According to this month’s “Wharton Update”, a monthly email publication circulated on behalf of Dean Robertson, Wharton undergrads are pioneers on the social impact front.

“The newly formed Social Impact Consulting Group is one of the first pilot chapters in Net Impact’s new undergraduate initiative. The partnership will raise interest and awareness among Wharton undergraduates in how to make a social impact through business.”

The Social Impact Consulting Group is sending young business students out to work on non-profit consulting issues and to develop a sense of the importance of social responsibility in the context of business.  For many in this newest generation of business leaders, the need to balance social good and profit is an important component of how they will choose employers and how they will choose to manage.  It is nice to see Wharton’s undergrads acknowledged as one of the first groups admitted to this pilot program - with any luck, their pioneering enthusiasm will carry through the halls and influence their older (yet not always wiser) classmates! 

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