Dr. Louis W. (Jody) Fry is the founder of the International Institute for Spiritual Leadership and a professor at Texas A&M Central Texas. Fry’s most recent book is titled Maximizing …
How One CEO Helps Humanity Kick the Plastic Bag Habit
Keller, as Bag Monster. The costume is created from 500 plastic bags, the approximate number used per American each year. Andy Keller was an unemployed business school graduate when he …
If Sustainability Costs You More, You’re Doing it Wrong. The Do’s and Don’ts of Sustainable Value Chain Management
There is a lot of anecdotal information on what makes a value chain sustainable, but very little data. To change that, we partnered with ASQ, the Institute for Supply Management, …
Building Our Body of CR Knowledge
Note: This guest blog is provided by CR Magazine and the Corporate Responsibility Officers Association. The Center for Values-Driven Leadership is a member of the CROA and actively supports its …
Convincing the Sustainability Skeptics in Your Company (and Beyond)
There are two types of sustainability skeptics, those who don’t believe environmental concern is any concern of theirs; and those who acknowledge the importance of ecological care, but aren’t certain …
Nobody Needs a Drill. An Analogy to Re-Imagine Business Practices
No one in this world really needs a drill. Ever. Usually I find absolute statements inherently false, but I stand by this one. It’s not the drill that is needed, …
“So, a duck walks into a bar….” (New Approaches to Corporate Sustainability)
———– Dave Smith is an associate with Booz Allen Hamilton and a student in the Ph.D./D.B.A. program in Values-Driven Leadership at Benedictine University. He is a retired U.S. Air Force officer. ———– …
Where You Start Matters: Approaching Sustainability from Two Different Places
Carpet tile manufacturer Interface is a global leader in their industry – and also in the world of corporate sustainability. With their aggressive goal to be beneficial to the environment …
Embedding Sustainability in Business School Curriculum
Are we cheating tomorrow’s business leaders by neglecting to teach sustainability as part of B-school curriculum? The business and financial crises of the last decade have left academia asking, …