Hello
people of the Net Impact.
Enjoy this week's helping
of news and announcements.
Thanks to everyone who
participated in the
Net Impact auction!.
1. Silent
auction results
2. Opportunity
for Part-time Net Impact
Members: Part-Time Board
Fellows Coordinator
3. Annual
Net Impact conference
11/13-11/15/2008
4. UMD’s
Climate Action Plan
Work Group is looking
for MBA volunteers
5. Aspen
Institute Center for
Business Education releases
survey results on the
attitudes of MBA students
on business & society
6. General
Announcements
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I. Smith Net Impact
News
1. Silent
auction results
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top)
Net Impact would like
to thanks everyone who
donated items or bid
on them! We raised $576.51
which will go toward
a scholarship for a
student doing a socially
responsible summer internship
in 2009..
2. Opportunity
for Part-time Net Impact
Members: Part-Time Board
Fellows Coordinator
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There is a great
opportunity available
through the Net Impact
Club to help coordinate
the Board Fellows program.
Please see the copy
below:
Position Description:
The Part-Time Board
Fellows Coordinator
will work with non-profit
executives and Smith
MBA students to facilitate
the Board Fellows program,
now entering its third
year of operation. In
the program, MBA students
serve as non-voting
members of local not-for-profit
organizations and complete
a business-related consulting
project over the course
of several months under
the guidance of a Board
mentor from the organization.
The ideal candidate
will have experience
and contacts in the
non-profit sector as
well as the ability
to independently facilitate
all aspects of the program
including conference
calls and student/ executive
relations. The Part-Time
Board Fellow Coordinator
will work to facilitate
matches between student
applicants and organizations,
run and schedule kick-off
calls, monitor the progress
of scope documents and
monitor the consulting
relationship. Board
Fellows coordinator
conference calls are
held once each month.
Estimated time commitment:
5 hours per month.
Please email your resume
and statement of interest
(300 words max) to Meena
Shah by Friday, May
2 at meenanandagopal@gmail.com
II.
National/DC Chapter
Net Impact News
3. Annual Net Impact
Conference 11/13-11/15/2008
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This is the big one.
The annual Net Impact
conference will be held
at the Wharton School
this year. A group of
student will be carpooling
up together and it should
be a lot of fun. If
you are interested in
attending, email zgirod2009@rhsmith.umd.edu.
For more details, visit:
http://www.netimpact.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=1864
III.
CSR/green Job Postings
4. UMD’s Climate
Action Plan Work Group
is looking for MBA volunteers
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WANTED: Finance and
Marketing MBA students
to participate in the
Climate Action Plan
Work Group, a diverse
University task force
developing the strategic
plan for how UM will
become "climate neutral".
MBA expertise is needed
for the Finance and
Outreach (marketing)
sub-groups.
The FINANCE SUB-GROUP:
Will consider financing
options for the plan
including whether UM
could establish a carbon
(offset) fund or a green
fund to pay for on-campus
investments to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
OUTREACH (Marketing)
SUB-GROUP: Develop
core messages/strategies/tactics
for reaching diverse
campus community audiences
about the Climate Action
Plan and develop a marketing
and outreach strategy
for implementing the
plan (2009 onwards).
IF INTERESTED OR TO
LEARN MORE: Please contact
Heather Lair, Office
of Sustainability, hlair@umd.edu
or or 301.405.5408.
5. Aspen Institute
Center for Business
Education releases survey
results on the attitudes
of MBA students on business
& society
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To see the results of
the Aspen Institute’s
survey see:
http://www.aspencbe.org/documents/Where
Will They Lead 2008.pdf
Here are some of the
highlights of the study:
- Business students
in 2007 are thinking
more broadly about the
primary responsibilities
of a company.
- In addition to citing
shareholder maximization
and satisfying customer
needs, more students
are also saying “creating
value for the communities
in which they operate”
is a primary business
responsibility.
- MBA students are expressing
more interest in finding
work that offers the
potential of making
a contribution to society.
(26% of respondents
in 2007 say this is
an important factor
in their job selection
compared with 15% in
2002.)
- That said, business
schools and companies
have not convinced them
that environmental and
social responsibility
contribute to corporate
financial success.
- Although more students
in 2007 than in 2002
believe it is very likely
that they will face
values’ conflicts on
the job, the further
they progress through
their MBA program the
less confident they
feel that their business
school training is preparing
them to manage those
conflicts.
IV.
General Information
and Announcements
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Past Net Impact newsletters
and other tidbits can
be found on our website:
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/organizations/net-impact/
Would you like to make
an announcement in the
Net Impact weekly newsletter?
Do you have a suggestion for
making Net Impact better?
Send your ideas to bgottlieb2009@rhsmith.umd.edu
Net Impact meetings
are held in the Dingman
Center “Bullpen” every
Tuesday from 11:15-12:15.
All are welcome to join!
