Tag: Center for Responsible Business
A Concerned Center for Responsible Business
February 09, 2017
Dear Friends of the Center for Responsible Business, We’re writing to share our concerns with the recent actions of the current federal administration, our gratitude to many of our leading corporate partners of the Center for Responsible Business…
Companies Making History in Hiring Practices: Lessons from Net Impact
February 08, 2017
By Anne Kramer, CRB Student Advisory Board & MBA ’18 Candidate In the fall of 2015, I walked into Seattle’s Net Impact conference as a healthcare consultant, eager to explore a new and exciting career path in corporate responsibility. At…
2016 Holiday Wishes
December 15, 2016
Dear Friends, As the year draws to a close, at the Institute for Business and Social Impact, we reflect on the election, UC Berkeley’s values, and the renewed importance of our work. The recent presidential election revealed a deep division in our…
Post-Election Call to Action For Business
November 21, 2016
by Robert Strand Executive Director, Berkeley-Haas Center for Responsible Business As the dust begins to settle after a rather unusual – and frankly troubling – U.S. presidential election it is time for us to assess where we are and what to…
3 Reasons to Be Hopeful About the Future of Sustainable Finance
February 02, 2016
By Marie Klaeylé, MBA 16 Representing Berkeley-Haas CRB and MBA students, I attended the first Berkeley Sustainable Business and Investment Forum (BSBIF) which took place early November last year. This 2-day event brought together key executives…
White House Enlists Haas on Responsible Global Business
January 28, 2015
This post originally appeared on Haas Now. Promoting responsible business conduct by U.S. companies abroad will be the focus of a meeting to be co-hosted Feb. 6 by the Center for Responsible Business (CRB), the U.S. Network of the United Nations…
A Game-Changing View of CSR through Strategic Consulting Projects
January 09, 2015
By Katarina Bagherian, Undergraduate Student at UC Berkeley, BA Political Science, ‘14 Taking Michael Kobori’s Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility class was a game-changer for me. It dispelled myths about sustainability in business. He…
Business is Ruining the Planet
November 05, 2014
By Robert Strand, CRB Executive Director “Business is ruining the planet.” If you were to visit the Haas School of Business this past week you likely walked past this graffiti scribbled on the side of the Student Building. What sort of…
Coming Soon: Berkeley-Haas’ First Report to the United Nations on Management Education
May 05, 2014
By Amy Dinh, CRB Program Manager Christina Meinberg, Associate Director and Co-Interim Executive Director of the Center for Responsible Business (CRB), is spearheading the effort to create Berkeley-Haas’ first annual PRME report, which will be…
Bringing Haas Business Savvy to a Tanzanian Tech Hub
February 11, 2014
Kyle Rudzinski, MBA ’14, and the Center for Responsible Business Scholar spent two weeks in Dar es Salaam consulting tech startups pro bono this past January. We spoke with him about his experience. So what exactly did you do in Tanzania? For two…