Net Impact in the News
Not to toot our own horn, but we're often cited and featured in leading publications, both online and in print.
Business School Reforms Get the Green Light
A B-school mentoring program in Mumbai, an executive MBA in Kenya, and degree programs for military veterans are just some of the projects that received $7.1 million in funding from the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) this week.
Occupy From the Inside
To some readers, the very notion of working within a corporation is tantamount to selling out their values as advocates for social or environmental justice. While this is a valid perspective, there is another view. Liz Maw, (executive director of the MBA's for social justice group Net Impact) articulated this view in her opening remarks for the 2011 Net Impact conference, when she said, "We are here to occupy Wall Street from the inside." The standing ovation was spontaneous, sustained and genuine. The audience represented a whole new generation of young people moving into the workforce with their sights set on working for societal good from within a company.
How to Find a CSR Job in a Big Company
Even though it’s only March, graduation season is just around the corner. Before you know it, across the country, hundreds of thousands of individuals will be walking across the stage to receive a scroll that represents four years of hard work. It’s the start of a new life and a new career. So what’s a graduate to do if he or she is interested in a career in corporate social responsibility (CSR)? Here is some advice that I often offer to newly minted professionals looking to establish themselves in a career in CSR.
MBAs Lend Their Skills to Nonprofit Boards
Ryan Bell first became passionate about helping young children while serving as a major in the army in Iraq, helping local Iraqis rebuild bombed-out schools, obtain textbooks, and get windows and electricity for their new buildings.
Business Studies Become Environmentally Friendly
“Through the roof” is how Adam Zak, an executive recruiter, describes the demand for workers with sustainability-related job skills.
Sustainability Comes to European B-Schools
No longer seen as the province of fuzzy do-gooders, managing for sustainability is becoming a new bottom line at MBA programs at INSEAD, RSM, and Oxford
106 Places to Get a Green Business Degree
Corporate sustainability organization Net Impact just released the 2011 version of “Business as UNusual: “The Student Guide to Graduate Program.”
Boom in Green MBA Programs Help Students Get Sustainably Smart
The times of environmental programs being seen as niche offering at colleges are getting further and further away.
Social Entrepreneurship and the M.B.A.
The notion of using a management degree to do good while doing well has grown in popularity on today's business school campuses, where an ever-increasing number of students plan on putting their business savvy to use within the nonprofit sector. The recession has led many applicants to reevaluate their priorities and determine what they want to do with their lives, often trading jobs with status and hefty paychecks for careers with a positive social impact.
Why Too Few Women Hold Top Non-profit Jobs
Women may hold the vast majority of staff jobs in the non-profit sector, but female leadership is sorely lacking at the senior management level. Of the top 50 leadership positions in the sector, men hold 62 per cent and women 38 per cent, according to a recent national Non-profit Employment Trends Survey.
