Part one of a year-long course based on an interactive model that brings in high-level executives to share their experiences and evaluate student prepared responses to an ethical dilemma. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BASE 2101 and 2102 and 2103 and 2104 (all minimum grade D-). Requires a corequisite course of BCOR 3010. Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
Part two of a year-long course based on an interactive model that brings in high-level executives to share their experiences and evaluate student prepared responses to an ethical dilemma. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BASE 2101 and 2102 and 2103 and 2104 (all minimum grade D-). Requires a corequisite course of BCOR 3010. Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
Explores business opportunities to meet the needs of those living at the base of the economic pyramid. By partnering with organizations such as the Peace Corps and businesses with a social mission, students will learn how business (for-profit, social business, NGOs, social entrepreneurs, etc.) can meet the needs of the poor and operate sustainably. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BASE 2101 and 2102 and 2103 and 2104 (all minimum grade D-). Requires a corequisite course of BCOR 3010. Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors only.
In the last two decades, microfinance initiatives have provided the primary worldwide impetus to promote economic independence for the poor (1.4 billion). Microfinance links the financial markets with entrepreneurship to create a platform that facilitates financial inclusion to the poor. In a semester long project, students build a hypothetical financial institution that provides access to credit, saving, insurance and other services to a segmented poor population. CESR 4010 and FNCE 4832 are the same course. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BCOR 1010, 1020, 2000, 2200, 2300, 2400, 2500, 3000 and 3010 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 90-180 units completed.
Operational sustainability is not just an obligation, as set of strategies or a niche market to explore, but a critical shift in mindset of how businesses function. Sustainable operations examines business strategies in response to environmental and social challenges. The course takes a pragmatic business perspective on improving operations across the supply chain. Grounded in resource efficiency, life-cycle thinking and a dose of investigative skepticism, the course assists students to thoroughly understand the scope of costs, benefits and risks associated with driving businesses toward sustainable operations. MGMT 4130 and CESR 4130 are the same course. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BASE 2101 and 2102 and 2103 and 2104 or BCOR 2500 and BCOR 3010 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business majors only.
Privacy = the new currency. In a time where technology allows unprecedented aggregation of personal information use of "private" information is moving faster than social norms and laws can follow. We will dissect the technologies and social trends related primarily to privacy and use of information about individuals to reap profits. A good complement to business intelligence and analytics classes. Same as MGMT 4440. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of BCOR 2300 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
As a critical stakeholder group, consumers have substantial power to shape business behavior. Students will develop an understanding of the roles business can play in society, and the options and limitations that consumers have to influence business by exerting their purchasing power. This class is exclusively for non-business majors and will not count toward the business major or business minor. Requisites: Open to Non Business and Non Sponsored Students.
Offered irregularly to provide opportunity for investigation of new frontiers in Social Responsibility. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BASE 2101 and 2102 and 2103 and 2104 and BCOR 3010 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to BUSN majors with 52 or more hours.
See the future through the eyes of entrepreneurs who are addressing global and social environmental problems such as poverty and deforestation. Can the social ventures they create to solve these problems survive over time and will they achieve the impact they seek? We will meet some of these social entrepreneurs and, in teams, write case studies to tell their stories. CESR 4826 and ESBM 4826 are the same course. Requisites: Restricted to non-Business majors with 60-180 units completed.
Explores the growing global trend of companies to measure, disclose and report for socially responsible initiatives. Integrated reporting combines financial, environmental, social and governance information into a single report. Current practices in sustainability and integrated reporting in the US and across the world will be examined/learned through case studies, guest speakers, current literature and projects. Can be taken concurrently with BCOR 3010 and ACCT 3220. Same as ACCT 4827. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BASE 2101 and 2102 and 2103 and 2104 and BCOR 3010 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to BUSN majors with 52 or more hours.
Explores the complexity of corporate boards and the need for values-driven leadership. Students will consider several corporate governance topics including: financial strategy, international challenges, ethics, corporate social responsibility, board composition, compensation, and crisis management. Throughout the course, students will evaluate their own leadership and decision making abilities as they work together in student-run boards to address issues presented in a variety of case studies. Same as MGMT 4828. Requisites: Requires prerequsite courses of BCOR 2300 and 3010 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.
Intended only for exceptionally well qualified business juniors and seniors. Departmental form required. Prereq., dean and instructor consent. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
