Tag: Student Perspective
Corporate Sustainability & Moving Towards Materiality: Lessons from the Peterson Speaker Series
November 02, 2016
by Shanna Hoversten, MBA/MPH ’16 “When I started working in this area we probably would have needed just a few seats at a coffee table to have this conversation – certainly not this entire room,” remarked George Serafeim, Associate…
Summer Internships – The Responsible Way
September 26, 2016
The Student Advisory Board is central to our mission at the Center for Responsible Business. Each year the Board provides us with invaluable insights into the Center’s ongoing projects and long-term vision, keeping us up-to-date with Haas…
Deliciousness and Stories in Brownsville, Brooklyn
June 28, 2016
By Aradhana Verma MA 16, Isabelle Schuhmann MBA 16, Rosalin Luetum MPH 17, My-Thuan Tran MBA/MPH 16 Stories and food have the power to bring people closer today. Stories bring connection between people who seem completely different on the outside.…
Can the Sharing Economy Create More Social Value?
June 03, 2016
By Patrick Scandling, MBA 16 Last month, the Center for Responsible Business hosted a Peterson Series event on the sharing economy featuring Lyft, Airbnb, and the Aspen Institute’s Future of Work Initiative. The event was focused on how…
Farmcation: From Dream to Launch
June 01, 2016
By Caitlyn Toombs, MBA 16, and Grace Lesser, MBA/MPH 16 The idea started with a wedding. It became a business at Haas. This is the origin story of Farmcation: a company that seeks to change the way we think about food. What follows is a journey…
Learnings from the “Dark Side” (A.K.A. Business School)
May 20, 2016
By Genevieve Smith, Master of Development Practice, Class 2016 As a development practitioner and masters student, I’m surrounded with news and images around how companies have done wrong to people or the environment. My peers and I see…
The Rise of Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurship
April 14, 2016
By Leah Staub-DeLong, MBA 17 The rise of purpose-driven entrepreneurship Last month, Danae Ringelmann, Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer of Indiegogo, shared her vision for the future of entrepreneurship with members of the Haas community at…
The Power Of Business To Nourish Lives
March 15, 2016
By Kate Hagen, MBA 17 My South African students giggle as I walk by the sleeping student. I gently touch the student’s arm until he slowly lifts his frail frame, struggles to open his eyes, and gradually falls back asleep. My student, whose…
CSR: From Silo to Systems Thinking
March 09, 2016
By Megan Wong, MBA 16 This article originally appeared on LinkedIn as part of series of posts for Professor Robert Strand’s MBA class on Strategic and Sustainable Business Solutions. In 1947, twelve directors of the Krupp Group were tried for…
Sustainable Investing and Human Rights: A Path Forward for Valuation
March 07, 2016
Nancy Cao, MBA 17 The annual State of Sustainable Business Report issued by BSR and GlobeScan shows that “Human Rights” is consistently a top concern for sustainability professionals. Yet among these same professionals, there is a lack of…