2022 Year-End Report
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Amazon currently sells 57,136 different books on the topic of leadership. While many of us may read a handful of these books, reading about leadership is not enough to develop a leader. To be a leader, a person must experience and empathize with humankind. Principled leadership seems like a simple idea, but it is only as good as the principles guiding it. We posit that developing principled leaders with the right principles requires a special focus on cultivating empathy through experience. Our hope is that participants in Center programming will engage their emotions as they experience the liberal arts; internalize and think critically about the role individuals and organizations play in developing a Creating a culture of principled leaders By: Nicole Zwieg Daly & Christopher Michaelson
IN THIS REPORT
DIRECTORS' MESSAGE
BOARD OF ADVISORS
FOCUS PROJECTS
THEMATIC PROGRAMMING
OVER THE AIRWAVES
FUTURESPECTIVE
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a diverse, equitable, and inclusive society; and will ultimately choose a path leading to meaningful work for themselves, for others, and for the common good. The Center's mission is to progress from the possibility to the promise of business for the common good. While the common good may seem possible in one of those 57,136 books, it's promise for society is achievable if we educate individuals to experience, empathize and lead with the right principles.
Christopher Michaelson, Ph.D, Distinguished Professor of Principled Leadership & Academic Director
Nicole Zwieg Daly, J.D, Ed.D, CPPM, Adjunct Professor of Business Ethics & Executive Director
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Board of Advisors
We welcome the Center's inaugural Board of Advisors, who officially begin their two-year term on July 1, 2022. The Board of Advisors will serve as premier and essential partners of the Melrose & The Toro Company Center for Principled Leadership sharing their professional expertise; their diverse knowledge and perspectives; and their connections to local, national, or international resources, colleagues and peers.
Laura Dunham, Dean of the Opus College of Business
Peter Frosch, President & Chief Executive Officer Greater MSP
Maija Garcia, Director of Education & Professional Training Guthrie Theater
Michael Garrison, Senior Associate Dean Opus College of Business and Professor of Ethics & Business Law
MayKao Hang, Vice President
Karyn McCoy, Associate Vice President Alumni, Career & Corporate Engagement
Mike Hoffman, retired Chairman & CEO of The Toro Company
Katie Lawler, Senior Vice President & Global Chief Ethics Officer US Bank
Tony Heredia, Senior Vice President
Strategic Initiatives & Founding Dean of the Morrison Family College of Health
Compliance & Ethics Target Corporation
Bit by bit, I came to understand that you lead best by serving the needs of your
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Judson McNeil, President of The Toro Company Foundation
Theresa Ricke-Kiely, Executive Director Center for the Common Good
Hank Shea, Senior Distinguished Fellow St. Thomas School of Law
John Sullivan, Executive Vice President & General Counsel Carlson, Inc.
Yohuru Williams, Distinguished University Chair & Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative
people," Ken Melrose wrote in his 1995 book, Making the Grass Greener on Your Side.
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The Center has three focus projects each specially designed to reach a the Center's themes of leadership and the liberal arts,
The Melrose & The Toro Company Center for Principled Leadership Research Fellows Program provides supplementary financial support to faculty members already engaged in original research projects to amplify their potential to impact business practice as well as academic research and pedagogy. Inaugural Fellows begin their one-year appointment on July 1st. Fellows are required to produce a work product of value to the Twin Cities (and beyond) business community as well as regularly engage with the Center and a target business population(s) of the community. Research projects will connect to the Opus College of Business’ Research Mission and Focus Projects Principled Leadership Research Fellows
Thought Leadership Aspiration on responsible and responsive business: "...The college aspires to be a leading voice in 'responsible and responsive business' – a research focus that explores the responsibility of business to its internal and external stakeholders and that addresses the active, responsive engagement of business in social issues and modern forces impacting society. Responsible and responsive businesses create genuine, long-term value for their stakeholders and the wider societies that host them..."
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stakeholder group and yet uniquely developed to cross-intersect the role of business in society, and meaningful work.
manipulations are used to test our research model. In study 1, based on a sample of 580 participants with managerial experience, we find that subordinates’ prohibitive voice, relative to promotive voice, elicits greater status threat, and decreases managers’ voice endorsement. In study 2, with a sample of 207 participants, we replicated Study 1’s results, and also found that managers with higher domination orientation experience more status threat when their subordinates exhibit prohibitive, rather than promotive, voice.
Introducing the 2022 Principled Leadership Research Fellows
PHOTO BY MARTIN R. SMITH
Chad Brinsfield, Ph.D. Associate Professor Management
What hinders manager voice endorsement: The role of voice type,
manager dominance tendency, and manager perceived status threat.
In recent years scholars have made important distinctions between employee voice that is promotive, and employee voice that is prohibitive. However, a critical and unanswered question is whether managers would treat employees’ expressions of these distinct types of voice differently, and how managers’ personal characteristics may affect their response? Drawing from a dominance perspective and threat-rigidity theory, this paper investigates the respective and joint effects of voice type and manager’s dominance tendency on voice endorsement. Two vignette studies with experimental
Challenges and potential for community value creation through Ameeta Jaiswal-Dale, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Finance
sustainable food entrepreneurship.
This project began as a venture to initiate a UST international student, Xavier Boulard, now an alum - MBA 2014 - to US business practices. Xavier Boulard sought input from his advisor, Ameeta Jaiswal-Dale to start a business, importing craft hard cider from his native Normandy for retail sale in Minnesota.
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A day spent reading is not a great day. But a life spent reading
PHOTO BY MARTIN R. SMITH The venture was successful. However, the importing process eroded all profit, encouraging the two principals to launch a Minnesota-based venture in the craft industry of juice and cider production, while adding value to local apple production. Minnesota has ample apple orchards but does not add value to the fruit beyond furnishing table apples and seasonal juice to retail units. Since inception of this venture, the alum was obliged to leave the US due to visa issues. In the meantime, the company not only took root, it established a viable supply chain. Furthermore, the venture showed promise in the development of an entirely new value-added beverage sector based on the production of non- table apples that did not have the market value of the regular table apples, clearly showing an opportunity for agricultural environmental sustainability and addition to Minnesota’s existing CPG (consumer packaged goods) sector. The purpose of this Research Fellowship is to expound the potential of our local orchard community to develop new product lines, providing a living to orchards that are seeing either a difficult generational transition or a lack
of funding to improve on site technology for better methods of cultivation, value added processes and access to urban markets. In short, they are facing stiff competition from the “corporatization” of fruit and beverage production and refinement, their bread and butter until now.
Shinwon Noh, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Entrpreneurship
Rise of Cultural Industries from Emerging Markets: Case of K-Pop 2.
This is an early-stage research project that my co-authors and I have recently begun with the goal of submitting to the Journal of International Business Studies for its special issue on cultural industries. In this study, we will examine the mechanisms behind the catch-up of cultural industries in emerging markets using the case of recent popularity of Korean pop music (commonly referred to as K-pop).
Cultural industries have become one of the
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is a wonderful life." ( Auntie Asma in Ayad Akhtar’s Homeland Elegies)
fastest growing sectors in post industrialized economies. Cultural capital is globally sourced, but the dominant players are still concentrated in the major global cities. And in terms of international trade, English-based cultural products still dominate the exports worldwide. However, research shows that global connectedness has increased the attractiveness of foreign cultural products and services. Recently, we have seen the rising visibility and influence of cultural products from emerging markets. K-pop and Bollywood movies are among the most notable examples. But we know very little about the mechanisms behind this catch up. In the realm of cultural industries, there is a significant lack of knowledge of successful business practices originated from the emerging markets, which inevitably leads to the imbalance between scientific knowledge and business practice. Statistics published by UNESCO in 2016 (http://www.uis.unesco.org/culture/Documents/int ernational-flows-cultural-goods-report-en.pdf) reported that Asia contributes 46% of world exports of cultural goods. Also, South and East Asia had the most exported cultural goods for the
audio-visual and interactive media domains. However, the current business literature has primarily focused on developed countries, with Asia accounting for only 14.53% of countries selected for empirical examination. This project explores the role of business practices in promoting arts and culture originated from the emerging markets. Therefore, findings from this research have the potential to shed a new light on responsive business practices that have long been neglected in the existing international business literature. To supplement the panel dataset of K- pop performance (measured by the number of per capita YouTube views) in 3,011 cities worldwide from 2018 to 2021, we are also constructing an extensive dataset of city-level variables associated with Korean business organizations operating 2 in the host cities. By testing the relationship between local international business landscape and cultural product performance, we aim to expand theories of emerging market firms from the lens of cultural industries.
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The Melrose Twin Cities Principled Leadership Award was established in 2021 to honor Ken Melrose, namesake of the Melrose & The Toro Company Center for Principled Leadership, a fervent champion of ethics and servant leadership, as well as promote an aspirational vision of responsible and responsive leadership in practice. In connection with the award's purpose, the selection committee agreed that more than one nominee could, and should, receive the award this year. Bestowing the award on Focus Projects Twin Cities Principled Leadership Award
multiple winners who may not be at the top of their organizational hierarchies sends a message that principled
leadership behaviors can be demonstrated at any level.
The inaugural awardees share a common commitment to purposefully and positively impacting the Twin Cities community. Their individual areas of focus help further illuminate business’s role in society not only as an economic driver but as a creator and enduring mechanism with the power to ensure a just, equitable, healthy society.
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Introducing the Inaugural Melrose Twin Cities Principled Leadership Awardees
Minnesota Frontline Healthcare Workers, accepting the award on behalf of the workers is Caroline Njau, Senior Vice President Patient Care Services & Chief Nursing Officer at Children's Minnesota
Did you know there are approximately 387,000 healthcare workers in Minnesota and 18 million nationwide! Nursing, one of the largest frontline healthcare worker groups, remains an in-demand profession, with nearly every major hospital hiring for healthcare's most important roles. In 2019, nursing ranked as the third- most in-demand job of any profession in the United States, and this trend shows no sign of slowing down...As the baby-boom generation ages and the overall population increases, the demand for nurses continues to grow -- especially in times of crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. ( Nurse Journal, March 2022).
Galon Miller, CEO of Cyber Intelligence Cyber Security, LLC; Founder and Executive Director of Cyber Warrior Foundation, Inc.; Consultant for Project Got Your Back; & Partnership with Eagle Group of Minnesota Veterans
Did you know that in Minnesota, 276,686 residents, or 6.4% of the 18 and older population are veterans? And, of all veterans in the state,
16.1% served after Sept. 11 2001, 40.5% served during the Vietnam War era, and 3.0% are veterans of WWII. The human toll of American military conflicts extends beyond those killed or missing in action. In Minnesota, an estimated 28.1% of veterans live with a disability connected to military service including missing limbs, spinal cord injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder, hearing loss, and traumatic brain injuries. (U.S. Census Bureau, 2019).
Omar Williams, Chair, 3M Employee Resource Network: Black Leadership Advancement Coalition (3M BLAC); 3M Area Business Leader: Precision Grinding & Finishing, US & Canada
Did you know Black ERGs were the first affinity groups established in corporate America, primarily in response to the racial unrest in the
country. Xerox pioneered the first corporate employee resource group (ERG) — a group for its Black employees — in 1970. Black ERGs are as relevant as ever — and have become even more impactful. AT&T’s Black ERG, The NETwork has more than 11,000 members, and in 2015, the company reported an 85.6% retention rate for its Black employees. AT&T credits The NETwork as a prime resource for identifying candidates for leadership. (H arvard Business Review , June 2020).
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Focus Projects Principled Leadership Curricula
The Center is currently developing curricula for undergraduate, graduate, and Executive Education courses in principled leadership. Current course design has three objectives: (1) Engage with and manifest the lessons that the liberal arts have for principled business leadership; (2) Cultivate careers for the common good among students and other stakeholders; and (3) Promote a purpose of business that prioritizes equitable human flourishing over private gain.
(Infographic attributed to infoprolearning.com, July, 2020).
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Thematic programs In addition to the focus projects, the Center produces thematic programming throughout the year.
strategic themes: Liberal arts and leadership, the role of business in society, and meaningful work. Each theme strategically intersects each other ensuring holistic learning experiences.
Thematic programming focuses on three
[Hu]mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business: charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!” (Jacob Marley, in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol ) 13
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The liberal arts and leadership theme engages collaborative programming partnerships with locally based, world- renown arts organizations. For a second year, we partnered with the exceptional Guthrie Theater to produce two special programs. In December 2021, Michaelson was joined by two special guests: Artistic Director for the Minneapolis-based Guthrie Theater, Joe Haj, and playwright, Lavina Jadhwani, adaptor for the Guthrie's 47th annual A Christmas Carol play on the seventh episode of the Work in Progress with Christopher Michealson podcast exploring the play's deeper themes of social and economic justice thoughtfully scripted and packaged in this holiday classic. In May 2022, a Center-led collaboration along with the University of St. Thomas Racial Justice Initiative and the Guthrie Theater culminated in an incredibly successful and impactful event: A Raisin in the Sun: Performance and Panel
Image top: Guthrie Theater. Image immediately above: Guthrie Theater marketing image for A Raisin in the Sun play.
Discussion. The panel discussion offered guests an extraordinary opportunity to learn about the play's themes and connect their relevance to present society before viewing the masterpiece production itself.
A job? I open and close car doors all day long. I drive a man shall I take the drive, sir? Mama, that ain’t no kind ( Walter Younger, in Lorraine Hansberry’s
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The May 20th event is an example of how Center programming is designed to touch on multiple strategic themes: In this case, liberal arts and leadership and the role of business in society.
a three-day discussion series held in April.
Partnering with universities across the United States, thought leaders shared practical insights on what business leaders and organizations should know about people, processes, and planning post- pandemic.
The Center's strategic theme: The role of business in society, was at the forefront
around in his limousine and I say, no, sir; very good, sir; of job...that ain’t nothing at all.” A Raisin in the Sun)
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As much as the COVID-19 pandemic has brought out the best and worst in human behavior, it has also brought out the best and worst in business behavior. This virtual series offered learnings from the ethical successes and failures of business during the pandemic to guide the future promise and purpose of business. Expert commentary from business, medicine, academia, and civil society across the nation, explored ethical challenges that faced and continue to face business. Three topics were covered in this discussion series. First, Ed Freeman and Alison Taylor spoke on the topic of Profit or price-gouging? To what extent is the cost of doing business externalized onto stakeholders. Second, Dean MayKao Hang shared her understanding of the tensions healthcare businesses face while simultaneously advancing profitability and increasing access to care. Finally, Joanne Ciulla and Doug Lepisto shared their views on how businesses should attract and retain workers after the Great Resignation and distinguish essential from non-essential work in an intersected global economy. Profit, public policy & people: What have we learned about business & ethics from the pandemic?
Virtual sessions were recorded and
Joanne Ciulla, Professor and Director of the Institute for Ethical Leadership, Rutgers Business School
Ed Freeman, University of Virgina Darden School of Business Elis & Signe Olsson Professor of Business Administration, and Academic Director of the Institute for Business in Society
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will be shared on the Center's podcast, Work in Progress with Christopher Michaelson.
Alison Taylor, Executive Director Ethical Systems at NYU Stern School of Business
MayKao Hang, Vice President
Doug Lepisto, Associate Professor of Management and co-Director of the Center for Principled Leadership and Business Strategy
Christopher Michaelson, University of St. Thomas Opus College Distinguished Professor of Principled Leadership and the Academic Director of the Melrose and The Toro Company Center for Principled Leadership
Harry Van Buren III, University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business Barbara and David A. Koch Endowed Chair of Business Ethics
Strategic Initiatives & Founding Dean of the Morrison Family College of Health
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HARLEM
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.
Image above: Panelists on stage, evening of May 20.
A Raisin in the Sun: Performance & Panel Discussion On May 20th, 250 university internal and external stakeholders helped fill the Guthrie's Proscenium Theater with the goal of engaging members of the business community and business students in an experiential opportunity to help shape the role of business in cultivating racial justice and social equity in the Twin Cities. Before viewing the highly emotional production of A Raisin in the Sun , guests listened to a panel discussion between esteemed panelists, Austene Van, director of A Raisin in the Sun and producing artistic director of the Yellow Tree Theater; Yohuru Williams, founding director, University of St. Thomas Racial Justice Initiative; and Tina Burnside, cofounder and curator of the Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery (MAAHMG).
Or does it explode? - Langston Hughes
A sincere thank you
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Over the Airwaves: Work in Progress with Christopher Michaelson The Center's podcast, Work in Progress with Christopher Michaelson , is our primary platform to examine the strategic theme of meaningful work. Michaelson continued to enlighten and engage a variety of audiences this past
year. A list of podcast episodes and associated summaries follow.
Episode 3: Who is Capitalism? A conversation about Homeland Elegies with Ayad Akhtar and Azish Filabi. Michaelson and two guests: Playwright, novelist, screenwriter, Pulitzer Prize winner, and the author of Homeland Elegies, Ayad Akhtar as well as the reviewer of the book, Associate Professor of Ethics and Executive Director of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics in
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Financial Services at The American College of Financial Services, Azish Filabi, JD, discuss Homeland Elegies , exploring the role capitalism played - and continues to play - in simultaneously building and crushing lives in the name of the American dream. Episode 4: Twenty Years After 9/11 Part One: A conversation about meaningful work with Jennifer Tosti-Kharas. In part one of this series Michaelson has a discussion with academic colleague and research collaborator, Tosti-Kharas. Tosti-Kharas is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at Babson College. She teaches organizational behavior and leadership in the undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs. Prior to joining Babson, she was an Assistant Professor of Management at San Francisco State University. Tosti-Kharas earned her Ph.D. in Management with an emphasis on Organizational Behavior from New York University's Stern School of Business, and her B.S. in Economics with concentrations in Management and Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Her research explores career development, with a focus on meaningful work and work as a calling.
A conversation with Fred Price, managing director at Piper Sandler. In part two of this series, Michaelson speaks with Fred Price, managing director in the financial services group at Piper Sandler, about his experience of 9/11 as well his work in the aftermath of the tragedy. Price was founding principal of Sandler O'Neill + Partners, L.P., as well as a member of the firm's executive committee when the World Trade Center was attacked on 9/11. He is extensively involved in the firm's capital markets activities and provides senior
Episode 5: Twenty years after 9/11 Part 2:
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oversight to the firm's client support services and other business affairs.
extremely difficult work of monetizing a human life.
Episode 6: Twenty Years After 9/11 Part Three: A conversation with Jackie Zins & Stacy Pervall, former representatives of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. (September 2021). In part three of this series, Michaelson and former representatives of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, attorneys Jackie Zins and Stacy Pervall, discuss the
Episode 7: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: A conversation about finding redemption at work and in life with Guthrie Theater Artistic Director, Joe Haj, and playwright Lavina Jadhwani. Episode 8: The 2021 Melrose Twin Cities Principled Leadership Awardees: A deeper dive into the work of each awardee.
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Episode 9: What is the purpose of work? A discussion with Hubert Joly, former Best Buy CEO & author of The Heart of Business. This delightful conversation discussing the meaning and purpose of work with Hubert Joly, who not only has written a book that he published in 2021 called The Heart of Business , but who has also had to practice what he preaches in an executive career that culminated in being the CEO of consumer electronics retailer Best Buy from 2012 through 2019. Joly’s
work at Best Buy and elsewhere earned him
numerous "best CEO" accolades and put the company at the top of Barron’s "most sustainable companies" list.
Image top: Christopher Michaelson. Image bottom: Hubert Joly. Images taken during the Michaelson / Joly virtual podcast discussion.
Work in Progress with Christopher Michaelson, discusses every working person’s work in progress, namely, our quest to be fully human in a working world that all too often makes us feel like machines, in which we often don’t even have time to think, and that, in the words of Studs Terkel, too often feels like 'a Monday through Friday sort of dying.'”
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Quality content is essential to 97.7% of podcasters, 96.5% of them cherish engaging listeners, and 89.7% of them know that publishing content regularly is important. Based on the age of podcast listeners in the US, 48% of them are 12-34, 32% are 35-54 years old, and 20% are over 55 years old. When it comes to genders, listeners are evenly distributed in the US. 51% of them are male, and 49% are female. The ethnicity of podcast listeners statistics in the US is 63% white, 11% African-American, 11% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 10% other. 27% of monthly listeners have some college education, 25% of them have a 4-year college, and 20% of them have a high school diploma or lower education. The highest number of listeners agree that they listen to podcasts to learn something new (74%).
Did you know... Edison Research found that there are approximately 104 million podcast listeners in the United States.
(Podcast Statistics 2022. (firstsiteguide.com)
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Thought Leadership
(www.springer.com/journal/10551/aims- and-scope.)
Journal of Business Ethics
" The Journal of Business Ethics (JBE) publishes only original articles from a wide variety of methodological and disciplinary perspectives concerning ethical issues related to business that bring something new or unique to the discourse in their field. Since its initiation in 1980...The term `business' is understood in a wide sense to include all systems involved in the exchange of goods and services, while `ethics' is circumscribed as all human action aimed at securing a good life."
As co-editors of the Books & More section of the JBE, Michaelson & Zwieg Daly supported the publication of several reviews this year. Mejia, S., Nikolaidis, D. Through New Eyes: Artificial Intelligence, Technological Unemployment, and Transhumanism in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun . J Bus Ethics 178, 303– 306 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551- 022-05062-9.
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Filabi, A. Review of Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar. J Bus Ethics 173, 229–231 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-021- 04851-y Du, S. Reimagining the Future of Technology: The Social Dilemma Review. J Bus Ethics 177, 213–215 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-021-04816-1 JBE was downloaded 3,530,909 times in 2021. It is also one of 50 journals used by the Financial Times in compiling the prestigious Business School research rankings (www.springer.com). The public can read the JBE Books & More reviews six weeks from their initial publication date, for free. This is a rare opportunity as JBE is subscription-based academic journal. Supporting others Beyond the Center's focus projects, thematic programming, and thought leadership, Michaelson & Zwieg Daly assert time and effort supporting numerous internal and external community programs which likewise promote and assist in developing principled leaders and better businesses. Select examples of support follow:
Ethics training on building and maintaining an ethical business culture GHR scholarships selection committee member Ethics case study development for the Fauth scholarship competition Better Business Bureau annual student leader award and scholarships selection committee member
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Since 2019, US Bank has gifted the Center over $1 million dollars designated to designing and building a website (Business Ethics Resource Center powered by US Bank, (BERC)) offering individuals at small-to-medium-sized businesses the opportunity to have free, open access to practical learning and tools promoting and developing principled leaders and ethical business cultures. While BERC has over 200,000 site views between July 2019 and May 2022 - 46% of websites have between 1,001 - 15K site views per month, according to 400 U.S. web traffic analysts who gathered data on monthly traffic on B2C and B2B sites (Fitzgerald, Anna. How many visitors should your website get? blog.hubspot.com. March 14, 2022) - a deep business analysis of BERC showed potential for heightened learning, greater collaborations, and significant educational impact if the site transitioned to serve dual roles as a university asset and a public resource. The proposed integration (currently under development through early 2024) strategically aligns the University of St. Thomas mission and convictions, the Opus College of Business mission Business Ethics Resource Center powered by US Bank (BERC)
and strategic themes, and US Bank’s environmental, social, and governance issues of focus. The new BERC aims to connect business ethics and principled leadership beyond traditional business ethics topics of compliance, accounting and, finance activities to topics imbedded in business ethics including sustainability;
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Sincere thanks to US Bank for their generous financial support, collaborative engagement, and trust. University of St. Thomas Mission & Convictions Inspired by Catholic intellectual tradition, the University of St. Thomas educates students to be morally responsible leaders who think critically, act wisely and work skillfully to advance the common good.
diversity, equity and inclusion; emerging technologies; human resources; organization development and change processes; and organizational psychology. BERC will build upon its successes and emerge as an easily accessible online educational resource for and to benefit students, scholars, the business public and the common good.
Pursuit of truth Academic excellence Faith and reason Dignity Diversity Personal attention Gratitude
Stay tuned!
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Strategic partnerships Program and instructional innovation Diversity, equity and inclusion Business in a digital world Principled leadership, entrepreneurship and the business of health care One college, one university Inspired by Catholic intellectual tradition, the Opus College of Business develops effective, principled business leaders who think globally, act ethically and create enduring value for society. Opus College of Business Mission & Strategic Themes:
US Bank Environmental, Social and Governance Issues:
Ethics and business conduct Data protection and privacy Workforce of the future Financial well-being and inclusion Climate change impact
(USBank_2020Annual_Report.pdf)
University of St. Thomas by the numbers:
10,000+ current undergraduate and graduate students 900+ current faculty 150+ undergraduate majors and minors 8 schools and colleges 92 countries and 41 states represented in the current student body 115,000+ alumni in the Tommie Network 80% of top public companies in Minnesota actively recruit St. Thomas students
University of St. Thomas information can be found at www.universityofstthomas.edu.
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Futurespective
We conclude fiscal year 2022 (July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022), proud of the past two years of foundational work and looking forward to our third year of even greater impact, and a future where society progresses from the possibility to the promise of business for the common good.
Sincerely, Nicole & Christopher
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