CESR Blog

An Extraordinary Speaker February 22nd at 5pm in ECCR 139, Open to all students CESR Fellows partners with the Leeds Association for Information Systems to bring Romain Vakilitabar , founder of PathosVR, a virtual reality lab creating empathy-based and perception-changing experiences. His story is unlike anything you’ve ever heard: After...

As the second most polluting industry in the world, the fashion industry has done little to nothing to implement responsible social and environmental manufacturing standards. From high usage of cotton, which requires large quantities of water to grow, to endless dying, which leaves factory cities engulfed in dangerous chemicals, clothes...

In an article in The Hill last week, Leeds professor Jeff York joined fellow business school professors from the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) to urge Donald Trump to reconsider his intention to roll back environmental laws and regulations. They stressed the consequence of protecting our environment and...

“The Certificate in Corporate Social Responsibility program has been an exceptional experience – the instructors are top notch, the material is informative and relevant, and I have had the opportunity to form meaningful relationships with my fellow students. I would highly recommended the program to anyone passionate about CSR and...

Last Saturday, December 2, was the “Virtual Round” of the 16th annual Net Impact Case Competition (NICC), consisting of an online submission of a short PowerPoint presentation with audio narration from MBA teams. Teams were asked to creatively analyze a particular issue from the first part of this year’s case...

On October 26 th , experts from Colorado state and local government, NGOs, business leaders and universities gathered at the University of Colorado Boulder for the Regional Summit on Refugee Issues , to discuss the role of businesses and business schools in integrating refugees into communities and local economies. Notable...

The CU Boulder provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs announced today that Dr. Sharon Matusik has been named Interim Dean of the Leeds School of Business and will start in January 2017. She currently serves as Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research and Professor of Strategy and...

By Alexa Levine, CESR Fellows Correspondent and Content Producer, Leeds 2019 CESR Fellows kicked off the fall 2016 semester with eight new student-elected executive board members and a jam-packed schedule including speakers, workshops and networking events. To give students the opportunity to become more involved in the student group, CESR...

The Center for Education on Social Responsibility (CESR) presents a new course in Germany, May 13-21, 2017, through the First-Year Global Experience program at Leeds School of Business. The focus of this 2-credit course is “Leadership Challenges: Ethics, Efficiency, Expansion and Social Responsibility in Germany,” with studies centered in Berlin...

SEEDS (Social Entrepreneurship for Equitable Development & Sustainability) has just won their second cross-campus Entrepreneurship Initiative Seed Award for close to $20k per year from the SEED/Flatiron Initiative to support the Jumpstart! Boulder initiative. Jumpstart! Boulder, the primary initiative of SEEDS, was designed to answer the “what next” question facing...