CESR Blog

A whistleblower wins $65 million for calling out DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc., the kidney dialysis giant, for allegedly paying illegal kickbacks to physicians who referred patients to dialysis centers in which the physicians had an ownership stake. CESR Executive Director Mark Meaney weighs in on the issue of contractual ethics...

“People cheat on their taxes, on their spouses, in sports and cards. They commit petty theft and other immoral acts when nobody is looking. People lie to friends and family, and justify these as harmless, ‘white’ lies,” states a recent Huffington Post article , “Breaking the Rules – And Feeling...

The Leeds School of Business is ranked sixth in the nation under the Best Undergraduate B-Schools for Sustainability . As an important member of an excellent team, Dave Payne played an integral role in realizing this achievement. For those who don’t know Dave, he is a part-time instructor with full-time...

It’s a movement that’s becoming the new way to conduct business. Companies are starting to realize that becoming certified as a B Corp differentiates their business, attracts investors and engages top talent. Patagonia , Ben & Jerry’s and Etsy have all jumped on the B Corp bandwagon, using the power...

A longtime business-ethics-in-education advocate finally took a well-deserved seat at the CESR board meeting in October. Decades ago, long before CESR was even born, Tom LaMotte championed the idea of incorporating social responsibility into business education. LaMotte, ’63 Management, sat on the Business Advisory Committee (a.k.a. the Leeds Board) in...

Dave Payne, a faculty member at CESR, received the first ever B Corps on Campus Award at the 2014 B Corp Champions Awards Dinner in Burlington, VT, during an annual gathering of the B Corp Champions Retreat . The award was presented in front of over 300 global leaders of...

By Teen Nicolaysen CESR Program Coordinator Sometimes a learning experience can be so powerful, it creates a strong emotional bond among its participants. Long past graduation, you can find them jumping at any opportunity to come back together and share in each other’s lives. Students from CESR’s Leadership Challenges class...

She didn’t realize when she registered for Business Solutions to Poverty, a CESR elective, that two years later she’d find herself living in Rwanda, bringing hope and a better life to street children. Leeds graduate Amanda Good started working at Hope for Life Ministry a couple months ago – an...

By Jeff Wahl, Leeds MBA '15 The Center for Education on Social Responsibility (CESR) at the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business recently partnered with Impact HUB Boulder to host the first “Supercollider” event of the academic year. The event brought together over 60 MBAs and impact professionals in...

How Community Identity Influences Rebuild Decisions Ever wonder why entrepreneurs choose to rebuild and reinvest after a tornado or earthquake? After witnessing the after-effects of the May 2011 tornado in Joplin, Missouri, Jenni Dinger , a Leeds PhD student, wondered just that. She’s partnering with CESR which has been funding...