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Case Competition Highlights Social Responsibility J.P. Morgan Chase has established The Walter V. Shipley Business Leadership Case Competition in which students at leading business schools will dissect a business problem laced with ethical, social, and political issues. The com- petition is named in honor of the re- tired chairman of the board of The Chase Manhattan Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank. The firm awarded a $1 million grant to Aspen Initiative's Institute for Social Innovation through Busi- ness to design and implement the competition. Aspen ISIB's mission is to increase the supply of business leaders who understand the relation- ship between business success and social and environmental progress. This year's competition centered We plan to jointly publish global findings once a year." sored seminar each year for new business school deans, beginning in Top Business Associations Join Forces AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Busi- ness and the European Foundation for Management Development (efmd) have entered into an agree- ment that will enhance the effective- ness of both organizations in address- ing critical issues facing the field. Information gathering will be one on the large capital construction project currently under way on the African continent, the Chad- Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project. Students were asked to play the roles of the World Bank Board of Directors and decide whether or not they would fund this complex project. Environmental and social impact issues, as well as possible political and humanitarian conse- quences, had to be analyzed. Students also had to consider how to ensure that the project's revenues would not be used to buy weapons, but to bene- fit the citizens of the country. Competing were 45 teams from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, The Stern School of Business at New York University, and The Wharton School at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. Top honors went to a team from Stern, which won a $20,000 prize. of the most important aspects of the collaboration, which began July 1. According to Eric Cornuel, director general of efmd, "Our members are always looking for data about busi- ness school demographics, salaries, and programs, among other things. An Indian FEAST India will be hosting its first international Forum of Educators and Scholars of Tourism (FEAST) October 11 to 13 at Chandigarh. B.K. Goswami serves as the president of FEAST, which has no membership fee. Presently, the organization has more than 250 members worldwide, all of them educators and scholars on tourism, hospitality, the international service industry, and event management. As the organization plans its first convention in India, it is looking for contact information on professors and scholars who can make substantial contributions to the process of global tourism education. More information can be found at www.feastindia.com. BizEd SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2002 9 newsletters. ■Collaborate on a data-gathering project and jointly publish the two years. ■ Publish articles in each other's findings. ■Cooperate in other initiatives to improve management education worldwide. "This alliance will enhance AACSB International's globalization efforts," said John Fernandes, presi- dent and CEO of AACSB. "Both organizations are committed to help- ing business schools provide the very best education possible in the field of management. Together, we can begin to look for ways to make this education process more meaningful across boundaries." AACSB and efmd have agreed to: ■ Hold at least one jointly spon- 2003. ■ Pursue opportunities for jointly sponsored conferences once every