Vol. IV No. 1  March 2011
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How Can Business Respond To

Natural Disasters?

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Teaching materials available on CasePlace.org offer various perspectives on teaching the response of business to natural disasters:

 

Mistry Architects: Innovating for Sustainability

 

Hurrican Gudron: Unleashing Crisis Power

 

Getting the Right Help to Help to the Right People in the Wake of a Natural Disaster: What the Private Sector Can Do

Click here to find additional teaching cases and articles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Accenture Research 

 

Women and men around the world share similar career perspectives, according to research released on International Women's Day by global consulting firm, Accenture. Although job satisfaction is low, employees - both men and women - are unlikely to seek new jobs.  Rather, they will create new opportunities with current employers. Click here to view report.

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Social Intrapreneurs Complete Their Fellowship 

 

In April Aspen BSP will graduate the 2010 First Mover Fellows - a program for exceptional business innovators who are integrating profitability and social value. Click here for a list of Fellows, their participating companies and to learn about the projects they have undertaken during their Fellowship year. 

New This Week at CasePlace.org  

Check out these and other new materials at our "New @ CasePlace" page, updated weekly on CasePlace.org.
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Calendar Explore the Center's entire Publications Library, including journal articles written by Aspen Institute staff, speeches, audio recordings, and a variety of thought leadership pieces...
 

 

Thanks to Center for Business Education Sponsors:

Beyond Grey Pinstripes 2011-2012 Closes!

 

148 MBA programs complete biennial CBE survey

Since October, business schools around the world have worked on Beyond Grey Pinstripes, CBE's 

alternative survey and ranking. As we enter the analysis and scoring phase, we would like to

recognize these schools and their commitment to fostering social, ethical and environmental stewardship on campus. Complete list of 2011-2012 BGP schools.

 

14 International PhD Scoring Fellows to analyze survey data

Welcome to our new team of fellows who over the next month will be scoring the 9,000+ courses and faculty published articles:

 

Scott Benjamin, Univ. of Maryland

Jonathan Bundy, Univ. of Georgia

Jessica Dillabough, Univ. of  Calgary

Linne Lauesen, Copenhagen B-School

Moriah Meyskens, Babson University

Matt Murphy, ESADE

Akwasi Opoku-Dakwa, Rutgers Univ.

Yasanthi Perera, New Mexico State Univ. Elise Perrault, Bentley University

Raja Singaram, Univ. of Twente

Ravi Subramaniam, Maharishi Univ. Shakir Ullah, Univ. of Southhampton

Hanko Zeitmann, Virginia Tech

Leila Zolfaghari, Alliant University

BBB Forum on Corporate Responsibility 2011

 

If you are in New York on May 3, please consider attending the Better Business Bureau's Forum on Corporate Responsibility 2011.  Join thought leaders from Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Avon, Coca-Cola, Citi, Gap and IBM for the latest business insights. 

 

Topics include: Business responsibility and reputation management trends; aligning citizenship projects with operations to deliver valuable results; and insider views about business responsibility/sustainability indexes and ratings systems  - what they mean for business planning, and how to become a high-performing organization.

 

For more information and to receive the discounted Event Supporter rate as part of The Aspen Institute's network, please click here.

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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