Elfenworks Center
Elfenworks Center for Responsible Business
The Elfenworks Center for Responsible Business is dedicated to promoting business education and practices that transcend mere profitability to advance the common good and to drive positive social change. We strive to be a thought leader in environmental stewardship, diversity, equity, and inclusion, employee well-being, and other social justice matters as they relate to business practices and policies.
Our primary goal is to inspire social responsibility among the business leaders of today and tomorrow. To achieve this, we organize events such as thought-provoking documentary screenings, inspirational guest speaker sessions, engaging panels, immersive workshops, and dynamic mini-conferences. These gatherings focus on various aspects of responsible business and offer the participants opportunities to connect, learn, and collaborate for a more sustainable and socially responsible future.
Importantly, at the heart of our mission, we also actively advise, support and partner with the Saint Mary’s Chapter of Net Impact. This campus organization is run by students and is dedicated to promoting responsible business practices both on and off-campus.
Elfenworks Center Leadership
Michal Strahilevitz
Director
In addition to being the Director of the Elfenworks Center for Responsible Business, Michal is the Guyette Endowed Professor of Responsible Leadership. She is the faculty advisor for the Saint Mary’s College chapters of both Net Impact and Marketing Club. She is also the faculty mentor of both the Elfenworks Student Fellows and the Guyette Responsible Leadership Fellows. Michal’s research, teaching, strong media presence, doctoral dissertation supervision, and service all focus heavily on areas related to sustainability, CSR, charitable giving and well-being
Michal has received multiple awards from Saint Mary’s College, including 2 Faculty Provost Research Awards and the CILSA faculty engagement award. She has also received multiple research awards from the School of Economics and Business Administration. Her multidisciplinary work has led her to publish in leading journals in the fields of marketing, business, psychology, transportation and healthcare. She is an official blogger on Psychology Today and has a Podcast about happiness and well-being. [Listen on Spotify]
Caroline Burns
Faculty Affiliate
Grant Rozeboom
Faculty Affiliate
Strength in Diversity
Experience Our Virtual Panel
On February 21, 2024, we were joined by industry experts ranging from small startups to large corporations to explore how they leverage diversity in different ways. They delved into the advantages of diverse perspectives when it comes to innovation and building solutions, featuring panelists from Cisco, IBM, Amazon, and more.
RELATIONAL EGALITARIANISM IN THE WORKPLACE
Bringing together scholars and experts in political philosophy and business ethics to discuss new, original research and look at the issue of workplace structures.
SUSTAINABILITY SERIES
Aly Khalifa, serves as the Project Director of Plastic Collective which works to expand micro-enterprise recycling for remote and vulnerable communities and reverse the tide of ocean plastic.
SUSTAINABILITY SERIES
Niki Zoli, former Director of Social Impact at Marriott International, Inc, helped lead several of their signature environmental conservation partnerships.
CORPORATE MORAL CREDIT
Grant Rozeboom, presented his work, 'Corporate Moral Credit' at the R:ETRO Seminar Series | Reputation: Ethics, Trust, and Relationships at Oxford. WATCH
SUSTAINABILITY SERIES
Jason Graham-Nye discussed his circuitous route to becoming co-founder & CEO of gDiapers, a diaper company with B Corp certification.
SOCIAL CAUSE MARKETING
John Koller 95', VP of Global Marketing at Twitch, discussed social cause marketing and fundraising for one of the largest social live streaming events - Twitch Stream Aid 2020.
THE NEW CORPORATION
The New Corporation: Joel Bakan and Jennifer Abbot –– discuss whether our “socially responsible” corporation structure allow us to have other values besides profit
BUILDING THE NONPROFIT MARKETING STACK
Tim Adkins, Director of Marketing at Hands on Atlanta, gave a talk called "Building the Ultimate Nonprofit Marketing Stack: People, Tools and Resources."