Introduction to CESR

Center for Education on Social Responsibility

• History• Mission• Driving Values in Business Education• Call to Action

Center for Education on Social Responsibility:History

CESR was created in 2006 to fulfill the Leeds’ family naming gift requirement to infuse values

into business education.

Over the past 7 years, CESR has established a national reputation as a leader in values-based

business education.

Center for Education on Social Responsibility:Driving Values in Business Education

2012 Global IBM CEO StudyOf 1700 CEOs

Top traits CEOs try to attract and develop in their companies

Center for Education on Social Responsibility:Mission and Vision

To develop socially conscious, values-driven business leaders of tomorrow,

capable of critical ethical inquiry.

To become the recognized leader in education on values and social

responsibility through critical focus on business ethics and environmental, economic and social sustainability.

Center for Education on Social Responsibility:Driving Values in Business Education

• In addition to a nationally-renowned MBA curriculum, CESR faculty teach every Leeds undergraduate student at least twice prior to graduation• 9,000+ annual course credit hours• 16+ undergraduate and MBA courses

• CESR shapes education of all Leeds students through many other courses

• Certificate in Socially Responsibility Enterprise (SRE) for undergraduate students

Undergraduate MBA

Core Courses - World Of Business (Fall 14 Freshmen)

- Business Applications of Social - Responsibility (Juniors)- Capstones by Division (Seniors)

- Socially Responsible Enterprise

Electives - Business Solutions for the Developing World

- Leadership Challenges: Exercises in Moral Courage

- Topics in Sustainable Business

- Social Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets

Cross-Listed Courses - Sustainable Operations- Privacy in the Age of Facebook- Integrated reporting for Socially

Responsible Strategies- Corporate Boards in Action

- Nonfinancial Reporting- Microfinance

Earned Area of Emphasis

- Certificate in Socially Responsible Enterprise (SRE)

- Sustainability Portfolio

Center for Education on Social Responsibility:Driving Values in Business Education

Center for Education on Social Responsibility:Driving Values in Business Education

CESR Faculty

• Committed to our Mission• Coordinated, Consistent Content• Ongoing Sharing of Best Practices• Cross-campus Course Development• Teaching across Leeds and CU

• Among the highest rated faculty at Leeds and CU• Each CESR Faculty member Nominated for Frascona Teaching

Excellence Award

• Nonfinancial Reporting Offered Spring 2012

• Integrated Reporting for Socially Responsible Strategies Offered Spring 2013

• Corporate Boards in Action Offered Fall 2013

• Values and Power of Consumer in Society (Campus Only) Offered Spring

2013

Center for Education on Social Responsibility:Driving Values in Business Education

A Model of Continuous Cutting-Edge Course Development

Center for Education on Social Responsibility:Driving Values in Business Education

• CESR drives values across campus:• Curriculum Development• Cross-Campus Partnerships, Speakers and Events

• Across the country• National Curriculum Think Tank• Conscious Capitalism Symposium• Faculty Engage with National Media

• Across the planet• Consulting projects for the developing world• Students apply CESR education

Center for Education on Social Responsibility:Driving Values in Business Education

The CESR program and its courses challenged me to think in an entirely new way.

Once I understood that I was part of something bigger than myself and that I do

have the power to change our world for the better, while leveraging the power

of the free market, I shifted my way of thinking about my “business” education

and what it meant to me.

CESR gives us, the students, the confidence that we can and will succeed in the

business world, but beyond that, that the values we truly live by do not have to

be sacrificed for anything.

Addie Fowler ‘11

Student Impact

CESR education raises awareness

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Q: CESR has helped me to become more aware of the ethical dilemmas that I see at work.

2013 CESR Alumni Survey, 54 Respondents

Student Impact

Respondents are more confident when confronting ethical dilemmas

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Q: My CESR education has helped me act more confidently in making the right choice when confronting an ethical dilemma

2013 CESR Alumni Survey, 54 Respondents

Student Impact

CESR education influences career behavior

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Q: How frequently does your CESR education influence how you behave in your career?

2013 CESR Alumni Survey, 54 Respondents

Center for Education on Social Responsibility:Call to Action

• Get Involved with CESR:• Attend a Class• Share Your Experience:

• Guest Lecture• Case Development

• Sponsor Stampede Week• Sponsor a CESR Course• Donate to CESR

• Learn More: http://www.colorado.edu/leeds/CESR