Vol. II No. 4 February 2009


Featured Topic:
Marketing Faculty Reflect on the Economic Crisis The ever-widening economic crisis has serious implications for the future of business and business education alike. This second in a series of short white papers about how business faculty are responding to the crisis looks at Marketing faculty's thoughts on how to equip students as effective and responsible managers in the current environment, and raises questions about how business academics can best contribute to public policy and public dialogue.	LINKS Closer Look: Marketing Faculty Reflect on the Economic Crisis Closer Look: Finance Faculty Reflect on the Financial Crisis

Aspen CBE Announces 2009 Faculty Pioneer and Dissertation Awards

Nominations for Aspen CBE's Faculty Pioneer and Dissertation Proposal Awards will open this week. The deadline for both awards is March 27th.

Called "the Oscars of the business school world" by the Financial Times, the Faculty Pioneer Awards recognize faculty doing leading research on the environmental and social impacts of business, while the Dissertation Proposal Awards support outstanding next generation scholars. For the first time this year, Aspen CBE will give the Shared Capitalism through Employee Ownership Award, which will recognize outstanding Ph.D. research on employee ownership.

To nominate someone for a Faculty Pioneer Award, please visit the Faculty Pioneer award web site. To apply for a Dissertation Proposal Award, please visit the Dissertation Proposal Award web site.

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Coming Soon: A GVV E-newsletter!

Be sure to check your in-box in the first week of March for the first edition of a new e-newsletter tailored specifically to Aspen's Giving Voice to Values program. The quarterly publication will highlight new materials in the GVV collection, and spotlight first-hand faculty experience using the curriculum. Stay tuned!

Call for Faculty Thoughts on the Economic Crisis

Aspen CBE is working on a response to economic crisis and would like to interview faculty who are currently addressing these topics in their courses. We'd like to hear your thoughts on how business education can address these current events and help to guard against a recurrence of similar problems. To share your point of view, please contact Rachel Shattuck at rachel.shattuck@aspeninst.org.

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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.

Aspen CBE Announces 2009 Beyond Grey Pinstripes Fellows

The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education is pleased to announce the 2009 class of Research Fellows who will be reviewing coursework for inclusion in this year's Beyond Grey Pinstripes survey and alternative ranking. The Fellows are business Ph.D. candidates who hail from around the world, and were competitively selected for this important task. The Fellows will be feted at a cocktail party to be held in their honor at the upcoming AOM conference in Chicago. Please click here for a list of Fellows.

New GVV Curriculum Materials Available

In February, four new cases for use in teaching Giving Voice to Values (a practical, cross-disciplinary curriculum on business ethics) were posted on CasePlace.org. Three of the cases target finance and economics, and one launches the GVV-India collection. Some of the issues tackled in the cases include executive compensation, product safety, and employee layoffs. Please click here for descriptions and links to the new materials.

Partner Organization Announcements

Association of African Business Schools Case Competition

Entries opened for the Second AABS Case
Competition on December 1, 2008 and will close on March 12, 2009. Submitted case studies should be suitable for use in management education and should be related to managerial issues faced by organizations and individuals. For more information, please visit AABS's web site.

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