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Corporate Social Responsibility

Launched in 2003, the Center for Responsible Business has made the Haas School of Business the preeminent educational institution for research, teaching, experiential learning, and community outreach in areas of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

The center is an “action-tank” that builds on the Haas School of Business’ culture of innovation and UC Berkeley’s tradition to run, not walk, towards social progress. It brings students, companies and faculty together to explore issues of corporate responsibility and sustainability and inspire leaders who redefine good business.

As a premier educational center bridging research, theory, and practice of CSR, the center strives to educate all of its stakeholders on the roles and responsibilities of business in society. Topics such as strategic corporate responsibility, social enterprise, social investing, and metrics of sustainability are explored in a robust series of programs and through research and teaching.

Experiential learning, featuring exposure to the complex challenges facing today’s business leaders, is at the core of the center's initiatives. Strategic CSR & Projects, gives students unique experience and the ability to influence corporate responsibility strategy and implementation with major firms such as HP, Levi Strauss, & Wal-Mart. Students who want to delve even deeper into corporate responsibility efforts are encouraged to apply for a CR Fellowship. The center also brings in thought leaders in the areas of corporate responsibility and sustainability to engage our students via the Peterson Lecture Series.

In addition, there are a wide variety of other popular programs that enable students to experience the lessons of CSR firsthand:

• The Haas Socially Responsible Investment Fund is the first-ever student-managed investment fund at a leading business school that uses CSR criteria as a screen for the fund's portfolio.
• The Sustainable Products & Solutions (SPS) Program, sponsored by Dow Chemical in collaboration with the College of Chemistry, creates a multi-disciplinary learning and research environment where the building blocks of sustainability—society, science, engineering, environment, and finance—are all considered simultaneously as new products and solutions are explored.
• The Moskowitz Research Program examines the foundations and trends in the socially responsible investing industry and issues the Moskowitz Prize, the only global award recognizing outstanding quantitative work on socially responsible investing.

Other areas of emphasis: Energy and Clean Technology | Entrepreneurship | Global Management | Health Management | Nonprofit and Public Leadership | Real Estate | Technology

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