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Welcome! This web conference will begin at 12 noon Eastern time. If you have not already done so, please “sync” your telephone and computer as detailed in the “voice connection” tab at the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. Rethinking MBA Curriculum in the Finance Discipline II: Sustainability and Stakeholders in the Finance Curriculum Presented by: John R. Becker-Blease, Ph.D. Assistant Professor – Finance Oregon State University Moderated by Dr. Elizabeth K. Keating, CPA Lecturer in Accounting, Boston University The Aspen Institute Corporate Governance and Accountability Project Incorporating Stakeholders into the Corporate Finance Curriculum Overview of Today’s Discussion Review “Problems in Finance” course material. /d.asp?d=2853 Offer lessons learned through three years of teaching this course. Describe strategies for adopting elements of course into other curricula. Share ideas. Guiding Quotes “Teaching Finance correctly integrates ethics into the business curriculum naturally, without self-consciousness or embarrassment” Stuart Greenbaum in “Corporate Governance and the Reinvention of Finance” “We cannot maximize the long-term market value of an organization if we ignore or mistreat any important constituency” Michael Jensen in “Value Maximization, Stakeholder Theory, and the Corporate Objective Function” Genesis of Course Washington State University, Vancouver. Stakeholder-based MBA Curriculum. The MBA Program at WSU Vancouver emphasizes a stakeholder focus that drives sustained business success. Stakeholder-focused leadership requires: understanding the vital interdependence between businesses and critical stakeholders such as employees, investors, customers, suppliers, and public constituencies, adopting an executive level perspective in making decisions and taking actions that build strong long-term relationships with stakeholders, and applying theory to solve practical problems. WSU MBA Curriculum Mktg 565 Managing for Long-Term Per