Global Social Impact (GSI)

Global Social Impact (GSI)

Global Social Impact (GSI) is a course offered to our first-year World Bachelor in Business (WBB) students. Participants engage in a consulting project with social enterprises based in Mexico City. This two-unit course includes a week-long international immersion where students travel to Mexico City during Spring Break to conduct research and meet with field partners (FP). At the semester's conclusion, teams present their findings and recommendations. Throughout the course, students explore international business complexities, social entrepreneurship, cultural collaboration, and business strategy development.

Course Goals

	Demonstrate an international business perspective by describing the similarities and differences in the business environment across countries and how heterogeneity in the business environment across countries affects international business practices and strategies.
	Explain the concepts of social entrepreneurship, sustainable development, economics in emerging markets, the intersection of business, government & society, corporate social responsibility, and private-public sector development.
	Collaborate under the guidance of mentors (experts in the project space) from Latin America and demonstrate the most important business skill in the modern era: working with colleagues from different cultures.
	Organize and execute a consulting project for a local NGO or social enterprise in or around an international megacity.
	Develop business strategies and make business decisions in the international and global context.
	Describe common ethical issues associated with international and global endeavors.

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