CESR Blog

Many businesses and private organizations wonder how to act on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but aren’t sure how to take action, or how their sustainability efforts stack up. This summer, a team from the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility (CESR) embarked on a research project with...

As you walk around Leeds, you might notice that CESR’s posters now look a little different. This April, Marc Prisant, chair of our Advisory Board , headed the decision to change CESR’s name from the Center for Education on Social Responsibility to the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility ...

In collaboration with the College of Media, Communication and Information, CESR is proud to announce our 9 th annual Conscious Capitalism Conference: Colorado Shared Ownership Summit . In this one-day event, the strength and diversity of shared ownership models will be showcased. But what is shared ownership? Shared ownership business...

This post shares Molly MacEachen’s experience with social entrepreneurship on a student trip to Panama. It includes excerpts from her travel journal in italics, as well as her reflections on the trip after her return to the United States. Monday, May 21 I am very frustrated. My project is not...

Leeds School of Business 2017 Sharing Information on Progress Report The Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility (CESR) is proud to hold an international leadership role in ethical business education through our work with the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) . Through this work, we are spreading the...

This May, the Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility (CESR) awarded 32 graduating seniors with the Socially Responsible Enterprise (SRE) Certificate . This is the largest class of SRE students to graduate with the certificate since its creation in 2010. On May 4 th , we honored these seniors and...

CESR’s Executive Director Mark Meaney, and Carla Fredericks , the Director of the American Indian Law Program, spoke at the 17 th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) on April 25, 2018 in New York. Their presentation focused on research being done as part of...

On March 22, the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility (CESR) proudly presented the 8 th Annual Conscious Capitalism Conference: Authentic Leadership in Sustainable and Regenerative Enterprises. Walter Robb, former co-CEO of Whole Foods, was our keynote speaker. Throughout the day, students, faculty, entrepreneurs, executives, and community members learned about...

The Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility (CESR) held the final round of its sixth annual Business Ethics Case Competition (BECC) on March 9, 2018. This competition challenges students to explore complex ethical dilemmas. This helps students to understand both their own values, and how challenging it can be to...

This February, eleven undergraduate and eight graduate students embarked on the CESR Career Trek to Seattle, Washington. Focusing on sustainability and corporate social responsibility, the students interacted with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) professionals at companies including Microsoft, Boeing, and Starbucks. “The CESR Trek opened my eyes to what it’s like...