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<div align="center"><b>MIT Sloan Net Impact & the
Sustainability@Sloan Speaker Series bring you:</b></div>
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<div>An interactive presentation on Total Corporate Responsibility,
with Frank Dixon, former Managing Director of Research at <a
href="http://www.innovestgroup.com/">Innovest Strategic Value
Advisors</a></div>
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<div><b>When:</b> Thursday 12/7/06, 12-1PM</div>
<div><b>Where:</b> E51-335</div>
<div><b>Lunch will be provided.</b></div>
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<div>Many companies, including Wal-Mart, are working aggressively to
lower their environmental and social impacts and become sustainable.
Yet no firm is close to being sustainable, largely because
reductionistically-derived economic and political systems essentially
compel all firms to operate unsustainably and irresponsibly. Systemic
issues are the main driver of nearly all environmental and social
problems. However, they receive little attention, in part because they
are incredibly complex and hugely difficult to address. System change
is needed to enhance society today and ensure that future generations
are able to survive and prosper.</div>
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<div>Frank Dixon will discuss a new sustainability approach, called
Total Corporate Responsibility (TCR), that combines traditional
corporate responsibility with system change efforts. As an advisor to
Wal-Mart and other firms, he will describe how TCR is being used to
drive system changes while enhancing financial and competitive
performance.</div>
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<div>Mr. Dixon will also discuss specific economic, political and
social system flaws that drive unsustainability. Finally, he
will suggest how business and society might develop the wisdom and
systems perspective needed to effectively address these issues.</div>
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<div>Feedback and dialogue are welcomed and encouraged.<br>
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<div>For information on TCR and achieving system change, see
www.globalsystemchange.com<br>
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<div><b>About Frank Dixon:</b></div>
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<div>Frank Dixon is an author and consultant specializing in
sustainability, system change and enhancing financial performance
through increased corporate responsibility. For six years, he
was the Managing Director of Research for Innovest Strategic Value
Advisors, the largest corporate sustainability research firm in the
world. At Innovest, he oversaw the sustainability analysis of
more than 2,000 firms. Based on his observation that systemic
issues compel all firms to act unsustainably, he developed a new
sustainability approach focused on system change, called Total
Corporate Responsibility. Before Innovest, he worked in the
energy and finance areas. He is currently advising Wal-Mart and
other firms on sustainability. He has an MBA from the Harvard
Business School.</div>
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<div><b>About the Sustainability Speakers Series:</b></div>
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<div>The Sustainability@Sloan Speakers Series hosts thought-leaders,
practitioners, and innovators to speak about environmental, social,
and economic sustainability. The series offers a variety of engaging
speakers during the fall and spring, with the intent of expanding our
understanding of the nature, purpose and impact of business in the
twenty-first century.</div>
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Kate W. Parrot<br>
PhD Candidate<br>
Organization Studies Group<br>
MIT Sloan School of Management<br>
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Cell: 857-523-8234<br>
Home: 617-623-3267<br>
Email: kparrot@mit.edu<br>
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