London Business School has begun Year Two of a three year project on curriculum development in the areas of Ethics, Corporate Responsibility and Business and Society. The purpose of the project is to develop degree and executive programme designs and teaching materials that will assist the process of mainstreaming CR. The project in particular focuses on the development of mainstream materials that can be used not only in core ethics and CR courses but also in core courses across all management disciplines.

The focus of Year One has been effective case-writing and case-teaching, including a review of existing cases and the development of up to ten new cases by the end of 2006. The project started with a Call to tender, which brought in 26 submissions from Schools across Europe. Following a rigorous selection process, six cases were selected for funding and a further two or three are also likely to be developed. All will be profiled at the EABIS Colloquium in 2007.

The cases confirmed so far are as follows:

• Hydro Polymers Ltd – Sustainable PVC? (London Business School)
• Waste Concern – Turning a Problem into a Resource (IESE)
• ENEL - CSR and Performance Measurement (SDA Bocconi)
• The Strategic Agreement between IBERDROLA and SEO/BIRD (IESE)
• Corporate Responsible best practices in SMEs: The Case of Illycaffe (SDA Bocconi)
• Innocent: Values and Value (BITC and London Business School)
• Unilever, Oxfam and the Role of International Business in Poverty Reduction (London Business School and Unilever)
• Aging Population In The Knowledge Society (Microsoft and INSEAD)

For a full description of these cases, please read the case outlines here or contact Gay Haskins at London Business School