As Corporate Leaders Pledge to Embrace Purpose Beyond Profit, Are Business Schools Keeping Up?
Corporate Knights: Stephanie Bryant emphasizes the expectation for business schools to create positive societal impact.
Corporate Knights
By Jennifer Lewington
"Once seen largely as the career launch-pad for Bay Street and Wall Street, some business schools are staking out a role as global problem-solvers. Over the past five years, the most ambitious schools have moved to promote sustainability-rich course content, multidisciplinary research and partnerships with underserved communities. But too many remain on the sidelines.
The moment, some believe, is ripe for business schools globally to embrace social purpose."