At the Carroll School of Management, we embrace and celebrate the differences in our close-knit community—differences of background, identity, perspective, and ideas. We view diversity and inclusion as markers of both ethical leadership and sound management practice. Grounded in this belief as well as Boston College's Jesuit tradition, the Carroll School is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all students, faculty, and staff feel welcomed, accepted, and supported.
Our curriculum asks students to engage with the most urgent social and ethical questions in contemporary business, and to consider their role in promoting a more just and compassionate society. They learn that diversity is good for business, but that greater profitability and innovation are secondary benefits to promoting an inclusive community in the spirit of cura personalis, the Jesuit value of caring for the whole person.
The Carroll School’s faculty is worldly as well as world-class. They come to Chestnut Hill from all corners of the globe to share their knowledge and ideas with our students, with their academic colleagues, and with the wider business community. The work of our research centers, as well, aims to tackle some of the most complex challenges to creating an equitable and inclusive workplace and society. These include developing affordable urban housing opportunities; retiring with dignity; balancing work and family; and engaging in ethical and socially responsible corporate leadership.
“At Boston College’s Carroll School of Management, we are one with our University and its Jesuit, Catholic tradition—which demands a deep respect for the dignity of each person and an unswerving commitment to the good of all. ”
This joint effort between the Carroll School and the Lynch School of Education strengthens skills among leaders at district, charter, and Catholic urban schools to disrupt inequity in our education systems. Through retreats, coaching sessions, and workshops, LLA institutes effective school change.
The Center is by far the largest corporate membership organization in the burgeoning arena of corporate social responsibility, educating multinational corporations on matters such as advancing diversity and inclusion through strategic corporate action. It promotes this work through executive education, best-practices research, and other offerings including the world’s largest annual gathering of corporate citizenship professionals.
The Center plays a leading role in nationwide discussions of retirement policy. Its research covers wide-ranging topics including racial/ethnic retirement wealth inequality and the gender gap in old-age income. The Center also disseminates data, trains new scholars, and acts as an information and resource hub for the policy community and public.
As a global leader in promoting workforce effectiveness, the Center acts as a unique resource for corporate member organizations on issues such as the linkage between working mothers' earnings and access to childcare, and impacts of expanding paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers. Recognized for its extensive collaboration with scholars and business leaders, the Center offers research, education, and partnership opportunities.
Using real estate as a catalyst for change in marginalized and vulnerable communities, the Corcoran Center fosters discussion, action, and the next generation of urban professionals. The Center's founder, the late Joseph E. Corcoran ’59, H’09, was inspired by his experience growing up in a socioeconomically and racially diverse Dorchester neighborhood, and devoted his life to creating housing opportunities and transforming underserved urban communities.
Through innovative events, public lectures, and targeted research, this broad community brings together a diverse array of high-profile speakers and perspectives from business and society. Their outreach includes programs for students, such as their Social Impact & Lunch series, launched in collaboration with the Carroll School's co-concentration in Managing for Social Impact and the Public Good.
Jennifer Barker '20, Katelyn Lochiatto '20, Wendy Wang '20, and Jian Zabalerio '20 came in second place for the 30 minute presentation and first place for the 90-second presentation at the three day International Business Ethics Case Competition.
Elizabeth Berkhan (‘22), Tess Castergine (‘21), Ashley Edmunds (‘20) and Nikki Kearney (‘21) won second place in the 2019 University of Texas Austin Women's Case Competition.
Yacquub Abubakar, Kofi Nimo, Michael Oduro, and Eric Thompson (all Carroll School ‘21) competed at the 2019 Kelley School National Diversity Case Competition at Indiana University-Bloomington in January 2019.
Grace Kilroy and Jenna Steichen (both CSOM ’21) represented Boston College at the 2019 Eller Ethics Case Competition.
