CESR Explores Guest Speaker Series 2022

High Impact Business Leaders Inspire Leeds Students to Make a Difference

Feb. 7, 2022

It's great to connect with people in industry who are making a major effort to move the needle. Seeing what social and sustainable venturing look like in practice really grounds the concepts we're covering in classes and provides important perspectives on what it takes to make an impact. - Wolfgang...

Carmen and Jacob SRE students at CESR

SRE Certificate Helps Leeds Undergrad Students Prepare for Careers in Ethical Business

April 23, 2021

Dynamic undergraduate students choose to pursue the Certificate in Social Responsibility and Ethics (SRE) in addition to their BS because it allows them to study how stakeholder value fits into the business world. Meet Carmen Rodriguez Garcia and Jacob Hahn . Both of these graduating seniors are excited to champion...

NICC winning team from DU

CU Boulder MBA Competition Leads to Real Social Impact

April 22, 2021

Students pitch winning Net Impact Case Competition vaccine distribution plan to state COVID response leaders This spring, teams of MBA students from around the world devised solutions to one of the most pressing questions of the moment: how to create a vaccine distribution plan that could achieve herd immunity, and...

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The Changemakers Series: Exploring how Business Leaders Drive Change

March 29, 2021

This year CESR organized a new series featuring mission-driven executive-level speakers. Called Changemakers, these events showcase inspirational leaders whose careers have helped shape the way businesses approach sustainability and social impact. They are designed to be direct and personal with discussions ranging from the impact the speaker is most proud...

NICC Case Competition 2021 Winning Team

Case Competition Winners Deliver Equitable Vaccine Distribution Answers for Colorado Governments

March 15, 2021

Teams from DU take first and second place in the 2021 Net Impact Case Competition hosted by Leeds MBA students. Now in its 20th year, the Net Impact Case Competition (NICC) is the longest running graduate student competition exploring the balance between ethics and finance in business. NICC gives graduate...

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How to Make an Impact in Your Community

Oct. 19, 2020

The Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility (CESR) and the Office of Diversity Affairs (ODA) are collaborating on a new event titled How to Make and Impact in Your Community . The event is designed for undergraduate students at Leeds who are interested in learning how to leverage their business...

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Natural and Organic Case Competition 2020 Goes Regional

Oct. 5, 2020

Now in its second year, the Leeds School of Business is expanding its' signature Natural and Organic Case Competition (NOCC) into a regional event in which students compete on the best ways to address ethical and business concerns in this growing industry. This year's competition will broaden to welcome teams...

Exploring our Energy Future: State of the Renewables Industry Title Slide

Exploring the Future of Energy Launch Event

Sept. 21, 2020

This past week CESR launched a new series, Exploring the Future of Energy, which has been developed in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and Schneider Electric . The first event, The State of the Renewables Industry, was anchored by Heidi VanGenderen , CU Boulder’s Chief Sustainability Officer...

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Announcing CESR’s Fall 2020 Programs

Aug. 24, 2020

As the school year begins for CU Boulder, CESR is excited to share our Fall 2020 program schedule . It is packed with events that support business careers which add value to the bottom line, to the planet, and to humanity. Two separate series, one for undergraduates called the Find...

CESR research director Clare Wang, Leeds Faculty

Introducing Clare Wang, CESR Research Director

Aug. 10, 2020

We are pleased to welcome Clare Wang , associate professor of accounting at Leeds, as CESR’s new Research Director. In this role, she will collaborate with the CESR team to help build stronger connections with faculty across divisions at Leeds, and will support the development of thought leadership in our...