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Cleaner for the Environment, Not for the Dishes

“Most Americans want to do things that are good for the environment, but not everyone wants to pay the price,” said Elke U. Weber, director of the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions at Columbia University.

Promises Aren't Enough: Business Schools Need to Do a Better Job Teaching Students Values

Three Yale School of Management professors wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about why it’s not enough to get students to take The MBA Oath. 

They say: “The solution to ethical challenges in business is not to create an army of M.B.A.s who promise to do the right thing. Rather, as educators we must assume more responsibility by providing better, not less, leadership development. Only then might our graduates take an oath they can actually live up to.”

Compare this to another recent WSJ article covering “The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility”.  Very interesting debates here. 

Timberland's Stakeholder Engagement Calls

Timberland’s CEO Jeff Swartz regularly hosts stakeholder engagement calls to “inform, inspire, and engage others about Timberland’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.” 

Last week, he hosted one with Mountain Equipment Co-op CEO David Labistour. They discussed “the need for comparability of products’ environmental impacts to inform consumers’ responsible purchasing decisions.”

You can listen to a podcast of the call (and past calls) at the link above. 

Starbucks expanding recycling program with coffee cups in Chicago

“Starbucks is finding new ways to use the 3 billion paper cups its customers use each year, even in cities where recycling is not popular or mandated.  This fall, it will send cups used at its Chicago stores to Green Bay, where a Georgia Pacific paper mill will turn them into Starbucks napkins.  The effort is a major push by Starbucks to create a commercial market for its used cups, which include 1 billion plastic cups for cold drinks.”