Sustainability/Environment | Civic Engagement | Social Justice

Teaching social responsibility and the ethical implications of knowledge and action is one of the educational objectives of The Barney School of Business.
By embracing social responsibility and by examining the ethical implications of knowledge, students will learn to evaluate the effects of actions and social policies and seek to make the world we live in a better place.

Webinar Featuring Upper Albany Program shown on Nov. 12
A live webinar, "Main Street Retailing: Why Some Small Businesses are Surviving and Thriving" was broadcast on Thursday, November 12, at 10:30am.  The hour-long broadcast was moderated by Dennis Veltre, CEO of Clicks and Mortar Consulting. Panel members included Dr. Margery Steinberg and Keith Wood from the Barney School.  Click for details. If you missed it, check back to the Barney site in a few days to see the archived version.

Dean Appoints Social Responsibility Ad-Hoc Committee
To continue and enhance the school’s social responsibility mission, the Dean created an ad hoc committee. Four faculty (Terri Albert and Deb Kidder from the Marketing and Management Department; Steven Thompson and Michelle Bertolini from Accounting) are developing the structure and initial focus for the committee. Three components define the mission’s social responsibility: sustainability/environment; civic engagement and social justice. Faculty have been surveyed for their participation in each of these areas. Two early internal initiatives will be setting up recycling containers on every floor in the building and a paper reduction program. As an ad-hoc committee, all meetings are open to the faculty. The first open meeting will be scheduled for early November (final date pending).

Barney Listed Among Schools That Are Making a Difference

The Barney School is one of 150 schools included in The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education‘s new book, The Sustainable MBA: The 2010-2011 Guide to Business Schools That Are Making a Difference.  The book is due out in October and provides highlights of leading MBA programs in 20-plus countries around the world that are integrating social, ethical, and environmental impact into their offerings.  Read the full publisher's announcement. Read Barney's pages