Big USF response to the Net Impact undergraduate survey
Net Impact is the leading international organization for MBA students committed to social responsibility and environmental sustainability in business. I try to help out as the faculty liaison for our USF chapter, one of 140 chapters worldwide.
Net Impact recently launched a nationwide survey of business undergraduates and their attitudes toward corporate social responsibility. We asked our business undergrads for a big response, and they delivered. 84 of the 2,411 responses nationwide came from USF. Thank you!
Though the results won’t be officially announced until next month, I can share a few data points with you:
- 73% of USF respondents believed CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) ’should be integrated into required curriculum classes’
- 41% of USF respondents are currently members of a club or activity that emphasizes CSR
- 35% of USF respondents are interested in joining a club or activity emphasizing CSR
- while almost all USF respondents believe that corporations should work towards the betterment of society, few believe corporations are doing so.
Read more below for additional survey data, including the juicy open-ended responses. If you have any comments to share on CSR at our school, or these survey results, add them to the blog and I will present them to the folks who run the show (i.e., the Dean’s Office). Read the rest of this entry »
J.P. Allen is an Associate Professor of Information Technology at the School of Business and Management, University of San Francisco. 