Institute for Sustainable Enterprise at the Silberman College of Business Fairleigh Dickinson University RESEARCH COMMITTEE REPORT ISE Advisory Group Session March 30, 2006

Mission for Mission for Institute for Sustainable Enterprise THE INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE: Educate current and future leaders of business, government, nonprofit, and educational institutions about managing sustainably by focusing on products, processes, and services that add value to the organizations, and are beneficial to people and the planet Core Competencies Creating learning venues, opportunities, and communities within and across organizations Coalescing & mobilizing project action networks Creating collaborative conditions to break through complexity for better results Generating and distributing widely usable knowledge

The Institute for Sustainable Enterprise INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE Educate current and future leaders of business, government, nonprofit, and educational institutions about managing sustainably by focusing on products, processes, and services that add value to the organizations, and are beneficial to people and the planet CURRICULUM APPLIED RESEARCH SERVICE CASE STUDY RESEARCH about effective sustainability initiatives ACTION RESEARCH/SCIENCE Sustainability-enhancing projects with organizations High-engagement action learning education programs to develop global perspective, collaborative mindset, systems & breakthrough thinking For sustainable management Seminars & roundtables Knowledge clearinghouse Conferences Student mentoring HR leadership development Process facilitation Consulting

Role Of ISE Research Committee (RC) ISE Research Committee Policy group Decides whether and how to embrace and support specific research projects Policies & guidelines for conducting and disseminating research Catalyst for research network Research Project Team 3 Project Support Group Process & Grant Experts Research Project Team 2 Research Project Team 1

RC Operating Norms “Ways of being” to employ within the RC and model for ISE: Collaborative Listening, Hearing, and Respect Nurturing Transparency and Trust Value on Learning –Reflective, Inquiring Appreciative & Constructive Results Oriented Shared Accountability

Criteria for Selecting Applied Research Projects Grounded in practice Importance and Impact Advances sustainability in measurable way Link to managing sustainably –reveals how behave/act/manage differently Transferable/generalizable -- Contributes usable/publishable knowledge Cross-domain/multi-sector/multi-disciplinary in nature Collaborative --studying “with” Commitment of people involved to learning Potential for long-term relationship to be established Developmental for us Opportunity for learning & competency building Increase in social capital/reputation Interesting to potential funding sources Doable: We have/could get necessary capabilities & knowledge (Note: Create project-competency alignment matrix) Timeframe – allows for some quick wins To identify knowledge gaps, key design principles and Networks; Solidify business case and provide action road maps

Project Grant Proposals in Development Enhancing Cross-Sector Collaboration for Sustainability: Lessons from UN Global Compact Projects Role of HR in the Move to Sustainability Energy: Inputs, Outputs & Outcomes from Investments in Sustainable Energy Enterprises Towards Sustainability in Higher Education: Leveraging a “Green” Library Project into a University-wide, Environmental, Social, Financial, and Educational Sustainability Initiative

Possible ISE Applied Research Roadmap Goals By July 2006By July 2009 Links established across academic disciplines and institutions 3 corporate foundation grants awarded = $200K Research project teams formed E+Co case study completed Significant progress on UN Global Compact comparative case analysis FDU green library/campus project initiated OD future business leader survey results disseminated Academic pubs in progress Field Book on Enterprise Sustainability initiated Cross disciplinary/institutional academic links expanded and solidified Total of 8 corporate foundation grants awarded = $750K 1 major research agency grant awarded = $300k E+Co action-research project completed UN Global Compact project completed ISE a hub for UN GC regional network FDU green library/campus project completed and used as model for advancing sustainability in higher ed. Field Book on Enterprise Sustainability published 10 ISE-sponsored academic pubs

Ideas & Issues Focus on global, regional, NJ? Focus on business community, NGO, government, social networks? Study the social network around sustainability? Issue surfacing/generating --thinking beyond what we know? Key knowledge gaps? How further engage investment community? Shareholder links with Innovest data? Leverage our unique strengths, filling in spaces to be change agents? How can we be agents to help solve BIG problems? What is vision of the ISE research element in 10 years? What want to be? How strongly should we play an advocacy role? How can we get involved in various New Jersey sustainability forums? Research on cross-cultural comparative (US – Non-US) issues? Project-level issues needing to be discussed/chartered? Compensating various research team members? Publication and Intellectual property aspects? Create ISE Research Brochure –list practical problems/questions to solve?