2012 Annual Meeting of the
International Association for Business & Society (IABS)
Asheville, North Carolina, USA • June 14-17, 2012
Proposal Submission Deadline: December 15, 2011
Theme
The theme of the 2012 IABS meetings is “Personal Responsibility for Improving Society.” The responsibility for societal change and improvement is often seen as belonging largely to governmental and corporate entities. However, what discretionary responsibilities do we, as individuals, have? How can/do we act on them? How do these responsibilities apply to, and play out in, our various roles as employees, consumers, investors, donors, parents, children, neighbors, congregants, and academicians? This conference is designed to bring to bear scholarly efforts in the area of business and society in exploring responsibilities of the individual – and the potential effect of acting on those responsibilities – to the improvement of society.
Conference Location
Asheville, North Carolina, a Frommers’ 2007 must see location, boasts beautiful scenery, abundant and diverse outdoor opportunities, a thriving arts community, a vibrant and inviting downtown, numerous historic and architectural attractions, and unique shopping options. The arrival of the railroad in 1880 moved Asheville from its beginnings as a primitive frontier outpost featuring Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett to a position in the 1920s as a resort and therapeutic health center and destination for the rich and famous such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. The Biltmore Mansion, The Grove Park Inn, and architecturally diverse downtown structures provide tangible and viewable insight into Asheville’s history.
The surrounding Blue Ridge mountains and proximate Great Smokey Mountains National Park offer not only stunning beauty but myriad opportunities for outdoor recreation – climbing, hiking, biking, whitewater rafting, ziplining, and fly fishing. The city’s restaurants range from Mediterranean to vegetarian, four-star cuisine to down-home cooking, and many of the best of these work with local farmers to bring the freshest fruits, vegetables and meats to the table. The area also boasts five microbreweries. Performing arts venues, mountain crafters, folk artists, hip arts neighborhoods, hundreds of fine artists and dozens of art galleries dot the city. Bluegrass, country and traditional mountain music is native to the area, and the town is also home to the Asheville Symphony, the Asheville Lyric Opera, and the Orange Peel Social Aid & Pleasure Club, one of Rolling Stone’s top 5 rock clubs in the country.
The Asheville airport is served by Continental, Delta, US Airways, United, and American Airlines. Greeneville-Spartanburg International Airport is 90 minutes away, and is served by Allegiant, American, Delta, Southwest, United and US Airways. Charlotte Douglas International Airport, a two-hour drive, is served by Air Canada, AirTran, American, Continental, Delta, JetBlue, Lufthansa, and United.
Asheville is a day’s drive from St. Louis, Chicago, Pittsburgh, New York City, Washington, DC, Miami and New Orleans.
Sites for more information:
www.exploreasheville.com
http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/travel/30hours.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina