| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.28 |
| Liaison | David Blodgett |
| Submission Date | March 30, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Babson College
EN-12: Continuing Education
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.50 / 5.00 |
Asheen
Phansey Director of Sustainability President's Office |
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Babson offers continuing education opportunities through edX. As of January 2018, Babson teaches 12 edX courses including a course called "From Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate Social Innovation," available at https://www.edx.org/school/babsonx
The course "From Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate Social Innovation" is based on real-world experiences from business leaders, teaching how to develop and lead social innovation initiatives that create both economic and social value.
The course content is based on the understanding that the challenges facing our world are increasingly complex and affect corporations, communities, citizens, and the natural environment. For many companies, even those with strong traditions of philanthropy and corporate social responsibility, there is a growing consensus that current models of corporate engagement in society are no longer sufficient. They see that new approaches are needed.
Fortunately, the past decade has seen an explosion of interest and development in social innovation—a discipline that employs entrepreneurial knowledge and methods to develop solutions to pressing social issues. The course addresses related challenges including business growth, innovation, employee engagement and retention, social impact, and connection to society.
This is a course for anyone interested in understanding and acting on the new frontier of Corporate Social Innovation. This course combines learnings from the real-world experience of business leaders with analysis and practical applications. The course offers firsthand accounts and interaction with key executives who’ve led social innovation initiatives. They hail from leading organizations and brands including, Campbell’s, Dunkin Brands, Verizon, Salesforce.com, FIFCO, Barclays and more.
The course teaches how to take critical steps and apply the management frameworks to any organization, developing a clear, practical understanding of the process, knowledge, and skills required to create social innovation efforts.
In addition to online interactions, the course offers opportunities for in-person touchpoints for anyone in the Greater Boston area; with the potential for meetups elsewhere in the future.
At Babson, the Executive and Enterprise Education program also produces tailored courses for individual organizations. Due to the customized content, the sustainability education is not public.
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