Category Archives: Business Ethics

Intervening in the Refugee Crisis: an MBA team approach to Trauma Care

8/7/18 – Priyanka, Mahmod, and Scott are three students in the Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA program working to understand how to intervene in the global refugee crisis. Specifically in regards to caring for those who have experienced trauma, … Continue reading

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Saving the Best for Last: Improving the Quality of Life for the Elderly

7/20/16 – This guest post is written by three students in the Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA program who are working on finding ways to improve the quality of life for the elderly. Please join Nick, Shorouk, and Labeat … Continue reading

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What’s your purpose?

From the editor: Meet Bob Taber, Executive Director of Branding and Communications for the College of Business at CSU. He’s a veteran of national advertising agencies in New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Denver. In today’s blog post, he shares … Continue reading

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Fresco de Dentro: Experience is the Best Teacher

 07/23/14 – This guest blog is written by Cameron Marlin. She is part of the Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA and spent part of her summer working with Fresco de Dentro. Business school and entrepreneurial education are two very different things.  The … Continue reading

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Oh the Joys of Living in Colorado: a Ski Race + Ethical Biz Case Competition

3/17/14 – This guest post is submitted by Art Dillon, the Director of the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative in CSU’s College of Business. Art sponsored a team of Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA students to compete in the 2014 Race … Continue reading

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Distribution and Ethical Challenges in Building a Business in Haiti

8/28/13 – Stories From the Field: This guest post is written by Carl Husen, member of the Epri-Sel team, which is developing a local salt production venture in Haiti.  Carl is  in his final semester of the Global Social and … Continue reading

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Net Impact 2012 Recap: The Transition from CSR to Sustainability

Last month, I joined eight other MBA candidates from the Global Social & Sustainable Enterprise program to represent Colorado State University at the 2012 Net Impact National Conference, held this year in Baltimore, Maryland. Net Impact is a community of … Continue reading

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Making Money With the Poor: The Ethics of Market-Based Solutions to Poverty

On October 30, a star-studded panel provided stimulating, sometimes controversial, insights into ethics, opportunities, and pitfalls of business in base of pyramid countries.  Representing iDE, Water for People, Village Earth, PCI, and Trees, Water, & People, these panelists spoke frankly … Continue reading

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