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ABOUT US

Japan Forum of Business and Society is an academic association which conducts
academic research/discussion on the relationship between business and society
focusing on global trends as well as encouraging cooperative relationship with
academia, industry, government, labor and NPO/NGO.

Name

English：Japan Forum of Business and Society (JFBS)

Japanese：企業と社会フォーラム

Mission

Now is the time when sustainable development of socio-economic system must be
achieved and corporate economic, social and environmental roles and
responsibilities are totally re-designed.

Challenges of redefining the relationship between business and society have
developed in developed countries and emerging/developing countries.

focusing on global trends with encouraging cooperative relationship among
academia, industry, government, labor and NPO/NGO. Human resource development
of young researchers and practitioners is another major topic for our forum.

・Study on sustainable corporate society

・Having perspective of Japan existing in global society

・Strengthening cooperation between sectors

・Creation of a new opportunity (open platform) for academia and
practitioners to meet and discuss

・Fostering of responsible leaders

・Serving as a catalyst of social innovation

Research Themes

・Relationship between corporations and society, Sustainable development,
Public policy

・CSR management, Corporate governance, Business ethics

・Environmental management, Environmental accounting, Environmental
protection

・Consumers, Safety and health, Labor and human rights, Supply chain

・Philanthropy, Social Marketing, CRM, Social products

・Stakeholder engagement, Information disclosure/report, CSR education

・Corporate value, Reputation, SRI

・NPO/NGO, Collaboration between sectors, International cooperation

・Multi-stakeholder process, Global governance, International standards

・Social business, Social enterprise/entrepreneur, Social innovation

・International comparison

Governance

・Members only （Individual/Corporate member）

・Board Members, Steering Committee, Programme Committee

・Coordination Office

Background of JFBS

Our forum started on March 2009 by involving of 28 members from academia,
industry, government and NGOs.
We have held 9 workshops in these two
years, and coordinated an international conference in Tokyo with APABIS
(Asia Pacific Academy of Business in Society), where three members of our
forum delivered speech.
Based on these experiences, we have decided to
develop this forum into an open platform.

Board Members　（Sep 2017-Aug 2020)

President
Kanji Tanimoto, Waseda University

Vice President
Toshio Arima, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.／
Global
Compact Network Japan

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Board Member
Mitsuhiro Umezu, Keio
University

Board Member
Masahiro Okada, Keio
University

Board Member
Daisuke Okamoto, Keio University

Board Member
Kazuyori Kanai, Osaka University of
Commerce

Board Member
Kaori Kuroda, CSO Network

Board Member
Katsuhiko Kokubu, Kobe University

Board Member
Makoto Saito, Lawyer

Board Member
Masao Seki, Sompo Japan Nipponkoa
Insurance Inc.

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Board Member
Risa Tanaka, The Graduate School of
Project Design

Board Member
Chizuru Nishio, University of
Tsukuba

Auditor
MIZUGUCHI, Takeshi
Faculty of Economics, Takasaki
City University of Economics
OGINO, Hiroshi
Faculty of Global
Communicatios, Toyo Gakuen University

Steering Committee
Chair　TANIMOTO, Kanji
School of
Commerce, Waseda University
FUJITA, Makoto
School of
Commerce, Waseda University
KURODA, Kaori
CSO Network
Japan
OKADA, Masahiro
Graduate School of Business
Administration, Keio University
OKAMOTO, Daisuke
Faculty of
Business and Commerce, Keio University
SEKI, Masao
Sompo
Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc.
UMEZU, Mitsuhiro
Faculty of
Business and Commerce, Keio University
YAMAMOTO, Toshiaki

Faculty of Financial Economy, Osaka Electro-Communication
University

Program Committee
Chair　YAMAMOTO, Toshiaki
Faculty of
Financial Economy, Osaka Electro-Communication University
AMEMIYA,
Hiroshi
DWM Asset Management/ Corporate Citizenship Lapan
Ltd.
DOI, Masaatsu
Faculty of Social Policy and
Administration, Hosei University
FUKUCHI, Junko
Pokka
Sapporo Food & Beverage Ltd.
HAMAOKA, Makoto
Mitsubishi
Research Institute, Inc.
IZUME, Tsuyoshi
Cross Insight
Inc.
IMAZU, Hidenori
Toppan Printing Co.,
Ltd.
OHIRA, Shuji
Faculty of Commerce and Economics,
Chiba University of Commerce
OMURO, Nobuyoshi
Faculty of
Business Administration, Kyoto Sangyo University
YURA, Satoshi

The Center for Public Resources Development

Editorial Committee
Editor　KOKUBU, Katsuhiko

Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University
KANAI,
Kazuyori
Faculty of Business Administration, Osaka University of
Commerce
OKADA, Masahiro
Graduate School of Business
Administration, Keio University
TANIMOTO, Kanji
School of
Commerce, Waseda University
UMEZU, Mitsuhiro
Faculty of
Business and Commerce, Keio University

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