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LONDON, ON, November 5, 2008
- Tima Bansal, Associate Professor,
Richard Ivey School of Business, will be
named the 2008 Faculty Pioneer for
Academic Leadership by the Aspen
Institute Center for Business Education
(Aspen CBE) at a reception tonight in
New York City.
The esteemed Faculty Pioneer Awards,
dubbed the "Oscars of the business
school world", will be announced at
Ernst & Young's corporate headquarters
and recognize MBA faculty who have
demonstrated leadership and risk-taking
in integrating social and environment
issues into academic research,
educational programs and business
practice.
One of the few researchers exclusively
committed to sustainability research,
Bansal's work has resulted in numerous
articles and research grants. She also
pioneered the integration of
sustainability into business education
at Ivey, making it the first major
business school in Canada to introduce
sustainability into the core MBA
curriculum.
Bansal has further inspired
sustainability curriculum development
and cutting-edge scholarship among
others as director of Ivey's Centre for
Building Sustainable Value - one of four
key research centres under Ivey's
Cross-Enterprise Leadership strategy.
Her contributions to the Centre have
been invaluable in building the profile
of sustainability among faculty and
students.
And, as founder of the Research Network
for Business Sustainability at Ivey, a
network that connects researchers,
teachers and practitioners to leverage
research to facilitate business
sustainability, she is changing the way
sustainability research impacts
practice.
"Tima has shown great leadership in
curriculum development and design and
innovative scholarship in
sustainability. I can not think of a
more deserving person than Tima to be
chosen for this award in the academic
leadership category," said Larry Wynant,
acting Dean, Richard Ivey School of
Business. "The School is extremely proud
of Tima for her initiatives in
encouraging sustainability and for her
influence on students who are tomorrow's
educators and knowledge creators. We are
honoured she is being awarded for her
efforts."
Other 2008 Faculty Pioneer Award winners
include:
- Lifetime Achievement - David
Baron (Stanford University)
- External Impact - Simon S.M. Ho
(Hong Kong Baptist University)
- Institutional Impact - Nicole
Woolsey Biggart (University of
California)
- Rising Star - David W. Hess
(Ross School of Business, University of
Michigan)
- Ashoka Award for Social
Entrepreneurship Education -James E.
Austin (Harvard Business School)
"At a time of turbulence and change in
our economy and society, these
remarkable individuals are helping
prepare future business leaders to meet
the challenges of creating both
successful and socially responsible
businesses," said Rich Leimsider,
director of the Aspen CBE. "Through
cutting-edge research in areas ranging
from executive compensation, social
entrepreneurship and moral motivations
for firms to stakeholder influence and
the governance of public pension funds,
these faculty award winners are helping
focus attention on, and foster
discussions about, the creation of a
sustainable society."
For more information on the Faculty
Pioneer Awards and on this year's award
winners, please visit
www.AspenCBE.org.
About The Aspen Institute's Center for Business Education
The
Aspen
Institute Center for Business Education
(Aspen CBE) equips business leaders for
the 21st century with the vision and
knowledge to integrate corporate
profitability and social value. We offer
business educators targeted resources to
incorporate issues of social and
environmental stewardship into their
teaching, research and curriculum
development and to share cutting edge
practice among peers.
As part of the
Aspen
Institute Business and Society Program,
Aspen CBE maintains close ties with over
100 MBA programs in 23 countries.
About the Richard Ivey School of
Business, The University of Western
Ontario
The Richard Ivey School of Business at
The University of Western Ontario (www.ivey.ca)
offers undergraduate (HBA)
and graduate (MBA,
Executive
MBA and
PhD)
degree programs in addition to
non-degree Executive Development
programs. Ivey has campuses in London
(Ontario),
Toronto,
and Hong Kong. Ivey recently redesigned
its curriculum to focus on
Cross-Enterprise Leadership -
a holistic issues-based approach to
management education that meets the
demands of today's complex global
business world.
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