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CESR Promotes Social Responsibility through Multi-Day Conference

March 10, 2014

The Center for Education on Social Responsibility, CESR, presented its fifth annual Conscious Capitalism Conference, February 25-28, 2014. Expanded to four days this year, the event featured a variety of sessions that showcased the Center’s innovative curriculum and highlighted its commitment to shaping a different standard for tomorrow’s business leaders...

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Curriculum Think Tank Makes Headway

Jan. 31, 2014

The Curriculum Think Tank, a consortium of 12 schools including Dartmouth, Trinity University and Michigan State, was formed in July 2012. This group of educators is focused on developing curriculum around social responsibility and ethics. After two meetings last fall, the consortium continues to grow and is taking on the...

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CESR Welcomes New Executive Director

Jan. 17, 2014

Starting January 24th, CESR welcomes new executive director Mark Meaney, who brings over 17 years’ experience in higher education and public sector ethics and compliance program development to CESR, coming to us directly from his post as Faculty Director for Haas’ Leading with Ethics program at the Haas School of...

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The Leeds Commitment

Dec. 13, 2013

Michael Leeds delivered his special guest lecture to our three Introduction to Business (BCOR 1010) classes this past Monday. He visits every BCOR 1010 class, each semester - a longstanding commitment that is invaluable to our Leeds students and important enough to Michael that he never misses. This semester, his...

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CESR Alum Finds Way to Send Ghana Man to College

Oct. 17, 2013

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” It is this Chinese proverb which inspired CESR alum Justin Dart to help a man in Ghana realize his dream of going to college. “The whole...

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Leeds Ranks 16th in the Global Green MBA Survey

Oct. 17, 2013

Corporate Knights Magazine, the award-winning magazine for clean capitalism, released the findings of its inaugural Global Green MBA Survey , the definitive annual list examining how universities around the world are faring at integrating sustainability into the academic experience. The Leeds School of Business ranked 16th out of 30 international...

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Johns Manville to Sponsor Net Impact Case Competition

Oct. 17, 2013

Johns Manville has generously donated $25,000 in support of the 2013-2014 Leeds Net Impact Case Competition (NICC). The NICC is the premier case competition built around businesses facing sustainability challenges while succeeding financially. The competition attracts top rated business schools and future industry leaders to Boulder for a two-day event...

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Save the Date! CESR Stampede & Conscious Capitalism Conference

Oct. 17, 2013

The 2nd annual CESR Stampede will take place February 24-28, 2014, culminating in CESR’s 5th Annual Conscious Capitalism Conference on Friday, February 28, 2014. This year's CESR Stampede offers an assortment of events reflecting CESR’s focus on values in business. Through class visits, a career networking event, a business ethics...

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The Ethics of Trash

Sept. 24, 2013

CESR Instructor Elizabeth Stapp sounds off about the consequences of our "throw away" culture. We are a throw away society. This is no accident. In fact, many corporations depend on our desire to consume, basing their business model on planned obsolescence. Planned obsolescence focuses on designing a product-from its inception-to...

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Values vs. Cultural Norms

Sept. 17, 2013

Elizabeth Stapp, CESR Instructor, comments on the demise of a whistle blower. In BCOR 3010, Business Applications of Social Responsibility, we begin the semester looking at our values, ethical decision-making, moral relativism, and defining moments. When former President of Olympus Michael Woodford blew the whistle on corporate fraud, he became...

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