Business & Society Series

Students enrolled in the 2024 Business & Society course "Artificial Intelligence'' visit Capitol Hill with professor Thomas Debass — Students enrolled in the 2024 Business & Society course "Artificial Intelligence" visit Capitol Hill with professor Thomas Debass.

Courses in this series examine the broad societal arena in which business operates with particular attention to its political, economic and cultural environments, paying specific attention to the relationships businesses establish with government agencies, multilateral organizations, macroeconomic institutions, and nongovernmental organizations.

Drawing on the rich resources in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, Business & Society Series courses bring students into close contact with major organizations and associations through onsite visits and guest lectures.

Courses are intentionally taught by faculty from various departments in the GW School of Business to incorporate diverse perspectives through a variety of speakers, site visits, client meetings and/or service learning projects in Washington, D.C. The course connects students with the rich resources of the nation’s capital by dividing course time between instruction on the GW campus and onsite learning in the field.

Students in past Business & Society Series courses have traveled onsite to the Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. House of Representatives, Federal Trade Commission, Red Cross, International Monetary Fund, and a variety of NGOs.

Previous Course Topics

June 2024 - Artificial Intelligence
March 2024 - Blended Finance
July 2023 - Strategic Foresight
March 2023 - Impact Investing
March 2022 - Impact Investing
Summer 2021 - Startup Resilience
Summer 2021 - Privatization, Nationalization and Public Private Partnerships
March 2021 - Impact Investing
March 2021 - Strategic Foresight
June 2020 - Strategic Foresight
March 2020 - Engaging through Think Tanks and Business
January 2020 - Corporate Fraud and Corruption
January 2020 - Cryptocurrency
Summer 2019 - Privatization, Nationalization and Public-Private Partnership
March 2019 - Fintech
January 2019 - Corporate Fraud & Corruption
March 2018 - Engaging Through Think-Tanks and Business Organizations
January 2018 - Autonomous Vehicles
March 2017 - Developing Norms to Create Shared Value
January 2017 - Crowdfunding for Development
March 2016 - Business, Government and Society
January 2016 - Crowdfunding for Development
March 2015 - Business, Society and Government
January 2015 - Business and Institutional Relationships
March 2014 - Market and Nonmarket Environments
January 2014 - Business, Government and Society