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B-School: Active Lessons in Sustainability

Published: 3 March 2011

There will always be a few adherents of old-fashioned, "robber baron" capitalism with the view that sustainability-not to mention the whole concept of corporate social responsibility-has no place in the cutthroat world of business. Most of us have come to accept its value, not just as a good thing to do, but as a commercial imperative...

A Responsible Passage to India

Business schools seem to be taking the view that the practical element is essential if CSR lessons are to be rammed home. The Desautels faculty (Desautels Full-Time MBA Profile) at Canada's McGill University, for example, has packed students off to India on a field trip this month to get a first-hand view of what's going on in one of the world' s newer economic superpowers. The school is making sure that participants get some hands on CSR experience as part of the deal. Everyone taking part has been charged with contributing to an online business model that will raise funds via social media to help educate girls in some of India's most-disadvantaged areas.

Read full article: Bloomberg Businessweek, March 3, 2011

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