Council on Business & Society

Council on Business & Society
Abbreviation CoBS[1]
Formation 2012
Type NGO
Location
Membership

ESSEC Business School
FGV-EAESP
School of Management Fudan University
Keio Business School
Warwick Business School
Official language
English
Website

The Council on Business & Society (CoBS) is a global alliance open to leading schools of business and management with a mission to educate tomorrow's responsible leaders and promote sustainable business practices among professionals. It convenes international forums focusing on topics at the crossroads of business and society and the common good that bring together leading academics, students, policy makers, NGOs, international organisations and business leaders. Previous forums have covered the topics of Leadership and Governance, Health and Healthcare, and New Energies. A forthcoming forum will cover the subject of Impact Entrepreneurship.

Through the Council Community blog, the CoBS offers the wider community regular articles stemming from the internationally recognised research of its member school faculty body, as well as opinion pieces from academics, entrepreneurs, students and CEOs with an interest in business for the common good. The Council also publishes a quarterly print and web magazine - Global Voice - which is available on download from the Council on Business & Society website.

The Council on Business & Society member schools also work on a number of projects that include:

- International teaching experience through faculty exchange and the awarding of a Responsible Leadership Certificate to students and participants - Joint research possibilities and funding - Student projects on a business and society topic involving the students of the member schools - Student surveys on major issues affecting society today - A Young Leaders' Impact Index which plots students' views and aspirations on professional life and society throughout their studies, to graduation and during their careers - Shared CSR/CSV-oriented learning content.

Member Schools

The Council on Business & Society currently has five member schools, recognised as among the world's leading educational institutions and certified by EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA: ESSEC Business School in France (Cergy and Paris-La Défense campuses), Asia-Pacific (Singapore campus), Africa (Rabat campus); FGV-EAESP in Brazil (São Paulo); School of Management Fudan University in Shanghai, China;Keio Business School in Tokyo, Japan; and Warwick Business School, UK (Coventry and London). The alliance aims to expand to 10 member schools, representing the 5 continents, by end-2019.

Deans

Dean and President, Professor Vincenzo Esposito Vinzi, ESSEC Business School, France, Asia-Pacific, Africa. Dean and Professor Luiz Artur Ledur Brito, FGV-EAESP. Dean and Professor Xiongwen Lu, School of Management Fudan University, China. Dean and Professor Hirokazu Kono, Keio Business School, Japan. Dean Andy Lockett, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Warwick Business School, UK.

The Council on Business & Society is headed by Executive Director, Professor Christian Koenig.

References

  1. ↑ Council on Business & Society Operations team

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