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Environmental Entrepreneurs LEED the Adoption of Greener Building Standards

Oct. 22, 2018

Today, climate change has become a hot topic as annual global temperatures are on the rise, largely resulting from escalating carbon dioxide emissions. Siddharth Vedula, who recently received his PhD at the Leeds School of Business, and Jeffrey G. York , Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Leeds, identify...

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Choosing an Ethical Direction

Oct. 15, 2018

Today, we frequently hear of issues concerning fraud and embezzlement, which are regarded as blatantly unethical, but we don’t always consider what drove these people to such an unethical career. In his article, Ethics Expert, Felon Speaks to Accounting Students , Joe Cote explores Chuck Gallagher’s explanation as to how...

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Opportunities Are Everywhere

Oct. 1, 2018

Throughout Leeds, we all hear about how important networking is and that it can lead to new friends as well as potential bosses. While some students might be a little skeptical about how life changing meeting people can be, CESR’s wonderful student assistant, Molly MacEachen, has proved that networking events...

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Motivation to Do Good: How an SRE Alumna’s Dream Job Encourages Beneficial Behavior

Sept. 24, 2018

Most of the students in Leeds want to make a positive impact on the world. This week, I was able to sit down with a Leeds alumna who works for a company whose mission is to make a positive impact by rewarding socially and environmentally beneficial behavior. Whoever said “doing...

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SDG Navigator: Integrating Business Actions with Global Outcomes

Sept. 17, 2018

Many businesses and private organizations wonder how to act on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but aren’t sure how to take action, or how their sustainability efforts stack up. This summer, a team from the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility (CESR) embarked on a research project with...

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CESR Becomes the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility

Sept. 4, 2018

As you walk around Leeds, you might notice that CESR’s posters now look a little different. This April, Marc Prisant, chair of our Advisory Board , headed the decision to change CESR’s name from the Center for Education on Social Responsibility to the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility ...

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Understanding Shared Ownership: This Year’s Conscious Capitalism Conference Theme

June 26, 2018

In collaboration with the College of Media, Communication and Information, CESR is proud to announce our 9 th annual Conscious Capitalism Conference: Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Shared Ownership Summit . In this one-day event, the strength and diversity of shared ownership models will be showcased. But what is shared ownership? Shared ownership business...

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A Taste of Social Entrepreneurship in Panama

June 20, 2018

This post shares Molly MacEachen’s experience with social entrepreneurship on a student trip to Panama. It includes excerpts from her travel journal in italics, as well as her reflections on the trip after her return to the United States. Monday, May 21 I am very frustrated. My project is not...

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Sharing Information on Progress: CESR Reports to UN PRME

June 12, 2018

Leeds School of Business 2017 Sharing Information on Progress Report The Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility (CESR) is proud to hold an international leadership role in ethical business education through our work with the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) . Through this work, we are spreading the...

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First Peoples Investment Engagement Program: CESR & Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Law present at the UN

May 3, 2018

CESR’s Executive Director Mark Meaney, and Carla Fredericks , the Director of the American Indian Law Program, spoke at the 17 th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) on April 25, 2018 in New York. Their presentation focused on research being done as part of...

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