Dear Colleague,

We are pleased to announce The International Reputation Management Conference, to be held at Kadir Has University hosted jointly with Reputation Management Institute of Turkey on October 17 - October 19, 2012.

The Organizing Committee cordially invites you to submit papers and posters. Below is a copy of the Call for Papers and information regarding the conference. More details on the conference, including keynote speakers, will be posted as arrangements are finalized.

On behalf of the conference organizing committee, we look forward to your participation in this conference.

Conference Name: The International Reputation Management Conference - “Corporate Reputation Management and Social Media”

Venue: Kadir Has University, Istanbul, TURKEY

Date: October 17 - October 19, 2012.

Language of Papers: English.

Call for Papers:

There is a growing acknowledgement that the reputation has paramount importance for corporations from almost every sector. In contemporary global and local markets, it is crucial to build and retain positive reputation.

The role of social media, in this process, has established itself firmly in the last five years. Effective response to both positive and negative developments on social media platforms is an integral part of reputation management for corporations. By knowing how to use social media to their advantage, corporations could survive from even the worst crises.

This conference aims to bring the academic and the corporate professionals together to explore reputation within a multidisciplinary framework drawing insights from a number of research fields including politics, public administration, international relations, business management, human resources, communication, new media, public relations, marketing, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability. We hope that this conference will ignite much needed fresh thinking on reputation management among various disciplines.

Possible topics for papers include but not limited to:

·  Reputation: conceptual issues

·  Reputation management and corporate communications

·  Reputation management and human resources

·  Reputation Management and Corporate Social Responsibility

·  Reputation Management and Business Ethics

·  Reputation and webpolitics

·  Reputation management and marketing

·  Reputation management and crisis communication

·  Reputation Research

·  New Media’s role in reputation

·  Online Reputation Management

·  Social Media Optimization

·  Managing Consumer Generated Media

·  SERP Management

·  Impact Media

·  Personal Branding

·  Guest Blogging

Submit a 300 word maximum proposal or paper to:

Aysun Senkal

Faculty of Communications, Kadir Has University, Istanbul-TURKEY

Proposals should be submitted in the following order:

Name of the author(s)

Telephone, fax, and e-mail address

Affiliation

Title of proposal

Body of proposal

You will be notified by July 6th, 2012 regarding the status of your proposal.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: June 11th, 2012

For further information about the conference, contact:
Prof. Dr. Banu Baybars-Hawks (), or

Orhan Samast ()

Web site: www.reputationconference.org