and interdisciplinary perspective. The workshop also aims to explore different aspects of informality, the complementarities existing between informal practices and different forms of institutions, and the relational mechanisms linking informal practices and corruption.

 We welcome contributions from different academic disciplines (including, but not limited to, political science, economics, development studies, law, sociology, social psychology, and organisational studies), using different level of analysis (individuals, firms and organisations, sectors, regions, countries, etc.) and different methodologies and techniques (theoretical, empirical, qualitative, quantitative, comparative, etc.).   

Specifically, we invite submission of papers from any relevant discipline addressing issues including but not limited to:

-       Corruption and institutional quality/context

-       Determinants and/or consequences of corruption

-       Citizens’ attitudes towards rent-seeking behaviour

-       Informal practices, formal and informal institutions

-       Informal practices and corruption

-       Informal networks, social norms, and corruption

-       Trust, corruption and institutions

-       Corruption, tax evasion, and tax morale

-       Definitions and concepts of corruption

-        Compliance and the Rule of Law

Application Procedure

Please send a structured abstract (max. 500 words) or a full paper (if available and preferred by the submitters) by 7 September 2020 to G.Schnyder@lboro.ac.uk. The submission should be sent with “Four Fridays for Corruption” in the subject line.

Structured abstracts need to adopt the following structure:

Research Type: Conceptual, Theoretical, Empirical or Review (select one)

Research Question/Issue: 2 or 3 sentences presenting the focus of the paper

Method: 2 or 3 sentences clarifying the methodological approach chosen, and data source, if the paper is conceptual/theoretical, please state the main framework your research builds on.

Key Findings/Insights: 2 to 3 sentences explaining the findings or insights derived from your study. This section should highlight the contribution of your work to the broader literature.

Implications: in this section, please state the broader implications of your findings for researchers and/or policy-makers, as appropriate.

Please note that the format of the submission (structured abstract of full paper) will not affect the chances of being accepted. Researchers submitting structured abstracts will not be treated less favourably than authors submitting full papers.

Please also indicate on your abstract the time zone you will be residing in during November and what your preferred time for the session would be. We will try and accommodate timing requests as best we can.

Authors of accepted submissions will be notified by 28 September 2020.

Workshop Fees : There is no fee for attending the workshop.

Structure of Presentations

Each session will last for two hours. There will be 3 paper presentations of 20 minutes each followed by 5 min comments from the discussant. The remainder will be open discussion and Q&A.

We will decide on the time for the sessions depending on which time zones the presenters are in. Therefore, the precise timing of each Friday session will be announced once the selection of papers has been made.

Since every paper presentation will be assigned a discussant, it is thus important to submit full papers two weeks before each workshop.

Queries

For any queries, please contact any of the workshop convenors: Dr Luca Andriani (luca.andriani@bbk.ac.uk), Dr Randolph L Bruno (Randolph.bruno@ucl.ac.uk), Dr Elodie Douarin (e.douarin@ucl.ac.uk), Dr Gerhard Schnyder (G.Schnyder@lboro.ac.uk)   

To celebrate International Women’s Day, King's College London's School of Management and Business is holding a roundtable discussion on the topic of women’s careers and their representation in positions of power, including on the boards of directors of companies.

The number of women moving into the workplace and progressing up the career ladder increases year on year. Women make up half of the professional and managerial jobs, and more than half of University students and graduate entry roles. Despite this, the pipeline to senior positions still moves painfully slowly. Women hold more than 25% of FTSE100 board roles in the UK, but only 8% of executive roles.

More worryingly, the entry of women into the boardroom has not improved the pay or prospects for women lower in the companies. Progress to close the gender pay gap around the world has all but stopped since the 2008 economic crash and it will be more than 100 years before women can expect equal pay with men. Overall, although women are more visible in the workplace, they are still not holding positions of power in contemporary Britain, with women still heavily outnumbered at the top of public, corporate and political life.

Moving beyond debates that look only at getting women on boards and the age-old questions about quotas, the panel bring a broader a range of perspectives to questions of women’s careers and their place in workplace organisations.

The event will take place on 10th March 2016 starting at 6pm – Location: Anatomy Lecture Theatre (room K6.29 – level 6 King’s Building), King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS

Followed by a drinks reception at Somerset Cafe (1st floor King’s Strand Building).

Please register for the event at:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-careers-and-boards-of-directors-why-are-there-so-few-women-in-positions-of-power-and-what-can-tickets-20005679526

 (YOU DO NOT NEED TO BRING THE TICKET TO THE EVENT)

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Chair:

Prof. Evelyn Welch, King’s College London, Vice-Principal (Arts & Sciences) and Professor of Renaissance Studies

Panellists:

Prof. Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo. Board Member of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and JPX Holdings (parent company of the Tokyo Stock Exchange).

 Prof. Alison Wolf, Baroness Wolf of Dulwich, King’s College London. Author of ‘The XX Factor. How working women are creating a new society’

Ms Scarlett Brown, King’s College London. Co-author with Dr. Elisabeth Kelan of ‘Opening the Black Box of Board Appointments: Women’s and Men’s Routes to the Boardroom’.

Mr. John Edmonds, King’s College London. Co-author with Eva Tutchell of ‘Man-Made. Why So Few Women Are in Positions of Power’

 Organisers:

Ms. Scarlett Brown, scarlett.brown@kcl.ac.uk, King's College London, School of Management & Business

Dr. Gerhard Schnyder, gerhard.schnyder@kcl.ac.uk, King's College London, School of Management & Business

This event will bring together alumni of the MSc IM who are now working in consulting. They will share their experience and provide tips and tricks for current students with an interest in pursuing a career in consulting. Followed by a social event in the Conservatory (FWB)

Panelists:

Nadia Burdonova - EY

Max Halliday - PwC

Mark Kane - Glue Reply

Hassaan Khan - PwC

Annika Manninen - MSCI ESG

Sandra Naigeon de Boer – Independent CSR Consultant

Nathan Ranmagar - Deloitte

Ali Siddiqui - PwC

Amanda Siegel - CEB

Kate Smith - Accenture

Please sign up on Eventbrite (you do not need to bring the ticket to the event): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/working-in-consulting-tickets-18798426600

This event will bring together alumni of the MSc IM who are now working in the financial services industry. They will share their experience and provide tips and tricks for current students with an interest in pursuing a career in finance. Followed by a social event in the Conservatory (FWB)

Panelists:

Thijs Buitenhuis – Kempen & Co. Merchant Bank

Abuzer Incegoz - Drummonds

Anastasia Kopylova - Thomson Reuters

Edit Laszlo - Royal Bank of Scotland

Kitty McCormick - Coutts

Alex Oppong - Citigroup

Yashica Reddy - Schroders

Lutfullah Stanekazi - Sponsors for Education Opportunity

James Wallington – Babson Capital Management

Please sign up on Eventbrite (you do not need to bring the ticket to the event) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/working-in-finance-tickets-18798315267