TORONTO, CANADA "“ November 26, 2008 - A team of MBA students from the Stanford Graduate School of Business have won the 3rd Annual Rotman Net Impact Corporate Social Responsibility Case Competition. During the competition, held on November 22 at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, thirty-three student teams from universities across North America competed to solve a business challenge using social and environmental factors in addition to the bottom line.

The team of Roy Raanani, Michael Ovadia, Jamie Perencevich, and Ryan Lippert from Stanford placed first with a team from the Queen's School of Business coming in second. Two teams from the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University tied for third. The case was based on challenges facing Westport Innovations, a Canadian company that develops Liquefied Natural Gas engines.

"It was a very energizing day. Today's business students are clearly excited to involve CSR as a critical element in their decision making"," says Daniel Ludwin, competition chair and Rotman MBA student. "I wish to thank our sponsors as well as those from the business and social sectors who volunteered their time as judges."

The day-long competition also featured a keynote address from Hugh MacLeod, Head of the Ontario Climate Change Secretariat.

The event was sponsored by UBS Securities Canada Inc., RPO Management Consultants and the Rotman School's AIC Institute for Corporate Citizenship as well as GlaxoSmithKline, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and Bullfrog Power.

Complete details on the competition are available online at: http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/csrcasecomp.

The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto is redesigning business education for the 21st century with a curriculum based on Integrative Thinking. Located in the world's most diverse city, the Rotman School fosters a new way to think that enables the design of creative business solutions. The School is currently raising $200 million to ensure Canada has the world-class business school it deserves. For more information, visit http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca.

Rotman School of Management - University of Toronto

Rotman School of Management - University of Toronto

The University of Toronto's Joseph L. Rotman School of Management has set out to become one of the world's top tier business schools. Located in North America's 3rd largest financial centre, the Rotman School is taking an innovative approach to management education, built around Integrative Thinking™ and Business Design™. The AIC Institute for Corporate Citizenship was created at the Rotman School in late 2004 with the generous support of AIC Limited's Chairman Michael Lee-Chin. The purpose of the Institute is to help current and future business leaders integrate corporate citizenship into business strategy and practices.

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