Business Ethics

How can academics and corporate leaders partner to develop the next generation of values-driven business leaders? What is the most appropriate method for ‘teaching’ ethics to business students? How can corporations maintain continuity in the transition from business school to the workplace in ethics education? Approximately a hundred deans, academics...

For those who might have a concern about the values of the upcoming generation, I can say based on recent experience, rest assured. I had the honor of serving as a Judge last week for the Colorado chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) statewide business case competition...

CESR’s own Owen Borum and Kevin McMahon have been named two of four finalists for the 2015 Joseph L. Frascona Teaching Excellence Award. The award winner will be announced at the Leeds Recognition Ceremony on May 8, 2015, at the Coors Event Center. Owen teaches Business Applications of Social Responsibility...

For insights from the winning team - watch the video here ! The Center for Education on Social Responsibility (CESR) hosted the final round of the third annual Business Ethics Case Competition at the University of Colorado Boulder on Friday, March 13th. The case competition was a unique opportunity for...

Last weekend Mark Meaney, CESR’s executive director, hit the airwaves with ICOSA, an organization which facilitates partnerships and assistance among individuals, businesses, communities, governmental bodies and educational organizations to help foster growth and change. Mark discussed various topics from teaching business ethics using a distinctive pedagogy and how this provides...

The Daniels Fund, a grants and scholarship program committed to strengthening principle-based ethics education, has asked CESR executive director Mark Meaney to serve as a member of the Daniels Scholarship committee in choosing the next set of Daniels Scholars. The Daniels Scholarship Program provides a four-year annually-renewable college scholarship for...

CESR is excited to announce its keynote speakers for the Partners in Business Ethics Conference this May 19-20, 2015. Jonas Haertle is head of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) secretariat of the United Nations Global Compact Office, responsible for driving the mission of the PRME initiative, the first...

With planned visits to both U.S. coasts in late February, Dr. Mark Meaney prepares to address ethics topics at two high-profile conferences. First, CESR’s executive director will touch down in Costa Mesa, California for The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) Twenty-fourth Annual International Conference on February 19 -...

It has been an exciting start to the semester for the Socially Responsible Enterprise (SRE) Certificate Program within CESR. The program will graduate the largest class of students in the certificate’s history in May with 30 Leeds undergraduates completing the program. In addition, CESR was extremely fortunate to receive a...

For the third straight year, the Center for Education on Social Responsibility (CESR) is preparing to host its Business Ethics Case Competition at the University of Colorado Boulder, where $10,000 will be awarded to the winners of the competition. The event, open to all Leeds School of Business students, provides...