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Duquesne University (Donahue) 600 Forbes Avenue
Rockwell Hall 813
Pittsburgh, PA, 15282
United States
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Demographic Information

Number of full-time MBA students (2011): 

25

Number of part-time MBA students (2011): 

92

Total duration of full-time MBA program: 

12 months

MBA faculty (Fall 2010): 

99

Females as percent of student body: 

44%
Who Are the Students? See what percentage of the 2010-2011 graduating class came to this MBA program from the private sector, the non-profit sector and government jobs
 
Private Sector (80%)
 
Non-profit (8%)
 
Government (12%)


Description of MBA Program: 

The Donahue Graduate School of Business at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, prepares responsible leaders who are capable of transforming organizations, communities and the world.  We challenge our students to reach their full potential, reflecting our university’s century-long commitment to ethics and service, excellence and innovation.  



Among the elite five percent of graduate business schools accredited by AACSB-International, Duquesne was among the first 100 endorsers of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). The Donahue School offers contemporary and managerially relevant graduate programs to meet the needs of full-time students and working professionals.



Duquesne’s full-time program is a one-year MBA that explicitly focuses on managing social, environmental and financial capital for prosperity today, without compromising resources for tomorrow.  This selective, accelerated MBA Sustainability integrates rigorous coursework in all business disciplines with global best practices in resource management.  The 45-credit curriculum features an innovative delivery model with core sustainability courses, live consulting projects, team teaching, cross-functional case studies, professional development coaching, and international study trips.  



Practical problem solving consulting engagements – a sustainability project and a hands-on practicum – anchor the MBA Sustainability program. Students make immediate impact by solving real world problems such as calculating carbon footprints, identifying new product risks, measuring ROI from “green” initiatives, developing strategic plans, and designing waste reduction and zero waste initiatives.  Clients include multi-national corporations, regional businesses, government officials, and not-for-profit organizations.  Student resources for managing the consulting engagements include faculty mentors from Duquesne’s business and professional schools; leaders from business, government and not-for-profit organizations; and technical advisors from our Centers for Applied Ethics, Environmental Research and Education, and Small Business Development.



MBA Sustainability students examine multiple stakeholder perspectives throughout the curriculum.  Early in the program, they take Applied Ethics and learn a framework for future decision-making. They hone problem-solving skills in Design and Systems Thinking simulations and apply those cutting-edge techniques for triple bottom line accountability in the project experiences, service learning case studies, and problem-solving idea cafes with practitioners.  While taking foundation courses in marketing, finance, accounting, data management and economics, students apply business fundamentals to assignments for Environmental Science and Sustainability Topics.  Social and environmental responsibility themes recur in Public Affairs, Organizational Behavior, Value Chain and Operations, Marketing, Strategy, and Leading Change Management courses.



The MBA Sustainability curriculum also features two international excursions to inspect social, environmental and financial management practices and customs in Europe, Asia and South America, and students take Global Economics at a partnering university abroad.



Duquesne’s traditional evening MBA program also exemplifies Duquesne's holistic approach to integrating ethics, corporate governance and resource management.  Students take core courses in Applied Ethics, Public Affairs Management, Understanding the Value Chain and Managing a Diverse Workforce.  Evening MBA students address social and environmental responsibility through case studies and class projects in electives.



MBA students at Duquesne interface regularly with international thought leaders, corporate executives and alumni advisors at our annual sustainability symposium, executive speaker series, ideas cafes and ethics luncheons. They are active members of Net Impact, Evergreen and the Donahue Business Society and participate in internal and external MBA Competitions.  Our Sustainability Fellows, Peace Corps Fellows and Graduate Assistants support faculty research projects and co-author papers for presentation and publication.

 



How does the MBA program 'walk the talk' of social and environmental impact?: 

RECOGNIZING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Duquesne’s academic sustainability committee has faculty representatives from all schools on campus, student groups, and administration.  

Duquesne completed its first bi-annual greenhouse gas emissions inventory in 2007, becoming one of a few universities in Pennsylvania to conduct this very comprehensive analysis.

Linking Sustainability to Business Goals

Duquesne’s MBA Sustainability infuses financial, social and environmental responsibility into the hard-skills MBA classes. This approach reflects the University’s conviction that business education needs to anticipate the cutting-edge challenges facing companies. It teaches the next generation of leaders that businesses can be profitable, competitive and enduring when they are mindful of their responsibilities in social and environmental areas.

The faculty team that developed the MBA Sustainability program received the prestigious Page Prize for "best United States submission of an environmental sustainability curriculum" in January 2009. The award recognizes efforts to expose business students to state-of-the-art environmental sustainability knowledge.

Researching the Environment

The Center for Environmental Research and Education (CERE) provides multidisciplinary education that prepares students for careers in current and emerging areas of environmental science. Research conducted by CERE spans both the natural and social sciences, extending to grant-funded outreach efforts in such areas as:

• habitat enhancement

• preservation of biodiversity

• storm water management and

• climate initiatives.

CERE is home to the Masters of Science in Environmental Science and Management program (MSESM), two professional certificate programs, a B.S. degree, a minor, and numerous joint undergraduate and graduate programs.

CLEAN ENERGY SUSTAINS AN URBAN CAMPUS

Duquesne University's campus relies 100% on clean energy through a combination of energy generation and renewable energy purchasing. The University has received multiple EPA awards. Its newest facility, the Power Center, has earned LEED Silver Rating.  

Duquesne’s facility personnel convene a sustainability committee integrating campus operations, maintenance, facilities, administration and interested faculty.

Generating Electricity

For over a decade, Duquesne University has generated the bulk of its own electricity with a clean-burning natural gas turbine located at the heart of campus. This cogeneration plant produces approximately 85% of the power used to light, heat and cool the University’s facilities. It is Pennsylvania’s first approved generation system for creating Alternative Energy Credits and the first academic institution in the state to receive the EPA’s Energy Star Combined Heat and Power Award.

The University purchases the remainder of its energy needs from renewable sources. This combination of energy generation and renewable energy purchasing led  to its 100% reliance on clean energy. The EPA recognized Duquesne University for two consecutive years as the Individual Conference Champion for purchasing more green power than any other school in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Cooling with Ice

The installation of a highly efficient cooling system that relies on ice is the first of its kind in a Pittsburgh academic institution. The process begins by creating ice in 28 massive storage tanks. The ice then melts, creating chilled fluid that is pumped across campus and cools multiple buildings. By creating the ice at night, the University reduces its peak energy demand. As Duquesne does its part to ease the strain on the power grid, other consumers’ needs can be more easily met and utility companies are able to increase capacity, ultimately lessening the need for new power plants.

In the belief that every person impacts the campus environment, Duquesne has encouraged individual responsibility by partnering with student groups to promote behavior change and intensify recycling efforts. The University advances a greener economy by supporting the purchase of environmentally friendly products. Currently, over 80% of cleaning products used on campus fit this category.

The University’s sustainability report offers an overview of other efforts that improve the environmental quality of our operations.

ENGAGING A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY

Duquesne University transforms students into leaders who are distinguished not only by their intellectual achievement and professional skills, but also by their ethics and responsibility to society.

Community engagement, service and outreach are required and integral parts of the college experience at Duquesne. Each year about 8,000 Duquesne students, faculty and staff volunteer over 209,800 hours. Students promote sustainable communities, green living and environmental awareness by working in:

•    Charities, social agencies and human services

•    Public safety, education and wellness programs

•    Neighborhood beautification efforts

•    Small business development

The Carnegie Foundation selected Duquesne University as one of 119 institutions nationwide to carry the Community Engagement Classification for curricular engagement and outreach and partnerships.

In 2009, the Corporation for National and Community Service named Duquesne to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the third consecutive year.

Keeping Neighborhoods Bright

Duquesne students are actively engaged in promoting green living and environmental awareness through monthly cleanups in the Greater Hill District, Uptown, and South Side communities close to Duquesne.

MBA Sustainability students work each semester on case studies with corporate and non-profit partners to evaluate sustainability practices and recommend possible improvements. Corporate, not-for-profit and governmental  partnerships have included:

• Alcoa

• Westinghouse Nuclear

• Bayer

• PPG Industries

• FedEx

• PNC Bank

• Pittsburgh Zoo

• Carnegie Museum

• Pennsylvania Environmental Council

• City of Pittsburgh

Classroom Studies Help Sustain Community Members

Duquesne's school-based research partnerships and service learning courses enrich students' academic experience while providing services for community members.

Students and faculty help small business and social service organizations expand or improve health, education and human services. The students gain as much--or more--from the experience of community service as they give to others.

To find more on our campus sustainability efforts: http://www.duq.edu/sustainability/
 

Academic Department

Course Name: Advanced Accounting: Measures and Controls
Instructor: Sharon Green

An effective manager in today's business world possesses a broad knowledge base. Included in this is an understanding of analytical tools that are commonly used to assess the impact of strategic decisions on the operating performance of an organization. Particular attention is paid to internal financial reporting and the role it plays in providing useful information to decision makers. Examples of the types of decisions covered include breakeven and incremental analysis, product pricing, accepting or rejecting a special order and keeping or replacing equipment. Although the primary focus is on the financial impacts of these decisions, ethical, economic and behavioral relationships are also emphasized throughout the course. Case studies including environmental and sustainable business opportunities were presented, discussed and turned in as assignments.

Course Name: Advanced Financial Problems
Instructor: Tom Nist

Case study:

Analysis of environmental, reputation and regulatory risks through an emerging sustainable business problem. Strategic alternatives must be developed and assessed.

Course Name: Applied Business Ethics
Instructor: David Wasieleski

Ethics and social impact management were the primary focus of the Applied Business Ethics course. Multiple ethical theories were applied to case studies and current news events to expose students to the ethical decision making process. One course project had students select a business situation from their own work experience, or choose a current news item, and apply the learned ethical theories and decision making process to the ethical dilemma in question.

Ethics theories including utilitarianism, Kantian ethics, and enlightened egoism were applied during in-class exercises such as “Split the Pig.” During this project, students were asked to act in the role of tribal chief and dole out the spoils of a hunt, justifying their choice with one of the ethical theories learned during the course. Cognitive Moral Development of business decision makers was also a topic of discussion. Ethical dilemmas were tied to the role of ethics in the corporate environment and the impact of the corporation on society.

Course Name: Brand Marketing
Instructor: Maryellen Kelly

The General Objectives of the Brand Marketing course are:

1 To help students understand the various ways in which brand management began and is conducted in the contemporary marketing environment;

2 To provide contemporary information about the social, economic, political, technological, and environmental challenges which promote and/or hinder the marketing and management of brands; and

3 To examine brand management as a career.

Course Name: Cases in Finance
Instructor: Thomas McCue

The course is fundamentally an advanced course in corporate finance. As such, the primary focus of the course is the application of finance tools to corporate problems presented in the cases. In the Gulf Oil, John Case and Eskimo Pie cases, the issues of corporate governance emerge. In the Gulf Oil case the issue raised involves the possibility of a leveraged buyout and the questions surrounding the right price given the information asymmetries inherent in the corporate structure. There is a fundamental ethical question about the “right” price for management to pay for a company when they, in fact, have more information than the shareholders. This is less of an issue in the John Case case study, since the firm is privately held. A point elaborated in contrast to the Gulf Oil case. Eskimo Pie raises the issue of management as a stakeholder in a proposed sale.

The focus of the class is primarily on finance. Social responsibility is discussed in the context of corporate governance. Sustainable finance is explored in the context of capital structure and how a firm can raise capital in a manner that will allow them to exist as long as possible. As markets change and technology intrudes, the firm must have the flexibility to address those issues. A debt ridden capital structure limits that ability.

Course Name: Economics and Data Analysis
Instructor: Matt Marlin

SMBA 516 / 517

Economics / Advanced Data Analysis

Matt Marlin

This course explores economics, the global impact of business, and ethics of markets through various in-class discussions, projects, and readings. Topics include the fairness of trade deficits, China’s currency float, market imperfection, and economic development in lesser developed countries, as well as the implications of these issues on business. The economics portion of this course addresses the ethics of protectionism compared to free markets. Students read The Travels of a T-shirt in a Global Economy to get a broader viewpoint of the economic model of the textile industry, and the changes that occur as countries’ economies transition from agriculture to industry. Class discussions included a debate as to whether the development of lesser development countries was actually sustainable.

One portion of the students’ final project explores the statistical correlation between corruption and development indicators. Students also learned about the idea of trade-offs and opportunity costs through Bjorn Lomborg’s book Cool It. This book spurred discussions about efficiency and cost effective strategies for combating world problems like global warming, poverty, and hunger, and the trade-offs inherent in each strategy.

Some themes of social responsibility discussed in this course were sweatshops, the liberation of women from the farm through the textile industry, self sufficiency, and the purpose of an economy. Different strains of capitalism were compared and contrasted; nation building in Japan versus social fabric construction in Europe versus consumption in the United States. The class explored transparency through the study of markets and market failure due to imperfect information. The Undercover Economist was used to illustrate the idea that capitalism is the ultimate transparent system and markets are ethical, since the capitalistic “world of truth” ultimately communicates the desires of a population to businesses.

Course Name: Entrepreneurship
Instructor: Maryellen Kelly

To help students understand the various ways in which individuals begin, conduct and conclude an entrepreneurial enterprise;

To provide contemporary information about the social, economic, political, technological, and environmental challenges which promote and/or hinder an entrepreneurial enterprise; and

To connect students with an array of local, regional, national and international Entrepreneurship resources.

Course Name: Environmental Management
Instructor: Edward Moretti

This course looks at how organizations manage their environmental aspects, impacts, and obligations. Students will come to recognize the context for, and develop a broad understanding of, the various disciplines involved with managing environmental issues from the perspectives of both regulated industries and governmental agencies. Students will develop an understanding of environmental management systems and will improve their analytical and problem solving skills in the environmental management area.

Course Name: Environmental Science
Instructor: Stan Kabala, Michael Tobin

Environmental science is the study of the interaction between humans and the environment and how humans have changed and are changing the environment. As such, environmental science is distinct from and broader than the field of Ecology, which is the branch of basic science that studies the relationships between living organisms and their environment. The unique contribution of ecology to science in general and environmental science in particular is its stress on the interdependence and connectedness of physical and biological systems.

Environmental science is interdisciplinary because the human role on the earth is complex, and to understand it requires looking at issue through different “lenses.” As a result, environmental science draws on ecology, biology, chemistry, physics, geology, economics, politics, sociology, philosophy, technology, and ethics. Environmental science encompasses both theory and application. It is theoretical, in the sense that it, like all branches of science, studies the world from observation and experience, using to the extent possible, a formalized, methodical process. At the same time, it is an applied science, in that it deals with the practical use of scientific knowledge and method— what we can technology—to create products and processes by using energy to transform matter

The course will employ lectures, reading, discussion, and exercises to enable students to:

• recognize the complex array of fact and theory that comprises the multi-disciplinary

field known as environmental science;

• understand the human health and environmental issues related to human population growth, natural resource use, and economic activity, and;

• recognize the information needed to incorporate human health and environmental

considerations into business decisions.

Course Name: Financial Accounting
Instructor: Robert Kollar

While primarily a foundational course in financial accounting, this course also incorporated topics of ethics and sustainable finance. In-class discussions explored the Sarbanes-Oxley requirements borne out of the ethical failures at companies like Enron. The duty of companies to produce financial statements that present an accurate portrayal of the financial condition and operating performance of the company was linked to ethical decision making in business. The necessity for transparency in financial reporting was emphasized.

Students completed an annual report project that involved financial analysis of a chosen company. This project gave students insight into what contributes to the financial sustainability of a company. In-class discussions and homework assignments on the topic of ratio analysis further helped students understand the components that make for a financially sustainable enterprise. Writing assignments addressing the Andrew Savitz book, Triple Bottom Line, integrated social and environmental considerations into the accounting subject material.

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Germany-Brussels Spring 2011 Trip
Type: Study Abroad
Date: February, 2011

Cologne – Brussels Trip

Spring, 2011

The Cologne, Germany trip will be highlighted by a planned visit to Bayer, a global leader in Healthcare, Crop Science and Materials Science. Bayer maintains its USA headquarters in Pittsburgh and has been an important partner with Duquesne University for many years. Bayer will offer us an extensive headquarters tour and describe their strategic commitment to sustainable business practices around the world.

We are also planning to visit RWE, one of the largest energy utilities in the carbon regulated European Union. RWE is also the former owner of Consol Energy. RWE is a major trader of carbon credits and has an active product development program with industry focused on delivering clean and efficient electric power to support, for example, electric vehicle development.

We will also visit Cologne Business School, a partner of the Donahue Graduate School of Business and sponsor of an academic conference on sustainable business in their region of Germany. Faculty lectures and a case study project with CBS students are planned as a part of our visit.

Finally, while in Germany, we will take the high speed ICE train from Cologne to Wolfsburg to visit the Volkswagen headquarters. There, we will tour the VW museum and plant and visit with one of their sustainability product planners to discuss clean energy efforts (clean diesel and electric) as well as their product recycling programs and plans.

At the end of our trip, we will travel via train to Brussels to visit the European Union Parliament and hear a speaker on economic and environmental policy.

Sustainability as a Key Driver for Innovation in Multinational Mktg
Date: August, 2010

Sustainability as a Key Driver for Innovation in Multi-national Marketing – Dr. John Skabardonis outlined the complex stakeholder issues that inform corporate sustainability at Bayer MaterialScience. From his perspective as Polycarbonates Marketing Manager and member of the corporate sustainability council, he explained how BMS seeks a balanced triple bottom line through innovative materials, efficient manufacturing processes, waste reduction, and cross-functional teamwork. (August 2010)

Idea Cafe Workshops and Guest Speakers
Type: Speakers and Workshops
Date: September, 2010

Design/Systems Thinking Workshop – This one-day session, held early in the academic year and facilitated by Greg Warman of ExperiencePoint, featured an interactive problem-solving simulation using IDEO™ design thinking methodology. Through a live case study, students practiced applied systems thinking to develop a deep understanding of the technological, human, environmental and economic factors that influence value creation and return on investment. This workshop gave students a proven framework and took kit for addressing emerging challenges of resource depletion, social inequality and financial uncertainty and served as a foundation for creative problem solving in the core sustainability consulting courses. (September 2010)

Career Opportunities for the Sustainability Minded
Date: January, 2011

Shawn Graham, author of Courting Your Career, provided resources for finding green business jobs and proven suggestions for preparing resumes, cover letters and job search strategies.

Entrepreneurism Idea Cafe: Servicing South American Clients
Date: January, 2011

Entrepreneurism Idea Café: Case Study on Servicing South American Clients - Nelson Cano, Principal, Cima Software Solutions, hosted students for a case study on providing technology solutions for managing documents and workflow. Emphasis was on applied problem solving and the cultural implications of doing business in South America.

Idea Cafe Workshop and Guest Speakers
Date: November, 2010

Green Marketing Idea Café – Students met with PNC Bank executives Karen Larrimer, Chief Marketing Officer, and Benson Gabler, Manager of Corporate Sustainability, to examine the research and analysis behind development of a communication strategy for PNC’s corporate sustainability commitment, including PNC’s claim of “more constructed certified green buildings than any company on earth.” PNC executives solicited student suggestions for strengthening the company’s image as an environmental leader while avoiding the risks of “green washing” and underscored the importance of transparency when reporting social and environmental results. (November 2010)

Measuring Environmental Impacts
Date: January, 2011

Measuring Environmental Impacts - Cary Krosinsky, Senior Vice President, Trucost, provided insight to trends in measuring environmental impacts via monitoring of supply chains of 4,200 global public companies and a growing number of private companies. He offered suggestions for utilizing TruCost’s U.S. database for research for the student consulting projects and explained how Trucost data was used to develop Newsweek’s Green Ranking of the 500 largest United States companies and the 100 largest Global companies. (January 2011)

Sustainability: The Changing Ground Rules
Type: Symposium
Date: November, 2010

On November 3, 2010, the fourth annual Beard symposium "Sustainability: The Changing Ground Rules" was held at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh. It was a successful event with 200 corporate, government and academic participants in attendance. The sustainability revolution has introduced a new set of ground rules where compliance is no longer enough. There are competing priorities such as resource depletion, governmental regulations, community obligations, employee relations and global pressures, which can all affect the bottom line. To stay competitive in the 21st century, CEOs must embrace a new set of ground rules that considers environmental, financial, ethical and social concerns.

Idea Cafe Workshop
Date: February, 2011

Leading Change Idea Café - Tammie Potvin, principal, and Steven Prader, practice manager, hosted a working session on motivating employees to change habits at Deloitte Consulting’s Pittsburgh headquarters. The session focused on the need to build a business case for sustainable change and offered a model for managing the socio-emotional issues that often undermine success.

New Frontiers in Corporate and Citizen Diplomacy
Date: October, 2010

New Frontiers in Corporate & Citizen Diplomacy Seminar – In conjunction with the Pittsburgh Citizen Diplomacy Summit, Cari Guittard, Executive Director of Business for Diplomatic Action and adjunct professor at the Annenberg School for Communications, University of Southern California, was featured speaker at an MBA lecture hosted by Duquesne University. Graduate students were encourage to be “five tool corporate diplomats” – intellectual capital, psychological capital, social capital, passion, and discretion – when doing business abroad or responding to global challenges. (October 2010)

Project Management Methodology Workshop
Type: Workshop
Date: August, 2011

Project Management Methodology Workshop - Adam Shaut, Market Development Manager for Product Innovation, provided an overview Alcoa’s corporate commitment to sustainability of products, resources, and operations and explained the methodology that is used to encourage environmental responsibility in all new product initiatives.

Pittsburgh -- An Emerging International Hub for Sustainable Develoment
Date: August, 2010

- Dr. Matthew Mihalik, Program Manager, Sustainable Pittsburgh, provided an overview of major sustainability initiatives in Western Pennsylvania during for program orientation in August 2010.

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Type: Multiple speakers with various dates throughout

2009-10 WORKSHOPS, IDEA CAFÉS AND EXECUTIVE SPEAKERS

Bob Willard, Author, The Sustainability Champion's Guidebook

Commencement 2010: "Sustainability as a Core Operating Value"

Bill O'Rourke, Vice President, Sustainability and Environment, Health and Safety, Alcoa

Commencement 2010: "Be informed champions for social and environmental stewardship!"

Marc Mathieu, (former) Senior VP of Global Brand Marketing, Coca-Cola

Topic: "Live Positively," Coca-Cola's Sustainability Platform (organized by sMBA student in collaboration with Sustainable Pittsburgh)

Monica Gorman, Ph.D., Senior Director of Corporate Responsibility and International Trade Compliance, American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

Idea Café: Factory Outsourcing, Labor Relations and CSR

Bob Kumpf, Chief Administrative Officer, Bayer Material Science

Roundtable Discussion: Career Opportunities for MBAs with Expertise in Sustainability

Terry Gallagher, President, Amrop Battalia Winston

Career Planning Workshop

Brad Johnson and Richard McLaughlin, Practice Managers, Deloitte

Idea Café: Live case study on steel industry challenges

Louis D. Astorino, FAIA, CEO and Chairman of Astorino Architectural Design

Topic: The Business Case for Building Green

Scott Lammie, CFO, Senior Vice President of UPMC Insurance Services

Roundtable Discussion: Healthcare Financial and Patient Care Outlook

Karen Larrimer, Chief Marketing Officer, PNC Financial Services

Topic: The Marketing Role in For-profit Service Industries

Adam Shaut, Market Development Manager for Product Innovation, Alcoa

Topic: New product development projects

Cara Mercil, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, BNY Mellon

Topic: Challenges of CSR Reporting

Larry Basilone, CEO, Basilone Recruiting

Topic: Career Forecasts for Environmentally Conscious Capitalists

Sustainability Networking Forum

The School of Business is planning a Sustainability Networking Forum and Reception with client companies and students scheduled for March 23, 2011 in the Power Center Ballroom. This initiative is representative of sustainability and environmental stewardship efforts of the School of Business. The participating organizations will explain the kinds of sustainability projects their organizations have available. Many universities in the region will participate and network with executives present at their tables and multi university students. This event was also held in 2010.

The Beard Institute
Business School Housing? Yes
Number of Faculty: 3
Contact Name: James Byrne
Contact Email: byrnej@duq.edu

In the fall of 2009, the Palumbo Donahue School of Business expanded the focus of the Beard Center for Leadership in Ethics. Named for its benefactor Eugene P. Beard, the Beard Institute focuses on the importance of business ethics, responsible financial management and sustainability in the global marketplace.

The nature of business has grown increasingly complex and global over the last few decades. Organizations face competing priorities and managers must make ethical decisions on a daily basis. In addition, the growth of globalization, urbanization, social and economic disparities, as well as a strained resource supply, has caused the growth of the sustainability movement. Finally, the financial scandals over the past decade, including the 2008 financial crisis and recession, have brought the importance of responsible financial management to the public's attention.

The Beard Institute advocates that the bottom line is affected by the way an organization treats the community, environment and society as a whole.

The Center for Environmental Research and Education
Business School Housing? No
Number of Faculty: 3
Contact Name: John Stolz
Contact Email: stolz@duq.edu

The Center for Environmental Research and Education (CERE) provides multidisciplinary education that prepares students for careers in current and emerging areas of environmental science. Research conducted by CERE spans both the natural and social sciences, extending to grant-funded outreach efforts in such areas as:

habitat enhancement,

preservation of biodiversity,

storm water management and

climate initiatives.

Duquesne University’s second Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, conducted by the Center for Environmental Research and Education in the Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, shows a decrease in the University’s carbon footprint, despite a physical growth in campus and an increase in the student body.

Small Business Development Center
Business School Housing? Yes
Number of Faculty: 5
Contact Name: Mary McKinney
Contact Email: mckinney@duq.edu

"The Duquesne SBDC provides consulting services and educational programs to entrepreneurs looking to start or grow a small business in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, and Lawrence countries. (Environmental and International Programs service a wider range of counties)From helping aspiring entrepreneurs turn ideas into businesses, to helping small firms expand, to providing the information every business person needs to make critical decisions, the SBDC is the resource entrepreneurs in all industry sectors can turn to for help - help that can make the difference between success and failure.

Through our consulting services and training workshops we can provide education in the following areas:

Accounting and basic recordkeeping

Advertising and sales promotion

Business organization structuring

Business planning

Business registration and licensing

Business taxes

Energy efficiency and waste minimization

Environmental management strategies

Export Basics

Financial planning and cash-flow analysis

Finding sources of financing for environmental upgrades

General business management

Health and safety requirements

Marketing strategy and market research

New technology development

Personnel recruitment, benefits, and policies

Strategic direction and planning

"

Donahue Business Society

Throughout year, the Donahue School of Business sponsors networking events with alumni, friends of the school, faculty and staff, providing opportunities for MBA students to learn about careers in Western Pennsylvania and connect with Duquesne network of over 70,000 alumni, 10,000 students and nearly 900 full and part-time employees. The society also offers a distinguished speaker series, covering topics from the Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill, the Economic Recovery, and Technology. Each Spring, the group hosts an alumni dinner which pays tribute to a distinguished alumni.

Net Impact

Members of Net Impact have played a pivotal role in launching recycling programs for food, paper and electronics on campus since the club was chartered in 2006. The club’s primary focus during 2010-2011 year was to develop an action plan for transitioning Duquesne toward becoming a Net Zero Campus. The chapter is making progress with campus-wide paper saving initiatives, programmable thermostats, occupancy sensors, additional composting/recycling bins, and implementing school-wide sustainability standards. Another 2010-11 effort is partnering with dining services provider, Aramark, to become a more sustainable enterprise. Recently, Net Impact was the impetus for eliminating Styrofoam plates and cups and replacing them with compostable and recyclable paper and plastic service ware and implements. Net Impact is also collaborating with law students, environmental groups, and the student government association to introduce organic and cage-free options in the school’s cafeterias and catering operations.

The club’s leadership participates in the University Academic Sustainability Committee which brings together school deans, faculty and students to plan university-wide strategic initiatives. Through this forum, Net Impact participated in creating a “green scorecard” for the University, advancing sustainability curricula development across ten schools of studied, and fostering faculty and student research in sustainability.

This past fall, 18 members of Duquesne University s Net Impact chapter attended the 2010 Net Impact conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan. During this conference, students interfaced with 2500 MBA students from other schools and attended workshops and speaker events with sustainability thought leaders including Gary Hirshberg, CEO of Stonyfield Farms, William McDonough, author of Cradle to Cradle, and Stuart Hart, co-author of Bottom of the Pyramid. Members of the club pursued interests related to their coursework and consulting projects by attending breakout sessions.

Corporate Sustainability: Historical Development and Reporting Practices
Author(s): Seleshi Sisaye

Corporate sustainability has evolved to mitigate the cost of neglecting environmental and social issues. The environmental program safeguards the environment from industrial pollution and resources degradation. The social component recognizes corporations' responsibility in promoting the well being of citizens and society. We argue that social and environmental objectives become part of the metrics of corporate performance and accountability along with economic objectives of profitability. We suggest that corporations develop, implement and monitor standardized indicators of social and environmental performance to avoid future unplanned consequences that will impact citizens, investors, consumers, and society at large.

Journal Title: Management Research Review Volume: Edition: Page Numbers:
Interest Rate Manipulation, Environmental Damage and Loss Valuation
Author(s): Risa Kumazawa

The damage generated by Hurricane Katrina caused significant private as well as social costs. The water and force from the hurricane and subsequent flooding caused immediate property damage, but also potential environmental contamination over time. The decision on the part of property owners affected by Katrina to deal with damaged property must take into account both the private and social costs. This paper explores this decision making process using a real-options model. In particular, we focus on the element of time preference in this decision. We analyze the impact that changes in monetary policy, and ultimately the discount rate, have on the decision to repair or rebuild a property damaged by flooding. According to the theory, rising interest rates would suggest a greater propensity to defer the option to rebuild damaged properties, whereas falling interest rates cause property owners to reach the decision to rebuild properties relatively more quickly. ISSN: 1932-9156

Journal Title: Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis Volume: Edition: Page Numbers:
Payday Effects: An Examination of Trader Behavior within Evaluation Periods
Author(s): Ryan Garvey

Security firms typically link trader compensation to performance. We examine how this influences traders to allocate their trading activities over time. Traders employed at a U.S. broker-dealer trade more actively on their last day of trading in a monthly evaluation period. Self-employed traders, who trade on their own behalf, do not exhibit this behavior. Employed traders intensify their trading at the very last moment in order to increase their ensuing compensation payout. We label this behavior the payday effect. The payday effect is not driven by a change in market trading conditions, or due to traders possessing more information. Instead, we show that this behavior is highly dependent upon a trader's cumulative income within the performance evaluation period.

Journal Title: Journal of Behavioral Finance Volume: Edition: Page Numbers:
Socially responsible modeling: a stakeholder approach to the implementation of ethical modeling in operations research
Author(s): Virginia Gerde

common dilemma for modelers in operations research (OR) involves how to construct ethically sensitive models. Concern for ethical modeling has recently become more widespread in the OR literature. Arguably, however, this concern has not manifested into concrete frameworks for analyzing models. This paper presents an approach from the organizational ethics field for evaluating models. After first reviewing the state of ethics in OR--its relevance and current applications--a stakeholder framework for evaluating the social performance of the model is presented. Stakeholder theory is effective for assessing the impacts of models in use. The normative core underlying this theory addresses the ethical concerns in decision support systems and provides a prescriptive solution to ethical issues in modeling.

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The Effect of the Kyoto Protocol On Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Author(s): Risa Kumazawa

In this paper, we investigate the impact of the Kyoto Protocol on world emissions of a greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide. We use a large unbalanced panel data consisting of 177 countries from 1980 to 2006. The key finding of this paper is that there are structural breaks in the data that demonstrate the effects of the international agreement. While carbon dioxide emissions declined for industrialized (Annex B) countries since the signing of the international agreement, the effect of income per capita is much larger during these years. However in the same period, the effect of industrial production has declined not just for industrialized countries but for developing countries as well. The results are robust to the exclusion of the US and Australia as Annex B countries since they had not ratified the protocol by 2006. ISSN: 1938-9744 (electronic before print edition)

Journal Title: Journal Of Economics And Finance Volume: Edition: Page Numbers:
Unlocking knowledge transfer potential: Knowledge demonstrability and superordinate social identity.
Author(s): Aimee Kane

This study presents a conceptual model of when and how knowledge demonstrability and superordinate social identity impact the likelihood that organizations capitalize on their knowledge resources. To test the model, an experimental methodology was used in which a member transfers from one group to another, transmitting knowledge in the form of a production routine. As predicted, work groups unlocked the knowledge transfer potential arising from personnel movement more often when they shared a superordinate identity than when they did not share such an identity, and this identity effect was moderated by knowledge demonstrability. When knowledge was less demonstrable with concealed merits, it was more likely to transfer between groups that shared a superordinate identity, compared to groups that did not share such an identity. By contrast, when knowledge was more demonstrable with apparent merits, it was as likely to transfer between groups that shared a superordinate identity compared to groups that did not share such an identity. As predicted, superordinate identity induced knowledge consideration, the focusing of group attention on determining the value of another's knowledge. Mediated moderation analyses revealed that this process underlies knowledge transfer. Superordinate social identity induced thorough knowledge consideration, which was more important for recognizing the value of knowledge when its merits were concealed rather than apparent. Because the merits of many organizational routines and practices are concealed and superordinate identity appears to be a key to unlocking the knowledge transfer potential of less demonstrable knowledge, this study has important implications for managing knowledge resources. ISSN 1047-7039

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