CESR Blog

CESR is pleased to announce this year’s winner of the Brent Graber Memorial “Most Outstanding Discussion Leader of the Year,” as voted by her peers, is Nancy Chapple. Nancy is finishing her first year with CESR and has jumped wholeheartedly into what CESR teaches about business ethics and social responsibility...

Out of 8,000 companies considered, CESR Board Member Larissa Herda’s TW Telecom landed in Forbes’ Top 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in America this year. The list, generated by investment adviser GMI Ratings and published by Forbes, is culled from more than 8,000 publicly traded companies in North America. To determine...

Hinton meets with Diversity Scholars On April 21st Google’s Vice President of Global Ethics and Compliance, Andy Hinton, visited Leeds for a day of thought-provoking conversation on the world of ethics and compliance at Google. Hosted by CESR, Hinton made his first visit to Leeds, but he said it wouldn’t...

As Leeds begins the roll out of the new business core curriculum for business undergraduates this fall, CESR is playing a pivotal role in teaching the first class for incoming students. The new course, World of Business, was developed by a group of CESR faculty and replaces the Introduction to...

CESR is proud to announce that two of its faculty members have been awarded the Marinus Smith Award: Owen Borum and Liz Stapp were recognized in a ceremony on April 5th. “I am humbled to have been selected to receive the Marinus Smith Award. To be recognized for having a...

By Teen Rollins, CESR Program Coordinator Charlie Gladitsch came to the University of Colorado for the strong business and environmental programs, so how did he end up living and working in Rwanda as the Sustainability Coordinator for Hope for Life Ministry (HFLM)? That is an interesting story that involves fellow...

“In business you are required to make many daily decisions, and your decisions show the world your character, who you really are,” says Catherine Milburn, a CESR faculty member for the last 8 years. She began teaching for CESR when a few of her friends suggested that she might enjoy...

CESR’s Owen Borum was one of four finalists nominated for the 2014 Joseph L. Frascona Teaching Excellence Award this year, which went to Laura Kornish. Overall, there were a total of 181 nomination letters for 41 Leeds School of Business faculty members. One requirement for the award is that the...

This year's Net Impact Case Competition (NIC Competition), sponsored by Johns Manville and run by CU Leeds MBA students, was a definite success. With the finals weekend held on February 21 - 22, 80 MBA students travelled from all over the US and Canada to Boulder, where events were held...

An Online Presentation with Claudia Imhoff entitled "What Can Big Data Do For You?" is taking place March 20th, sponsored by the Leeds School of Business. CESR Faculty Affiliate Kai Larsen says, “Big Data is the hottest topic in industry right now, and with it comes the social responsibility of...