# Business & Society Program ![Washington Square Park Arch](/sites/default/files/styles/866w/public/assets/images/pa_washsqarch_2505_0.png?h=77d3883c&itok=tBrleIDw) Business & Society Program (BSP) ## NYU Stern Business & Society Program An interdisciplinary endeavor developing and supporting a new generation of responsible business leaders. --- ## Business & Society Program The Business & Society Program supports future business leaders to develop the mindsets and practical skills required to address today's most pressing economic, social, and environmental challenges. Our academic courses, research, and public engagement focus on the intersection of business and sustainability, social impact, human rights, law, social entrepreneurship, and the design of ethically effective organizations. ## BSP FEATURED UPDATES [ ![More Perfect Union](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2026-06/channels4_profile.jpg?h=cd2a7045&itok=l3P7-dyG) ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb6xjJf42_c) ### Restructuring the Corporation with Hans Taparia and Bruce Buchanan BSP Professors [Hans Taparia](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/hans-taparia) and [Bruce Buchanan](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/bruce-buchanan), authors of the forthcoming book *People's Capitalism,* are featured in More Perfect Union’s investigation into corporate monopolies and market failure. They explore how the rise of institutional investors has stripped wealth from local communities, and offer actionable public policy catalysts to scale cooperative business models across the country. [WATCH VIDEO](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb6xjJf42_c) --- [ ![professor_hans_taparia_and_professor_bruce_buchanan-photoroom.png](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2026-06/professor_hans_taparia_and_professor_bruce_buchanan-photoroom.png?h=4ecf8430&itok=l0VteeCs) ](https://www.nyujlb.org/_files/ugd/716e9c_b882abc86d724a82a20dec50c087f26b.pdf) ### Capture, Redesign, Release: A Non-Regulatory Remedy for Intractable Market Failure with Application to the Cigarette Industry BSP Professors [**Hans Taparia**](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nyustern.cmail19.com_t_y-2Dl-2Dflujjjk-2Ddjhiihdjc-2Dr_&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=53hxPmXXD-kdFIOynF0fwic293H1UKDrqkBUl7OZ4nc&m=10u87WxtqpVfmPrudxK2FhasGujayJjn0aWH0VH8gy7SnV4mH8Sgky4k2hsGzuet&s=tydzu71p3eonq8i3ozJOBlTYLOfSh_CV-Fn1ilAbN_U&e=) and [**Bruce Buchanan**](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nyustern.cmail19.com_t_y-2Dl-2Dflujjjk-2Ddjhiihdjc-2Dy_&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=53hxPmXXD-kdFIOynF0fwic293H1UKDrqkBUl7OZ4nc&m=10u87WxtqpVfmPrudxK2FhasGujayJjn0aWH0VH8gy7SnV4mH8Sgky4k2hsGzuet&s=BaV2nkU5umYjDQrknAApsENmK1m0ukuhQvjyFe_MAGA&e=) were recognized in the Stern Faculty Research Brief for their paper titled: **"**[**Capture, Redesign, Release: A Non-Regulatory Remedy for Intractable Market Failure with Application to the Cigarette Industry**](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nyustern.cmail19.com_t_y-2Dl-2Dflujjjk-2Ddjhiihdjc-2Dj_&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=53hxPmXXD-kdFIOynF0fwic293H1UKDrqkBUl7OZ4nc&m=10u87WxtqpVfmPrudxK2FhasGujayJjn0aWH0VH8gy7SnV4mH8Sgky4k2hsGzuet&s=OPzazgWA0tMn37EH9uupnyibD9qsGlOJgWfus2VgTqc&e=)**"** [LEARN MORE](https://www.nyujlb.org/_files/ugd/716e9c_b882abc86d724a82a20dec50c087f26b.pdf) --- [ ![BSP_Headshot_Mullins](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2026-05/bsp_headshot_mullins.jpg?h=df273d01&itok=Mn5ffNaS) ](https://cgsm.org/earl-hill-jr-faculty-achievement-and-diversity-leadership-award-2/) ### Dr. Victor C. Mullins Receives 2026 Earl Hill Jr. Faculty Achievement and Diversity Leadership Award [**Dr. Victor C. Mullins**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/victor-mullins), BSP Adjunct Professor and Senior Associate Dean at NYU Stern, has received the 2026 Earl Hill Jr. Faculty Achievement and Diversity Leadership Award from The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management. The award recognizes his exceptional leadership, teaching, and commitment to diversity and inclusion. [LEARN MORE](https://cgsm.org/earl-hill-jr-faculty-achievement-and-diversity-leadership-award-2/) --- [ ![bsp_wendy.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2026-05/bsp_wendy.jpg?h=4ecf8430&itok=T7QZyGc5) ](https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/students/2026-best-brightest-business-major-wendy-benitez-jaramillo-new-york-university-stern/) ### 2026 Best & Brightest Business Major: Wendy Benitez Jaramillo Wendy Benitez Jaramillo, a BSP [**Social Impact Fellows Program**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/business-society-program/academic-resources/undergraduate/social-impact-programs/social-impact-fellows) student, has been named one of *Poets & Quants' 2026 Best & Brightest Business Majors*, recognized for her academic achievements, leadership, and commitment to social impact, including her work in BSP's Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development in Costa Rica course taught by BSP Professor [**Jill Simeone**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/Jill-Simeone). [LEARN MORE](https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/students/2026-best-brightest-business-major-wendy-benitez-jaramillo-new-york-university-stern/) --- [ ![Tensie Whelan](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2026-03/251008-nyu-25-1035-271_1.jpg?h=790be497&itok=USC48R0X) ](https://poetsandquants.com/2026/04/11/after-10-years-nyu-sterns-sustainability-push-moves-from-proof-to-practice/) ### After 10 Years, NYU Stern's Sustainability Push Moves From Proof To Practice *Poets & Quants* features the [**Center for Sustainable Business**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business) on its ten-year anniversary, with insights from BSP Clinical Professor [Amy **Skoczlas Cole**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/amy-skoczlas-cole), Clinical Professor Emerita [**Tensie Whelan**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/tensie-whelan), and Full-time MBA alumna Georgia Mohrbacher (MBA '24) on how the Center has moved sustainability from academic research to real-world business practice. [READ MORE](https://poetsandquants.com/2026/04/11/after-10-years-nyu-sterns-sustainability-push-moves-from-proof-to-practice/) --- [ ![bsp_meet_the_leader](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2026-05/bsp_meet_the_leader.jpg?h=4ecf8430&itok=p-2jQhWJ) ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bXp43TMMAI) ### Attention Crisis: How leaders can fix focus and happiness in an AI Era BSP Professor [**Jonathan Haidt**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt) joined the World Economic Forum's *Meet The Leader* podcast to share research-backed insights on the attention crisis, the impact of AI on human connection, and how leaders can restore focus and purpose. [WATCH VIDEO](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bXp43TMMAI) --- [ ![Professor Michael H. Posner](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/assets/images/pa_mposner_1122_0.png?h=40e603e3&itok=RgqVaJI_) ](https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelposner/2026/04/30/its-time-to-regulate-frontier-ai-the-way-we-regulate-drugs/) ### It's Time to Regulate Frontier AI the Way We Regulate Drugs In a *Forbes* op-ed, BSP Clinical Professor [**Michael Posner**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/michael-posner) argues that frontier AI poses risks serious enough to warrant the kind of rigorous oversight applied to the pharmaceutical industry and that waiting for harm to occur before acting is not an option. [READ ARTICLE](https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelposner/2026/04/30/its-time-to-regulate-frontier-ai-the-way-we-regulate-drugs/) --- [ ![bsp_he_for_she_webinar.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2026-06/bsp_he_for_she_webinar.jpg?h=4ecf8430&itok=K3Z1RvWo) ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/business-society-program/stern-student-speaks-panel-un-womens-heforshe-universities-webinar) ### NYU Stern at the UN Women's HeForShe Universities Webinar BSP Adjunct Professor [**Mara van Loggerenberg**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/mara-van-loggerenberg) and her Social Impact Consulting student Aparna Vagvala spoke at UN Women's [**HeForShe Universities Webinar**](https://www.heforshe.org/en/join-global-heforshe-universities-webinar-advance-gender-equality-higher-education) on how universities can translate academic learning into real-world impact. [LEARN MORE](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/business-society-program/stern-student-speaks-panel-un-womens-heforshe-universities-webinar) --- [ ![BSP_He_for_She](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2026-06/bsp_he_for_she.jpg?h=4ecf8430&itok=8IdDftKQ) ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/business-society-program/stern-students-take-social-impact-work-united-nations-and-beyond) ### Stern Students Take Social Impact Work to the United Nations and Beyond Students from BSP's [**Social Impact Consulting**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/business-society-program/academic-resources/undergraduate/experiential-learning) course represented Stern at the United Nations. Megan Ortwein, along with class teammates Lekhya Kantheti, Aparna Vagvala, and Jennifer Lin, developed research on countering the manosphere and digital violence, with Megan selected as a panelist at a [**CSW70 side event**](https://www.heforshe.org/en/advancing-access-justice-countering-manosphere-germanys-csw70-side-event-digital-violence) at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations. [LEARN MORE](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/business-society-program/stern-students-take-social-impact-work-united-nations-and-beyond) --- [ ![Amy Skoczlas Cole headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2026-01/amy_headshot_0.jpg?h=849eae6b&itok=hPHw-Nak) ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/news-events/news-insights/message-amy-skoczlas-cole) ### A message from CSB Director, Amy Skoczlas Cole BSP Clinical Professor [**Amy Skoczlas Cole**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/amy-skoczlas-cole) shares her vision as the new Director of the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, making the case that despite growing headwinds, the business imperative for sustainability has never been stronger. 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