8.28.2007 - 08:00am ET

(CSRwire) NEW YORK, NY - August 28, 2007 - This month, The Aspen Institute's Business and Society Program is pleased to announce that over 50,000 academic documents have been downloaded from its new Social and Environmental Impact Network (SEIN) on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). SEIN is an "open access" library of academic research, class notes, sample exams, etc., dedicated to the social and environmental impacts of business. Anyone can upload any relevant document at any time. SEIN is hosted by the leading online library of academic research, SSRN, which receives approximately five million hits monthly on its website.

SEIN may be accessed at http://www.ssrn.com/sein/index.html. The research library offers 1,600+ papers on a wide variety of social and environmental business issues. New titles from the past week include:

Economic Inequality and Social Differentials in Mortality

The Aspen Institute's Network Partners for SEIN include Ashoka, Business for Social Responsibility, Net Impact, and the Research Network for Sustainable Business. Faculty Advisors for this project include Paul Bloom (Duke), Marc Epstein (Rice), Tim Fort (George Washington), Geoff Heal (Columbia), Andy Hoffman (Michigan), Andy King (Dartmouth), Andrea Larson (UVA), and Todd Sayre (San Francisco).

In addition to this resource, The Aspen Institute also runs CasePlace.org, a popular website for business school faculty that offers free inspection copies of case studies and other teaching materials related to social, environmental, and ethical issues.

The mission of the Aspen Institute is to foster enlightened leadership and open-minded dialogue. Aspen Institute events have attracted presidents, statesmen, diplomats, judges, ambassadors, and Nobel laureates over the years, enriching and enlivening the Institute as a global forum for leaders. The Institute's Business and Society Program (Aspen BSP), an independently managed and funded initiative, was created to ensure that future business leaders are better prepared to manage the ethical, social, and environmental complexities of modern business.

To keep abreast of Aspen BSP's innovative teaching resources, join our email list by signing up for the CasePlace.org newsletter on the site’s homepage.

For more information please contact:

Justin Goldbach, Fellow
The Aspen Institute's Business and Society Program
212-895-8053
www.aspenbsp.org

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