Ashridge Centre for Business and Sustainability

The centre is an in-house think tank on sustainable development and the implications for leadership, strategy and change in organizations.

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
Indiana University

This association facilitates communication and joint ventures among centers, schools, colleges, business and nonprofit organizations and individuals concerned with the interdisciplinary study and teaching of practical and professional ethics.

Business Ethics Alliance®
Creighton University

An alliance between Creighton University’s College of Business, the Better Business Bureau, the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, and leaders from the Omaha business community to consider ways to further improve Omaha’s business ethics atmosphere, and to provide resources and expertise with other business communities.

Business Ethics Resource Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

This is a useful site for researching business ethics, with links to articles and publications, case studies, corporate codes of ethics, professional organizations and associations, and resource centers.

Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research
University of Pennsylvania

The center focuses on global business ethics, corporate governance, social contracts, deception, disclosure, bribery, and corruption.

Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Enterprise (CASE)
Colorado State University

CASE undertakes several activities aimed at bridging the gap between the academy and industry, aiding organizations with challenges in clean technology, life cycle analysis, emerging market development, fair-trade, water resources, etc.

Center for Applied Ethics
Hong Kong Baptist University

The center strives to stimulate critical reasoning about fundamental ethical concerns in contemporary society, to raise awareness of moral values, and to further strengthen the university's commitment to research and whole person education.

Center for Business and the Environment at Yale (CBEY)
Yale University

A joint effort between the Yale School of Management and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, the CBEY "provides a focal point for research, education, and outreach to advance business solutions to global environmental problems."

Center for Business Ethics
Bentley University

The center strives to connect ethical thought and action, inspire ethical leadership, enrich ethical knowledge, and promote ethical collaboration.

Center for Citizen Peacebuilding (CCPB)
University of California, Irvine

The University of California, Irvine’s Center for Citizen Peacebuilding fosters peace-building initiatives and offers educational programs. The center utilizes research to engage in global and national peace-building projects.

Center for Corporate Citizenship
Boston College

The center provides research, executive education, and consultation on citizenship topics.

Center for Corporate Sustainability Management (CSM)
Institute for Management Development (IMD)

The CSM is the corporate sustainability research initiative at IMD. Corporations participate in the Forum to build a sustainable business advantage through social and environmental strategic action. CSM research topics are: multi-stakeholder dialogues and public-private partnerships; successes and failures; sustainability “mega-issues;” challenges and dilemmas for companies; product responsibility in a global economy; and human rights.

Center for Ethical Business Cultures
University of Minnesota and University of St. Thomas

The center assists leaders in creating ethical and profitable business cultures at the enterprise, community, and global levels. The center’s products, services, and research are focused in three areas: ethical leadership, management and culture; work-life and critical employer-employee relationships; and corporate citizenship.

Center for International Business Ethics
University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)

Located in Beijing, the Center for International Business Ethics (CIBE) is a Chinese non-profit organization that supports research and awareness building projects in the field of International Business Ethics, particularly in the Chinese context.

Center for Leadership Ethics
The University of Arizona

The Center for Leadership Ethics in the Eller College of Management consists of scholars with diverse interests pertaining to leadership ethics who are committed to improving the ethical culture of organizations. The Center rests on the three pillars of research, education, and outreach.

Center for Responsible Business
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

With a focus on CSR strategy development, metrics, and social enterprise, the activities of the Center for Responsible Business are organized around research, teaching, experiential learning, and outreach.

Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions
Illinois Institute of Technology

The center promotes research and teaching on practical moral problems in the professions. It is known for its work on ethics in engineering and science and in related areas of business.

Center for Sustainable Enterprise (CSE)
University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School

The CSE strives to help executives and future business leaders understand how social and environmental considerations are changing the competitive landscape of business, through education, research, and outreach.

Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise
Cornell University, Johnson School of Business

Established in 2003 by Sam Johnson, the Center produces and disseminates relevant knowledge for managers seeking innovative, profitable business opportunities which address global sustainability challenges and help transform the impacts of private enterprise on the world. The Center also delivers the award winning SGE Immersion Program.

Centre for Social Impact (CSI)

CSI is a collaboration of four Australian universities: UNSW, The University of Melbourne, Swinburne University of Technology and UWA, and brings together the business, government, philanthropic, and nonprofit sectors, in a collaborative effort to build community capacity and facilitate social innovation.

EcologIE
Instituto de Empresa (IE) Business School

This platform is intended to enable IE Business School to reduce its own carbon footprint, while also raising awareness about environmental issues and their merger with business/entrepreneurial initiatives.

Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise
University of Michigan

A partnership between the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and School of Natural Resources and Environment, the Erb Institute fosters global sustainable enterprise through interdisciplinary research and education programs, including its acclaimed MBA/MS program. The Erb Institute is committed to a collaborative approach to helping business, government, and civil society achieve meaningful progress toward sustainability. The Erb Institute is one of the many ways in which the Ross School actively promotes sustainability, social enterprise, and social responsibility.

European Case Clearinghouse (ECCH)
Cranfield University and Babson College

ECCH distributes cases produced by management teaching establishments, as well as case studies in many languages produced by individual authors from almost every corner of the globe.

The Fowler Center for Sustainable Value
Case Western Reserve University

The center leverages interdisciplinary scholarship and practice to help leaders capitalize on new profitable business opportunities by working directly with institutions to embed sustainability into their core strategy, applying cutting-edge competencies in design, innovation, whole systems, and appreciative inquiry.

Global Social Sustainable Enterprise (GSSE) MBA Program
Colorado State University, College of Business

The GSSE MBA is based on two core beliefs: business can, and should, be a powerful force for positive change, and entrepreneurship and innovation must be focused on solving the global challenges of our time. The program aims at empowering students with the skills to take business to a level which is environmentally sustainable, socially responsible, as well as profitable.

Institute for Business and Professional Ethics
DePaul University

The purpose of the IBPE is to encourage ethical deliberation in decision-makers by stirring the moral conscience, encouraging moral imagination, and developing models for moral decision-making.

Integrating Sustainability into Business Schools (ISIBS)
Nottingham University and University of Bath

Funded by the Leadership, Governance and Management Fund of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), ISIBS is a project carried out in collaboration between the Nottingham University Business School, International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility and the University of Bath School of Management, Centre for Business, Organizations and Society that aims to support business schools and their stakeholders in understanding their potential contributions to a sustainable development.

ISIS Research Centre
University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business

The goal of the ISIS Research Centre is to provide an educational and professional platform for upcoming Canadian business leaders to drive the new ideas and ventures that contribute to solving existing social, cultural, economic, political, and environmental challenges.

Laboratory for Sustainable Business (S-Lab)
MIT Sloan School of Management

The S-Lab serves as an umbrella for MIT Sloan’s Sustainability Initiative, which includes a speaker series, an internship program, student workshops, and an S-Lab course co-taught by Sloan faculty to a mix of business students and students from other degree programs.

Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Georgetown University

The institute and its library serve as an unequalled resource for those who research and study ethics, as well as those who debate and make public policy.

Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Santa Clara University

The center works with faculty, staff, students, community leaders, and the public to address ethical issues more effectively in teaching, research, and action. The center's focus areas are business, health care and biotechnology, character education, government, global leadership, technology, and emerging issues in ethics.

Olsson Center for Applied Ethics
University of Virginia, Darden School of Business

Since 1966, the Olsson Center has served as a critical resource for executives, scholars, students, and Darden alumni who are faced with the challenges of integrating ethical thinking into business

Social Enterprise Initiative
Harvard University

The initiative aims to inspire, educate, and support current and emerging leaders in all sectors to apply management skills to create social value.

Social Innovation Centre
INSEAD

The Social Innovation Centre brings together INSEAD research teams to find innovative, sustainable solutions to the world's social and environmental challenges. The Centre’s research focuses on six key initiatives, including corporate social responsibility and ethics, sustainability, and social entrepreneurship, and also supports course content and outreach.

The SAIP Institute, University of St. Thomas
Opus College of Business

The institute fosters ethically and socially responsible organizational conduct by promoting, applying, adapting, and continually improving the Self-Assessment and Improvement Process (SAIP), an ethical self-appraisal for organizations modeled after the assessment method pioneered by the Baldrige National Quality Program.

Thunderbird for Good—An Ongoing Commitment for Global Citizenship
Thunderbird School of Global Management

The Thunderbird School of Global Management initiated "Thunderbird for Good," a program designed to support the advancement of management education in regions where environmental conditions constrain business growth. "Thunderbird for Good" was established following the success of Project Artemis, which enabled 15 Afghanistan women to attend business courses held at the Thunderbird campus, providing a foundation for management and economic advancement.

University for Peace (Universidad para la Paz)

Although the thought of peace in association with management education may seem like a relatively new concept, existing educational programs prove otherwise. The University for Peace, established in 1980 in Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica, has shown that higher education, especially in topics relating to responsible management, can create a foundation for peace.

W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics
University of British Columbia

The centre studies a diverse range of topics, including health care practices, business and professional procedures, new information technologies and environmental issues.