Create an awareness of the impact of business on society and the environment.

Strategy 3.1: Incorporate this theme in the undergraduate and graduate curricula of the College.

Tactics: 

• Create a taskforce to recommend curricular and cross-curricular revisions to College programs associated with the goal.
• Motivate inclusion of this priority in individual course offerings through targeted teaching innovation grants with required outcomes reported upon curricular changes.
• Motivate curriculum reform in faculty regarding this goal.
• Incorporate associated reforms in reward structure.

Strategy 3.2: Include this priority in College operational decisions and lead by example on campus.

Tactics: 

• Make more efficient use of electronic communication versus unnecessary uses of paper products for internal and external tasks (e.g., paper submissions, student class materials, memorandums). 
• Use of recycled paper products for all College activities, communications, and publications. 
• Make recycling a conscious decision in the College (e.g., use recyclable materials and actually recycle them). 

Strategy 3.3: Provide extra-curricular opportunities for students, faculty and alumni to engage and learn about the impact of business on society and the environment. 

Tactics: 

• Power Breakfast speakers.
• Speakers in class rooms.
• Author speaker series.
• Provide service learning opportunities.
• Curricular and extra-curricular interaction with businesses known for responsible priorities.

Strategy 3.4: Pursue public and private monies dedicated to permanently incorporating this strategic goal in College programs and faculty incentive structures.

Tactics:

• Demonstrate stewardship of existing gifts and grants consistent with furthering this strategic goal.
• Develop targeted initiatives and put them in front of potential donors.

Strategy 3.5: Enhance the visibility of the college's commitment to this strategic priority. 

Tactics:

• Identify critical internal and external constituencies and appropriate medium for reaching them.
• Tie this goal to existing College activities as appropriate.
• Make this strategy a component of the Strategic Marketing Plan.
• Incorporate successes and challenges in internal and external communication media.

Strategy 3.6: Support and encourage economic development in the state of Washington.

Tactics:

• Incorporate the College's SBDC program impacts into its reporting of economic development results.
• Support SBDC efforts to secure additional resources to expand its economic development activities.
• Track graduates' impact on the economy of the State of Washington.
• Identify strategic opportunities for regional campuses to take advantage of and provide support for business-student partnerships and explore how regional campuses compliment college priorities and extend the portfolio of college activities.
• Enable faculty consulting, both paid and pro-bono.
• Continue to support the activities of the Washington Center for Real Estate Research and encourage better integration of the WCRER with its home department and the college.
• Continue to support economic development in the state of Washington through the Center for Entrepreneurship (e.g., business plan competition, Innovation Assessment Center, EDA-funded activities).
• Conduct a situation analysis to determine which of the Center for Entrepreneurship's activities we might discontinue in order to pursue alternative opportunities that may arise.
• Encourage the development of service learning opportunities that contribute to economic development and training of students who will contribute to economic development.