David Crowther is Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility at various universities. He worked in industry for a number of years culminating at Divisional Managing Director of a multinational before becoming an academic. In 2002 he founded the Social Responsibility Research Network (SRRNet), an international body with several thousand members. His current research is with sustainability and governance. Shahla Seifi is an engineer with a PhD in sustainability who had a senior position in her National Standards Institute before moving to the UK where she works as a consultant, editor, lecturer and researcher. She is Director and Conferences Chair of SRRNet.