The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity: A Q & A with Associate Director Matt LePere
by Dan Boardman ’14, Zicklin School of Business After eight years at the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity, Associate Director Matt LePere answers questions and shares his thoughts on American debate and special programs at Baruch. Matthew, thank you so much for taking the time to talk about your work and that of the Center. For those … Continue reading
Sustainability Evolved: ESG & Valuations
April 17, 2012. 14-220 Newman Vertical Campus The Sustainability Practice Network and the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Responsibility sponsored a panel discussion about environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance in corporate valuations. Robert Solomon, Associate Professor, NYU, Introduced the program and commented on the size of the audience and how it’s grown over the … Continue reading
Heeding the SOS: Sustainable Operations Summit 2012
by Helen Serebin, MBA Candidate 2012, Sustainability Last week, between April 18-20, sustainists of all varieties (credit goes to Scott Seydel, chairman of Global Green for this neologism) met to discuss operationalizing sustainability. In the spirit of continuous improvement in operations management and sustainability, I offer the following observations. 1) Sustainability = COST EFFICIENCY Energy … Continue reading
Caswell Holloway — Deputy Mayor of ‘What Exactly Is it That You Do?’
Helen Serebin, MBA Candidate 2012 Operations & Sustainability I knew I liked Cas Holloway from the very beginning, when he said to the Crain’s Business Breakfast Forum crowd on Monday 3/20 that he’s used to people asking him “so what exactly is it that you do?” As Cas pointed out, we operations folks encounter this … Continue reading
Jim Pynn: The Anatomy of a Leader
by Helen Serebin MBA Operations & Sustainability 2012 Two weeks ago a group of students from the Operations Department had the rare pleasure of touring the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant with Jimmy Pynn, superintendent of the facility. A fellow operations major, Jeremy Larsen, who works at the DEP, arranged the visit, which spanned 2.5 … Continue reading
Gaming Sustainability
by Helen Serebin, MBA Operations Management & Sustainability 2012 A day after everything was red for Valentine’s Day, on February 15th a panel talked about greening the world through ‘gamification.’ Green Gamification: Combining Social Media & Game Mechanics to Promote Sustainability presented by the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity and co-sponsored by one of … Continue reading
Lessons in Operational Sustainability from Cracking the Glass Ceiling
by Helen Serebin, MBA Operations/Sustainability 2012 Last Monday, September 26, four women who breached the glass ceiling: Jessica Bibliowicz, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, NFP; Marietta Bottero, Senior Vice President HR, BMO Capital; Anne Izzillo, Financial Planning Specialist, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney; and Laura Cirello, Senior Vice President, Bank of America gathered to address … Continue reading
GSA Weekly Newsletter – Nov 7
Your weekly GSA newsletter. Welcome to Week 10! Header image courtesy of Lem Morrison News . . . Do not miss the opportunity too be photographed for the 2012 Lexicon Yearbook Senior portraits for the class of 2012 will be taken Monday, Nov 7th to Friday, Nov 11th and Monday Nov 14th to … Continue reading
The Graduate Baruchian 