Business Strategies for Social Impact

Wharton examines how businesses can pursue social impact and how that impact can be assessed. Purpose-driven leadership connects with measurement and investment decisions. It suits learners who want to distinguish an organization’s stated intention from a credible explanation of what changes for the people or communities it aims to serve.

What you will learn

• Examine purpose and social-impact choices.
• Explore approaches to impact measurement.
• Understand the role of impact investing.

Who this suits

Learners interested in business strategy, social outcomes and evaluating impact claims.

Before you enroll

Frameworks organize a decision; they do not prove that a strategy will succeed. Check the evidence, assumptions, time horizon and alternatives behind each recommendation. Use public or fictional company information and distinguish a plausible business case from a verified result.

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Put it into practice

Draft a fictional impact claim with an intended beneficiary, a measurable change and an alternative explanation that would need to be tested.

Source and review

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