February 2012
Featured Topic
Labor Standards
CBE Announces 2012 MBA
Case Competition
The Aspen Institute's Center for
Business Education is proud to
announce the 2012 Business &
Society International MBA Case
Competition. Students from 25
business schools will compete next
month for recognition and $40,000 in
prize money by exploring the
significant and positive influence that
well-managed business can have on
society.
In light of the publicity surrounding issues with Apple's
manufacturing partners, Aspen's online library of
teaching resources is currently highlighting cases and
other teaching materials on Labor Standards. Check out
these tools at CasePlace.org:
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Monitoring Factories Around the Globe: The Fair
Labor Association and The Workers Rights
Consortium
Timberland: Commerce and Justice
From Exploitation to a Sustainable Labor Force:
Reebok Sets a New Standard
Down on the Tomato Farm
Through the analysis of a new
business case study authored by the
Yale School of Management, the
Competition aims to encourage
innovation at the intersection of
corporate profitability and positive
environmental and social impact.
To learn more, you may read the full
announcement in the official press
release, and on the Competition's
official
website:AspenCaseCompetition.org.
Click here to find additional teaching cases and articles
on Labor Standards.
Aspen Case Writing Competition!
You still have a month to submit your proposal for
Aspen's case writing competition on low wage workers
in business. Finalists will receive $1,000 and the winner
will receive an additional $5,000. For rules and details,
click here.
Harnessing the Elusive Power of Dialogue
"As global power brokers jet home from Davos, it's
Undergraduate Business
Education Consortium
On March 19-20, the Aspen
Undergraduate Business
Education Consortium will gather
at The George Washington University
School of Business, in Washington,
D.C., for its inaugural convening.
The Consortium is focused on the
easy to be cynical about the value of such 'gabfests,'"
writes Judith Samuelson in the Huffington Post this
month.
Click here to read the full piece by Ms. Samuelson,
Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Business &
Society Program.
integration of liberal arts and
business education, and will bring
together deans, faculty, and
academic officers from 30
undergraduate programs, both
national and international.
Stay tuned to learn more in the
coming months.
Beyond Grey Pinstripes Highlight
Employee Empowerment
What makes a company world class? According to
Gallup research, "the world's top-performing
organizations understand that employee engagement is
a force that drives business outcomes." MBA programs
recognize this secret to sustainable success by
challenging students to manage toward employee
engagement. This month, we look at how several MBA
programs are building skills to address the important
challenge of empowerment.
Read the highlight to learn about opportunities to study
employee empowerment at the University of Southern
California, Vanderbilt University, and Villanova
University.
----------------------------------------------------Visit BeyondGreyPinstripes.org for more information on
MBA programs integrating social and environmental
stewardship into their curricula and research.
On Our Radar
View upcoming conferences, business school faculty /
senior administrator position openings and other
announcements.
Publications Library
Explore the Center's entire Publications Library, including
journal articles written by Aspen Institute staff, speeches,
audio recordings, and a variety of thought leadership
pieces...
Thanks to the Aspen Institute's Center for
Business Education sponsors:
New This Week at
CasePlace.org
Check out new materials at our "New
@ CasePlace" page, updated
weekly on CasePlace.org.
 Primark: £10? Ooh that's
Expensive!
 Whistle-blowing
 What Does It Mean for an
Executive to Make $1million?
 State of Green Business
Report 2012
 ECG Group: Fraud and
Liquidation of a Joint Venture
in China
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 reorient the MBA degree to embrace the
principles of corporate citizenship and
sustainability.
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