Graduate Programs : MBA : Emphasis in Sustainable Business
Where Responsibility Meets Opportunity
About the Emphasis
The emphasis provides students with an in-depth appreciation of the environmental and social dimensions of conducting business in a global market. Three aspects of sustainable business that improve a firm's long-term performance are emphasized:
- managing risks (regulatory, reputation, litigation, market)
- values-driven leadership
- recognizing market opportunities created by environmental and social challenges.
Learning outcomes include how to articulate the business case for sustainability, develop and lead internal and external coalitions needed to drive organizational change, and implement metrics for measuring progress and providing accountability.
Roundup
- MBA program recognized as a world leader in social responsibility
- College of Business receives gift from Union Bank Foundation to support Center for Ethical and Sustainable Business
- Associate Professor of Management Tom Thomas commented on Proposition 26, which has gone largely unnoticed by voters but could potentially undermine state climate-change laws.
- The SF State Graduate Business Program's Net Impact chapter was awarded Silver Status by the international Net Impact organization for 2010.
- The College of Business was one of the first signatory schools to the UN's Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME).
- SF State's MBA program was ranked No. 7 in the country for providing the greatest opportunity for minority students according to rankings released by the Princeton Review in The Best 300 Business Schools.
- Nancy Hayes, dean of the College of Business, discusses sustainable business education
- CoB reaffirms pledge to corporate social responsibility
- The University's MBA program is ranked No. 23 in the U.S. and No. 29 in the world in the Institute's 2009-10 Beyond Grey Pinstripes survey
- SF State's MBA program recognized for socially responsible curriculum
- San Francisco State's graduate business program is making the grade
Student Profiles
Our students and alumni are helping to transform business. We are prould to share their stories, see Center for Ethical and Sustainable Business : Students + Alumni
Courses
Basic Competencies
After acceptance to the MBA Program, students will need to demonstrate basic competencies in mathematics, statistics and written English.
For detailed information, see MBA : Course Requirements : Basic Competencies.
Foundation and Advanced Courses
Students will also need to take or waive the nine foundation courses. These courses prepare the student for the program's advanced courses.
For information on foundation courses, see MBA : Course Requirements : Foundation Courses.
For information on advanced courses, see MBA : Course Requirements : Advanced Courses.
Courses in the Emphasis
The MBA with an Emphasis in Sustainable Business requires the same number of course units as the other MBA emphases.
For course descriptions, see Sustainable Business : Courses.
Sustainable Business Faculty
There are five full time faculty in the Sustainable Business emphasis with interests in the areas of corporate voluntary environmental initiatives, the impact of business organizations on the natural environment, institutionalized incentives for corporate social and environmental responsibility, business ethics and corporate social responsibility, and agricultural practices, environmental changes, and land use.
For biographies on Professors Silverman, Thomas, Paton, Melhus, and Kleinrichert, see Sustainable Business : Faculty
