Boston College Carroll School of Management

The Carroll School of Management at Boston College possesses a unique combination of resources and assets positioning it at the forefront of the emerging emphasis on corporate citizenship and business involvement in social issues. These resources include:

I. An MBA Curriculum which integrates social and environmental issues into a number of disciplines. This curriculum includes: Managing in a Changing World (an MBA capstone course required since the early 1970s), Social Issues in Management, an elective course, and consulting projects in the community (in place since the late 1970s) of which several each year are focused on social enterprises.

A new addition this year: Community Service Requirement for all MBA students which provides students the opportunity to complete 20 hours of contributing to the community. Students may choose to serve as mentors, role models, and academic tutors to children in surrounding communities, or provide pro bono consulting or other professional services to benefit a range of nonprofit organizations and off-campus programs.

II. Two School Centers dedicated to drawing business leaders' and students' attention to the importance of the corporation in society. 1) The Center for Corporate Citizenship: an organization that provides global thinking and leadership in establishing corporate citizenship as a business essential. The Center aims to develop the leadership capacity of its 300+ corporate members by providing education, training, research and consulting on corporate citizenship issues. Additionally, The Center closely collaborates with the MBA student community, providing research assistant and internship positions and sponsoring an annual Best MBA Paper Competition. 2) The Center for Work and Family: a research unit that aims to enhance the quality of life of today's workforce by providing leadership for the integration of work and life, an essential for business and community success.

III. The Leadership for Change Program, a unique leadership development program that uses a multiple-bottom lines approach, action-learning pedagogy, and reflective practice to develop responsible leaders focused on profitability and the common good.

IV. Extensive Faculty Research on corporate citizenship. Our faculty is engaged in leading and extensive research and brings expertise on a range of issues including corporate responsibility, ethics, corruption, diversity, restructuring, responsible leadership, financial ethics, computer ethics, responsible marketing, and corporate governance. For instance, Endowed Chair, James Gips, develops communicative technologies for people with profound disabilities, Richard Nielson works in global ethics, Kay Lemon in social marketing and Robert Sroufe in environmental management. Sandra Waddock and Samuel Graves create the 100 Best Corporate Citizen ranking published by Business Ethics magazine.

V. The Journal of Corporate Citizenship, an academic publication with practical applications, discusses issues related to global corporate citizenship and is edited by Professor Sandra Waddock. The Journal is housed and supported by The Center for Corporate Citizenship and the Carroll School of Management.