The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International has joined with Net Impact to encourage business school communities around the globe to contribute to relief efforts in Haiti following the devastating earthquake that took place there earlier this year.
AACSB is the main accrediting agency for business schools worldwide, and Net Impact is a global organization of MBA students and graduates committed to using business to improve the world. AACSB includes 1,200 educational institutions, businesses and other organizations, and Net Impact has chapters on more than 150 MBA and graduate school campuses.
Together, the two organizations are encouraging their members to join together and donate to relief efforts in Haiti.
“As educators and corporate citizens, we have the unique opportunity on a daily basis to mold the minds, actions and benevolent spirit of the next generation of leaders,” AACSB President Jose Fernandez and Net Impact Executive Director Liz Maw said in a letter to members. “During a time of such crisis and as socially responsible concerns, it is now that we must encourage our communities to join in the universal relief efforts and answer the call with fundraising and volunteer efforts,” they continued.
As further encouragement, AACSB and Net Impact plan in the coming weeks to feature business schools and corporations that have demonstrated a spirit of generosity and social responsibility toward the situation in Haiti. Schools and businesses are invited to submit accounts of their fundraising and volunteer efforts to amyp@aacsb.edu.
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