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Core program
Socio-Economic Systems: Stakeholders,
Institutions & Interests
Business & Economic Development:
Synergies & Tensions
Global Trade & Foreign Investment:
Promise & Peril
Global Finance & Crises
Global vs. Local Internet Governance
Control & Ethics, Labor Relations
& Social Justice
Global Environmental Institutions & Issues
“Big corporates are becoming
more perceptive, and recognize
that they need to relate their
operations and decisions to
society more and more. The
Business in Global Society
module is so important—it’s
the future of business.”
Jaïri Terpstra
Dutch
HR Talent Manager & Employer
Branding Lead Benelux, Unilever
Class of 2016
FACULTY PROFILE
Matt Gitsham
British
Associate
Professor of
Sustainable
Development
Matt is Director of the Ashridge
Center for Business & Sustainability
and has led numerous research
projects on business and sustainable
development. He has worked closely
with the UN Global Compact,
Unilever, IBM, HSBC, GSK, and De
Beers. Matt’s research has featured in
the Economist, the Financial Times,
and the Harvard Business Review.
He was awarded a “Rising Star”
award as part of the Aspen Institute-
Academy of Business in Society
European Faculty Pioneer Awards,
for demonstrating great vision and
outstanding leadership in integrating
the principles of sustainable
development into research,
education, student communities,
and corporate practice.
Key topics
Business in Global Society