Students have access to people who are a part of their journey, leaders in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. The Rustandy Center is a dynamic resource for classes, research, and programs for Booth students, alumni, faculty, business, and nonprofit leaders, impact investors, and social entrepreneurs – anyone committed to making our world more equitable and sustainable. Students are deeply involved in hands-on community and economic development projects in collaboration with partners in Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.Įven if you do not go directly into a social impact career after graduation, you can apply the principles of social impact in the corporate sector or as a member of a nonprofit board. The capstone of our social entrepreneurship program, the John Edwardson, ’72, Social New Venture Challenge, has jump-started dozens of new companies, including BallotReady, bringing voter information to nine million people across the US, and AIM Clinics, delivering autism therapy to children in rural communities across the country. They are researching how accurately US companies measure their CSR. Our faculty and alumni are exploring the delivery of life-saving malaria prevention equipment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Rustandy Center is the social impact hub for people committed to helping solve complex social and environmental problems.

With our global reach, we provide insights from research and hands-on learning opportunities around the world. You’d be hard-pressed to find an investor or a business leader who isn’t thinking about ESG – from climate change and sustainability to diversity and community engagement.įrom our home in Chicago, we combine Booth’s discipline-based approach to business education with research and experience-based learning in one of the world’s most exciting cities. Whether you enter the private or public sector, we believe doing good is worth doing well.Įvery day, employees, customers, partners, students, and society as a whole remind us of the urgency of social responsibility – whether in companies or in enhancing the outcomes of nonprofits. Now, Booth’s Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation is equipping MBA students with business fundamentals, backed by research, and focused on broader questions about financial and social impact. Fifty years ago, UChicago economist Milton Friedman famously declared that the primary responsibility of business was to its shareholders. How does a company build a sustainability strategy that weighs short and long-term tradeoffs and the risks of acting or failing to act? As the world grapples with climate change, students at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business are tackling one company’s ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) challenges through the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Social Impact Practicum.

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