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Graziadio Hallmarks: Values-Centered

Values-Centered Business Education at Pepperdine University

The Graziadio Mission

Inspired by our Christian values, we seek to: Promote transformational learning, Create applied knowledge, and Equip our students to become Best for the World business leaders and entrepreneurs.

Values-Centered Leadership

A values-centered leader is one who believes ethics and profits need not be mutually exclusive to achieve success in business. In fact, we believe they should go hand in hand.

That's why we provide opportunities for values-centered leadership both in and out of the classroom. For example:

  • The program in Socially, Environmentally, and Ethically Responsible (SEER) business practice allows Full-Time MBA students to earn a certificate in corporate social responsibility along with their MBA.
  • Professor Mark Chun and his students have helped build houses for Habitat for Humanity and tutored for Los Angeles Literacy Programs.
  • As part of a Civic Leadership course, Presidents and Key Executives MBA students provide job coaching to homeless individuals.
  • Student-run clubs Values-Centered Leadership Lab, Net Impact, and Challenge for Charity (C4C) focus on issues such as business ethics, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and service to community.

Noteworthy examples abound of Graziadio School students emerging as courageous leaders, compassionate global citizens, and people of integrity – the future of business.

Who-Based Career Decisions

Make decisions based on who you are and not what you think you are or think you should be, urged April 2013 graduation speaker and Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Blake Irving (MBA '88), CEO of Go Daddy, the world's largest provider of Web hosting.