Values

Championing Business as a Force for Good

INSEAD shapes leaders who are equipped to tackle world-scale challenges and advance business as a force for good. When you make a gift in support of INSEAD’s values, you help ensure that an inclusive, global mindset prevails in business and society.

Open

With our profound respect for all cultures and individuals, we strive to create an environment of vast diversity and inclusion.
Rigorous

With our depth of analysis and research, we seek fundamental understanding of business practice and leadership.
Entrepreneurial

With our ability to innovate and think differently, we pioneer new ways of learning, teaching and creating value.

“For the sustainable existence of our planet, it is essential that managers prioritize long term impact over short term gains. INSEAD’s role as a training ground for future business leaders is pivotal to that extent.”

Karan Dogra MBA’13J

Karan is the General Manager at Olam. He has extensive experience in Trading and Supply Chain Management.

“Hard to disagree with the UNSDGs, easy to communicate about them, but surprisingly difficult to move the needle. The Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society can help us develop and disseminate solid knowledge to accelerate the difficult transition to a more sustainable world.”

Luk Van Wassenhove

Emeritus Professor of Technology and Operations Management, The Henry Ford Chaired Professor of Manufacturing, Emeritus

Luk’s recent research focus is on closed-loop supply chains and on disaster management. He has received international recognition for his outstanding work and is the first professor to be recognised by five major professional Operations Management and Management Sciences societies.

"Prosperous societies need both successful businesses and effective government. Understanding how governments and business can work together to improve people’s lives is the underlying goal in both my research and teaching at INSEAD."

Mark Stabile

The Stone Chaired Professor in Wealth Inequality, Academic Director of the James M and Cathleen D Stone Centre for the Study of Wealth Inequality

Mark's recent work focuses on inequality, poverty, child health, health care financing and tax policy. He is the recipient of several prestigious awards in economics and public policy and has advised governments of the United States and Canada on health care reform and programmes to reduce child poverty.

Research and programmes at the intersection of “Business and Society” will address how organisations can better align with the goals of society and work in service of the greater good.

The new Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society will take the lead in developing research, teaching, partnerships and programmes that deliver business value with positive societal change. The Institute will address how organisations can better align with the goals of society and work in service of the greater good.

Business & Society

One Year On: The Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society

Business & Society

Bringing philosophical principles to business practices with INSEAD's new programme, "Integrating Performance and Progress"

Business & Society

In 2017, INSEAD launched the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Centre for the Study of Wealth Inequality, established in recognition of the Stone’s generous gift to the school

Business & Society

The Gender Initiative – addressing the root causes of gender imbalance in the workplace

Scholarships that promote geographic, socio-economic and gender diversity don’t just further our institutional mission. They ensure that highly qualified students from around the globe can access our MBA programme, regardless of their financial situation.

Creating more merit scholarships has become a strategic imperative for INSEAD. Many of our accepted applicants receive attractive offers from other top-tier business schools, and scholarships play a critical role in bringing the best students to INSEAD.

Scholarships

INSEAD Scholarship Dinner: celebrating our scholars; honouring our donors