Is Social Enterprise Ethical? Or Even Legal? An excellent musing by Mike Shoemaker of SocialEarth on the moral and social obligations that face managers today. (Check out my previous post on my social responsibility pledge).
“The MBA Oath, started at Harvard Business School, aspires to apply to business management a formal oath and code of ethics, similar to the Hippocratic Oath taken by medical doctors.”
The Top Schools Integrating Sustainability and CSR into MBA Programs Ranked by the Aspen Institute: This year, 149 business schools from 24 countries participated in the biennial survey that ranks full-time MBA programs that integrate social themes into its curriculum.
“The best MBA students move quickly into the front ranks of business–and the attitudes and values they bring to the table are deeply influenced by their time in business education. Will they accept the status quo or act on their passion about the positive role business can play at the intersection of corporate profit and social impact?”
Cisco Releases 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Report: Cisco shows how its CSR efforts align with its business strategy, including a new section on its customer value chain.
“Cisco recognizes that the application of technology alone will not result in a drop in emissions, and that technology has to be coupled with changes in culture, management practices and business processes in order to achieve its full potential.”
Microfinance for Triple Bottom Line Start-ups? Anne Field of True/Slant responds to Nathaniel Whittemore of Change.org in a short piece about the Village Capital Fund.
“The idea is that small groups of social entrepreneurs will work together for 12 weeks to build their businesses, sharing insights and so on. That’s the first innovative part. The other is that First Light will make $25,000 and $75,000 investments in 5-10 companies identified as most ready for seed capital.”
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