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Ph.D. in Values-Driven Leadership -- Curriculum Overview

The Ph.D Program in Values-Driven Leadership is housed within Benedictine University’s College of Business, Center for Values-Driven Leadership -- a globally-linked network of top universities, corporations, executives, thought leaders, and other partners dedicated to advancing responsible business through research and education. The Center is currently engaged in a multi-year learning initiative focused on studying the exemplary practices of values-driven companies and disseminating them via executive-oriented, web-based, multimedia learning channels. Students in the Ph.D. Program will work closely with faculty to advance this learning agenda, and after graduation, they have the option of remaining an active part of the Center as Partners or Associates.

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Leading Self I: Your Career Leadership Legacy 10-day intensive (8 credits) Leading Self II: Your Life’s Leadership Legacy 10-day intensive (8 credits) International Seminar
Leadership Theory, Research, and Practice 2 weekends (4 credits) Leading Change and Developing Organizations 2 weekends (4 credits) Dissertation Completion
Moral and Ethical Foundations of Leadership 2 weekends (4 credits) Strategic Leadership 2 weekends (4 credits) Dissertation Completion
Leading and Developing Others 2 weekends (4 credits) Leading in the Global Economy 2 weekends (4 credits) Dissertation Completion
Leadership and Corporate Socially Responsibility 2 weekends (4 credits) Quantitative Research Methods 2 weekends (4 credits) Dissertation Completion
Leading Corporate Sustainability 2 weekends (4 credits) Qualitative Research Methods 2 weekends (4 credits) Dissertation Defense
Leadership Lecture Series Seminars 2 weekends (4 credits) Leadership Lecture Series Seminars 2 weekends (4 credits) Graduation
Year 1 Total: 32 credits Year Two Total: 32 credits Year 3 Total: 32 credits

About CVDL

The Center for Values-Driven Leadership offers research, education and outreach opportunities to help business leaders forge new paths to profitability. It is a gathering place where top executives, entrepreneurs and thought leaders come together to innovate at the forefront of values-driven business practice.

Exemplars

  • A look at green Proctor & Gamble products as described by P&G VP of Sustainability, Len Saurs. This video was broadcast on Discovery Channel and hosted by Tristan Rogers. Watch it here:
  • Peter Darbee, CEO & Chairman of Pacific Gas & Electric, talks about climate change policy, renewable energy and the company's decision to withdraw from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Watch it here.
  • Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo Chairman and CEO, speaks at the Economic Club of Washington DC on May 12, 2009 about the five key characteristics required by today’s CEO in order to successfully lead in the future. Choose more speakers and scroll through speakers: Watch it here.

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