From October 18-21, 2015, Harvard Business School (HBS) Executive Education will host Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on the HBS campus in Boston. This program is designed to help executives refocus corporate social responsibility and sustainability efforts in ways that benefit society and the business.

By bringing greater alignment and direction to CSR activities and measuring results effectively, firms will be better situated to maximize the value of CSR investments while creating positive, productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders and driving greater value.

“While most executives understand the importance of corporate social responsibility, many fail to align their CSR programs with their business strategy,” said Das Narayandas, Senior Associate Dean and Chair of Executive Education and Harvard Business Publishing. “Effective CSR programs provide value for both the organization and society. We give executives the tools they need to make strategic decisions for the firm’s CSR programs that will have a positive social and business impact.” 

The program curriculum will focus on three core areas: designing strategy, driving social responsibility throughout the organization and managing risk and decision making. Participants will learn how to build the business case for CSR, how to effectively communicate that strategy and how to evaluate complex environments and potential impacts before investing capital or making business decisions. 

“As more companies engage in CSR, executives need better ways to focus their priorities and ensure they are creating value for their organizations as well as the community at large,” said V. Kasturi Rangan, Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing and faculty char of Corporate Social Responsibility. “Executives should be strategic in their approach to CSR and bring coherence to the portfolio of programs they manage. Our focus is on providing executives with a framework to help them transition from running a bunch of CSR programs to molding a CSR strategy. This means that they have to analyze their programs, edit their portfolio, and put in place metrics for measuring success.”

Corporate Social Responsibility is designed for senior executives who direct CSR programs at large established companies or who oversee related departments such as public affairs, philanthropy, sustainability, environmental, health and safety, or community affairs.

As with other HBS Executive Education offerings, Corporate Social Responsibility will rely on research from leading HBS faculty, discussions with industry peers and learnings from real-world case studies from successful global companies.

For more information, please contact:

Jim Aisner, jaisner@hbs.edu, +1-617-495-6157 

Program Details:

Corporate Social Responsibility will be hosted October 18-21, 2015 on the Harvard Business School campus. Please visit http://www.exed.hbs.edu/programs/csr/ for complete curriculum and to apply.

Corporate Social Responsibility

(October 18-21, 2015, Harvard Business School)

Faculty:

Robert G. Eccles, Professor of Management Practice.

Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management.

Herman B. Leonard, Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration.

V. Kasturi Rangan, Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing and faculty chair of Corporate Social Responsibility.

About Harvard Business School:

Harvard Business School Executive Education, a division of Harvard Business School, is located on a 40-acre campus in Boston, Massachusetts. In fiscal year 2014, HBS faculty developed and delivered 79 open-enrollment Executive Education programs and more than 50 custom clients for leading organizations worldwide. More than 10,000 business executives attended programs held on campus in Boston as well as classrooms in Mumbai, and Shanghai. With global research centers in eight key regions, HBS faculty continue to develop groundbreaking research, forge powerful alliances with global organizations, and fulfill the mission of educating leaders who shape the practice of business and innovation. Learn more at www.exed.hbs.edu.

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