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Social Impact & Responsible Leadership Course Specialization
At Kellogg we aim to inspire and equip business leaders to create positive, significant and sustainable impact in the world.
The Social Impact & Responsible Leadership Academic Specialization is designed for students who want to create positive social change across their careers. The course offerings recognize that social impact and responsible leadership will come throughout the career and will take many varied forms.
Faculty sponsors: David A. Matsa (Finance) and Klaus Weber (Management & Organizations).
1. Foundations
- Social Change Essentials: Methods, Money, and Partnerships: SSIM-957-5
- Quantifying Social Return: Tools for Impact, Corporate and Nonprofit Investments: SSIM-948-0
- Ethics & Leadership: PACT-460-0
2. Specialized Professional Toolkits
Impact Driven Organizations
- Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector: SSIM-950-0
- Strategy and Renewal in Established Nonprofits: STRT-931-5
- Board Governance of Non-Profit Organizations: SSIM-455-5
- Operations for Social Impact: OPNS-951-0
EXPERIENTIAL
- Social Innovation Practicum: SSIM-452-0
- Advanced Board Governance: SSIM-471-5
Corporate Sustainability & Impact
- Value Creation through Sustainability: Managing the Corporate Transformation: SSIM-938-0
- Managing Firms For Shareholders and Society: FINC-484-5
- How to Navigate a Climate Transition: SSIM-947-5
- Corporate Social Innovation: SSIM-917-5
EXPERIENTIAL
- Sustainability Lab: SSIM-636-0
- Abrams Climate Academy: SSIM-621-0, SSIM-622-0, SSIM-623-0
Sustainable & Impact Finance
- Impact Investing and Sustainable Finance: FINC-946-5
- Early Stage Impact Investing: SSIM-940-0
- ESG Investing & Sustainability Reporting: ACCT-459-0
EXPERIENTIAL
- Investing for Community Impact: SSIM-945-0
- GIM: Impact & Sustainable Ventures: INTL-473-0
- Venture Lab: FINC-615-0 & Private Equity Lab: FINC-639-0
Policy & Public Action
- Public Economics: State and Local Policy: PACT-480-0
- Geo-economics: MECN-925-5
- Education Industry: PACT-454-5
- Regulation of Competitive Strategies: BLAW-437-0
- Macroeconomic Policy and Global Capital Markets: FINC-473-0
EXPERIENTIAL
- Mayoral Internship: PACT-699-0
3. Specialized Areas of Impact
Managing People for Impact
- Leadership, Merit, and the Modern Workplace: Leading across Difference - MORS-462-5
- The Science and Strategy of Bias Reduction: MORS-964-5
- Moral Complexity in Leadership: An Exploration through Literature - LDEV-460-0
Climate, Environment & Energy
- What Every MBA Should Know About Climate Change: STRT-959-5
- Climate Impacts: SSIM-960-5
- The Economics of Energy Markets & Environment: STRT-458-0
Sustainability: Climate, Environment & Energy specialization >>
Global Development
- Entrepreneurship and Market Creation in Emerging Markets: ENTR-906-5
- Strategic Challenges in Emerging Markets: STRT-466-0
- Marketing in Emerging Markets: MKTG-965-0
- GIM: Corporate Strategy and Social Performance: INTL-473-0
Health
- Managing Health Care Services in a Value Based Setting: HCAK-951-5
- Healthcare Strategy Consulting Lab: STRT-947-0
- Understanding Healthcare's Global Marketplace: HCAK-928-5
- Medical Technologies in Global Public Health: SSIM-673-5
- Health & Human Rights: SSIM-933-0
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