Social Impact at Kellogg aims to inspire and equip business leaders to create positive, significant and sustainable impact in the world.

The Social Impact pathway is designed for students who want to create positive social change throughout their careers. The conceptual basis of the pathway includes classes to: define social value; identify and implement strategies to effect change through partnerships between business, government and non-profits; and anticipate and manage inevitable value conflicts. The pathway recognizes that social change may come through different professional tracks: The Policy track examines the interface with and impact of the public sector, the Nonprofit Management track looks at leading non-profit organizations, and the Social Innovation track focuses on new and sustainable approaches to impact and scale. Beyond these in-depth courses students should also consider engagement opportunities, like labs and experiential courses, as well as co-curricular opportunities including clubs, competitions, and speaker series.

Faculty sponsors: Jan Eberly (Finance) and Tim Feddersen (Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences)

Social Impact
Pathway

1 | Conceptual Basis

Leadership and Crisis Management
PACT 440-5

Strategy Beyond Markets
PACT 441
Ethics and Leadership
PACT 460

Public Economics for Business Leaders: Federal Policy
PACT 470
Public Economics for Business Leaders: State and Local Policy
PACT 480

2 | Depth

Policy
Regulation of Competitive Strategies
BLAW 437

Macro Policy and Global Capital Markets
FINC 473

Managing Firms for Shareholders and Society: Thought Leadership Seminar
FINC 484-5 

The Education Industry
PACT 454-5

Public Economics for Business Leaders: Federal Policy
PACT 470

Public Economics for Business Leaders: State & Local Policy
PACT 480

Leading Voices
PACT 920-5

Strategic Challenges in Emerging Markets
STRT 466

The Economics of Energy Markets and the Environment
STRT 458



Nonprofit
Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector
SSIM 950

Board Governance of Nonprofit Organizations (Golub Capital Board Fellows only)
SSIM 453-5

Board Governance of Nonprofit Organizations
SSIM 455-5

Organization of Non-Profit Initiatives
SSIM 952-5

Humanitarian and Non-Profit Operations
OPNS-951
Social Innovation
ESG Investing and Sustainability Reporting
ACCT 459-0

Impact Investing and Sustainable Finance
FINC 946 

Corporate Social Innovation
SSIM 917-5

Early Stage Impact Investing
SSIM 940

Decision-making for Sustainable Business
SSIM 947-5

The Business of Social Change
SSIM 957-5

Effective Philanthropy
SSIM 958 


3 | Engagement / Lab

Education Consulting Lab
PACT 618-0

Health and Human Rights
SSIM 933

Medical Technologies in Developing Countries
SSIM 673-5
Venture Lab
FINC 615

Global Initiatives in Management–Social Impact
INTL 473

Advanced Board Governance
SSIM 471-5
Social Innovation: Designing for Change
SSIM 452

Sustainability Across the Enterprise
SSIM 936

Venture Equity
SSIM 962
 

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