Looking for the Sweet Spot Where Can Jesuit Business Schools Make Their Greatest Contribution to Global Sustainability John Hollwitz, James A.F. Stoner, and Frank M. Werner Schools of Business Fordham University International Association of Jesuit Business Schools 15th World Forum – Jamshedpur, India 7-10 June 2009

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AGENDA Introductions What is global sustainability? What needs to be done to achieve a sustainable world? Resources of Jesuit business schools Where is the best match What’s do we do next

About John B.A. LeMoyne, M.A. Creighton, Northwestern, Ph.D. Nebraska, Northwestern Former Dean of Arts and sciences, Loyola Maryland, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Fordham Author – Research – organizational wellness, personnel selection, scenario planning, human resource accounting, Chinese/ Asian studies

About Frank B.A. Physics and M.B.A. Harvard, Ph.D. Columbia Former Associate Dean, GBA Recipient – Gladys and Henry Crown Award for faculty excellence, 1985 and 2004; Stanley Fuchs Award for impact on students, 2008 Chairholder – James A.F. Stoner Chair in Global Quality Leadership, 1993–1994 Author – three textbooks, five research books, novel, book chapters, journal articles Research – quality and finance, the goal of the firm, sustainable finance

About Jim B.S. Engineering Antioch, S.M. and Ph.D. MIT Recipient – Gladys and Henry Crown Award for faculty excellence in 1999, 2005 Chairholder – James A.F. Stoner Chair in Global Quality Leadership, 2002–2007 Author – five textbooks (many editions), ten research books, book chapters, journal articles Research – 1960s: “risky shift,” 1970s: career plateaus, 1980s–1990s: world class managing, quality and finance, 2000s: managing for global sustainability

What is Global Sustainability? Meeting this generation’s needs in ways that enhance the capacity of future generations to meet their needs (modified Brundtland Commission definition) A world that works for everyone with no one left out

What Needs to be Done to Achieve a Sustainable World? The Sustainability Equation Population Consumption Production The domain of a sustainable world

What Needs to be Done to Achieve a Sustainable World? Initiatives That Lead to Sustainability Impact Leverage Passion The domain of games where we have the greatest opportunities to make a difference

What Needs to be Done to Achieve a Sustainable World? Quality Check – Is the Means Big Enough? Creative Risky Discomforting The domain of games that stretch us enough to be worthy of our passion

What Needs to be Done to Achieve a Sustainable World? Others’ framings Senge, et. al. ... …

Resources of Jesuit Business Schools Special resources Jesuit philosophy spiritual viewpoint nature of the schools’ religious traditions diversity of faculty Fordham as an example spiritually-friendly environment in which discussion of spiritual issues is considered normal and not out of line

Resources of Jesuit Business Schools Non-special resources talent skills in organizational change skills in strategic management

Where is the Best Match? Regarding consumption Most of the world’s consumption is done by a small fraction of the world’s population Those who consume in excess must consume less teaching the emptiness of “affluenza” Those without want (need!) to consume more

Where is the Best Match? Regarding production Most production is done in unsustainable, non-renewable ways We must find renewable ways of production that do not deplete resources or pollute the planet stewardship of the earth teaching “cradle-to-cradle”

Where is the Best Match? Regarding population The implications of 9.5 billion people pressing on the planet’s resources by 2050 We must find ways to limit population growth to a level consistent with sustainable production and consumption or find ways to dramatically increase sustainable production and consumption to meet a much larger world population

Where is the Best Match? Regarding population A sticky political issue the problem is and will be especially acute in the poorest parts of the world in the “first world” birth rates are essentially at or below replacement level the fastest population growth is in the “third world” A sticky moral/ethical issue now we limit population by war and starvation how should population be limited?

Where is the Best Match? Regarding population A sticky Catholic issue the relationship of sexuality and reproduction beliefs about the moment of the beginning of life Birth control, abortion the relationship of the size of the flock to the Church’s power and wealth Perhaps we have already fulfilled the biblical injunction to “go forth and multiply,” so now it is time to do a bit of subtraction!

Where is the Best Match? Special opportunities Regarding other faiths the possibility of Jesuit business schools as leaders and/or models for schools in other faith-based traditions the possibility of moving various faiths from emphasizing their differences to emphasizing their common ground around sustainability the ability to reach fundamentalist groups

Where is the Best Match? Special opportunities Regarding population perhaps only a Catholic institution can have a major influence in reducing population growth Like Nixon “opening up” China

If this is a workshop . . . Breakout groups Reporting back Discussion

What’s Do We Do Next?