Conducted in the last months of 2008 by Net Impact in partnership with the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education, “New Leaders, New Perspectives: A Survey of MBA Opinions on the Relationship Between Business and Social/Environmental Issues,” gathered the opinions of 1,850 MBA students, representing over 80 graduate business programs.
Interesting findings included:
90% of today’s graduate students blame a focus in business on short-term rather than long-term results as one of the contributing factors to the global financial crisis
Less than a third of respondents think that corporations are working towards the betterment of society (31%)
Yet, they definitely believe that the for-profit sector should play a role in addressing social and environmental issues (88%) and that being responsible leads to corporate profits (77%)
