Mar 22, 2019 | Faculty News, News
For over two decades, Joe Árvai has studied how we actually make choices — compared to how we think we make them. It will come as no surprise to even the most casual observers that the gulf between them can be large. In a recent study, Árvai and Douglas Bessette of...
Feb 25, 2019 | Faculty News
Andy Hoffman teaches business and sustainability courses at the University of Michigan and studies cultural issues and the knowledge that impacts decisions. He visited Costa Rica and spoke with Irene Rodríguez S. at ‘La Nación’. Translated to English from the...
Feb 19, 2019 | CPRT, Faculty News
Why sustainability should include political activity Professor Tom Lyon in the California Management Review Feb 19, 2019 Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability initiatives have gone mainstream, but they are missing something important: They ignore...
Feb 14, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
When you realize, it’s not just you. Shedding light on gender and navigating academia Feb 14, 2019 Or how two professors are bringing awareness and a voice to gender issues in higher education: Erb Staffer Carolyn Kwant talks with Sara Soderstrom, Asst. Professor,...
Feb 14, 2019 | Faculty News, News
Or how two professors are bringing awareness and a voice to gender issues in higher education: Erb Staffer Carolyn Kwant talks with Sara Soderstrom, Asst. Professor, University of Michigan and Maria Farkas, Asst. Professor, Department of Management, Imperial College...
Feb 8, 2019 | Alumni, Blog
Reposted from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation website Until recently, we have lived in a linear economic system that operates under a “take, make, and dispose” philosophy, which ends in waste. In contrast, circular economies develop services and products that...
Jan 31, 2019 | Faculty Research
Many environmental management programs offer people incentives to engage in conservation activities. But these activities, carried out on a local level, often are difficult to monitor. Are people inclined to cheat to get the incentives? Research led by Rohit Jindal of...
Jan 22, 2019 | Faculty News
As the United States endures the longest shutdown in its history, Americans are getting a taste of life without government. The absence of some services are clearly visible, such as a buildup of trash at national parks or longer lines at airport security checkpoints....