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Featured
Topic
Sustainable
Agriculture
In
response to the growing global interest in sustainable agriculture,
we invite you to explore the latest teaching materials on
Sustainable Agriculture at CasePlace.org.

Asian Agri and the Future of Palm
Oil
Wal-Mart Puerto
Rico: Promoting Development Through a Public-Private
Partnership
Starbucks
C.A.F.E Practices Program: Ensuring a Socially Responsible Supply
Chain
A Note on
Integrated Pest Management in Pakistan: An Environment Friendly
Approach
Click
here to find
additional teaching cases and articles on Sustainable
Agriculture.
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Beyond
Grey Pinstripes Highlight:
21st
Century Agriculture
In this month's
edition of the BGP Highlight, we explore the presence of agriculture
content in global MBA curricula today. Read our
highlight to learn how Iowa State University,
Cornell University, and University of
California, Davis, are breaking ground in sustainable
agriculture and agribusiness offerings.
Visit
www.BeyondGreyPinstripes.org for more
information on MBA programs which integrate social and environmental
stewardship into their curricula and
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Callout
to CasePlace Users
Are you a frequent user of CasePlace.org
interested in providing us with some much appreciated feedback
regarding the site? If so, please email Garrett Barr to setup a brief phone call. Thanks!
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National
Entrepreneurship Network of India announces new course offering for
business faculty "Practical Ethics: Succeeding
in a Transparent World" is built on the foundation of
'Giving Voice to Values' (www.GivingVoiceToValues.org).
Download details
here.
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New This Week at
CasePlace.org
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2011
First Mover Intrapreneurs Announced
The
Aspen Institute 2011 First Mover Fellows are here!
These exceptional,
mid-career
professionals are working within companies to unite
business growth with a sustainable society in the products and
services they are developing. The Fellows chosen this year from
Google, FedEx, and GE Energy, among others, come from a wide variety
of industries and a number of countries.
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Going
Long
This
week in the Huffington Post, the Aspen Institute's Judy
Samuelson writes: "If you have a long enough time horizon, a
singular focus on profit is sufficient to guide wise choice."
Read her
critique of the article that has the CSR world all abuzz at the
Huffington
Post.
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See
what Professors O'Toole and Vogel have to say on Conscious
Capitalism
This
spring, don't miss "Two and a Half Cheers for Conscious Capitalism"
in the California Management Review, authored by James
O'Toole and David Vogel. Read the piece on the journal's
site with a subscription.
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Why
do prospective MBAs need the Aspen Institute?
"These days, many
young business school candidates want to make a good living and stay
true to their ethics, environmental concerns, and social causes. So
they turn to the Institute to find the right school."
Click here
to read the full article in The Aspen Idea on the
importance of our Center for Business Education work to prospective
MBAs.
For another look at
the prospective MBA experience in identifying sustainability within
business programs, listen in to MBA Podcaster's recent piece on
Green MBAs:
Career Opportunities for Green MBAs:
Generating Green $$ from the Green
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the Center's entire Publications
Library, including journal articles written by Aspen Institute
staff, speeches, audio recordings, and a variety of thought
leadership pieces...
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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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