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“M.B.A. Track: Recruiters Seek M.B.A.s Trained in Responsibilty”

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Posted by Libraries, February 08, 2006
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Ronald Alsop, The Wall Street Journal, 12/13/05, Vol. 246, Issue 128, p. B6

Many employers today are seeking college graduates who demonstrate much more than savvy business sense. There has been a renewed emphasis on the idea of social responsibility as an indispensable aspect of fair corporate practice. To that end, many companies now sponsor volunteering and other charitable service opportunities for their employees. This new trend is very much a hands-on approach to understanding and implementing social responsibility. In a more global sense, social responsibility is also being emphasized in terms of ensuring and maintaining safe, humane, and legal working conditions in overseas manufacturing facilities.

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