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David S. Payne

Instructor

Center for Education on Social Responsibility

Biography

Dave Payne brings 17 years of experience to his work as a business educator and consultant. Dave has provided strategic guidance, research, and tools development for clients in the beverage, building, communications, education, energy, pharmaceutical, publishing, retail and technology industries. In 1994, Payne began his ongoing consulting practice, completing strategic IT and sustainable business projects for companies such as AutoDesk, Coke, Harvard Business School Publishing, IKEA, Shell, State Street Bank, and musician/artist David Bowie.

In 2008, Mr. Payne completed an M.S. in Business Administration (MBA) at Leeds School of Business, where he works as an Instructor in the Center for Education on Social Responsibility (CESR), teaching MBA courses such as Topics in Sustainable Business and Socially Responsible Enterprise. Mr. Payne also has an Ed.M. from Harvard University, specializing in system dynamics and organizational learning, and a B.A. in Public Policy Studies with a concentration in Environmental Policy from Trinity College (CT).

Education

  • MS, Business Administration, University of Colorado Boulder
  • MA, Education, Harvard University
  • BA, Environmental Policy, Trinity College

Publications

Research

Escaping the green prison: Entrepreneurship and the creation of opportunities for sustainable development

October 2009

Author: David S. Payne

While entrepreneurial activity has been an important force for social and ecological sustainability; its efficacy is dependent upon the nature of market incentives. This limitation is sometimes explained by the metaphor of the prisoner's dilemma, which we term the green prison.

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Courses

MBAX 6825: Topics in Sustainable Business

MBA

We provide a comprehensive overview of the core concepts, strategies and practices of sustainable business. To do so, we orient the class around a list of “top 50” concepts in sustainable business, with an explicit goal of addressing each topic, to varying degrees, over the course of the semester.

Syllabus


MBAC 6000: Socially Responsible Enterprise

MBA

Prepares future managers for confronting the truly difficult situations that arise when deploying economic resources, altering the physical environment, and making decisions that affect the lives of investors, employees, community members, and other stakeholders.

Syllabus


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