Boston College brings Institute on Corporate Citizenship to Minneapolis, June 13-15
Program provides knowledge and skills professionals need to be more effective
(3BL Media) Chestnut Hill, MA - May 3, 2012 - Community involvement professionals have a critical role to play in making their companies better corporate citizens. Boston College’s Institute on Corporate Citizenship can help those professionals take steps to ensure that community involvement is aligned with the larger corporate citizenship vision and strategy.
This program will be presented in Minneapolis by Boston College’s Center for Corporate Citizenship, June 13-15. It translates the complex concepts, ideas and language of corporate citizenship into practical and useful models and tools. Through exercises, lectures, examples, case studies and small group interactions, this 2 ½ day program provides a solid foundation of corporate citizenship and enhances community involvement professionals’ ability to contribute effectively to their firm's success.
Participants in the Institute on Corporate Citizenship will:
- Get grounded in principals of good corporate citizenship and assess their company's stage of corporate citizenship development
- Leave with management tools to better assess the stakeholders and issues material to their businesses
- Connect – and share insights and learning – with managers from other companies who are wrestling with similar community involvement management challenges
- Improve their ability to secure buy-in and engagement from executives and others inside the company who are critical to their success.
For more information, visit the Center’s website to learn about how the Institute on Corporate Citizenship can make corporate citizenship professionals more effective in their role.
Register by May 11 to take advantage of a special Early Bird offer and save $100 on the cost of tuition (enter Early Bird in the comments area to receive the discount). The program will be held at the W Minneapolis -The Foshay hotel. A special $199.99 hotel rate is available until May 22.
The Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship at the Carroll School of Management is a membership-based research organization committed to helping business leverage its social, economic and human assets to ensure both its success and a more just and sustainable world. As a leading resource on corporate citizenship, the Center works with global corporations to help them define, plan and operationalize their corporate citizenship. Through the power of research, management and leadership programs, and the insights of its more than 370 corporate members, the Center creates knowledge, value and demand for corporate citizenship. www.BCCorporateCitizenship.org
For more information contact:
Karen O’Malley
Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship
at the Carroll School of Management
Email: karen.omalley.2@bc.edu Phone: 617-552-1553
