Business as UNusual

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Business as UNusual
2010
The student Guide to Graduate Programs

Business as UNusual
The student Guide to Graduate Programs 2010
Business as UNusual: The Student Guide to Graduate Programs 2010
is a publication of net impact
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www.netimpact.org/bizschoolguide
© 2010 all rights reserved.
Table of ConTenTs
Introduction
Overview....................................................................................................................................................................................i
about net impact.....................................................................................................................................................................................i
Background on the Guide.....................................................................................................................................................................i
How to Read the Guide..........................................................................................................................................................................ii
next steps: How You Can Get involved.........................................................................................................................................iiii
Part 1: school Profiles
antioch university, new england - MBa in Organizational and environmental sustainability................................3
Babson College - F.W. Olin school of Business...........................................................................................................................6
Bainbridge Graduate institute - MBa in sustainable Business..............................................................................................9
Baruch College - Zicklin school of Business...............................................................................................................................12
Baylor university - Hankamer school of Business....................................................................................................................16
Bentley university - McCallum Graduate school of Business..............................................................................................18
Boston College - Carroll Graduate school of Management..................................................................................................21
Boston university - school of Management..............................................................................................................................24
Brandeis university - Heller school For social Policy and Management.......................................................................28
Carnegie Mellon university - Tepper school of Business and Heinz College.................................................................31
Case Western Reserve university - Weatherhead school of Management...................................................................34
Cheung Kong Graduate - school of Business............................................................................................................................37
Claremont Graduate university - Peter F. Drucker & Masatoshi ito Graduate school of Management..............39
Clark university - Graduate school of Management..............................................................................................................43
Colorado state university - Global, social, and sustainable enterprise.........................................................................46
Columbia university - Columbia Business school...................................................................................................................48
Columbia university - school of international and Public affairs.....................................................................................52
Cornell university - Johnson Graduate school of Management........................................................................................54
Dartmouth College - Tuck school of Business..........................................................................................................................59
DePaul university - Kellstadt Graduate school of Business................................................................................................63
Dominican university - Brennan school of Business..............................................................................................................66
Dominican university of California - school of Business and leadership.....................................................................68
Duke university - Fuqua school of Business.............................................................................................................................72
emory university - Goizueta Business school..........................................................................................................................77
erasmus university - Rotterdam school of Management....................................................................................................80
esaDe university - esaDe Business school.............................................................................................................................83
George Washington university - George Washington school of Business....................................................................85
Georgetown university - McDonough school of Business..................................................................................................90
HeC Paris - school of Management..............................................................................................................................................94
illinois institute of Technology - stuart school of Business.................................................................................................97
indiana university, Bloomington - Kelley school of Business.............................................................................................99
instituto De empresa, Madrid - international MBa................................................................................................................102
Kaplan university - school of Business and Management…..............................................................................................104
loyola university Chicago - Graduate school of Business.................................................................................................106
Massachusetts institute of Technology - sloan school of Management.......................................................................108
Michigan state university - eli Broad College of Business...................................................................................................111
Mills College - lorry i. lokey Graduate school of Business.................................................................................................113
Monterey institute of international studies - Fisher international MBa Program.......................................................116
new York university - stern school of Business......................................................................................................................119
north Carolina state university - Jenkins Graduate school of Management..............................................................123
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northwestern university - Kellogg Graduate school of Management.........................................................................125
Ohio state university - Fisher College of Business.............................................................................................................129
Pennsylvania state university - smeal College of Business.............................................................................................133
Pepperdine university - Graziadio school of Business and Management..................................................................135
Presidio Graduate school - MBa in sustainable Management.......................................................................................139
Rice university - Jesse H. Jones Graduate school of Management..............................................................................143
saint Joseph’s university - erivan K. Haub school of Business......................................................................................146
san Diego state university - College of Business administration.................................................................................148
san Francisco state university - College of Business........................................................................................................150
simmons College - school of Management...........................................................................................................................153
simon Fraser university - segal Graduate school of Business.......................................................................................156
stanford university - Graduate school of Business............................................................................................................158
Temple university - Fox school of Business...........................................................................................................................163
Tufts university - The Fletcher school.....................................................................................................................................166
Tulane university - Freeman school of Business..................................................................................................................170
university of arizona - eller College of Management.........................................................................................................174
university of British Columbia - sauder school of Business............................................................................................177
university of California, Berkeley - Haas school of Business..........................................................................................180
university of California, Davis - Graduate school of Management...............................................................................183
university of California, irvine - Paul Merage school of Business..................................................................................187
university of California, los angeles - anderson school of Management.................................................................189
university of California, san Diego - school of international Relations and Pacific studies...............................192
university of Chicago - Booth school of Business..............................................................................................................195
university of Deusto - Deusto Business school....................................................................................................................199
university of Geneva - international Organizations MBa...............................................................................................200
university of Georgia - Terry College of Business..............................................................................................................203
university of illinois, urbana-Champaign - College of Business...................................................................................207
university of Kansas - Ku school of Business.......................................................................................................................210
university of leeds - leeds university Business school...................................................................................................213
s university of Manchester - Manchester Business school..................................................................................................216
university of Massachusetts, amherst - isenberg school of Management................................................................218
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university of Massachusetts, Dartmouth - Charlton College of Business...................................................................221
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university of Melbourne - Melbourne Business school.....................................................................................................225
e university of Michigan - stephen M. Ross school of Business.......................................................................................229
T university of Minnesota - Carlson school of Management.............................................................................................234
university of navarra - iese Business school.......................................................................................................................237
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university of new Mexico - anderson school of Management.....................................................................................240
o university of north Carolina, Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business school..............................................................243
university of notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business..............................................................................................247
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university of Oregon - lundquist College of Business......................................................................................................251

university of Pennsylvania - Wharton school of Business..............................................................................................255
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university of Rochester - simon Graduate Business school..........................................................................................258
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university of san Diego - school of Business administration........................................................................................259
university of san Francisco - school of Business and Professional studies.............................................................261
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university of southern California - Marshall school of Business..................................................................................264
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university of st. Thomas - Opus College of Business.......................................................................................................267
b university of Texas at austin - McCombs school of Business.......................................................................................270
a university of Virginia - Darden Graduate school of Business........................................................................................272
university of Washington - Michael G. Foster school of Business...............................................................................275
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university of Wisconsin, Madison - Wisconsin school of Business..............................................................................277
Vanderbilt university - Owen Graduate school of Management..................................................................................280
Wake Forest university schools of Business........................................................................................................................284
Washington university in st. louis - Olin Business school.............................................................................................287
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Yale university - school of Management...............................................................................................................................290
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York university - schulich school of Business.....................................................................................................................294
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Part 2: about the Guide l
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Gold and silver net impact Chapters.....................................................................................................................................298
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aggregate Responses...................................................................................................................................................................299
Methodology..............................................................................................................................................................................306
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Frequently asked Questions......................................................................................................................................................307

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BUsiNess as UNUsUal 2010
In the slow and uncertain turnaround from the 2008 financial crisis, it has become clear that society expects more I
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from its business leaders. At Net Impact, we know future leaders want to use their business skills for positive world
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In just this past year alone, Net Impact welcomed 22 new graduate chapters, while existing chapters continued to
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strengthen the social and environmental themes of their respective programs. Notable chapter achievements include
University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business’ Sustainable Business Summit with 300 attendees, as d
well as over 30 schools participating in The Oath Project, a Net Impact partnership that served in the movement to
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incorporate an ethics oath into the MBA graduation process.
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And while social and environmental themes have yet to be universally integrated into business school core curricula, T
programs are offering more than ever. Last year, students completed new responsible management certificates,
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took electives on topics from Sustainable Supply Chain Management to Social Venture Capital, participated in school- o
subsidized nonprofit internship programs, and much more. 
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With these developments in mind, Net Impact encourages MBA schools to examine the best practices in this guide
so they can better attract the growing demographic of students who desire social and environmental change. We
also hope that Business as UNusual will help the prospective student find a graduate program that best suits his or
her interests. This year’s edition features 95 MBA programs from all over the world through the lens of the students
themselves.
For prospective students seeking more information about the guide, please see the Methodology and Frequently
Asked Questions sections in Part 2.
aBoUt Net impact
For nearly twenty years, Net Impact has brought together a dynamic network of students and professionals who believe
a more socially and environmentally sustainable world is created through business.
Today, the Net Impact network includes more than 20,000 members across six continents. Our central office in San
Francisco, CA and more than 260 local chapters offer members access to cutting-edge ideas, exclusive networking
opportunities, and impactful programs that can make a difference on campuses, at companies, and in communities.
Net Impact currently supports 170 graduate chapters at MBA programs around the globe, including the top 30 business
programs as ranked by the Wall Street Journal and nearly 40 international programs. Our network also includes 40
undergraduate chapters and 60 professional chapters.
For more information, please visit www.netimpact.org.
BackgroUNd oN the gUide
The information in Business as UNusual: The Student Guide to Graduate Programs 2010 was compiled from two sources:
a qualitative survey completed by chapter leaders from 95 programs, and an online survey completed by 2,980
students. This version is our fifth annual publication and represents the most schools profiled to date.
Net Impact launched Business as UNusual in 2006 to:
• Provide information about what graduate programs offer prospective business school applicants interested in
corporate responsibility and sustainability topics
• Share student perspectives on how their program addresses these issues
• Enable business schools to develop more robust social and environmental impact curricula, career services, and
support for student activities by comparing with other programs
For more information on the guide’s methodology, please see Part 2.
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how to read the gUide
at a glaNce
The “At a Glance” box contains the following information about each program:
• The total number of students in the program, as reported by the Net Impact chapter leader(s)
• The percentage of students who are Net Impact members, based on numbers provided by the Net Impact chapter
leader(s)
• The Net Impact chapter’s self-reported percentage of “very active” members and “somewhat active” members
• Three words the chapter leader(s) chose to characterize their program
• A quotation from one student survey respondent, as selected by Net Impact staff
• The names of chapter leader(s) who completed the chapter leader survey. In some instances, the chapter leaders
provided their email addresses. In most cases, these leaders wrote the school’s profile.
• A gold or silver star for chapters that achieved gold or silver status in 2009-2010. This is a symbol of recognition
provided by Net Impact for some of the most active chapters in the network.
data Bars
Many profiles include “data bars” that contain information from our spring 2010 survey of Net Impact members.
Data bars appear for schools that generated at least 20 responses to the question. The “n” in each box is the number
of students at each chapter who answered the question in the all-student survey. Please see the Methodology section
in Part 2 for details on how the data were reported.
Next steps: how YoU caN get iNvolved
If you did not see your program in Business as UNusual this year and would like to see it in next year’s publication,
please email us at [email protected].
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