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Aspen CBE
Launches Teaching Module on Energy Efficiency
Aspen CBE is pleased to announce the creation of a new
teaching module on energy efficiency.
At its core,
energy efficiency is about doing more with less. In times of a down
economy and uncertain energy prices, the importance of saving energy
seems clear; over the long term, however, how does a focus on energy
efficiency make sense for business? Business is both uniquely suited to
address the problems of energy efficiency and to reap the potential
rewards of those solutions by melding social and profit constraints into
a plan for an innovative energy future.
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Teaching Module: Energy Efficiency
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Video from
Conceptualizing Conscious Capitalism Conference Now Available Online
On May 28, Aspen CBE co-sponsored a conference on "Conceptualizing
Conscious Capitalism" at Bentley
University. The
event featured an array of distinguished speakers from academia and
the private sector.
Conscious
Capitalism is defined as encompassing the following three principles:
companies have a purpose that transcends profit maximization; companies are
managed for the benefit of all stakeholders in their ecosystem, not just
shareholders; and companies are led by spiritually evolved,
self-effacing servant leaders.
Video of the event is now available online.
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Web Conference
on the Stakeholder Approach in Marketing
Please join us
on Thursday, September 3 at 1 PM Eastern for a web conference on the
stakeholder approach in the Marketing discipline. Daniel Korschun,
Assistant Professor of Marketing at the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University,
and Madhu Viswanathan, Associate Professor of Business Administration at
the College of Business at the University of Illinois
will speak. To RSVP, please contact Chad
Ayotte.
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Partner
Organization Announcements
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New from
SIT/World Learning
SIT/World Learning is proud to announce a new Master of Global
Management in the Sultanate of Oman, and the publication of a new book Effective Multicultural
Teams: Theory and Practice.
SIT Graduate
Institute's new field-based Master of Global Management degree in the Sultanate
of Oman offers a unique opportunity to live and study in the dynamic
international crossroads of the Gulf/Middle East while gaining the skills
and perspectives of an innovative and responsible global leader. Beginning
in September 2009, the program provides a culturally rich and academically
engaging context for exploring global marketplace dynamics in the Gulf
region and beyond. To learn more, visit the program web site.
Effective
Multicultural Teams: Theory and Practice, a new book edited by an SIT Graduate
Institute/World Learning faculty team, offers a fresh and comprehensive
guide to team members and/or managers, facilitators, and leaders who want
to take advantage of the powerful benefits of diverse perspectives to
enhance team performance. The book is geared to both profit and nonprofit
sectors in today's globalized market environment. The authors approach
effective teams from three interrelated perspectives-cultural differences,
social identity, and individual personality differences. The book is
available at Amazon.com.
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The
Next: 2010 Case Writing Competition
The William
Davidson Institute at the University
of Michigan, the
World Resources Institute, and Acumen Fund have launched The Next: 2010
Case Writing Competition on NextBillion.net. The purpose of this
competition is to engage faculty and students all over the world in writing
high-impact case studies on a social venture or relevant topic. Cases will
be used to better inform the three organizations on their work and help
build a greater catalog of teaching materials for the classroom.
Judges include Professor Bob Kennedy, Executive Director of the William
Davidson Institute, Virginia Barreiro, Director of New Ventures at the
World Resources Institute, and Brian Trelstad, CIO of Acumen Fund. The
winner will recieve $1,000, publication, and a signed copy of Jacqueline
Novogratz's new book, The Blue Sweater. For more
information, please visit the competition web site.
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Call for
Abstracts: Sustainable Leadership in the Era of Climate Change
To prepare the
ground for the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP15) in December 2009, Copenhagen Business School
will host an international conference on sustainable leadership and climate
change in partnership with UN Principles for Responsible Management
Education (PRME). Through its climate initiative CBS Climate Strategies for
Business (CBS-CSB), CBS seeks to build a strong social sciences research
network allowing business schools to contribute to climate solutions.
The goal of the two-day conference is to highlight social science research
contributions to solving the climate crisis and to define the road map for
the integration of climate change concerns in the education of business
leaders. To learn more, please visit the conference web site.
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Aspen CBE's Recent
Releases
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Aspen in Chicago:
AOM a Success!
From August 8th-11th, Aspen CBE staff decamped to Chicago
to join the annual convergence of business faculty at the Academy of Management.
We staffed a
booth in the exhibition hall and held a cocktail reception at the
Sheraton. At both, we saw old and new friends and put faces to
familiar names.
The winner of
our business card raffle is Jay Friedlander, the Sharpe-McNally Chair of
Green and Socially Responsible Business at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine. He
will receive an iPod Shuffle!
After several
days of paper sessions and lakefront humidity we returned to our
office in New York City, but we thoroughly
enjoyed ourselves in Chicago!
Thanks to everyone who stopped by the booth and joined us at the reception!
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CasePlace.org
Partner Page Announcements
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Dr. Alfred N.
and Lynn
Manos Page Prize for Sutainability Issues in Business Curricula
The Moore School of Business at the University of South
Carolina is honored to announce the 2nd
annual Dr. Alfred N. and Lynn Manos Page Prize for Sustainability Issues in
Business Curricula. Faculty, doctoral students, and others are invited to
submit non-published materials related to innovative curricula (program
design and core components), courses (including full syllabi) and/or
substantial course components (e.g. case materials, simulations, and course
segments) appropriate for rigorous and relevant teaching about
environmental sustainability and business. The Grand Prize award will be
$1,000 and Honorable Mentions will also be awarded at levels of $250 each.
The deadline for submission is December 4, 2009. For more information on
how to compete, please visit the Moore School's partner page on
CasePlace.org.
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Partner Pages on
CasePlace.org
Partner Pages
allow academic programs and institutes a chance to highlight their faculty,
curricula and teaching resources to tens of thousands of MBA faculty,
students, and practitioners. For more information on Partner Pages,
please contact Gina Wu.
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The Aspen
Institute's Center for Business Education encourages future business
leaders to innovate at the intersection of corporate profits and social
impacts. Our goal is bold and long-term: to radically re-orient the
MBA degree to embrace the principles of corporate citizenship and
sustainability.
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