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Profile: Centre of Excellence in Responsible Business

May 14, 2013

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The Schulich School of Business has been consistently ranked as one of Canada’s best business schools in recent years – if not the very best.  I have written articles here exploring various activities undertaken by and nodes of research available at Schulich, including the popular Annual JD/MBA Conference, the Schulich International Case Competition, and the [...]

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Profile: Réseau d’Éthique Organisationnelle du Québec

May 2, 2013

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In the past decade, Quebec has become a focal point of business ethics research and networking, reflected by the appearance of sectoral research centres and consultancies springing up around the province, and the Réseau d’Éthique Organisationnelle du Québec (RÉOQ, or Quebec Organizational Ethics Network) is illustrative of this trend. It should be noted that while [...]

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New Sources of Finance Boost Urban Revitalization

April 15, 2013

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There is a lot to be said about emerging trends in responsible investing, and fortunately for the socially responsible investing community, Dr. Tessa Hebb and her team at Carleton’s Community Centre for Innovation (3ci) are doing much of the talking these days. Dr. Hebb is a leading advocate of SRI and social finance projects, and [...]

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Profile: The European Academy of Business in Society

April 3, 2013

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The European Academy of Business in Society – also known by its acronym EABIS – is a major hub of international business ethics research located in Brussels, Belgium. Originally launched in 2002 by a conglomeration of multinational companies including IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Shell, and Unilever, as well as a number of top-tier European [...]

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Event Snapshot: Responsible Investing Webinar at 3Ci

April 2, 2013

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Carleton University’s Centre for Community Innovation (3Ci) was recently featured at our blog and cited for the notable contributions that its members have made to research in social finance since the mid-1990s. 3Ci is definitely a major node for Canadian knowledge mobilization in the responsible investment sector, and it is our pleasure to announce that [...]

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Profile: Robin Cosgrove Prize for Ethics in Finance

April 2, 2013

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The Robin Cozgrove Prize for Ethics in Finance is an independent non-profit organization which was established in 2006 to honour the memory of young investment banker Robin Cosgrove, whose international travels and experiences led him to believe that “the finance sector should serve the common good as well as making profits.” In particular, Robin had [...]

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