As regular readers know that I blogged a lot about the language we use to talk about "doing the right thing" in business. Here is another example of a concept that some people seem to use it to catch what the all of the subject: ". Social Impact"
I will begin by noting that the title is inaccurate, though probably not the fault of the Light. (.. More likely to blame the author of the headlines is hard to tell) Anyway, the article of the light is not for students to "doing good" is teaching in doing good . And this is something very different.
Points of light that now many schools offer courses in what refers to a broad "social impact" of the business. "The social impact," he says, can be variously defined as "social responsibility, innovation, including nationality, or plain old public service." (Note that the light is the problem here is implicitly assuming all these terms are good things. Counter-examples, see a recent blog is unethical to innovate.)
In any case, Light says, business schools are increasingly aware that they must teach students something about the social impact of business operations (and, presumably, more precisely, how to maximize the positive social impact and the ' social impact of minimizenegative.)
In any case, Light says, business schools are increasingly aware that they must teach students something about the social impact of business operations (and, presumably, more precisely, how to maximize the positive social impact and the ' social impact of minimizenegative.)
For what it's worth, I would like to emphasize that many of the courses in business ethics - presumably one of the courses, Light sees as part of a trend - certainly not focused primarily on the social impact. And it's a good thing, because the social impact is just one of many ethical issues that business. Business ethics courses can cover a multitude of questions, many of which are directly related to the social impact:
• product safety (which is of particular concern for customers, who typically represent only a small segment of the "Company")
• employee health and safety
• Truth in advertising
• the environment (which, depending on your philosophical point of view, may have an independent ethical importance of society's dependence on it).
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