Ideas Worth Teaching is an initiative developed by the Business & Society Program within the Aspen Institute designed to draw attention to important new ideas about the role of business in creating a sustainable, inclusive society.  Through a weekly e-digest and an annual awards program for visionary teaching within the business school, the initiative provides tools, resources and inspiration for faculty preparing the next generation of business leaders.

Award winners are selected from a highly competitive pool of nominations by Aspen Institute staff in consultation with academic advisors:

  • Regina Abrami - Director of the Lauder Institute’s Global Program and Head of its International Studies faculty at the University of Pennsylvania

  • Bruce Buchanan – C.W. Nichols Professor of Business Ethics; New York University Stern School of Business

  • Michael Bzdak – Global Director, Employee Engagement, Global Community Impact; Johnson & Johnson

  • Andrew Hoffman – Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise; University of Michigan Ross School of Business

  • Nicole Lindsay - Chief Operating Officer of Sustainability and the Center for the Inclusive Growth; Mastercard

To support Ideas Worth Teaching and our work bringing visibility to the new rules of business, please consider making a donation to Aspen BSP.

 

The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program (Aspen BSP), founded in 1998, works with business executives and scholars to align business decisions and investments with the long-term health of society—and the planet. Through carefully designed networks, working groups and focused dialogue, the Program identifies and inspires thought leaders and “intrapreneurs” to challenge conventional ideas about capitalism and markets, to test new measures of business success and to connect classroom theory and business practice. The Business and Society Program is most known for the First Movers Fellowship, for dialogue on curbing short-termism in business and capital markets, and for fresh thinking about the Purpose of the corporation. For more information, visit www.aspenbsp.org.

 

The Aspen Institute is a global nonprofit organization committed to realizing a free, just, and equitable society. Founded in 1949, the Institute drives change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve the most important challenges facing the United States and the world. Headquartered in Washington, DC, the Institute has a campus in Aspen, Colorado, and an international network of partners. For more information, visit www.aspeninstitute.org.