Ethical Corporation is releasing a special free report focusing on business schools and universities offering corporate responsibility related education. Written by Ethical Corporation's professional and independent journalists, and featuring guest pieces from London Business School and Haas School of Business, the report focuses on major trends and developments in CSR education, and analyses the world's leading academic institutions offering CSR-related courses. The report is designed for people considering a Masters in a sustainability–type course, an MBA with a CSR focus, or executive education courses for an in-house CSR team. It is also relevant to anyone with a general interest in CSR. The report, free to download from www.ethicalcorp.com/cre, features articles on:

• The rise of business ethics in academic institutions
• Mainstreaming CSR education
• Regional analysis of Business Schools around the world offering CSR courses
• Business school initiatives around CSR
• MBA's and Beyond Grey Pinstripes: what does it all mean?

A PDF version of the report can be downloaded at: www.ethicalcorp.com/cre

Social Venture Network (SVN) has earned the reputation as a beacon for socially responsible business. Counted among its members are global business leaders, investors and owners, all of whom benefit from one of the richest cross-pollinating professional organizations on the planet.

Believing the time is right to share the wealth of its innovative ideas and inspirations beyond its membership, SVN has launched the Social Venture Network Book Series. The eight-volume series will debut with two 2006 titles, Values-Driven Business: How to Change the World, Make Money, and Have Fun by Ben Cohen and Mal Warwick (now available), and True to Yourself: Leading a Values-Based Business by Mark Albion (available July 2006).

The hallmark of the Social Venture Network Book Series is practical, real-life advice on how to create and grow a values-driven business, written by pioneers of socially responsible business.The Social Venture Network Book Series will offer eight books by the end of 2007. The low-priced, down-to-earth paperbacks will show how easy (and how profitable) it can be to run a values-based business. Written for everyone from corporate executives to business school students, aspiring entrepreneurs and front-line employees, the books offer inside information on what works – and doesn’t work – from a formidable roster of socially responsible business leaders and authors.

The Social Venture Network Book Series represents a landmark partnership between SVN and Berrett-Koehler Publishers (www.bkconnection.com). For information about the series, go to www.svnbooks.com.