Vol. III No. 7  July 2010
Aspen Institute Center For Business Education: Preparing leaders for social and environmental stewardship. E-newsletter
Featured Topic
Market and Financial History
 

With the recent passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, and with debates around leadership for the consumer financial protection bureau much in the news, teaching materials on the history of financial institutions and markets can offer some perspective on current events.

 
Visit CasePlace.org to view cases and articles on this topic. 
 Article: Reforming Corporate Gov-ernance: What History Can
Teach Us
 
 
 
 
 
 
First movers 2010
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Meet the 2010 First Mover Fellows
 

Meet the 2010 class of First Mover Fellows at

www.aspeninstitute.org/firstmovers. 
 
These individuals were chosen for the program because they have a proven track record of innovating to integrate financial, social and environmental value in their companies.  The Fellows met for the first of three seminars in Aspen from July 19-22.
 
As part of the fellowship experience, each Fellow undertakes a project to develop a new product, service or business model for his or her company that is designed to achieve financial and social or environmental success. 
 
As the year progresses, we'll keep you posted on their progress.  Companies that have Fellows in the program this year include The Coca Cola Company,
Walmart Stores Inc., Best Buy, Microsoft Switz-erland, Swiss Re, Dow Chemical Company, BBVA Banking, Barclays, UTC Pratt and Whitney, NextSpace, IDEO, Wolff Olins, Met Life, Agility Logistics, and Autodesk.
 
New This Month at CasePlace.org

 
Other Announcements
DU's Daniels College Publishes Book on Good Business
 

The Institute for Enterprise Ethics at the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business announces the publication of Good Business: Exercising Effective and Ethical Leadership, featuring a collection of essays on how executives can create strategies and cultures that are ethical, sustainable and effective.  Click here to learn more about the book and the Institute.
ECCH Announces Two New Case Writing Challenges
 

ECCH announces the launch of its Global Awards Case Writing Competition.  For more information please visit the Competition web site.  ECCH is also facilitating the open, real-time co-creation of a case on BP, in partnership with Cranfield University.  Visit ECCH's dedicated page on this topic to participate.
GOLDEN Coalition Issues Call for Cases
 

Bocconi, INSEAD and EABIS announce the launch of GOLDEN, which aims to become the world's largest research project on sustainability. EABIS members are invited to engage by responding to an Open Call for Case Studies on how companies build dynamic capabilities to manage social, environmental and governance challenges.  Visit the project web site to learn more.
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.
Follow Us on Twitter! 
 

Aspen CBE has entered the social media age, and we are now tweeting up a storm from our offices in New York City.  Go to twitter.com/aspenbized to follow us and join the conversation.
Faculty Weigh in on Teaching about BP 
 

A number of faculty answered our call last month for thoughts on how to teach on the BP oil leak in the coming semester.  Their comments are featured on a dedicated page on CasePlace.org.
Access Teaching Module Updated with New Questions 
 

Is it ever a good idea to limit Access?*  How does Access affect intellectual property controls? What is the role of Access in innovation? 

 

In response to feedback from CasePlace.org users, Aspen CBE has updated its teaching module on "Access" to include these and more teaching questions. 

Aspen produced the teaching module in partnership with FedEx.  Visit CasePlace.org to see the newly updated module. 
 
* "Access" is defined in the teaching module as the forms of interaction and exchange between people, businesses and nations that boost opportunities and empower people. 
Aspen CBE Announcements
 
Tickets Available for Aspen's Business and Society Forum
 

Q: What do a Nobel Laureate, a Buddhist scholar, an energy CEO, and a Google executive have in common?

 

A: They'll share their views on measuring success at the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program's 2nd annual forum in New York City, October 26-27.
 
Undertaken in partnership with the NYU Stern School of Business and Bloomberg Television, this 1.5 day forum will bring together provocative thinkers for conversations about issues that are on the public mind, with a particular focus on the role of business in society. Register here: www.Regonline.com/2010AspenInNYC
 
GMAC Announces Biz Ed Challenge
 

The GMAC MET Fund Ideas to Innovation Challenge seeks to find the world's best ideas for improving graduate management education. The two-part challenge, will award a total of US $250,000 in prizes to 15 people, with the most promising proposal taking home US $50,000. Find out more by visiting the GMAC MET Fund Challenge web site.

 
Ivey Announces Annual Ph.D. Sustainability Academy
 

The Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario will convene the third Ph.D. Sustainability Academy in London, Ontario on November 4-9, 2010. The 2010 theme is "Markets and Movements for Sustainability."  Visit the academy web site to learn more.

 
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