Vol. I No. 1 NOVEMBER, 2007

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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Spotlight

BEYOND GREY PINSTRIPES
A biennial survey and alternative ranking of business schools that aims to spotlight innovative full-time MBA programs that are integrating issues of social and environmental stewardship into curricula and research. Download a copy of the recently released 2007-2008 report (pdf) to see the Top 100 ranked schools. The rankings were formally recognized at the Center for Business Education's annual awards gala. You can read a brief summary of the event here (pdf). Also see Aspen BSP Executive Director Judy Samuelson's speech at the November 15th cocktail reception (pdf).

FACULTY PIONEERS
The Center for Business Education's annual awards ceremony honored a diverse cohort of MBA Educators. At the vanguard of social and environmental innovation in business education, the 10 awardees joined a community of more than 30 Aspen Faculty Pioneers. Click on the link above to meet the award winners and read a short bio on each of them.

GIVING VOICE TO VALUES
An innovative research and curriculum development program that identifies the many ways that individuals can - and do - voice their values in the workplace, and provides opportunities to build the "muscles" - cognitive arguments, communication skills, personal comfort and commitment - necessary to do so.

Updates

Welcome to the Center for Business Education, from Rich Leimsider, Director
I am thrilled to welcome you to the first newsletter of the Aspen Institute's Center for Business Education (Aspen CBE). With all business education projects under one banner - and one great-looking new website: www.AspenCBE.org, we hope to make it easier for our partners to see the breadth of our programming and find ways to work together toward building a sustainable global society. More >

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Publications Library
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New Materials

The Social and Environmental Impact Network at SSRN
An expansive research database co-sponsored by Aspen CBE. View the most recent Corporate Governance and Accountability White Papers.

Teaching Modules from CasePlace.org
Explore our collection of unique Teaching Modules, sets of cases and related teaching materials, organized around specific business themes and prepared as course syllabus modules. Our most recently developed module, accompanied by a teaching note, focuses on the myriad issues that a Wal-Mart Stakeholder Manager might face: Preparing to be the Stakeholder Relationship Manager: The Case of Wal-Mart.

A Closer Look At Business Education: Cross-Sector Partnerships
To address complex social problems, business and business schools are looking to diverse partnerships for solutions. As a result, unlikely connections are developing on multiple fronts - cross-discipline, cross-sector and cross-institution...

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