| | Feature Topic Public Activism This month, CasePlace.org is featuring teaching materials that illustrate how companies have responded to public challenges in the past: 
Bunny Butcher: PETA Protests Donna Karan New York Fortis Inc. and the Chalillo Dam Indian 2G Spectrum Scam: Crony Capitalism on Display? Nestle: A Social Media Nightmare Shale Gas Extraction by Shell: Environmental Implications Click here to find additional teaching cases and articles on Public Activism. | |
Pioneer Employer Case Competition at Net Impact 2011 The 2011 Net Impact conference was the scene for the lively Pioneer Employer Case Competition, sponsored by The Hitachi Foundation. Miguel Padro, from Aspen's Business and Society Program, helped judge students' analyses of a Harvard Business Review Case about QuikTrip, a convenience/gasoline retailer in the Southern U.S. that achieves competitive advantage through extraordinary employment practices for its frontline workers.
The team from Yale School of Management emerged victorious, fending off stiff competition from teams representing MIT Sloan, Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, The Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University, and The R. H. Smith School of Business at University of Maryland. The teams also submitted curriculum change proposals focused on integrating low wage worker topics into the curricula on their respective campuses. The team from the R.H. Smith School of Business at University of Maryland submitted the winning curriculum change proposal. |
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New Book on Business Education and Society Business Schools and their Contribution to Society (SAGE Publications), due out in November 2011, explores the role of business schools in contemporary global society. BSP Executive Director Judy Samuelson contributed the chapter, "The New Rigor: Beyond the Right Answer," based on data from the 2009 cycle of Beyond Grey Pinstripes MBA survey. |
Beyond Grey Pinstripes Highlight Corporate Leadership & Responsibility In this month's edition of the Beyond Grey Pinstripes Highlight, we explore how MBA programs are merging management practice with the liberal arts to address irresponsible corporate behavior. Read the highlight to learn how Yale University, Dalhousie University, and Rollins College are teaching this important topic. ----------------------------------------------- Visit www.BeyondGreyPinstripes.org for more information on MBA programs integrating social and environmental stewardship into their curricula and research. |
Aspen BSP Convenes Dialogue on the Future of Business Education On October 11, the Business and Society Program convened a dialogue focused on the future of business education at Levi Strauss & Co. in San Francisco. Deans Rich Lyons (Berkeley, Haas); Garth Saloner (Stanford, GSB); and Jim Dean (UNC, Kenan-Flagler) contributed on-the ground perspectives about today's business school students and faculty and the critical role of business schools in developing values-based leadership. Please click here to read our full report on the evening. |
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| Learning from Penn State To Speak Up, Not Cover Up Why do institutions fail us and, more importantly, fail the victims of the crimes? Where are our values? What can we do about it? Read the solutions offered by Judith Samuelson, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program, at the Huffington Post. |
Open IDEO Challenge OpenIDEO is an online community where people collaborate to tackle pressing social issues. Its Vibrant Cities Challenge asks participants to design solutions that revitalize struggling areas like Detroit, Michigan. Students and faculty from universities across the country are joining the challenge as a way to learn more about design thinking and social innovation. Check out their efforts. |
UCLA Roundtable on The Purpose of the Firm
In late September, more than 40 business and law faculty, executives, and representatives from investment firms convened at the UCLA School of Law for the first in a series of Aspen Corporate Values Strategy Group (CVSG) academic-practitioner roundtables on "Rethinking 'Shareholder Value' and The Purpose of the Firm."
The series is aimed at rethinking what we teach and how we think about corporate purpose in order to better serve shareholders, customers, employees, and society. The next meeting in this series will be held at Kellogg School of Management in March, 2012. |
The Aspen Institute's Work on Short-Termism Draws Attention From President Clinton's recent book, Back to Work, to citations by UK officials to being named one of "50 Stars in Seriously Long- Term Innovation," the Aspen Institute's work on market short-termism continues to gather notice. |
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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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