/ en /news/2021-08/school-business-faculty-niki-vlastara-says-changing-consumer-behavior-way-ensure <span>School of Business Faculty Niki Vlastara Says Changing Consumer Behavior is the way to Ensure a Sustainable Future</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/791" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Marianne Klinker</span></span> <span>Tue, 08/24/2021 - 16:06</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_associated_people" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-associated-people"> <h2>In This Story</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-associated-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">People Mentioned in This Story</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/nvlastar" hreflang="en">Mariniki (Niki) Vlastara</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Years spent engaging with consumers in the business world made <a href="/profiles/nvlastar" title="Niki Vlastara">Niki Vlastara</a> realize that how sustainability concepts and proposals were marketed significantly influenced how successful they became. As she worked her way into academia and eventually to the ÑÇÖÞAV School of Business it’s been her focus to study how to best engage and convince both customers and corporations to act with people, planet, and prosperity in mind.</p> <figure role="group" class="align-left"><div> <div class="field field--name-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img src="/sites/g/files/yyqcgq291/files/styles/medium/public/2021-08/mariniki-vlastara_0.jpg?itok=9k37iXZJ" width="350" height="440" alt="Niki Vlastara, an assistant professor in the Marketing Department" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div> </div> <figcaption>Niki Vlastara</figcaption></figure><p>Vlastara, an assistant professor in the Marketing Department, joined the School of Business in 2019. Her research interests focus on consumer behavior, consumer ethics and sustainable development— making her a perfect member of the <a href="/node/201" title="Business for a Better World Center (B4BW)">Business for a Better World Center (B4BW)</a> Affiliate Faculty team. Before entering academia, she held different executive positions in marketing and revenue planning in the leisure industry and served as a consultant in business development for startup ventures, developing their marketing strategy and communications plans.</p> <p>Recently, we had the opportunity to catch-up with Vlastara to learn more about her journey to the business for good space, and how his research contributes to the cause.</p> <p><strong>What motivated you to start working in the sustainability space?</strong></p> <p>Before transitioning into academia, I spent a number of years in business—particularly in executive positions. In those roles, I was involved in streamlining and introducing sustainability into our operations and marketing department in order to minimize costs and waste. Years later, after I had started my PhD, I realized that change is most possible and achievable when all stakeholders are involved. Moreover, I came to understand that people must be convinced of the benefits a new or different approach will bring—such as acting in a sustainable way—before they will change their behavior. That is the main reason my research, both then and through today, is focused on consumer behavior, and, in particular, examines the intersection of the ethics of consumption and sustainability. I believe understanding what motivates changes in customer behavior may lead us to identifying more effective ways to communicate both the urgency, and the benefits of sustainable behavior. Ideally this will result in a more sustainable and equitable future for all.</p> <p><strong>What can you tell us about your ongoing research?</strong></p> <p>The United Nations World Commission defines development as sustainable if it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. I am very motivated to contribute to efforts that will help ensure that kind of development increases. Consequently, my research pays close attention to the messages consumers and corporations alike receive on that issue. Trying to define what affects the future is in itself difficult, and I have been trying to determine how to characterize, outline, and describe a future with increased risk due to climate change, and how that to make the message understandable, relevant, and pressing enough to motivate change in consumer behavior.</p> <p><strong>But you’re doing more than just research, can you describe some of your other activities?</strong></p> <p>I am part of the <a href="https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-teaching/departments-and-schools/business-and-management/research/our-research-areas/centre-for-research-into-sustainability/#:~:text=The%20Centre%20for%20Research%20into,environmental%20sustainability%20in%20contemporary%20society." target="_blank" title="Centre for Research into Sustainability">Centre for Research into Sustainability</a>, which is a group of academic researchers in accounting, finance, marketing, management, and operations management that work on sustainability issues. In addition to my affiliation with B4BW, while at Mason I also joined the <a href="https://ise.gmu.edu/" target="_blank" title="Institute of Sustainable Earth">Institute of Sustainable Earth</a> because I believe that sharing and cooperating through disciplines can provide a wealth of original ideas and courses of action to achieve our goals. In that same vein, my being part of the Gender and Consumer Behavior group of academic researchers has provided me with a more inclusive and diverse way to approach certain subjects and problems in business.</p> <p>Before coming to Mason, I was on board of the Miami Chapter of U.N. Association where I helped promote the <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/goals" target="_blank" title="U.N. Sustainable Development Goals">U.N. Sustainable Development Goals</a> to the local community, corporations and education centers.</p> <p><strong>Niki, thank you so much for your work in this field and your commitment to B4BW. What could we be doing to support you and your colleagues’ research and other efforts?</strong></p> <p>I believe that B4BW is offering tremendous value serving as a platform for discussions, the exchange of ideas, and most importantly by spearheading ways for action. Looking to the future, the development of a minor based on the principles espoused by B4BW would help ensure our students and faculty truly think about these issues differently, and help create a better world indeed.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12501" hreflang="en">Costello College of Business News</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12396" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Affiliate Faculty in the News</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/8191" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Center News</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/8121" hreflang="en">SBUS Marketing Department</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/13796" hreflang="en">Costello College of Business Faculty Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/13151" hreflang="en">Marketing Faculty Research</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:06:19 +0000 Marianne Klinker 50831 at /news/2021-08/embedding-sdgs-business-education-focus-business-better-world-center-george-mason <span>Embedding the SDGs into Business Education – focus on the Business for a Better World Center of ÑÇÖÞAV’s School of Business</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/791" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Marianne Klinker</span></span> <span>Tue, 08/24/2021 - 15:17</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_associated_people" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-associated-people"> <h2>In This Story</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-associated-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">People Mentioned in This Story</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/amagro" hreflang="en">Anne Magro</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/lgringpe" hreflang="en">Lisa M. Gring-Pemble</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p>In <a href="https://primetime.unprme.org/2020/05/25/embedding-the-sdgs-into-business-education-focus-on-the-business-for-a-better-world-center-of-george-mason-universitys-school-of-business/" target="_blank" title="Read the article">an article on the PRiME blog</a>, Anne Magro and Lisa Gring-Pemble discuss how the Business for a Better World Center is working to reshape business education so that students are inspired to see business as a force for good in the world, and act accordingly during their own careers. </p> <p><a href="https://primetime.unprme.org/2020/05/25/embedding-the-sdgs-into-business-education-focus-on-the-business-for-a-better-world-center-of-george-mason-universitys-school-of-business/" target="_blank" title="Read the full article. ">Read the full article</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12416" hreflang="en">Costello College of Business Faculty Media Mentions</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12621" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Work in the News</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:17:25 +0000 Marianne Klinker 50806 at /news/2021-08/creating-interdisciplinary-platforms-address-sdgs-honey-bee-initiative <span>Creating Interdisciplinary Platforms to Address the SDGs – The Honey Bee Initiative</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/791" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Marianne Klinker</span></span> <span>Tue, 08/24/2021 - 15:13</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_associated_people" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-associated-people"> <h2>In This Story</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-associated-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">People Mentioned in This Story</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/lgringpe" hreflang="en">Lisa M. Gring-Pemble</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p>In <a href="https://primetime.unprme.org/2020/06/09/creating-interdisciplinary-platforms-to-address-the-sdgs-the-honey-bee-initiative/" target="_blank" title="Creating Interdisciplinary Platforms to Address the SDGs – The Honey Bee Initiative">an article on the PRiME blog</a>, Lisa Gring-Pemble and Germán Perilla explain how the Business for a Better World Center's Honey Bee Initiative addresses declining honeybee populations, food security, and economics by bringing together the diverse fields of art, business, education, and science.</p> <p><a href="https://primetime.unprme.org/2020/06/09/creating-interdisciplinary-platforms-to-address-the-sdgs-the-honey-bee-initiative/" target="_blank" title="Creating Interdisciplinary Platforms to Address the SDGs – The Honey Bee Initiative">Read the full article</a>. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12416" hreflang="en">Costello College of Business Faculty Media Mentions</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12621" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Work in the News</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:13:49 +0000 Marianne Klinker 50801 at /news/2021-08/beekeeping-george-mason-university <span>Beekeeping at ÑÇÖÞAV</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/791" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Marianne Klinker</span></span> <span>Tue, 08/24/2021 - 15:05</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_associated_people" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-associated-people"> <h2>In This Story</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-associated-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">People Mentioned in This Story</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/lgringpe" hreflang="en">Lisa M. Gring-Pemble</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Reporter Joseph Martinez of Telemundo Washington, D.C. visits the apiary on the Fairfax Campus to learn more about the dual (educational and economic) purpose of the Business for a Better World Center's Honey Bee Initiative.</p> <p><a href="https://www.telemundowashingtondc.com/noticias/crianza-de-abejas-en-la-universidad-de-george-mason/2068841/" target="_blank" title="Beekeeping at ÑÇÖÞAV">Watch the full segment</a>. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12416" hreflang="en">Costello College of Business Faculty Media Mentions</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12621" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Work in the News</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:05:40 +0000 Marianne Klinker 50796 at /news/2021-08/george-mason-university-bee-program-fosters-development-latin-american-communities <span>ÑÇÖÞAV Bee Program Fosters Development in Latin American Communities</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/791" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Marianne Klinker</span></span> <span>Tue, 08/24/2021 - 14:57</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_associated_people" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-associated-people"> <h2>In This Story</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-associated-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">People Mentioned in This Story</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/lgringpe" hreflang="en">Lisa M. Gring-Pemble</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p><a href="https://www.telemundowashingtondc.com/noticias/local/alerta-verde/programa-de-abejas-de-la-universidad-george-mason-se-fomenta-desarrollo-en-comunidades-latinoamericanas/2069095/" target="_blank" title="ÑÇÖÞAV Bee Program Fosters Development in Latin American Communities">This Green Alert report</a> from Telemundo Washington, D.C. takes a close look at the Honey Bee Initiative's objective of promoting economic development in rural communities in Latin America.</p> <p><a href="https://www.telemundowashingtondc.com/noticias/local/alerta-verde/programa-de-abejas-de-la-universidad-george-mason-se-fomenta-desarrollo-en-comunidades-latinoamericanas/2069095/" target="_blank" title="ÑÇÖÞAV Bee Program Fosters Development in Latin American Communities">Watch the full segment</a>. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12416" hreflang="en">Costello College of Business Faculty Media Mentions</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12621" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Work in the News</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:57:05 +0000 Marianne Klinker 50791 at /news/2021-08/how-activist-investors-risk-triggering-even-more-automation-job-losses-and-wealth <span>How Activist Investors Risk Triggering Even More Automation, Job Losses, and Wealth Inequality</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/791" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Marianne Klinker</span></span> <span>Tue, 08/24/2021 - 14:36</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_associated_people" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-associated-people"> <h2>In This Story</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-associated-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">People Mentioned in This Story</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/dhorstme" hreflang="en">Derek Horstmeyer</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/lgringpe" hreflang="en">Lisa M. Gring-Pemble</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p>In an op-ed for <em>MarketWatch, </em>Associate Professor of Finance Derek Horstmeyer and Associate Professor of Business Foundations and Co-Executive Director of the Business for a Better World Center Lisa Gring-Pemble say that ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investors’ blanket demands may have unintended consequences.</p> <p><a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-activist-investors-risk-triggering-even-more-automation-job-losses-and-wealth-inequality-2020-06-16" target="_blank" title="How activist investors risk triggering even more automation, job losses and wealth inequality">Read the full article</a>. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12416" hreflang="en">Costello College of Business Faculty Media Mentions</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12616" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Opinions in the News</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:36:57 +0000 Marianne Klinker 50786 at /news/2021-08/outside-box-look-government-force-boards-diversify-if-companies-wont <span>Outside the Box: Look For the Government to Force Boards to Diversify if Companies Won’t</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/791" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Marianne Klinker</span></span> <span>Tue, 08/24/2021 - 14:33</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p>In an op-ed for <em>MarketWatch, </em>Executive in Residence of the Business for a Better World Center Rashed Hasan says that for meaningful change to occur, the boards of companies must be reformed — how they are selected, who sits on them, and what perspectives they bring to the table — if we want to drive meaningful, lasting change.</p> <p><a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/look-for-the-government-to-force-boards-to-diversify-if-companies-wont-2020-12-01" target="_blank" title="Look for the government to force boards to diversify if companies won’t">Read the full article</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12416" hreflang="en">Costello College of Business Faculty Media Mentions</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12616" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Opinions in the News</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:33:29 +0000 Marianne Klinker 50781 at /news/2021-08/higher-federal-minimum-wage-not-sufficient-it-time-companies-share-profits-workers <span>A Higher Federal Minimum Wage is not Sufficient. It is Time for Companies to Share Profits with Workers</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/791" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Marianne Klinker</span></span> <span>Tue, 08/24/2021 - 14:28</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Executive in Residence at the Business for a Better World Center M. Rashed Hasan wrote an op-ed for <em>Business Insider</em> on minimum wage. </p> <p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-minimum-wage-not-enough-companies-must-share-profits-2021-3" target="_blank" title="A Higher Federal Minimum Wage is not Sufficient. It is Time for Companies to Share Profits with Workers">Read the full article</a>. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12416" hreflang="en">Costello College of Business Faculty Media Mentions</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12616" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Opinions in the News</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:28:01 +0000 Marianne Klinker 50776 at /news/2021-08/watch-demand-february-11-2021-stakeholder-capitalism-discussion-series-peter-georgescu <span>Watch On-Demand: February 11, 2021 Stakeholder Capitalism Discussion Series with Peter Georgescu</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/791" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Marianne Klinker</span></span> <span>Tue, 08/24/2021 - 12:36</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="inline_block:call_to_action" data-inline-block-uuid="5c0d9cb8-10cc-4c7d-989e-ad7a09e7d3b6"> <div class="cta"> <a class="cta__link" href="https://business.gmu.edu/centers/business-better-world-center/events"> <h4 class="cta__title">More Center Events <i class="fas fa-arrow-circle-right"></i> </h4> <span class="cta__icon"> <div class="field field--name-field-cta-icon field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Icon</div> <div class="field__item"><div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-font-awesome-icon field--type-fontawesome-icon field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Icon</div> <div class="field__item"><div class="fontawesome-icons"> <div class="fontawesome-icon"> <i class="fas fa-calendar-alt" data-fa-transform="" data-fa-mask="" style="--fa-primary-color: #000000; --fa-secondary-color: #000000;"></i> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Bringing leaders to campus is central to the mission of the <a href="/node/201" title="Business for a Better World Center (B4BW)">Business for a Better World Center</a> within the School of Business at ÑÇÖÞAV.  The Center launched the Stakeholder Capitalism Discussion Series in 2021 to explore how stakeholder capitalism can be applied to businesses in a world rife with persistent inequality, social injustice, racial bias, and environmental degradation. On Thursday, February 11, 2021, the Center welcomed Peter Georgescu, former Chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam and author of <em>Capitalists, ARISE!</em>, to discuss the meaning of capitalism and the need for a shareholder approach. Watch the recording: </p> <div class="align-center" style="min-width: 50%;"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-video-embed-field field--type-video-embed-field field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="video-embed-field-provider-vimeo video-embed-field-responsive-video"><iframe width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/510861492?autoplay=0"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> <p> </p> <p>Interested in upcoming events from the Business for a Better World Center? See our <a href="https://business.gmu.edu/centers/business-better-world-center/events" title="Business for a Better World Center (B4BW) - Our Events">events page</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/5491" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Center</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12601" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Center Past Events</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/8191" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Center News</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12381" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Stakeholder Capitalism Discussion Recap</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 16:36:59 +0000 Marianne Klinker 50766 at /news/2021-08/watch-demand-april-29-2021-stakeholder-capitalism-discussion-series-seth-goldman <span>Watch On-Demand: April 29, 2021 Stakeholder Capitalism Discussion Series with Seth Goldman</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/791" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Marianne Klinker</span></span> <span>Tue, 08/24/2021 - 12:29</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="inline_block:call_to_action" data-inline-block-uuid="b975e2b5-ba19-427c-8be0-ce78274a2d5f"> <div class="cta"> <a class="cta__link" href="https://business.gmu.edu/centers/business-better-world-center/events"> <h4 class="cta__title">More Center Events <i class="fas fa-arrow-circle-right"></i> </h4> <span class="cta__icon"> <div class="field field--name-field-cta-icon field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Icon</div> <div class="field__item"><div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-font-awesome-icon field--type-fontawesome-icon field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Icon</div> <div class="field__item"><div class="fontawesome-icons"> <div class="fontawesome-icon"> <i class="fas fa-calendar-alt" data-fa-transform="" data-fa-mask="" style="--fa-primary-color: #000000; --fa-secondary-color: #000000;"></i> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Bringing leaders to campus is central to the mission of the <a href="/node/201" title="Business for a Better World Center (B4BW)">Business for a Better World Center</a> within the School of Business at ÑÇÖÞAV.  The Center launched the Stakeholder Capitalism Discussion Series in 2021 to explore how stakeholder capitalism can be applied to businesses in a world rife with persistent inequality, social injustice, racial bias, and environmental degradation. On Thursday, April 29, 2021, the Center welcomed Seth Goldman, founder of Eat the Change. Seth offered his vision for a more sustainable food system and the role each of us can play in making it a reality. Watch the recording: </p> <div class="align-center" style="min-width: 50%;"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-video-embed-field field--type-video-embed-field field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="video-embed-field-provider-vimeo video-embed-field-responsive-video"><iframe width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/537816467?autoplay=0"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> <p> </p> <p>Interested in upcoming events from the Business for a Better World Center? See our <a href="https://business.gmu.edu/centers/business-better-world-center/events" title="Business for a Better World Center (B4BW) - Our Events">events page</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/5491" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Center</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12601" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Center Past Events</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/8191" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Center News</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12381" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Stakeholder Capitalism Discussion Recap</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 16:29:42 +0000 Marianne Klinker 50761 at