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11.26.2008 - 04:47pm ET
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Rotman School of Management - University of Toronto
Stanford MBAs Win CSR Case Competition at Rotman School.
(CSRwire) TORONTO, CANADA – November 26, 2008 - A team of MBA students from the
Stanford Graduate School of Business have won the 3rd Annual Rotman Net
Impact Corporate Social Responsibility Case Competition. During the
competition, held on November 22 at the University of Toronto's Rotman
School of Management, thirty-three student teams from universities across
North America competed to solve a business challenge using social and
environmental factors in addition to the bottom line.
The team of Roy Raanani, Michael Ovadia, Jamie Perencevich, and Ryan
Lippert from Stanford placed first with a team from the Queen's School of
Business coming in second. Two teams from the John Molson School of
Business at Concordia University tied for third. The case was based on
challenges facing Westport Innovations, a Canadian company that develops
Liquefied Natural Gas engines.
"It was a very energizing day. Today's business students are clearly
excited to involve CSR as a critical element in their decision making","
says Daniel Ludwin, competition chair and Rotman MBA student. "I wish to
thank our sponsors as well as those from the business and social sectors
who volunteered their time as judges."
The day-long competition also featured a keynote address from Hugh
MacLeod, Head of the Ontario Climate Change Secretariat.
The event was sponsored by UBS Securities Canada Inc., RPO Management
Consultants and the Rotman School's AIC Institute for Corporate
Citizenship as well as GlaxoSmithKline, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce
and Bullfrog Power.
Complete details on the competition are available online at: http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/csrcasecomp.
The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto is
redesigning business education for the 21st century with a curriculum
based on Integrative Thinking. Located in the world's most diverse city,
the Rotman School fosters a new way to think that enables the design of
creative business solutions. The School is currently raising $200 million
to ensure Canada has the world-class business school it deserves. For more
information, visit http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca.
For more information please contact:
Ken McGuffin, Manager, Media Relations
Rotman School of Management
416-946-3818
www.rotman.utoronto.ca
Daniel Ludwin, 2008 Competition Chair
www.rotman.utoronto.ca/aicinstitute
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