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UN Millennium Development Goals and Business
Education
The
United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Summit
convenes on September 20-22, 2010 in New York City.
Through the MDG, the UN calls on government, development
institutions and business to contribute to better health and
food security for the world's people, and environmental
sustainability for the planet.
Given the central role that business plays in the MDG,
some business schools are incorporating the Goals into their
courses. At right are links to syllabi for two courses
that center around the Millennium Development Goals, as well
as two reports, available at CasePlace.org, that may be useful for
teaching on this topic. Do you teach on the
MDG? Contact Rachel Shattuck to let us know
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Read Aspen BSP's Updated "Compelling Case for
Change" on Short-Termism
What evidence supports the hypothesis that U.S. companies
and capital markets are increasingly focused on short-term
results?
If an overly short-term market focus
dominates, how are firms, investors, and the economy
impacted?Aspen BSP has recently updated its "Compelling
Case for Change," which addresses these two questions in
laying out evidence that short-termism's impact on the market
is negative and widespread. The document can serve as a useful
starting point for class discussion. Click here to view
the "Compelling Case for
Change." |
New This Month at
CasePlace.org
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NACIE Chairman Steve Case Seeks Ideas to Promote
Entrepreneurship
Following a recent meeting of the National Council on
Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE), AOL co-founder and NACIE
co-chairman Steve Case recorded some thoughts on NACIE's agenda and
on the value of entrepreneurship to the broader economy. Click
here to view
the video and learn how to get involved. |
Aspens' Annual Faculty and Dissertation Award Winners to Be
Announced on October
6
Encouraging and supporting business school faculty is central
to the success of many of the Aspen Institute's Center for Business
Education initiatives.
For almost a decade, the Aspen Institute's Faculty Pioneer and
Dissertation Proposal Awards have recognized exceptional faculty and
Ph.D. students who are leaders in integrating social and
environmental issues into their research and teaching. We will
be announcing this year's award winners on October 6. For more
information on our awards programs, visit www.aspencbe.org. |
Aspen Faculty Pioneer Wins SIM
Best Book
Award
Timothy L. Fort, who won Aspen's Academic Leadership Award in
2003, has recently received another honor. His book,
Business, Integrity, and Peace, won the SIM Best Book
Award. SIM is the Social Issues in Management division of the
Academy of Management. Congratulations,
Tim! |
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.
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Partner Page Announcements |
GWU Conference
Explores Corporate Responsibility in a Global Economy
What is a corporation's role in society? What constitutes
responsible capitalism? And how can corporate responsibility be
defined and measured? These were among the questions explored during
a recent Institute for Corporate Responsibility conference at the
George Washington University School of Business. The Sept.
9-10 event, "Corporate Responsibility in a Global Economy:
Industries, Issues and Nation States," drew participants from the
business community, academia and organizations such as the United
States Institute for Peace. Visit the ICR's web
site to learn more about the conference, and view GWU's partner
page on CasePlace.org. |
Stanford Prof
Publishes New Book on Social Media and Social Good
In their 2010 book The Dragonfly Effect, Stanford
Professor Jennifer Aaker and economist Andy Smith provide tools and
strategies for using social media to create social good. Named for
the insect's ability to move in any direction when its four wings
are in concert, The Dragonfly Effect introduces a model for
leveraging online tools such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and
blogs. Aaker and Smith draw on psychological insights and design
thinking to optimize the strategy. Click here to
learn more about The Dragonfly
Effect. |
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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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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Learn What Citizens in Sixteen
Countries Think of Their Health
Care
The Accenture Institute for Health & Public Service Value
has published a report examining citizens' view of health care
services-and the government's role in improving these services-in
sixteen countries, including the U.S., the U.K. and Canada. View the
executive summary and findings from the global
survey. The Institute is dedicated to promoting high
performance in the health care sector and in public service
delivery, policy-making and governance through research and
development initiatives. To learn more, click here.
Steve
Rohleder, Group Chief Executive of Accenture's Health &
Public Service operating group, will be a featured speaker at
Aspen's 2010 Business and Society Forum, to be held October 26-27 in
New York
City. |
Check Out Judith
Samuelson's Article in the Latest Stanford Social
Innovation Review
Aspen BSP Executive Director Judith Samuelson's article in the
Fall Stanford Social Innovation Review, entitled "Big
Business Matters," discusses how major corporations can be
refurbished with social entrepreneurship's best features.
Visit the SSIR web
site to read more. (Subscription required) |
Join Us for a Web
Conference on Work-Life Balance
What can business
schools do to help promote better work-life in-tegration and
flexibility in the glo-bal workplace? Join The Aspen Institute
and Walden University for a web conference on this question on
Thursday, October 14 at 12 noon Eastern.
Hear
from Anne Weisberg, a Talent Director at Deloitte, about the kind of
flexibility organizations have a-dopted to enhance work and life
outcomes, and how business acad-emics can get involved in helping
their own institutions, and business leaders, do the
same.
Get Professor Stew Friedman's perspective as
Director of the Work/Life Integration Project at The Wharton School.
His Total Leadership approach has been shown to improve performance
at work, at home, in the community, and for personal life (mind,
body, and spirit).
To RSVP contact Garrett
Barr.
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2011-2012 Beyond
Grey Pinstripes Cycle Begins This October
Aspen CBE is continuing its second decade of Beyond Grey
Pin-stripes with a new cycle of the
business school survey and rank-ing. In early October we will
be hosting introductory web conferences to prepare schools for
the upcoming cycle. The survey will open in late October.
Release of the next Beyond Grey Pinstripes report and
ranking is scheduled
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Giving Voice to Values Is Now in Book Form!
Dr. Mary C. Gentile's
new book Giving Voice to Values: How to Speak Your Mind
When You Know What's Right, based on the business
ethics curriculum of the same name, has recently been released
by Yale University Press. Aspen CBE co-founded and helped to
incubate the curriculum, and we are thrilled to see it reach an even
wider audience. Challenging
assumptions about business ethics at companies and business
schools, Gentile argues that often the issue isn't distinguishing
what is right or wrong, but knowing how to act on your values
despite opposing pressure. Click here for
more
information. |
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 pro-vocative thinkers for conversations about
issues that are on the public mind, with a particular focus on the
role of business in society. Major funding is being provided by
Accenture. Register here: www.Regonline.com/2010AspenInNYC
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