- Come learn about Net Impact and our plans for the 2008-2009 year
2007-2008 SEMESTER LUNCH EVENTS:
- January 31st
Creating a Sustainable Cafe
Danny Schwartzman, Founder and Owner of Common Roots Cafe
www.commonrootscafe.com
- February 26th
Finding a Career with an Impact
Panel on how to make a difference through your career. Panelists included representatives from the corporate and non-profeit sectors with a broad rand of experiences.
- March 13th
Annual Business Ethics Faculty Case Competition
The most popular Net Impact event of the year. Carlson professors debate a business case dealing with ethics, socially responsibility or sustainability.
- October 31st
Target Commitment to the Community
How Target Justifies Giving Away $3 Million a Week
Lisa Campbell and Heidi Weaver from Community Relations at Target
- November 15th
Measuring a Company’s Carbon Footprint in Real Time
New Technology from Minneapolis Based Verisae (http://www.verisae.com/enterprise-emissions-tracking.htm )
2008-2009 Carlson Net Impact Board:
Background:
Net Impact was originally founded as Students for Responsible Business in 1993. Today, this mission-driven network of over 5,000 leaders helps members broaden their business education, refine their leadership skills, and pursue meaningful professional goals. To strengthen this leadership network locally, the University of Minnesota Carlson School chapter has created ties among MBA students, faculty, mentors, and business leaders in our community. Our leadership advisors include the Heartland Institute, the Center for Ethical Business Cultures, and members of the Carlson School administration and faculty.
Our business advisors also help guide our objectives and provide mentoring and internship opportunities to Carlson MBA students. Through our flagship program, the Legacy Fund, we have a working relationship to Materials Productivity, an investment research consulting firm, Riverbridge Partners, a money management firm based in Minneapolis, and the local venture capital community made up of Carlson MBA alumni.
Goals:
The Carlson chapter of Net Impact has three main goals that will help drive our mission of making ethics and sustainability issues part of mainstream business education and business decisions.
- Net Impact will foster dialogue between business students, the larger University of Minnesota community, leadership organizations and businesses. It is through dialogue that we can bring complex issues in our lives onto center stage, learn from each other, be inspired, and be effective change agents in our careers.
- Net Impact will provide networking resources for students to connect with Carlson alumns, national organizations, and businesses that share their interests and passions.
- Net Impact will act as a resource base for students interested in learning more about topics in ethics, sustainability, and leadership. By expanding education into these topics, Net Impact will help students make business decisions that are both profitable and responsible.
Net Impact National Website: http://www.netimpact.org/
Events held during the 2006-2007 Academinc Year
Speaker Series: Mark Albion (Private Lunch with students and public evening speech)
Mark is a former Harvard Business School professor who played an integral role in the formation of Net Impact. He has experiencing starting multiple socially responsible businesses. (
http://www.makingalife.com)
Millennium Goals Program
The Millennium Development Goals were created by the United Nations in 2000 to stimulate efforts to meet the needs of the worlds poorest (http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/). The goal of the MDG Tour is to promote the importance of being passionate about social responsibility, especially in the business world. Eight US and Canadian business schools each hosted a goal. US schools included Carlson, University of Chicago, Wharton, and University of Michigan. Carlson's program focused on Goal #6 "Eradicating HIV, Malaria and other Diseases." Dr. Kirsty Duncan and Wendy Kohler Boothman spoke about Corporate Social Responsibility and economic empowerment of marginalized communities across the globe. Students who participated in a volunteer event with Open Arms of Minnesota (the organization that will receive the baking ingredient donations) spoke about the ways Minnesotans are working to positively impact the lives of those living with HIV and other infectious diseases in the Twin Cities and in South Africa.
Speaker Series: Joel Hodroff
Joel Hodroff is Founder and CEO of DualCurrency Systems (DCS), a Minnesota-based company that provides next generation technologies for financial services, loyalty marketing and Customer Relationship Management. In 1997, Joel was awarded the first two U.S. patents for his DualCurrency Pricing, Accounting and Transaction Settlement system. An enhancement to retail Point-of-Sale systems permits DCS to manage the issuing and redemption of noncash financial products, such as frequent flyer miles or barter dollars, as well as innovative tools for economic development, such as employee benefits that don’t raise cash labor costs for employers or wellness incentives that lower the cost of health care. When it comes to loyalty rewards, the DCS system offers: more ways to earn; more places to spend; bigger rewards; and immediate redemption (no saving up!).
Faculty Case Competition
Professors David Bartlett, Norm Chervany, Seth Werner, and Aks Zaheer participated in the 5th annual Net Impact Business Ethics Faculty Case Competition. The case debated was an HBS case on drug testing by Pfizer in Nigeria.
Heartland Thought Leader Gatherings
Net Impact has two sponsored seats at Heartland’s Thought Leader Gatherings held every two months. Heartland connects, gathers and convenes leaders who are changing the world through vision in action. Heartland's network and programs serve those called to be our social and organizational pioneers—those who are restoring wholeness to themselves, their organizations, and their communities. (http://www.heartlandcircle.com/)
