Center Course Offerings
FALL 2007 (Tentative)
Social Enterprise: The Convergence of Business & the Social Sector
Social Investing: Recent Findings in Management & Finance
SPRING 2008 (Tentative)
Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (Postponed until Spring 2009)
Social Enterprise: The Convergence of Business & the Social Sector (MBA 292T)
Instructor: Jim Schorr
Offered: Fall 2007 (2 Units)
This course will explore the spectrum of activity in the emerging “fourth sector”, where business models and activities are applied to address social issues. Topics covered will
include private and nonprofit social ventures, social entrepreneurship, and social investing. Course content will include a combination of lecture, readings, guest speakers, and a group project
that can be related to plan development for the Global Social Venture Competition, if desired.
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Social Investing: Recent Findings in Management & Finance (MBA 292T)
Instructor: Lloyd Kurtz
Offered: Fall 2007 (1 Unit)
Please note the non-standard format for this course, which meets all day on two Sundays: 9/16 and 9/23.
Once considered a sideshow in the investment world, social investing has begun to attract significant attention from academics. Some of the issues raised by social investors bring fresh light
to controversies in investment and management theory. Moreover, concerns over globalization and climate change have challenged the widely-held view that social and environmental concerns must
be subordinated to financial ones in capital allocation decisions. This course will review eight strong recent studies of issues in social investing from different academic fields including management, finance, and economics.
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Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (EWMBA 292)
Instructor: Kellie McElhaney
Offered: Spring 2008 (1 Unit)
It is increasingly recognized that the managerial decision-making process in business needs to take into account a wide range of criteria relating to the financial, environmental, and social implications of business operations. There is a growing body of research indicating that a visible commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has clear implications for the corporate bottom line. Still, companies face the fundamental challenge of embedding CSR into the way that they operate day to day.
This course will introduce students to the burgeoning, yet complex, field of corporate social responsibility. A particular focus will be on strategic CSR, which is defined as corporate strategy that is integrated with core business objectives and core competencies to create positive social change and business value. Students will leave this class armed with a tool set of best strategic practices from current companies, and through in-depth analyses, you will learn how to analyze, develop, and make recommendations for strategic CSR and its implementation. You will emerge ready to implement this strategic CSR within your own companies and industries.
This is a 1 unit course that is open to both full time MBA and EWMBA students. It will be an 8 hour class held on two Sundays, October 15 and 22.
